Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Star

Star^[1]
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Star; at the Games of the X Olympiad
	Line drawing of the Star
Venue	Los Angeles Harbor
Dates	First race: August 5, 1932; Last race: August 12, 1932
Competitors	14 from 7 nations
Teams	7
Medalists
	1936 →

Last updated August 17, 2025

Race schedule

●	Event competitions	●	Sail off (3rd, 4th)

Date^[1]	August
Date^[1]	5th Fri	6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon	9th Tue	10th Wed	11th Thu	12th Fri
Star	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●
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 Star event took place 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 Star (Blue Area).

Star course used during race 1 (8nm).

Star course used during race 2 & 5 (10nm).

Star course used during race 3 & 4 (8nm).

Star course used during race 6 & 7 (6nm).

Weather conditions

Source:^[3]

Date	Race	Wind	Details
5-AUG-1932	1st Race	Heavy	Most Stars reef
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
11-AUG-1932	7th Race	Light
12-AUG-1932	8th Race	No data available

Final results

Source:^[1]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Race 8		Total
Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Total
	United States	Gilbert Gray	Andrew Libano	Jupiter	1	7	3	5	1	7	1	7	1	7	2	6	1	7			46
	Great Britain	George Colin Ratsey	Peter Jaffe	Joy	2	6	4	4	4	4	4	4	3	5	1	7	3	5			35
	Sweden	Gunnar Asther	Daniel Sundén-Cullberg	Swedish Star	3	5	7	1	5	3	5	3	4	4	3	5	2	6	SOL	1	28
4	Canada	Harry Wylie	Henry Simmonds	Windor	5	3	5	3	2	6	2	6	6	2	4	4	5	3	DNS	0	27
5	France	Jean-Jacques Herbulot	Jean Peytel	Tramontane	DNF	0	2	6	3	5	3	5	2	6	DSQ	0	4	4			26
6	Netherlands	Bob Maas	Jan Maas	Holland	4	4	6	2	6	2	DNF	0	5	3	5	3	DNS	0			14
7	South Africa	Cecil Goodricke	Arent van Soelen	Springbok	DNF	0	1	7	DNF	0	DNS	0	DNS	0	DNS	0	DNS	0			7

Legend:DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;SOL – Sailed one lap;

Daily standings

Notes

For this event one yacht from each country, crewed by 2 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 2) 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 Star:

Star victors at the 1932 Olympic Games

Gilbert Gray
Andrew Libano (USA)

References

1 2 3 4 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.
↑ The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.
↑ By transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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[A-1] 1 2 3 4 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.

[E-2] The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.

[C-3] By transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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