Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman

The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 60 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nation competed.[2][3]

Flying Dutchman[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Olympics 1972 Configuration
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors60 from 29 nations
Teams29
Medalists
Rodney Pattisson
Christopher Davies		  Great Britain
Yves Pajot
Marc Pajot		  France
Ullrich Libor
Peter Naumann		  West Germany
Sailing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
Flying DutchmanOpen
TempestOpen
StarOpen
SolingOpen
DragonOpen

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
Flying Dutchman (planning) ● ● ● ● Spare
day		 Spare
day		 ● ● ● Spare
day		 Spare
day
Flying Dutchman (actual) ● ● ● ● Spare
day		 Spare
day		 ● ● Fog ●

Course area and course configuration

For the Flying Dutchman 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.

Final results

These are the results of the Flying Dutchman event.[6]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7TotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
 Great Britain Rodney Pattisson Christopher Davies 10.01117.010.035.710.010.0 DNS 35.057.722.7
 France Yves Pajot Marc Pajot 33.0915.0814.010.023.0 12 18.023.056.038.0
 West Germany Ulli Libor Peter Naumann 510.0 14 20.035.71218.035.7611.710.071.151.1
4  Brazil Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes 1218.035.7 19 25.0915.0915.023.035.787.462.4
5  Yugoslavia Antun Grego Simo Nikolić 23.0713.0611.7510.0 16 22.0713.0713.085.763.7
6  Soviet Union Vladimir Leontiev Valery Zubanov 915.010.0510.0 11 17.01117.0814.0611.784.767.7
7  Denmark Hans Fogh Ulrik Brock 48.01218.0915.0611.7611.7510.0 16 22.096.474.4
8  Australia Mark Bethwaite Timothy Alexander 1420.0611.748.048.048.01420.0 22 28.0103.775.7
9  New Zealand Jock Bilger Murray Ross 1620.0 21 27.023.023.0510.01117.01824.0106.079.0
10  Netherlands Fred Imhoff Simon Korver 1319.023.02329.0713.01016.01016.0 DNF 33.0129.096.0
11  Italy Carlo Croce Luciano Zinali 814.01622.01824.01521.0 19 25.048.0814.0128.0103.0
12  Sweden Peter Kolni Ulf Nilsson 2127.0814.01420.0814.01319.0 DSQ 38.0510.0142.0104.0
13  East Germany Herbert Hüttner Dietmar Gedde 611.71016.01218.0 DNF 34.0814.01824.01521.0138.7104.7
14  Norway Ragnar Fjoran Christian Bendixen 2329.01521.01521.01420.0713.035.7 24 30.0139.7109.7
15  Canada Peter Byrne Don Andrews, Evert Bastet 1824.01319.0713.01016.01218.0 21 27.02127.0144.0117.0
16  Hungary Benedek Litkey Szabolcs Izsák 1016.048.02127.02329.01521.0 26 32.01319.0152.0120.0
17  Ireland Harold Cudmore Richard O'Shea 26 32.02430.01622.01622.01723.01622.048.0159.0127.0
18  Austria Kurt Seidl Ernst Seidl 1521.0530.02632.0 DNS 35.01824.0915.01925.0162.0127.0
19  Japan Akira Yamamura Takashi Yamamura 1117.01723.02026.01723.0 21 27.01521.01218.0155.0128.0
20  Switzerland Jean Degaudenzi Luc Argand 25 31.02531.01723.01319.01420.01319.01117.0160.0129.0
21  Poland Zbigniew Kania Krzysztof Szymczak 713.01824.01319.01824.02228.02329.0 DSQ 36.0173.0137.0
22  Greece Anastasios Vatistas Antonios Bonas, Khristos Bonas 1723.02026.01016.0DNF35.0 DNF 35.01723.0915.0172.0137.0
23  United States Scott Allan Tim Stearn 1925.01925.01117.02127.02026.0 DSQ 38.01420.0178.0140.0
24  Hong Kong Colin Smith Bill Steele 2227.0 DNF 35.02430.02026.02430.02026.01016.0191.0156.0
25  Mexico Lorenzo Villasenor Miguel Rábago 2026.02329.02531.0 DNF 34.02329.02531.01723.0203.0169.0
26  Israel Yair Michaeli Izchak Nir 2834.02228.02228.01925.02531.01925.0 DNS 35.0206.0171.0
27  Puerto Rico Juan R. Torruella José Rodríguez 2733.02632.0 28 34.02228.02632.02228.02026.0213.0179.0
28  Trinidad and Tobago Richard John Bennett David Farfan 2430.0 27 33.02733.02430.0DNF35.02430.02329.0220.0185.0
29  India Sohrab Janshed Contractor Ahmed Abdul Basith 2935.02834.0 29 35.02531.0DNF35.02733.0DNF33.0236.0201.0

    Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; 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 Flying Dutchman 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 Heavyweight Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

    References
    1. (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 Heavyweight Dinghy (Flying Dutchman), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 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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