Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Dragon explained

Event:	Dragon
Games:	1968 Summer
Venue:	Acapulco
Dates:	14–21 October
Competitors:	71
Nations:	23
Teams:	23
Gold:	George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck
Goldnoc:	USA
Silvernoc:	DEN
Bronzenoc:	GDR
Prev:	1964
Next:	1972

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 71 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Country Code	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Country Code	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
		Barton Jahncke 13px Gerald Schreck 13px	US	2	3	6	~~11.7~~	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	17.7	6
		Paul Lindemark Jørgensen 13px Niels Markussen 13px	D	6	11.7	1	0	2	3	10	16	3	5.7	2	3	2	3	42.4	26.4
		Karl-Heinz Thun 13px Konrad Weichert 13px	GO	1	0	2	3	3	5.7	4	8	4	8	6	~~11.7~~	4	8	44.4	32.7
4		Dave Miller 13px Tim Irwin 13px	KC	3	5.7	8	14	13	19	6	11.7	8	14	7	13	3	5.7	83.1	64.1
5		Thomas Anderson 13px John Ferguson 13px	KA	8	14	4	8	9	15	2	3	5	10	11	17	9	15	82	65
6		Lennart Eisner 13px Sven Hanson, Bengt Palmquist, Pelle Petterson 13px	S	7	13	11	17	5	10	9	15	6	11.7	5	10	6	11.7	88.4	71.4
7		Peter Stülcken 13px Axel May 13px	G	16	22	5	10	14	20	8	14	1	0	4	8	16	22	96	74
8		Michel Alexandre 13px Pierre Blanchard 13px	F	13	19	3	5.7	12	18	17	23	7	13	3	5.7	14	20	104.4	81.4
9		Boris Belada 13px Pedro Sisti 13px	A	15	21	9	15	7	13	5	10	17	23	10	16	11	17	115	92
10		Jan Bol 13px Pieter de Zwart 13px	H	10	16	~~DNF~~	28	18	24	3	5.7	11	17	13	19	7	13	122.7	94.7
11		Valery Ruzhnikov 13px Valery Afanasyev 13px	SR	12	18	7	13	4	8	13	19	14	20	~~DNF~~	29	12	18	125	96
12		Jan-Erik Aarberg 13px Erik Wiik-Hansen 13px	N	4	8	15	21	11	17	19	25	15	21	16	22	5	10	124	99
13		Eugene Simmons 13px Richard Belvin 13px	KB	9	15	14	20	10	16	7	13	10	16	14	20	18	24	124	100
14		Charles Reynolds 13px David Tucker 13px	K	5	10	17	23	6	11.7	20	26	16	22	15	21	8	14	127.7	101.7
15		Georgios Zaimis 13px Anastasios Vogiatzis 13px	GR	14	20	10	16	8	14	16	22	18	24	8	14	17	23	133	109
16		George Ramsey 13px David Kelly 13px	BA	~~DNF~~	28	DNF	28	17	23	14	20	9	15	9	15	10	16	145	117
17		Fernando Lima Bello 13px António Weck 13px	P	17	23	13	19	15	21	11	17	~~DNF~~	29	12	18	20	26	153	124
18		Roberto Sloane 13px Esteban Gerard 13px	MX	19	25	20	26	16	22	12	18	12	18	18	24	13	19	152	126
19		William Turnbull 13px Paul Cooper 13px	KH	20	26	12	18	20	26	15	21	13	19	22	28	19	25	163	135
20		Charles Ogilvie 13px Steven Henriques 13px	KJ	11	17	16	22	22	28	21	27	22	28	17	23	15	21	166	138
21		Manuel Baiget 13px Eugenio Jáudenes 13px	E	18	24	19	25	19	25	18	24	19	25	19	25	22	28	176	148
22		Hervé Roche 13px Frohmund Burger 13px	V	21	27	18	24	21	27	23	29	20	26	20	26	21	27	186	157
23		Chang Jen-chih 13px Chen Chih-fu 13px	TA	~~DNS~~	29	DNS	29	DNF	29	22	28	21	27	21	27	23	29	198	169

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
13px = Male, 13px = Female

Daily standings

Conditions at Acapulco

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Acapulco. Each of the classes was new Olympic scoring system.

Date	Race	Weather	Temperature (Celsius)	Wind direction (deg)	Wind speed (kn)	Sea	Current (kn-deg)
14 October 1968	I	Fair	29	300	16	Choppy	0.5-120
15 October 1968	II	Fair	29	293	20	Calm	0.2-160
16 October 1968	III	Fair	28.5	290	8-9	Calm	0.2-130
17 October 1968	IV	Fair	29.5	235	6	Calm	0.1-300
19 October 1968	V	Normal	29.8	187	6	Calm	1-326
20 October 1968	VI	Fair	30	225	5	Calm	0.7-275
21 October 1968	VII	Cloudy	28.5	285	12	Choppy	1-110

References

Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part One. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part Two. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part One. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part Two. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Three Part One. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Three Part Two. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Four Part One. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: The Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Four Part Two. Organizing Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad. 1968.
Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.

Notes and References

Web site: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Dragon), Open . Olympedia . 9 June 2020.
The 1968 Olympic scoring system was used.
Total after applying discard.