Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest

Tempest
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Tempest
Venue Kingston
Dates July 31 to August 8
Competitors 32 from 16 nations
Teams 16
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) John Albrechtson
Ingvar Hansson		  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Valentin Mankin
Vladislav Akimenko		  Soviet Union
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Dennis Conner
Conn Findlay		  United States

The Tempest was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario . Seven races were scheduled. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.

Results


Rank		 Helmsman (Country) Crew Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[1]		 Total
-1
[2]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1st, gold medalist(s) John Albrechtson  (SWE)Ingvar Hansson 48.010.023.010.0713.023.010.027.014.0
2nd, silver medalist(s) Valentin Mankin  (URS)Vladislav Akimenko 10.048.048.035.723.035.7510.040.430.4
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Dennis Conner  (USA)Conn Findlay 23.023.035.7510.0915.048.023.047.732.7
4 Uwe Mares  (FRG)Wolf Stadler 510.035.7611.723.0DNF22.010.0611.764.142.1
5 Giuseppe Milone  (ITA)Roberto Mottola 35.7510.0713.048.01218.0713.035.773.455.4
6 Claes Thunbo Christensen  (DEN)Finn Thunbo Christensen 611.7915.0814.0814.010.0510.0713.077.762.7
7 Allan Leibel  (CAN)Lorne Leibel 713.0611.7DSQ24.0611.735.7915.048.089.165.1
8 Ben Staartjes  (NED)Ab Ekels 1117.0713.0510.0713.0814.0611.71117.095.778.7
9 Félix Gancedo  (ESP)Jesus Turro 814.01117.010.01016.01420.01016.01016.099.079.0
10 Joern Hellner  (AUS)James Byrne 1420.01319.01016.01420.048.0814.0915.0112.092.0
11 David Wilkins  (IRL)Derek Jago 915.0814.0915.01218.01016.0DSQ24.01218.0120.096.0
12 Carl Auteried  (AUT)Wolfgang Boehm 1016.01420.01117.01117.0510.01117.0DNS22.0119.097.0
13 John Foster  (ISV)Dan Morrison 1521.01016.01218.01319.0611.71218.01319.0122.7101.7
14 Alan Warren  (GBR)David Hunt 1218.01218.01420.0915.01319.0RET22.0814.0126.0104.0
15 John Hoyt  (PUR)Hovey Freeman 1319.01521.01319.01521.01521.01319.01420.0140.0119.0
16 Jesus Villarreal  (PHI)Juan Villarreal DNF22.01622.01521.01622.01117.01420.01521.0145.0123.0

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

The British pairing of Allen Warren and David Hunt had their boat, Gift 'Orse damaged while in transit to the competition, which impacted on their performance. After the final race, Warren and Hunt took some acetone and a flare and set the boat on fire.[3]


Daily standings

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

Notes

  1. ↑ The 1976 Olympic scoring system was used.
  2. ↑ Total after applying discard.
  3. ↑ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 543. ISBN 0140066322.

References

  • (ed.) Louis Chantigny (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  • (ed.) Louis Chantigny (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  • (ed.) Louis Chantigny (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 2011-01-24.
  • Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Tempest". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
  • Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
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