Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Star

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Star
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
1932 Star drwaing.svg
Star [1]
Venue Firth of Kiel
Dates4–12 August
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Teams12
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Peter Bischoff
Hans-Joachim Weise
Flag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Arvid Laurin
Uno Wallentin
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Bob Maas Willem de Vries Lentsch Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
  1932
1948  

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 24 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed. [2]

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country)CrewYachtnameSailnumber [3] Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal
Points [4]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the German Reich (1935-1945).svg  Peter Bischoff Mars symbol.svg  (GER) Hans-Joachim Weise Mars symbol.svg Wannsee12871124911211221111211280
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Arvid Laurin Mars symbol.svg  (SWE) Uno Wallentin Mars symbol.svg Sunshine9152111123102111213104964
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Bob Maas Mars symbol.svg  (NED) Willem de Vries Lentsch Mars symbol.svg BEM II1294DNF02114931011221131063
4Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Keith Grogono Mars symbol.svg  (GBR) William Welply Mars symbol.svg Paka1074493102117685586756
5US flag 48 stars.svg  William Glenn Waterhouse Mars symbol.svg  (USA) Woodbridge Metcalf Mars symbol.svg Three Star Too948310588594310498551
6Flag of Norway.svg  Oivind Christensen Mars symbol.svg  (NOR) Sigurd Herbern Mars symbol.svg KNS129258103766749679444
7Flag of France.svg  Jean-Jacques Herbulot Mars symbol.svg  (FRA) Pierre de Montaut Mars symbol.svg Fada1304310DSQ09449587621148
8Flag of the Ottoman Empire.svg  Harun Ülman Mars symbol.svg  (TUR) Behzat Baydar Mars symbol.svg Marmara1190766767121671125838
9Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Riccardo De Sangro Fondi Mars symbol.svg  (ITA) Federico De Luca Mars symbol.svg Pegaso990857658112941037634
10Flag of Portugal.svg  Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiuza Mars symbol.svg  (POR) Antonio Guedes de Heredia Mars symbol.svg Vicking117267DSQ0DNF058768511228
11Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Minoru Takarabe Mars symbol.svg  (JPN) Takuo Mitsui Mars symbol.svg Myojo10799485DNF01031129412119
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Victor Godts Mars symbol.svg  (BEL) Albert Vos Mars symbol.svg Freddy87011294DNF08510312110318

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, SO = Sailed over
Mars symbol.svg = Male, Venus symbol.svg = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1936 Summer Olympics 1936 Star Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1936 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Outer Course

All starts were scheduled for 10:30.
The position of the outercourse was in front of Schilksee were in 1972 the new Olympic center was used. So in 1936 a long distance sailing/towing to the racing area from the old Olympic harbor.

DateRaceSkyWind directionWind speed (m/s)Actual starting timeRemark
4 August 1936IOvercast, Occasional rain SW 1212:05Postponement storm at the outer bay > 16 m/s
5 August 1936IISunshine, Later overcast and rain WSW 3-410:30
6 August 1936IIISunny WSW 5-610:30
7 August 1936IVSlightly overcast NE 210:40Postponement due to calm
8 August 1936VFoggy later slightly overcast NE 2-311:45Postponement due to fog
9 August 1936VICalm ENE 2-311:50Postponement due to calm
10 August 1936VIIFine SE 2-310:30

Notes

  1. Since the possible confusion between the Olympic salute and the Hitler salute, Medal winners making a salute are not incorporated.
  2. "Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
  4. The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

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