Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Star explained

Event:	Star
Games:	1964 Summer
Venue:	Enoshima
Competitors:	34
Nations:	17
Teams:	17
Gold:	Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke
Goldnoc:	BAH
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1960
Next:	1968

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 34 sailors, on 17 boats, from 17 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Daily standings

Conditions at Enoshima

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Enoshima. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The Westerly course area was used for the Star.

Date	Race	Weather	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)
12 October 1964	I	Cloudy	E	3
13 October 1964	II	Cloudy	NE	3.8
14 October 1964	III	Cloudy	N	14
15 October 1964	IV	Fine	NNE	10
19 October 1964	V	Fine	NNE	9
20 October 1964	VI	Cloudy	N	5
21 October 1964	VII	Cloudy	SW	8

References

• Book: The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part One. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. 1964. pdf.
• Book: The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part Two. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. 1964. pdf.
• Book: The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part One. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. 1964. pdf.
• Book: The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part Two. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad. 1964. pdf.
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open . Olympedia . 7 June 2020.