Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tornado explained

Event:	Tornado
Games:	1976 Summer
Venue:	Kingston
Competitors:	29
Nations:	14
Teams:	14
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronzenoc:	FRG
Next:	1980

The Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario. Seven races were scheduled. 29 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed. It was the time the event had been included on the Olympic sailing program.^[1]

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points	Total-1
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
			1	0.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	1	0.0	DNS	20.0	38.0	18.0
			8	14.0	10	16.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	4	8.0	52.0	36.0
			2	3.0	2	3.0	11	17.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	54.7	37.7
4			RET	20.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	12	18.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	64.4	44.4
5			9	15.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	3	5.7	75.4	57.4
6			3	5.7	3	5.7	9	15.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	80.4	63.4
7			6	11.7	11	17.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	86.7	69.7
8			5	10.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	8	14.0	DSQ	21.0	92.7	71.7
9			4	8.0	5	10.0	13	19.0	3	5.7	12	18.0	11	17.0	10	16.0	93.7	74.7
10			7	13.0	9	15.0	7	13.0	11	17.0	8	14.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	93.7	76.7
11			10	16.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	10	16.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	9	15.0	94.4	78.4
12			11	17.0	12	18.0	8	14.0	13	19.0	10	16.0	13	19.0	7	13.0	116.0	97.0
13			12	18.0	RET	20.0	10	16.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	9	15.0	DSQ	21.0	121.7	100.7
14			13	19.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	14	20.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	134.0	114.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

References

• Book: Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization . Louis . Chantigny . COJO . Ottawa . 1978 . PDF . 24 January 2011 . 23 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523220520/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976 . deviated .
• Book: Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities . Louis . Chantigny . COJO . Ottawa . 1978 . PDF . 24 January 2011 . 23 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523220520/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976 . deviated .
• Book: Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results . Louis . Chantigny . COJO . Ottawa . 1978 . PDF . 24 January 2011 . 23 May 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523220520/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1976 . deviated .

• Sailing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Tornado . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418131358/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1976/SAI/mixed-multihull.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 26 January 2011.
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008 . Hugh . Drake . Paul . Henderson . Paul Henderson (sailor) . CYA . Toronto . 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics: Multihull (Tornado), Open . Olympedia . 15 June 2020.