Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Star explained

Event:	Star
Games:	1932 Summer
Dates:	First race: Last race:
Competitors:	14
Nations:	7
Teams:	7
Goldnoc:	USA
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Next:	1936

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor. Seven races were scheduled, plus possible tiebreakers. Fourteen sailors, on seven boats, from seven nations competed.

Race schedule

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- !rowspan = 2	Date !colspan = 8	August	- !5th Fri	6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon	9th Tue	10th Wed	11th Thu	12th Fri	- align="center"	Star	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#3399ff	●	bgcolor=#ffcc00	●	- align="center"	- ! Total gold medals								1	-

Course area and course configuration

The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the US Coast Guard. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The Star event took place outside the breakwater.

Weather conditions

- !Date	Race	Wind	Wind direction	Details	-	5-AUG-1932	1st Race	Heavy		Most Stars reef	-	6-AUG-1932	2nd Race	Light		Freshening to	-	7-AUG-1932	3rd Race	Fresh		Increased to 20kn	-	8-AUG-1932	4th Race	20kn			-	9-AUG-1932	5th Race	Light			-	10-AUG-1932	6th Race	Light		Freshening	-	11-AUG-1932	7th Race	Light			-	12-AUG-1932	8th Race	No data available

Daily standings

Notes

For this event one yacht from each country, crewed by 2 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 2) was allowed.
This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out that only men participated.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the Star: