Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Tempest

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Tempest[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Tempest
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Teams21
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentyn Mankin
Vitaliy Dyrdyra		  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alan Warren
David Hunt		  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Glen Foster
Peter Dean		  United States
1976 →
Sailing at the
1972 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
Flying DutchmanOpen
TempestOpen
StarOpen
SolingOpen
DragonOpen

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[edit]

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
Tempest (planning) ● ● ● ● Spare
day 		Spare
day 		● ● ● Spare
day 		Spare
day
Tempest (actual) ● ● ● ● Spare
day 		Spare
day 		● ● Fog ●

Course area and course configuration[edit]

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[edit]

These are the results of the Tempest event.[6]

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)  Soviet Union Valentin Mankin Vitalii Dyrdyra 3 5.7 4 8.0 1 0.0 3 5.7 8 14.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 42.1 28.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Alan Warren David Hunt 4 8.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 1 0.0 6 11.7 6 11.7 8 14.0 48.4 34.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States Glen Foster Peter Dean 8 14.0 DSQ 30.0 3 5.7 2 3.0 4 8.0 8 14.0 2 3.0 77.7 47.7
4  Sweden John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson 2 3.0 7 13.0 8 14.0 5 10.0 11 17.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 75.4 57.4
5  Netherlands Ben Staartjes Cees Kurpershoek 7 13.0 2 3.0 6 11.7 9 15.0 10 16.0 17 23.0 1 0.0 81.7 58.7
6  Norway Peder Lunde Jr Aksel Gresvig 16 22.0 9 15.0 4 8.0 8 14.0 2 3.0 7 13.0 11 17.0 92.0 70.0
7  Brazil Mario Buckup Peter Ficker 19 25.0 3 5.7 7 13.0 7 13.0 16 22.0 5 10.0 5 10.0 98.7 73.7
8  Ireland David Wilkins Sean Whitaker 6 11.7 8 14.0 9 15.0 13 19.0 1 0.0 13 19.0 9 15.0 93.7 74.7
9  France Marcel Troupel Yves Devillers 1 0.0 10 16.0 11 17.0 11 17.0 5 10.0 19 25.0 12 18.0 103.0 78.0
10  Austria Hubert Raudaschl Erich Moritz 5 10.0 6 11.7 13 19.0 15 22.0 3 5.7 12 18.0 14 20.0 106.4 84.4
11  West Germany Heinz Laprell Wolf Stadler 9 15.0 19 25.0 5 10.0 4 8.0 19 25.0 11 17.0 7 13.0 113.0 88.0
12  Poland Tomasz Holc Roman Rutkowski 10 16.0 14 20.0 16 22.0 6 11.7 15 21.0 4 8.0 13 19.0 117.7 95.7
13  Switzerland Urs Kohler Peter Frey 18 24.0 12 18.0 12 18.0 18 24.0 17 23.0 1 0.0 10 16.0 123.0 99.0
14  Italy Giampiero Dotti Francesco Sibello 12 18.0 18 24.0 10 16.0 19 25.0 13 19.0 16 22.0 4 8.0 132.0 107.0
15  Canada Ted Hains Larry Scott 17 23.0 5 10.0 18 24.0 14 20.0 18 24.0 10 16.0 15 21.0 138.0 114.0
16  Puerto Rico John Garry Hoyt Hovey T. Freeman 13 19.0 16 22.0 14 20.0 10 16.0 7 13.0 DSQ 30.0 18 24.0 144.0 114.0
17  Denmark Mogens Larsen Klaus Føge Jensen 11 17.0 13 19.0 20 26.0 12 18.0 14 20.0 15 21.0 DSQ 28.0 149.0 121.0
18  Hong Kong Kenneth Tomlins Gilbert Lennox-King 15 21.0 11 17.0 15 21.0 21 27.0 20 26.0 9 15.0 19 25.0 152.0 125.0
19  Australia Gordon Ingate Robert Thornton 14 20.0 15 21.0 17 23.0 17 23.0 12 18.0 DNF 27.0 17 23.0 155.0 128.0
20  Virgin Islands John Foster sr. John Hamber 20 26.0 17 23.0 19 25.0 16 22.0 9 15.0 18 24.0 16 22.0 157.0 131.0
21  Thailand Prinz Bira Bhanubanda Paitoon Chulatuppa 21 27.0 20 26.0 21 27.0 20 26.0 21 27.0 14 20.0 DNS 27.0 180.0 153.0

Legend: DSQ – Disqualified;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.
Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings[edit]

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

Further reading[edit]

  • "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[edit]

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ (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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