Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Tornado at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Tornado
Venue	Kingston
Dates	31 July to 8 August
Competitors	29 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Medalists
Reg White John Osborn  Great Britain David McFaull Michael Rothwell  United States Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall  West Germany
1980 →

Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Finn	Open
470	Open
Flying Dutchman	Open
Tornado	Open
Tempest	Open
Soling	Open
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The Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario . Seven races were scheduled. 29 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed. It was the time the event had been included on the Olympic sailing program.^[1]

Results[]

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points [2]	Total -1 [3]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Reg White  (GBR)	John Osborn	1	0.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	1	0.0	DNS	20.0	38.0	18.0
	David McFaull  (USA)	Michael Rothwell	8	14.0	10	16.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	4	8.0	52.0	36.0
	Jörg Spengler  (FRG)	Jörg Schmall	2	3.0	2	3.0	11	17.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	54.7	37.7
4	Brian Lewis  (AUS)	Warren Rock	RET	20.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	12	18.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	64.4	44.4
5	Peter Kolni  (SWE)	Jorgen Kolni, Sven-Bertil Johansson	9	15.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	3	5.7	75.4	57.4
6	Walter Steiner  (SUI)	Albert Schiess	3	5.7	3	5.7	9	15.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	80.4	63.4
7	Larry Woods  (CAN)	Michael de la Roche	6	11.7	11	17.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	86.7	69.7
8	Franco Pivoli  (ITA)	Cesare Biagi	5	10.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	8	14.0	DSQ	21.0	92.7	71.7
9	Peter Due  (DEN)	Per Kjaergaard	4	8.0	5	10.0	13	19.0	3	5.7	12	18.0	11	17.0	10	16.0	93.7	74.7
10	Chris de Cazenove  (FRA)	Bruno de Cazenove	7	13.0	9	15.0	7	13.0	11	17.0	8	14.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	93.7	76.7
11	Hans Prack  (AUT)	Bernhard Prack	10	16.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	10	16.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	9	15.0	94.4	78.4
12	Vladimir Vassiliev [ru]  (URS)	Vyacheslav Tineyev	11	17.0	12	18.0	8	14.0	13	19.0	10	16.0	13	19.0	7	13.0	116.0	97.0
13	Pekka Narko  (FIN)	Juha Siira	12	18.0	RET	20.0	10	16.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	9	15.0	DSQ	21.0	121.7	100.7
14	Chris Stater  (PUR)	Richard Darmanin	13	19.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	14	20.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	134.0	114.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
= Male, = Female

Daily standings[]

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 1976 Summer Olympics

Notes[]

References[]

• (ed.) Louis Chantigny (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 24 January 2011.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• (ed.) Louis Chantigny (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 24 January 2011.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• (ed.) Louis Chantigny (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 24 January 2011.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
• Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Tornado". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.