Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

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Star[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Star 1968 - 1996 Configuration.svg
Line drawing of the Star
(1968 - 1996 Configuration)
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Teams18
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Forbes
John Anderson		  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pelle Petterson
Stellan Westerdahl		  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wilhelm Kuhweide
Karsten Meyer		  West Germany
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Sailing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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FinnOpen
Flying DutchmanOpen
TempestOpen
StarOpen
SolingOpen
DragonOpen
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The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 36 sailors, on 18 boats, from 18 nation competed.[2][3]

Race schedule[]

Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.[4]

 ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals
Date August September
26th
Sat		 27th
Sun		 28th
Mon		 29th
Tue		 30th
Wed		 31st
Thu		 1st
Fri		 2nd
Sat		 3rd
Sun		 4th
Mon		 5th
Tue		 6th
Wed		 7th
Thu		 8th
Fri		 9th
Sat		 10th
Sun		 11th
Mon
Star (planning) ● ● ● ● Spare
day 		Spare
day 		● ● ● Spare
day 		Spare
day
Star (actual) ● ● ● ● Spare
day 		Spare
day 		● ● Fog ●

Course area and course configuration[]

For the Star course area B(ravo) was used. The location (54°30'30'’N, 10°13'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle.[1][5] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

  • Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Course area's.png
  • 1972 Olympic course.png

Final results[]

These are the results for the Star event:[6]

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total Total
–
discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia David Forbes Mars symbol.svg John Anderson Mars symbol.svg 3 5.7 8 14.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 4 8.0 1 0.0 3 5.7 42.1 28.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Pelle Petterson Mars symbol.svg Stellan Westerdahl Mars symbol.svg 2 3.0 7 13.0 1 0.0 4 8.0 5 10.0 18 24 5 10.0 68.0 44.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany Wilhelm Kuhweide Mars symbol.svg Karsten Meyer Mars symbol.svg 4 8.0 3 5.7 11 17.0 2 3.0 6 11.7 4 8.0 4 8.0 68.0 44.0
4  Brazil Jörg Bruder Mars symbol.svg Jan Willem Aten Mars symbol.svg 6 11.7 10 16.0 8 14.0 5 10.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 8 14.0 68.7 52.7
5  Italy Flavio Scala Mars symbol.svg Mauro Testa Mars symbol.svg 5 10.0 6 11.7 3 5.7 10 16.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 1 0.0 77.4 58.4
6  Portugal António Correia Mars symbol.svg Henrique Anjos Mars symbol.svg 10 16.0 4 8.0 6 11.7 11 17.0 3 5.7 5 10.0 17 23.0 91.4 68.4
7  Great Britain Stuart Jardine Mars symbol.svg John Wastall Mars symbol.svg 1 0.0 13 19.0 4 8.0 6 11.7 11 17.0 10 16.0 10 16.0 87.7 68.7
8  Hungary András Gosztonyi Mars symbol.svg György Holovits Mars symbol.svg 16 22.0 5 10.0 7 13.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 8 14.0 2 3.0 98.0 76.0
9  Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Mars symbol.svg Vladimir Vasilyev Mars symbol.svg 7 13.0 1 0.0 DSQ 26.0 14 20.0 8 16.0 14 20.0 9 15.0 102.0 76.0
10  United States Alan Holt Mars symbol.svg Richard Gates Mars symbol.svg 13 19.0 DSQ 26.0 13 19.0 7 13.0 2 3.0 12 18.0 11 17.0 115.0 89.0
11  Austria Manfred Stelzl Mars symbol.svg Peter Luschan Mars symbol.svg 8 16.0 15 21.0 5 10.0 15 21.0 7 13.0 7 13.0 18 24.0 116.0 92.0
12  Canada Ian Bruce Mars symbol.svg Peter Bjorn Mars symbol.svg 9 15.0 12 18.0 16 22.0 1 0.0 15 21.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 116.0 94.0
13  Bahamas Durward Knowles Mars symbol.svg Montague Higgs Mars symbol.svg 12 18.0 2 3.0 10 16.0 12 18.0 DNF 24.0 16 22.0 14 20.0 121.0 97.0
14  Switzerland Edwin Bernet Mars symbol.svg Rolf Amrein Mars symbol.svg DSQ 26.0 16 22.0 9 15.0 14 20.0 10 16.0 3 5.7 15 21.0 125.7 99.7
15  Norway Bjørn Lofterød Mars symbol.svg Odd Roar Lofterød Mars symbol.svg 14 20.0 14 20.0 12 18.0 9 15.0 12 18.0 11 17.0 7 13.0 121.0 101.0
16  Virgin Islands Ken Klein Sr. Mars symbol.svg Peter Jackson Mars symbol.svg 11 17.0 11 17.0 17 23.0 17 23.0 14 20.0 6 11.7 12 18.0 129.7 106.7
17  East Germany Herbert Weichert Mars symbol.svg Hans–Joachim Lange Mars symbol.svg 15 21.0 9 15.0 14 20.0 DNF 24.0 16 22.0 13 19.0 6 11.7 132.7 108.7
18  Argentina Guillermo Calegari Sr. Mars symbol.svg Luis Hector Schenone Mars symbol.svg 17 23.0 17 23.0 15 21.0 16 22.0 17 23.0 17 23.0 16 22.0 167.0 134.0

Legend: DSQ – Disqualified;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.
Gender: Mars symbol.svg – male; Venus symbol.svg – female;

Daily standings[]

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1972 Summer Olympics

Further reading[]

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

References[]

  1. ^ a b (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  2. ^ The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
  4. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  5. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  6. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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