Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Tempest

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Tempest [1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Tempest (keelboat).svg
Line drawing of the Tempest
Venue Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Teams21
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valentyn Mankin
Vitaliy Dyrdyra
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Alan Warren
David Hunt
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Glen Foster
Peter Dean
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1976  

The Tempest was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 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
Tempest (planning)Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Tempest (actual)Spare
day
Spare
day
Fog

Course area and course configuration

For the Tempest 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 of the Tempest event. [6]

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

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Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Valentin Mankin Mars symbol.svg Vitalii Dyrdyra Mars symbol.svg 35.748.010.035.7 8 14.023.035.742.128.1
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Alan Warren Mars symbol.svg David Hunt Mars symbol.svg 48.010.023.010.0611.7611.7 8 14.048.434.4
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Glen Foster Mars symbol.svg Peter Dean Mars symbol.svg 814.0 DSQ 30.035.723.048.0814.023.077.747.7
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden John Albrechtson Mars symbol.svg Ingvar Hansson Mars symbol.svg 23.0713.0814.0510.0 11 17.035.7611.775.457.4
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Ben Staartjes Mars symbol.svg Cees Kurpershoek Mars symbol.svg 713.023.0611.7915.01016.0 17 23.010.081.758.7
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Peder Lunde Jr Mars symbol.svg Aksel Gresvig Mars symbol.svg 16 22.0915.048.0814.023.0713.01117.092.070.0
7Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Mario Buckup Mars symbol.svg Peter Ficker Mars symbol.svg 19 25.035.7713.0713.01622.0510.0510.098.773.7
8Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland David Wilkins Mars symbol.svg Sean Whitaker Mars symbol.svg 611.7814.0915.0 13 19.010.01319.0915.093.774.7
9Flag of France.svg  France Marcel Troupel Mars symbol.svg Yves Devillers Mars symbol.svg 10.01016.01117.01117.0510.0 19 25.01218.0103.078.0
10Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Hubert Raudaschl Mars symbol.svg Erich Moritz Mars symbol.svg 510.0611.71319.0 15 22.035.71218.01420.0106.484.4
11Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Heinz Laprell Mars symbol.svg Wolf Stadler Mars symbol.svg 915.0 19 25.0510.048.01925.01117.0713.0113.088.0
12Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Tomasz Holc Mars symbol.svg Roman Rutkowski Mars symbol.svg 1016.01420.0 16 22.0611.71521.048.01319.0117.795.7
13Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Urs Kohler Mars symbol.svg Peter Frey Mars symbol.svg 18 24.01218.01218.01824.01723.010.01016.0123.099.0
14Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giampiero Dotti Mars symbol.svg Francesco Sibello Mars symbol.svg 1218.01824.01016.0 19 25.01319.01622.048.0132.0107.0
15Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ted Hains Mars symbol.svg Larry Scott Mars symbol.svg 1723.0510.0 18 24.01420.01824.01016.01521.0138.0114.0
16Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico John Garry Hoyt Mars symbol.svg Hovey T. Freeman Mars symbol.svg 1319.01622.01420.01016.0713.0 DSQ 30.01824.0144.0114.0
17Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Mogens Larsen Mars symbol.svg Klaus Føge Jensen Mars symbol.svg 1117.01319.02026.01218.01420.01521.0 DSQ 28.0149.0121.0
18Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong Kenneth Tomlins Mars symbol.svg Gilbert Lennox-King Mars symbol.svg 1521.01117.01521.0 21 27.02026.0915.01925.0152.0125.0
19Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Gordon Ingate Mars symbol.svg Robert Thornton Mars symbol.svg 1420.01521.01723.01723.01218.0 DNF 27.01723.0155.0128.0
20Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands John Foster sr. Mars symbol.svg John Hamber Mars symbol.svg 20 26.01723.01925.01622.0915.01824.01622.0157.0131.0
21Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Prinz Bira Bhanubanda Mars symbol.svg Paitoon Chulatuppa Mars symbol.svg 2127.02026.02127.02026.02127.01420.0 DNS 27.0180.0153.0

    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 Tempest during the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 TEMPEST Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Tempest during the 1972 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 Kunze, Herbert (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 (Tempest), 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.