Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

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Star [1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Star 1968 - 1996 Configuration.svg
Line drawing of the Star
(1968 - 1996 Configuration)
Venue Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Teams18
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg David Forbes
John Anderson
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Pelle Petterson
Stellan Westerdahl
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Wilhelm Kuhweide
Karsten Meyer
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
  1968
1980  

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 36 sailors, on 18 boats, from 18 nation competed. [2] [3]

Race schedule

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. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September. [4]

  Event competitions  Event finals
DateAugustSeptember
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
Star (planning)Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Star (actual)Spare
day
Spare
day
Fog

Course area and course configuration

For the Star course area B(ravo) was used. The location (54°30'30'’N, 10°13'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle. [1] [5] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Final results

These are the results for the Star event: [6]

RankCountry Helmsman CrewRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7TotalTotal

discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia David Forbes Mars symbol.svg John Anderson Mars symbol.svg 35.7 8 14.023.035.748.010.035.742.128.1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Pelle Petterson Mars symbol.svg Stellan Westerdahl Mars symbol.svg 23.0713.010.048.0510.0 18 24510.068.044.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Germany.svg  West Germany Wilhelm Kuhweide Mars symbol.svg Karsten Meyer Mars symbol.svg 48.035.7 11 17.023.0611.748.048.068.044.0
4Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Jörg Bruder Mars symbol.svg Jan Willem Aten Mars symbol.svg 611.7 10 16.0814.0510.010.023.0814.068.752.7
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Flavio Scala Mars symbol.svg Mauro Testa Mars symbol.svg 510.0611.735.71016.0 13 19.0915.010.077.458.4
6Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal António Correia Mars symbol.svg Henrique Anjos Mars symbol.svg 1016.048.0611.71117.035.7510.0 17 23.091.468.4
7Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Stuart Jardine Mars symbol.svg John Wastall Mars symbol.svg 10.0 13 19.048.0611.71117.01016.01016.087.768.7
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary András Gosztonyi Mars symbol.svg György Holovits Mars symbol.svg 16 22.0510.0713.01319.0915.0814.023.098.076.0
9Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Mars symbol.svg Vladimir Vasilyev Mars symbol.svg 713.010.0 DSQ 26.01420.0816.01420.0915.0102.076.0
10Flag of the United States.svg  United States Alan Holt Mars symbol.svg Richard Gates Mars symbol.svg 1319.0 DSQ 26.01319.0713.023.01218.01117.0115.089.0
11Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Manfred Stelzl Mars symbol.svg Peter Luschan Mars symbol.svg 816.01521.0510.01521.0713.0713.0 18 24.0116.092.0
12Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ian Bruce Mars symbol.svg Peter Bjorn Mars symbol.svg 915.01218.0 16 22.010.01521.01521.01319.0116.094.0
13Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas Durward Knowles Mars symbol.svg Montague Higgs Mars symbol.svg 1218.023.01016.01218.0 DNF 24.01622.01420.0121.097.0
14Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Edwin Bernet Mars symbol.svg Rolf Amrein Mars symbol.svg DSQ 26.01622.0915.01420.01016.035.71521.0125.799.7
15Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Bjørn Lofterød Mars symbol.svg Odd Roar Lofterød Mars symbol.svg 14 20.01420.01218.0915.01218.01117.0713.0121.0101.0
16Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands Ken Klein Sr. Mars symbol.svg Peter Jackson Mars symbol.svg 1117.01117.0 17 23.01723.01420.0611.71218.0129.7106.7
17Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Herbert Weichert Mars symbol.svg Hans–Joachim Lange Mars symbol.svg 1521.0915.01420.0 DNF 24.01622.01319.0611.7132.7108.7
18Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Guillermo Calegari Sr. Mars symbol.svg Luis Hector Schenone Mars symbol.svg 17 23.01723.01521.01622.01723.01723.01622.0167.0134.0

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

    Gender: Male symbol.svg – male; Venus symbol.svg – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 STAR Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1972 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 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: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 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.