Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy explained

Event:	12' Dinghy
Games:	1920 Summer
Dates:	First race: Last race:
Competitors:	5
Nations:	1
Teams:	2
Goldnoc:	NED
Silvernoc:	NED
Next:	1928

The 12' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend and Amsterdam. Four races were scheduled. 5 sailors, on 2 boats, from 1 nation entered.

Race schedule

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

Date	July				September
	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	3 Fri	4 Sat	5 Sun
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Total gold medals				1
12' Dinghy (actual)	bgcolor=#3399ff	1				bgcolor=#ffcc00	2	Dutch national races
Total gold medals					1

Weather conditions

Date	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
3 September 1920	18.8C	3.6m/s - 8.2m/s

Final results

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

Notes

• This was the first Olympic event ever, and the only Olympic sailing event, that was held outside the organizing country.
• During the second race, one of the marks was drifting, meaning the race was cancelled. Since the organizers did not have time to re-sail the race that week, the two remaining races were rescheduled for September 3. Because both contenders were Dutch, the organizers requested the Olympic Committee to organize the race in Amsterdam Buiten Y, which was accepted.
• Cornelis Hin helmed in race No. I and the cancelled race No. II, Frans Hin helmed the two races in Amsterdam.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

Further reading

• Web site: Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008) . Digital Library Collection at la84.org . la84foundation . 6 February 2015 .