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Star[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
(1968 - 1996 Configuration)
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: August 29, 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: September 8, 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors36 from 18 nations
Teams18
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) David Forbes
John Anderson
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pelle Petterson
Stellan Westerdahl
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Wilhelm Kuhweide
Karsten Meyer
 West Germany
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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]

Race schedule[3]

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 September 8. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.

 ●  Event competitions  ●  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
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][4] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Weather conditions

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Final results[5]

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total Total

discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia David Forbes John Anderson 3 5.7 8 14.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 4 8.0 1 0.0 3 5.7 42.1 28.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Pelle Petterson Stellan Westerdahl 2 3.0 7 13.0 1 0.0 4 8.0 5 10.0 18 24 5 10.0 68.0 44.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  West Germany Wilhelm Kuhweide Karsten Meyer 4 8.0 3 5.7 11 17.0 2 3.0 6 11.7 4 8.0 4 8.0 68.0 44.0
4  Brazil Jörg Bruder Jan Willem Aten 6 11.7 10 16.0 8 14.0 5 10.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 8 14.0 68.7 52.7
5  Italy Flavio Scala Mauro Testa 5 10.0 6 11.7 3 5.7 10 16.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 1 0.0 77.4 58.4
6  Portugal Antonio Mardel Correia Ulrich Henrique Anjos 10 16.0 4 8.0 6 11.7 11 17.0 3 5.7 5 10.0 17 23.0 91.4 68.4
7  Great Britain Stuart Jardine John Wastall 1 0.0 13 19.0 4 8.0 6 11.7 11 17.0 10 16.0 10 16.0 87.7 68.7
8  Hungary András Gosztonyi György Holovits 16 22.0 5 10.0 7 13.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 8 14.0 2 3.0 98.0 76.0
9  Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Vladimir Vassiliev 7 13.0 1 0.0 DSQ 26.0 14 20.0 8 16.0 14 20.0 9 15.0 102.0 76.0
10  United States Alan Holt Richard Gates 13 19.0 DSQ 26.0 13 19.0 7 13.0 2 3.0 12 18.0 11 17.0 115.0 89.0
11  Austria Manfred Stelzl Peter Luschan 8 16.0 15 21.0 5 10.0 15 21.0 7 13.0 7 13.0 18 24.0 116.0 92.0
12  Canada Ian Bruce Peter Björn 9 15.0 12 18.0 16 22.0 1 0.0 15 21.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 116.0 94.0
13  Bahamas Durward Knowles Montague Roscoe Higgs 12 18.0 2 3.0 10 16.0 12 18.0 DNF 24.0 16 22.0 14 20.0 121.0 97.0
14  Switzerland Edwin Bernet Rolf Amrein DSQ 26.0 16 22.0 9 15.0 14 20.0 10 16.0 3 5.7 15 21.0 125.7 99.7
15  Norway Bjørn Lofterød Odd Roar Lofterød 14 20.0 14 20.0 12 18.0 9 15.0 12 18.0 11 17.0 7 13.0 121.0 101.0
16  Virgin Islands Kenith Klein Peter B. Jackson 11 17.0 11 17.0 17 23.0 17 23.0 14 20.0 6 11.7 12 18.0 129.7 106.7
17  East Germany Herbert Weichert Hans–Joachim Lange 15 21.0 9 15.0 14 20.0 DNF 24.0 16 22.0 13 19.0 6 11.7 132.7 108.7
18  Argentina Guillermo Calegari Luis Hector Schenone 17 23.0 17 23.0 15 21.0 16 22.0 17 23.0 17 23.0 16 22.0 167.0 134.0

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 Star during the 1972 Summer Olympics

Notes

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Other information

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Further reading

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

References

  1. ^ a b (ed.) 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. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ (ed.) 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. 146. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (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. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (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. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)