Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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Sailing/Yachting
is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad
(1896 Olympics in Athens ). With the exception of 1904
and possible 1916
sailing was always a part of the Olympic program.
The Sailing program of 1972 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1972 to 8 September 1972 of the coast of Kiel-Schilksee in the Firth of Kiel. Kiel hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so duyring the 1936 Summer Olympics
.
The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
yachting events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, immediately after it became known that the city of Munich had the intention of hosting the Games of the XXth Olympiad
, the cities of Kiel
and Lübeck
competed for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas.
When Kiel (and the Kieler Yacht Club) won the competition the following was decided:
During the Games the number of spectators and visitors at the Olympic events in Kiel and at the Olympic Center in Kiel-Schilksee exceeded the expectations by a large margin. Conservative estimates put the total number at about a million spectators and visitors in Kiel.
A total of three race areas were created in the Firth of Kiel of the coast of Kiel/Schilksee.
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and the fact that no sailing was scheduled for 6 and 7 September, the killings of 11 Israeli athletes had less impact on sailing than it had on the other events in Munich. Only a few of the sailing teams did not start at the last day of the races. Among them the Israelian Flying Dutchman team of: Yair Michaeli and Izchak Nir.
Sailing
Sailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad
Olympiad
An Olympiad is a period of four years, associated with the Olympic Games of Classical Greece. In the Hellenistic period, beginning with Ephorus, Olympiads were used as calendar epoch....
(1896 Olympics in Athens ). With the exception of 1904
1904 Summer Olympics
The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from 1 July 1904, to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University...
and possible 1916
1916 Summer Olympics
The anticipated 1916 Summer Olympics, which were to be officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were to have been held in Berlin, Germany. However, due to the outbreak of World War I, the games were cancelled.-History:...
sailing was always a part of the Olympic program.
The Sailing program of 1972 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1972 to 8 September 1972 of the coast of Kiel-Schilksee in the Firth of Kiel. Kiel hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so duyring the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of the 1904 and possibly the 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
.
The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
Venue
According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympicyachting events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, immediately after it became known that the city of Munich had the intention of hosting the Games of the XXth Olympiad
1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....
, the cities of Kiel
Kiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
and Lübeck
Lübeck
The Hanseatic City of Lübeck is the second-largest city in Schleswig-Holstein, in northern Germany, and one of the major ports of Germany. It was for several centuries the "capital" of the Hanseatic League and, because of its Brick Gothic architectural heritage, is listed by UNESCO as a World...
competed for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas.
When Kiel (and the Kieler Yacht Club) won the competition the following was decided:
- a yachting center would be built in Kiel/Schilksee that, as was the case with the sport facilities in Munich, must be usable after the period of the Olympic Games as a future sports center;
- the city of Kiel will conduct a building competition for the Olympic Center in Kiel-Schilksee as soon as possible;
- the OC will form a committee for the Olympic yachting events to coordinate all contingencies arising in Kiel, and will in addition create a corresponding fulltime organization of the OC in Kiel in order to handle the necessary work and activities in Kiel on schedule.
During the Games the number of spectators and visitors at the Olympic events in Kiel and at the Olympic Center in Kiel-Schilksee exceeded the expectations by a large margin. Conservative estimates put the total number at about a million spectators and visitors in Kiel.
A total of three race areas were created in the Firth of Kiel of the coast of Kiel/Schilksee.
Overview
| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 42 | 6 | 152 | 318 | 0 |
Continents
- Asia
- Australian continentAustralia (continent)Australia is the world's smallest continent, comprising the mainland of Australia and proximate islands including Tasmania, New Guinea, the Aru Islands and Raja Ampat Islands...
- Europe
- North America
- South America
Countries
Classes (equipment)
| Class | Type | Event | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jib/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finn Finn (dinghy) The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. It was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki... |
Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | – | – | 1952 | 6 | |
| Flying Dutchman Flying Dutchman (dinghy) thumbthumbThe Flying Dutchman is a 20-foot one-design high-performance two-person monohull racing dinghy. Developed in the early 1950s, its large sail area per unit weight allow it to plane easily when sailing upwind. The boat utilizes a trapeze harness for the crew and hiking straps for the... |
Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1960 | 4 | |
| Tempest Tempest (keelboat) The Tempest is a one design two man high performance keelboat with a trapeze. It was designed by Ian Proctor for the 1965 trials for the new Olympic Keelboat, which it won convincingly.... |
Keelboat | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1972 | 1 | |
| Star Star (sailboat) The International Star is a 6.9 m one-design racing keelboat for two people.The boat must weigh at least 671 kg with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m . It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length... |
Keelboat | 2 | 0 | + | + | – | 1932 | 9 | |
| Soling Soling A Soling is a class of open keelboat designed by Jan Linge of Norway in 1965. In 1968, it was chosen from among many other boats to be the men's triple-handed boat for the 1972 Olympics... |
Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1972 | 1 | |
| Dragon Dragon (keelboat) thumbThe International Dragon is a one-design keelboat.The Dragon was designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972... |
Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1948 | 7 | |
Medal summary
| Finn: |
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Flying Dutchman: |
Rodney Pattisson Rodney Pattisson Rodney Stuart Pattisson, MBE is a double olympic gold medalist in sailing won at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics all in the Flying Dutchman class... Christopher Davies Christopher Davies (sailor) Christopher Davies is a British sailor. He won a gold medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with Rodney Pattisson at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
Yves Pajot Yves Pajot Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Marc at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In 1987 he competed at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:* at sports-reference.com... Marc Pajot Marc Pajot Yves Pajot is a French sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class with his brother Yves at the 1972 Summer Olympics. From 1987 to 2000 he competed four times at the Louis Vuitton Cup .-References:... |
Ullrich Libor Ullrich Libor Ulrich "Ulli" Libor is a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics.- References :* at sports-reference.com... Peter Naumann Peter Naumann Peter Naumann is a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Flying Dutchman Class at the 1968 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics with Ullrich Libor.- References :* at sports-reference.com... |
Tempest: |
Valentin Mankin Vitali Dyrdyra |
Alan Warren Alan Warren Alan Warren is a British sailor. He won a silver medal in the in the Tempest class with David Hunt at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... David Hunt David Hunt (sailor) David Hunt is a British sailor. He won a silver medal in the in the Tempest class with Alan Warren at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
Glen Foster Glen Foster Glen Foster is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the in the Tempest class with Peter Dean at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Peter Dean Peter Dean (sailor) Peter Dean is an American sailor. He won a silver medal in the in the Tempest class with Glen Foster at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
| Star: |
David Forbes David Forbes (sailor) David John Forbes is an Olympic-level sailor, who has competed for Australia in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.... John Anderson |
Pelle Petterson Pelle Petterson Per "Pelle" Helmer Petterson in Stockholm is an award-winning Swedish sailor and yacht designer. He is the son of Helmer Petterson, and studied design at the leading Pratt Institute in New York from 1955 through 1957. He is probably best known for designing the Maxi Class sailing boats, which... Stellan Westerdahl Stellan Westerdahl Stellan Westerdahl is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the star class at the 1972 Summer Olympics with Pelle Pettersson.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
Wilhelm Kuhweide Wilhelm Kuhweide Wilhelm "Willi" Kuhweide is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where he won a gold medal in the finn class with the boat G-10. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a bronze medal in the star class, together with... Karsten Meyer Karsten Meyer Karsten Meyer was a German competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Star class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Wilhelm Kuhweide.-References:... |
Soling: |
Harry Melges Buddy Melges Harry "Buddy" Melges, Jr., is one of the most successful competitive sailors in history, with dozens of national and international championships in many different classes, including ice-boating as well as conventional sailing... William Bentsen William Bentsen William Bentsen is an American sailor and Olympic champion.Bentsen received a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:... William Allen William Allen (sailor) William Allen is an American sailor and Olympic champion.Allen received a gold medal in the Soling class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-References:... |
Stig Wennerström Stig Wennerström (sailor) Stig Wennerström is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Bo Knape Bo Knape Bo Knape is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Stefan Krook Stefan Krook Stefan Krook is a Swedish sailor. He won a silver medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
David Miller David Miller (sailor) David Miller is a Canadian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... John Ekels John Ekels John Ekels is a Canadian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Paul Côté Paul Côté Paul Côté is a Canadian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Soling Class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
| Dragon: |
John Cuneo John Cuneo John Cuneo is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members Thomas Anderson and John Shaw.... Thomas Anderson Thomas Anderson (sailor) Thomas Anderson was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members John Cuneo and John Shaw.-See also:*List of Olympic medalists in Dragon class sailing-External links:*... John Shaw John Shaw (sailor) John Shaw is an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members John Cuneo and Thomas Anderson.-See also:... |
Paul Borowski Paul Borowski Paul Borowski is a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Dragon class together with crew members Konrad Weichert and Karl–Heinz Thun at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Konrad Weichert Konrad Weichert Konrad Weichert was a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Dragon class together with Paul Borowski and Karl–Heinz Thun at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Karl-Heinz Thun Karl-Heinz Thun Karl-Heinz Thun was a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the Dragon class together with Paul Borowski and Konrad Weichert at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... |
Donald Cohan Charles Horter Charles Horter Charles Horter is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Donald Cohan and John Marshall.-References:... John Marshall John Marshall (sailor) John Marshall is an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist. He won a bronze medal in the Dragon class at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, together with Donald Cohan and Charles Horter.-References:... |
Sailing 1972
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
|---|
Sailing 1896–1972
| 1 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 26 | |
| 2 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 26 | |
| 3 | USA | 11 | 5 | 9 | 25 |
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 26 | |
| 5 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 | |
| 6 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 | |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | |
| 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |
| 14 | (EUA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 20 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 21 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| 22 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||
| 24 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 27 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 30 | 79 | 71 | 64 | 214 |
|---|
Munich
Because of the distance to MunichMunich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
and the fact that no sailing was scheduled for 6 and 7 September, the killings of 11 Israeli athletes had less impact on sailing than it had on the other events in Munich. Only a few of the sailing teams did not start at the last day of the races. Among them the Israelian Flying Dutchman team of: Yair Michaeli and Izchak Nir.
Sailing
- This Olympic sailing event was gender independent, but tuned out to be a Mens only event. This was one of the triggers to create gender specific events. This however had to wait until 1988Sailing at the 1988 Summer OlympicsSailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....
. - Some sources state the Finn event as a designated men only event. The Official report of the games does not mention this gender specific discriminator,
- It was the first Olympic sailing contest were only "One Design" classes were used. Also non of the classes was "owned by one builder". In general more than one builder was allowed. (The boats had to apply to what we now call open standards).
- Paul Elvstrøm was trying to win his fifth Gold medal. He left the games however premature. Assumed is that the media pressure became too high at that moment. Paul took revenge by sailing two times more at the Olympics (1984 and 1988) in the TornadoTornado (sailboat)The Tornado is an two person multihull class recognised as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation. It was used for the Olympic Catamaran discpline for over 30 years.-Background:...
. One of Paul's crewmembers from the Soling took the gold later. Valdemar BandolowskiValdemar BandolowskiValdemar Bandolowski is a Danish sailor and Olympic champion.He won a gold medal in the Soling Class at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, and again at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.-References:...
together with 1972 Dragon helmsman Poul Richard Høj Jensen won the Gold in the Soling class in 1976 and 1980. - Although favourable wind conditions in September were predicted. Some of the races suffered from lack of wind. In the Soling and Dragon only 6 races could be completed and the 6th race in the Finn only three contenders were able to finish in time.
Sailors
During the Sailing regatta's at the 1972 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:- Royalties
- , Prince of ThailandThailandThailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
, Prinz Bhanubanda Bira in the Tempest - , King of NorwayNorwayNorway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
, HrH Crownprince HaraldHarald V of NorwayHarald V is the king of Norway. He succeeded to the throne of Norway upon the death of his father Olav V on 17 January 1991...
in the Soling - , King of Spain, Sar Juan Carlos de BorbonJuan Carlos I of SpainJuan Carlos I |Italy]]) is the reigning King of Spain.On 22 November 1975, two days after the death of General Francisco Franco, Juan Carlos was designated king according to the law of succession promulgated by Franco. Spain had no monarch for 38 years in 1969 when Franco named Juan Carlos as the...
in the Dragon
- , Prince of Thailand
- Sportmanagers
- , President International Olympic CommitteeInternational Olympic CommitteeThe International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...
, Jacques RoggeJacques RoggeJacques Rogge, Count Rogge , is a Belgian sports bureaucrat. He is the eighth and current President of the International Olympic Committee .-Life and career:...
in the Finn - , Past president International Sailing FederationInternational Sailing FederationThe International Sailing Federation is recognised by the International Olympic Committee as the world governing body for the sport of sailing....
, Peter Tallberg in the Soling
- , President International Olympic Committee
- First non American winner of the America's CupAmerica's CupThe America’s Cup is a trophy awarded to the winner of the America's Cup match races between two yachts. One yacht, known as the defender, represents the yacht club that currently holds the America's Cup and the second yacht, known as the challenger, represents the yacht club that is challenging...
- , John Bertrand in the Finn