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Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 7 Metre

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7 Metre[1]
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 7 Metre
Venue Belgium, Ostend
DatesFirst race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07)
Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors8 from 2 nations
Teams2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cyril Wright, Dorothy Wright,
Robert Coleman, William Maddison
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johan Faye, Sten Abel,
Christian Dick, Niels Neilsen
 Norway
← 1908
Discontinued →

The 7 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 8 sailors, on 2 boats, from 2 nation entered in the 7 Metre.

Race schedule[2]

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 ●  Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals  ●  Closing ceremony
Date July
7th
Wed
8th
Thu
9th
Fri
10th
Sat
7 Metre
Total gold medals 1

Course area

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7 Metre 1920 Olympic Course Areas
Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions [1]

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Date Max temperature Wind speed Average wind direction
7 July 1920 Unknown
8 July 1920 Unknown
9 July 1920 Unknown

Final results[2]

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The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used.

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Cyril Wright Robert Coleman
William Maddison
Dorothy Wright
Ancora 2 2 1 1 1 1 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway Johan Faye Sten Abel
Christian Dick
Niels Nielsen
Fornebo 1 1 2 2 2 2 5

Legend:
Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the 7 Metre during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

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  • Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.

Other information

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Sailors

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During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

Further reading

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  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

References

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  1. ^ a b Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.