Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6.5 Metre explained

Event:	6.5 Metre
Games:	1920 Summer
Dates:	First race: Last race:
Competitors:	2
Nations:	2
Teams:	6
Goldnoc:	NED
Silvernoc:	FRA

The 6.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled. 6 sailors, on 2 boats, from 2 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

Weather conditions

Date	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
9 July 1920	Unknown

Final results

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

Notes

• The first race on July 7 was canceled/postponed on request of the Dutch team since the France yacht was not in time cleared by Belgium customs

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 .