Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 18' Dinghy

18' Dinghy [1] at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawing of the 18' Dinghy
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07) Last race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07)
Competitors	2 from 1 nation

The 18' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled. Two sailors, on one boat, from one nation entered.

Race schedule

Source: ^[2]

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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
18' Dinghy	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1

Course area

18' Dinghy 1920 Olympic Course Area

Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions

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

Final results

Source: ^[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

Rank

Country

Helmsman

Crew

Boat

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Total

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Great Britain

Francis Richards

Trevor Hedberg

Brat

DNF

/

DNC

/

DNC

/

DNC

/

Legend:DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;

Notes

• This was probably the least interesting event in the history of Olympic sailing: only one competitor turned up, and in the first of the planned races they failed to finish, not appearing for the remaining three.
• Similarly Stan Rowley (in the 1900 5000 m team race) won an Olympic gold medal despite not finishing their event.

Other information

18' Dinghy picture

The only sailing picture of the Olympic 18' Dinghy

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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.