Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 71 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nations competed.[1]

Dragon
at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
VenueAcapulco
Dates14–21 October
Competitors71 from 23 nations
Teams23
Medalists
George Friedrichs
Barton Jahncke
Gerald Schreck
 United States
Aage Birch
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Niels Markussen
 Denmark
Paul Borowski
Karl-Heinz Thun
Konrad Weichert
 East Germany

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Country
Code
Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[2]
Total
-1
[3]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
 George Friedrichs  (USA)Barton Jahncke
Gerald Schreck
US23611.7101023101017.76
 Aage Birch  (DEN)Paul Lindemark Jørgensen
Niels Markussen
D611.71023101635.7232342.426.4
 Paul Borowski  (GDR)Karl-Heinz Thun
Konrad Weichert
GO102335.74848611.74844.432.7
4 Steve Tupper  (CAN)Dave Miller
Tim Irwin
KC35.78141319611.781471335.783.164.1
5 John Cuneo  (AUS)Thomas Anderson
John Ferguson
KA814489152351011179158265
6 Gunnar Broberg  (SWE)Lennart Eisner
Sven Hanson, Bengt Palmquist, Pelle Petterson
S7131117510915611.7510611.788.471.4
7 Klaus Oldendorff  (FRG)Peter Stülcken
Axel May
G16225101420814104816229674
8 Michel Briand  (FRA)Michel Alexandre
Pierre Blanchard
F131935.71218172371335.71420104.481.4
9 Luis Schenone  (ARG)Boris Belada
Pedro Sisti
A152191571351017231016111711592
10 Cor Groot  (NED)Jan Bol
Pieter de Zwart
H1016DNF28182435.711171319713122.794.7
11 Yury Anisimov  (URS)Valery Ruzhnikov
Valery Afanasyev
SR12187134813191420DNF29121812596
12 Theodor Sommerschield  (NOR)Jan-Erik Aarberg
Erik Wiik-Hansen
N481521111719251521162251012499
13 Kirkland Cooper  (BER)Eugene Simmons
Richard Belbin
KB91514201016713101614201824124100
14 Robin Judah  (GBR)Charles Reynolds
David Tucker
K5101723611.7202616221521814127.7101.7
15 Odysseus Eskitzoglou  (GRE)Georgios Zaimis
Anastasios Vogiatzis
GR14201016814162218248141723133109
16 Godfrey Kelly  (BAH)George Ramsey
David Kelly
BADNF28DNF28172314209159151016145117
17 António Menezes  (POR)Fernando Lima Bello
António Weck
P1723131915211117DNF2912182026153124
18 Javier Velázquez  (MEX)Roberto Sloane
Esteban Gerard
MX1925202616221218121818241319152126
19 John Park  (HKG)William Turnbull
Paul Cooper
KH2026121820261521131922281925163135
20 Barton Kirkconnell  (JAM)Charles Ogilvie
Steven Henriques
KJ1117162222282127222817231521166138
21 Ángel Riveras  (ESP)Manuel Baiget
Eugenio Jáudenes
E1824192519251824192519252228176148
22 Daniel Trujillo  (VEN)Hervé Roche
Frohmund Burger
V2127182421272329202620262127186157
23 Chen Hsiu-hsiung  (TPE)Chang Jen-chih
Chen Chih-fu
TADNS29DNS29DNF292228212721272329198169

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1968 Summer Olympics

Conditions at Acapulco

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Acapulco. Each of the classes was new Olympic scoring system.

DateRaceWeatherTemperature
(Celsius)
Wind direction
(deg)
Wind speed
(kn)
SeaCurrent
(kn-deg)
14 October 1968IFair2930016Choppy0.5-120
15 October 1968IIFair2929320Calm0.2-160
16 October 1968IIIFair28.52908-9Calm0.2-130
17 October 1968IVFair29.52356Calm0.1-300
19 October 1968VNormal29.81876Calm1-326
20 October 1968VIFair302255Calm0.7-275
21 October 1968VIICloudy28.528512Choppy1-110

Notes

  1. "Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Dragon), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  2. The 1968 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. Total after applying discard.

References

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