Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Dragon

Dragon [1] at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Dragon
Venue	Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
Dates	First race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29) Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors	70 from 23 nations
Teams	23
Medalists
John Cuneo Thomas Anderson John Shaw   Australia Paul Borowski Konrad Weichert Karl–Heinz Thun   East Germany Donald Cohan Charles Horter John Marshall   United States
←  1968

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled. Only six races were sailed due to weather conditions. 70 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nation competed. ^[2] It was the last Olympic appearance of the Dragon. ^[3]

Race schedule

Because of insufficient wind the scheduled race in the Dragon was postponed on 5 September 1972. Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Finally for the Dragon only six regattas took place. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September. ^[4]

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Event competitions

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Event finals

Date	August						September
	26th Sat	27th Sun	28th Mon	29th Tue	30th Wed	31st Thu	1st Fri	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon
Dragon (planning)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day
Dragon (actual)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	No wind		Fog	●

Course area and course configuration

For the Dragon course area A (Alpha) was used. The location (54°29'50'’N, 10°22'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle. ^{[1] [5]} The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

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Final results

These are the results of the Dragon event. ^[6]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Total	Total – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Australia	John Cuneo	Thomas Anderson John Shaw	1	0.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	19	25.0	3	5.7	4	8.0	38.7	13.7
	East Germany	Paul Borowski	Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert	12	18.0	8	14.0	8	14.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	3	5.7	59.7	41.7
	United States	Donald Cohan	Charles Horter John Marshall	4	8.0	12	18.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	12	18.0	65.7	47.7
4	West Germany	Franz Heilmeier	Richard Kuchler Konrad Glas	2	3.0	4	8.0	20	26.0	3	5.7	11	17.0	8	14.0	73.7	47.7
5	New Zealand	Ronald Watson	Noel Everett Fraser Beer	8	14.0	13	19.0	15	21.0	9	15.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	72.0	51.0
6	Sweden	Jörgen Sundelin	Peter Sundelin Ulf Sundelin	3	5.7	20	26.0	3	5.7	16	22.0	13	19.0	9	15.0	93.4	67.4
7	Denmark	Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Frank Høj Jensen Gunnar Dahlgaard	17	23.0	19	25.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	2	3.0	93.0	68.0
8	Finland	Kurt Nyman	Antero Sotamaa Göran Schaumann	21	27.0	3	5.7	7	13.0	8	14.0	8	14.0	16	22.0	95.7	68.7
9	Canada	Allan Leibel	Frank Hall Neil Gunn	5	10.0	10	16.0	2	3.0	10	16.0	DSQ	32.0	18	24.0	101.0	69.0
10	Austria	Harald Fereberger	Franz Eisl Karl Stangl	9	16.0	6	11.7	13	19.0	5	10.0	10	16.0	17	23.0	94.7	71.7
11	Norway	Teddy Sommerschield	Sven Gerner-Mathisen Jan-Erik Aarberg	16	22.0	5	10.0	12	18.0	15	21.0	6	11.7	7	13.0	95.7	73.7
12	Great Britain	Simon Tait	Ian Hannay Alistair Currey	6	11.7	2	3.0	19	25.0	17	23.0	14	20.0	15	21.0	103.7	78.7
13	Bermuda	Eugene Simmons	James Amos Richard Belvin	14	20.0	15	21.0	16	22.0	4	8.0	18	24.0	6	11.7	106.7	82.7
14	Soviet Union	Boris Khabarov	Vladimir Yakovlev (sailor) Nikolay Gromov	18	24.0	9	15.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	16	22.0	10	16.0	108.7	84.7
15	Spain	Sar Juan Carlos de Borbon	Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba Larios Félix Gancedo	11	17.0	11	17.0	4	8.0	20	26.0	20	26.0	11	17.0	111.0	85.0
16	Ireland	Robin Hennessy	Treen Morris Harry Byrne, Joe McMenamin	10	16.0	16	22.0	22	28.0	7	13.0	9	15.0	19	25.0	117.0	89.0
17	Greece	Ioannis Giapalakis	Panagiotis Mikhail Ioannis Kiousis	13	19.0	7	13.0	10	16.0	18	24.0	17	23.0	14	20.0	115.0	91.0
18	France	René Sence	Patrick Rieupeyrout François Girard	15	21.0	22	28.0	14	20.0	13	19.0	7	13.0	13	19.0	120.0	92.0
19	Bahamas	Godfrey Kelly	Christopher McKinney David Albert Kelly	23	29.0	17	23.0	18	24.0	12	18.0	15	21.0	5	10.0	125.0	96.0
20	Poland	Lech Poklewski	Tadeusz Piotrowski Aleksander Bielaczyc	20	26.0	21	27.0	17	23.0	2	3.0	22	28.0	21	27.0	134.0	106.0
21	Portugal	Mário Quina	Francisco Quina Fernando Lima Bello	22	28.0	16	22.0	11	17.0	23	29.0	19	25.0	22	28.0	149.0	120.0
22	Jamaica	Michael Keith Nunes	John Burrowes Michael Anthony Nunes	7	13.0	18	24.0	23	29.0	22	28.0	21	27.0	23	29.0	150.0	121.0
23	Argentina	Jorge Salas Chávez	César Sebök Pedro Oscar Sisti	19	25.0	DSQ	32.0	21	27.0	21	27.0	12	18.0	20	26.0	155.0	123.0

Legend:DSQ – Disqualified; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result. Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1972 Summer Olympics

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

References

1. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Dragon), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
4. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
5. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
6. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014.