Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre [1] at the Games of the X Olympiad
Line drawing of the 6 Metre
Venue	Los Angeles Harbor
Dates	First race: August 5, 1932 (1932-08-05) Last race: August 11, 1932 (1932-08-11)
Competitors	14 from 3 nations
Teams	3
Medalists
Tore Holm Martin Hindorff Olle Åkerlund Åke Bergqvist   Sweden Robert Carlson Temple Ashbrook Frederic Conant Charles Smith Donald Wills Douglas Jr. Emmett Davis   United States Philip Rogers Jerry Wilson Gardner Boultbee Ken Glass   Canada
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The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor. Six races were scheduled plus possible tie breakers. 15 sailors, on 3 boats, from 3 nation competed. ^[2]

Race schedule

Source: ^[1]

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Event competitions

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Final race

Date	August
	5th Fri	6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon	9th Tue	10th Wed
6 Metre	●	●	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals						1

Course area and course configuration

The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the US Coast Guard. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The 6 Metre sailed outside the breakwater.

1932 Olympic Course Areas and Course Configurations

OpenStreetMap view of the current map of Los Angeles. Projected are the 1932 Olympic courses of the 6 Metre (Blue Area).

6 Metre course (8nm).

6 Metre course (10nm).

6 Metre course (8nm).

6 Metre course (6nm).

Weather conditions

Date [3]	Race	Wind	Wind direction	Details
5-AUG-1932	1st Race	Heavy
6-AUG-1932	2nd Race	Light		Freshening to
7-AUG-1932	3rd Race	Fresh		Increased to 20 knots (10 m/s)
8-AUG-1932	4th Race	20 knots (10 m/s)
9-AUG-1932	5th Race	Light
10-AUG-1932	6th Race	Light		Freshening

Final results

Source: ^[1]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Sweden	Tore Holm	Martin Hindorff Olle Åkerlund Åke Bergqvist	Bissbi	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	18
	United States	Robert Carlson	Temple Ashbrook Frederic Conant Emmett Davis Donald Wills Douglas Jr. Charles Smith	Gallant	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	12
	Canada	Philip Rogers	Gardner Boultbee Ken Glass Jerry Wilson	Caprice	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	DNS	0	DNS	0	6

Legend:DNS – Did not start;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre during the 1932 Summer Olympics

Notes

• For this event one yacht from each country, crewed by a maximum of 5 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 5) was allowed. ^[1]
• This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out that only men participated.^{[ citation needed ]}

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the 6 Metre:

6 Metre victors at the 1932 Olympic Games

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    Tore Holm, Martin Hindorff
  Olle Åkerlund & Åke Bergqvist  (SWE)

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• "Sailing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games:Mixed 6 metres". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
• "Los Angeles 1932". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
• "Olympics, 1932". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

References

1. Browne, Francis Granger, ed. (1933). "Official Report of the Games of the X Olympiad" (PDF). Los Angeles: Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U. S. A. 1932, LTD. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
2. The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}