Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Star

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 24 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed.[2]

Star
at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Star [1]
VenueFirth of Kiel
Dates4–12 August
Competitors24 from 12 nations
Teams12
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Peter Bischoff
Hans-Joachim Weise
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Arvid Laurin
Uno Wallentin
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bob Maas Willem de Vries Lentsch  Netherlands
← 1932
1948 →

Results

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Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Sailnumber [3] Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points[4]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
    Peter Bischoff   (GER) Hans-Joachim Weise   Wannsee 1287 1 12 4 9 1 12 1 12 2 11 1 12 1 12 80
    Arvid Laurin   (SWE) Uno Wallentin   Sunshine 915 2 11 1 12 3 10 2 11 12 1 3 10 4 9 64
    Bob Maas   (NED) Willem de Vries Lentsch   BEM II 1294 DNF 0 2 11 4 9 3 10 1 12 2 11 3 10 63
4   Keith Grogono   (GBR) William Welply   Paka 1074 4 9 3 10 2 11 7 6 8 5 5 8 6 7 56
5   William Glenn Waterhouse   (USA) Woodbridge Metcalf   Three Star Too 948 3 10 5 8 8 5 9 4 3 10 4 9 8 5 51
6   Oivind Christensen   (NOR) Sigurd Herbern   KNS 1292 5 8 10 3 7 6 6 7 4 9 6 7 9 4 44
7   Jean-Jacques Herbulot   (FRA) Pierre de Montaut   Fada 1304 3 10 DSQ 0 9 4 4 9 5 8 7 6 2 11 48
8   Harun Ülman   (TUR) Behzat Baydar   Marmara 1190 7 6 6 7 6 7 12 1 6 7 11 2 5 8 38
9   Riccardo De Sangro Fondi   (ITA) Federico De Luca   Pegaso 990 8 5 7 6 5 8 11 2 9 4 10 3 7 6 34
10   Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiuza   (POR) Antonio Guedes de Heredia   Vicking 1172 6 7 DSQ 0 DNF 0 5 8 7 6 8 5 11 2 28
11   Minoru Takarabe   (JPN) Takuo Mitsui   Myojo 1079 9 4 8 5 DNF 0 10 3 11 2 9 4 12 1 19
12   Victor Godts   (BEL) Albert Vos   Freddy 870 11 2 9 4 DNF 0 8 5 10 3 12 1 10 3 18

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, SO = Sailed over
  = Male,   = Female

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1936 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Outer Course

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All starts were scheduled for 10:30.
The position of the outercourse was in front of Schilksee were in 1972 the new Olympic center was used. So in 1936 a long distance sailing/towing to the racing area from the old Olympic harbor.

Date Race Sky Wind direction Wind speed (m/s) Actual starting time Remark
4 August 1936 I Overcast, Occasional rain SW 12 12:05 Postponement storm at the outer bay > 16 m/s
5 August 1936 II Sunshine, Later overcast and rain WSW 3-4 10:30
6 August 1936 III Sunny WSW 5-6 10:30
7 August 1936 IV Slightly overcast NE 2 10:40 Postponement due to calm
8 August 1936 V Foggy later slightly overcast NE 2-3 11:45 Postponement due to fog
9 August 1936 VI Calm ENE 2-3 11:50 Postponement due to calm
10 August 1936 VII Fine SE 2-3 10:30

Notes

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  1. ^ Since the possible confusion between the Olympic salute and the Hitler salute, Medal winners making a salute are not incorporated.
  2. ^ "Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  3. ^ Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
  4. ^ The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

References

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