Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Star explained

Event:Star
Games:1936 Summer
Venue:Firth of Kiel
Dates:4–12 August
Competitors:24
Nations:12
Teams:12
Gold:Peter Bischoff
Hans-Joachim Weise
Goldnoc:GER
Silver:Arvid Laurin
Uno Wallentin
Silvernoc:SWE
Bronze:Bob Maas Willem de Vries Lentsch
Bronzenoc:NED
Prev:1932
Next:1948

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.[1]

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country)CrewYachtnameSailnumber [2] Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal
Points[3]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Wannsee12871124911211221111211280
Sunshine9152111123102111213104964
BEM II1294DNF02114931011221131063
4 Paka1074493102117685586756
5 Three Star Too948310588594310498551
6 KNS129258103766749679444
7 Fada1304310DSQ09449587621148
8 Marmara1190766767121671125838
9 Pegaso990857658112941037634
10 Vicking117267DSQ0DNF058768511228
11 Myojo10799485DNF01031129412119
12 Freddy87011294DNF08510312110318
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, SO = Sailed over
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Conditions at the Outer Course

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.

DateRaceSkyWind directionWind speed (m/s)Actual starting timeRemark
4 August 1936IOvercast, Occasional rainSW1212:05Postponement storm at the outer bay > 16 m/s
5 August 1936IISunshine, Later overcast and rainWSW3-410:30
6 August 1936IIISunnyWSW5-610:30
7 August 1936IVSlightly overcastNE210:40Postponement due to calm
8 August 1936VFoggy later slightly overcastNE2-311:45Postponement due to fog
9 August 1936VICalmENE2-311:50Postponement due to calm
10 August 1936VIIFineSE2-310:30

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open . Olympedia . 29 May 2020.
  2. Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
  3. The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.