Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 40 m2 Skerry cruiser

40 m2 Skerry cruiser [1] at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 40 m2 Skerry cruiser
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07) Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors	8 from 1 nation
Teams	2
Medalists
Tore Holm, Yngve Holm, Axel Rydin, Georg Tengwall   Sweden Gustaf Svensson, Percy Almstedt, Erik Mellbin, Ragnar Svensson   Sweden

The 40 m² Skerry Cruiser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 8 sailors, on 2 boats, from 1 nation entered in the 40 m² Skerry cruiser.

Race schedule

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

Date	July
	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat
40 m2 Skerry cruiser	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1

Course area

40 m² Skerry cruiser 1920 Olympic Course Areas

Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions

Date [1]	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
9 July 1920	Unknown

Final results

Source: ^[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Sweden	Tore Holm	Yngve Holm Axel Rydin Georg Tengwall	Sif	1	1	2	1	1	1	4
	Sweden	Gustaf Svensson	Percy Almstedt Erik Mellbin Ragnar Svensson	Elsie	2	2	1	1	2	2	5

Notes

• Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

40 m² Skerry cruiser sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games

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  40 m² Skerry cruisers at the Olympics
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  Yngve Holm (SWE)
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  Crew of 40 m² Skerry cruiser SIF (SWE)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

References

1. Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee . Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.