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Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

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]

Star[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
(1968 - 1996 Configuration)
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 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
← 1968
1980 →

Race schedule

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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
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

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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

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

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Total Total
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discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
    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
    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
    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 António Correia   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 Vasilyev   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 Bjorn   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 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 Ken Klein Sr.   Peter 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 Sr.   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

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

Further reading

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  • "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. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

References

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  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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  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. ^ (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. 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 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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