Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 18' Dinghy explained

Event:	18' Dinghy
Games:	1920 Summer
Dates:	First race: Last race:
Competitors:	2
Nations:	1

The 18' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled. Two sailors, on one boat, from one 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

Final results

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

Notes

• This was probably the least interesting event in the history of Olympic sailing: only one competitor turned up, and in the first of the planned races they failed to finish, not appearing for the remaining three.
• Similarly Stan Rowley (in the 1900 5000 m team race) won an Olympic gold medal despite not finishing their event.

Other information

18' Dinghy picture

Further reading

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