Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

Star[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
(1968 - 1996 Configuration)
Venue Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
Dates First race: August 29, 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: September 8, 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors 36 from 18 nations
Teams 18
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) David Forbes
John Anderson		  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Pelle Petterson
Stellan Westerdahl		  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Wilhelm Kuhweide
Karsten Meyer		  West Germany

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]

Race schedule[3]

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 September 8. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.

 ● 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][4] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Final results[5]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7TotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st, gold medalist(s)  Australia David Forbes John Anderson 35.7 8 14.023.035.748.010.035.742.128.1
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Pelle Petterson Stellan Westerdahl 23.0713.010.048.0510.0 18 24510.068.044.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany Wilhelm Kuhweide Karsten Meyer 48.035.7 11 17.023.0611.748.048.068.044.0
4  Brazil Jörg Bruder Jan Willem Aten 611.7 10 16.0814.0510.010.023.0814.068.752.7
5  Italy Flavio Scala Mauro Testa 510.0611.735.71016.0 13 19.0915.010.077.458.4
6  Portugal Antonio Mardel Correia Ulrich Henrique Anjos 1016.048.0611.71117.035.7510.0 17 23.091.468.4
7  Great Britain Stuart Jardine John Wastall 10.0 13 19.048.0611.71117.01016.01016.087.768.7
8  Hungary András Gosztonyi György Holovits 16 22.0510.0713.01319.0915.0814.023.098.076.0
9  Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Vladimir Vassiliev 713.010.0 DSQ 26.01420.0816.01420.0915.0102.076.0
10  United States Alan Holt Richard Gates 1319.0 DSQ 26.01319.0713.023.01218.01117.0115.089.0
11  Austria Manfred Stelzl Peter Luschan 816.01521.0510.01521.0713.0713.0 18 24.0116.092.0
12  Canada Ian Bruce Peter Björn 915.01218.0 16 22.010.01521.01521.01319.0116.094.0
13  Bahamas Durward Knowles Montague Roscoe Higgs 1218.023.01016.01218.0 DNF 24.01622.01420.0121.097.0
14  Switzerland Edwin Bernet Rolf Amrein DSQ 26.01622.0915.01420.01016.035.71521.0125.799.7
15  Norway Bjørn Lofterød Odd Roar Lofterød 14 20.01420.01218.0915.01218.01117.0713.0121.0101.0
16  Virgin Islands Kenith Klein Peter B. Jackson 1117.01117.0 17 23.01723.01420.0611.71218.0129.7106.7
17  East Germany Herbert Weichert Hans–Joachim Lange 1521.0915.01420.0 DNF 24.01622.01319.0611.7132.7108.7
18  Argentina Guillermo Calegari Luis Hector Schenone 17 23.01723.01521.01622.01723.01723.01622.0167.0134.0

    Legend: DSQ – Disqualified;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.
    Gender: – male; – 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. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

    References

    1. 1 2 (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.
    2. ↑ The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
    3. ↑ (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.
    4. ↑ (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.
    5. ↑ (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.
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