Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics
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| Sailing at the Games of the X Olympiad | |
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| File:1932 Team Yachting.png Badge Team Yachting | |
| Venue | Los Angeles Harbor |
| Dates | August 5 - 12 |
| Competitors | 58 from 11 nations |
| Teams | 24 |
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1886 Olympics in Athens 
Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program.
The Sailing program of 1932 consisted of a total of four sailing classes (disciplines). For each class races were scheduled from 5-12 August of the coast of Los Angeles Harbor on the Pacific Ocean.
Venue
Los Angeles Harbor | |
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| File:1932 Los Angeles Harbor Sailing Venue.jpg | |
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Over this course, on the broad Pacific, in a sea moderated by the bulk of Santa Catalina Island twenty miles seaward, were raced the Eight Metre boats, the Six Metre boats, and the International Star Boats, while on a course sheltered from the open sea by the San Pedro Breakwater a two-mile triangle was laid off for the Monotype races.
The venue of the Xth Olympiad sailing event was off the coats of Los Angeles Harbor. For the Star, 6 and 8 Metre the races were held on the broad Pacific. For the Snowbird-monotype the course area was near the coast sheltered by the the San Pedro Breakwater.
Many of the sailors lived near the harbor area. Fore those who lived in the Olympic village transport was arranged.
For the Olympics in general and sailing specific, having the Olympics in the USA, in the mid's of the financial crisis, was a challenge. The safe choice of using the Metre classes turned out to be a very expensive one. Transporting the yachts to Los Angeles was hardly possible in the economical climate. The new Olympic Star was hardly used in Europe and not many sailors knew how to handle this difficult keelboat. With a significant effort, by the Southern California Yachting Association, arrangments were made for foreign country to use local Stars, 6 and 8 Metres. Thirty Snowbirds were provided by the Olympic Committee but only eleven were needed.
Competition
Overview
| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 11 | 4 | 23 | ? | 0 |
Continents
Countries
 Austria (AUT) |
 Canada (CAN) |
 Spain (ESP)
|
 France (FRA) |
 Germany (GER) |
 Great Britain (GBR)
|
 Italy (ITA) |
 Netherlands (NED) |
 South Africa (RSA)
|
 Sweden (SWE) |
 United States (USA)
|
Classes (equipment)
| Class | Type | Event | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jib/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowbird | Dinghy |  |
1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1932 | 1 |
| Star | Dinghy | |
2 | 0 | + | + | - | 1932 | 1 |
| 6 Metre | Keelboat | |
4 | 0 | + | + | + | 1908 | 6 |
| 8 Metre | Keelboat | |
6 | 0 | + | + | + | 1908 | 6 |
= Male, 
= Female, = Open
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
Snowbird: |
France (FRA)
|
Netherlands (NED)
|
Spain (ESP)
|
| Star: File:Starclass emblem.png |
United States (USA)
|
Great Britain (GBR)
|
Sweden (SWE)
|
6 Metre: |
Sweden (SWE)
|
United States (USA)
|
Canada (CAN)
|
8 Metre: |
United States (USA)
|
Canada (CAN)
|
Medal tables
Sailing 1932
| 1 | United States (USA) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
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Sailing 1896–1932
| 1 |  Norway |
12 | 5 | 1 | 18 |
| 2 |  United Kingdom |
9 | 3 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 |  France |
5 | 7 | 7 | 19 |
| 4 |  Sweden |
5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| 5 |  Netherlands |
2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 |  Belgium |
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 |  United States |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Mixed team (ZZX) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Denmark |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  Finland |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 12 |  Canada |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 |  Germany |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 |  Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Estonia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 39 | 31 | 24 | 94 |
|---|
Remarks
- This Olympic sailing event was gender independent, but tuned out to be a Mens only event. This was one of the triggers to create gender specific events. This however had to wait until 1988.
- Some sources state the Finn event as a designated men only event. The Official report of the games does not mention this gender specific discriminator,
- It was the first Olympic sailing contest were only "One Design" classes were used. Also non of the classes was "owned by one builder". In general more that one builder was allowed. (The boats had to apply to what we now call open standards).
- Paul Elvstrøm was trying to win his fifth Gold medal. He left the games however premature. Assumed is that the media pressure became too high at that moment. Paul took revenge by sailing two times more at the Olympics (1984 and 1988) in the Tornado. One of Paul's crewmembers from the Soling took the gold later. Valdemar Bandolowski together with 1972 Dragon helmsman Poul Richard Høj Jensen won the Gold in the Soling class in 1976 and 1980.
- Although favourable wind conditions in September were predicted. Some of the races suffered from lack of wind. In the Soling and Dragon only 6 races could be completed and the 6th race in the Finn only three contenders were able to finish in time.
Sailors
During the Sailing regatta's at the 1972 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
- Royalties
Thailand (THA), Prince of Thailand, Prinz Bhanubanda Bira in the Tempest
Norway (NOR), King of Norway, HrH Crownprince Harald in the Soling
Spain (ESP), King of Spain, Sar Juan Carlos de Borbon in the Dragon
- Sportmanagers
Belgium (BEL), President International Olympic Committee, Jacques Rogge in the Finn
Finland (FIN), Past president International Sailing Federation, Peter Tallberg in the Soling
- First non American winner of the America's Cup
Australia (AUS), John Bertrand in the Finn
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In Finn:
Jacques Rogge -
In Tempest:
Prinz Bhanubanda Bira -
In Soling:
Harald V of Norway -
In Dragon:
Juan Carlos I of Spain
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Notes
References
- (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
{{cite book}}:|author=has generic name (help) - Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Finn". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-05-25.
- "Munich 1972". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
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At the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, four events in sailing were contested. Races were held from August 5, 1932 to August 12, 1932 in the Port of Los Angeles.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Monotype |
Jacques Lebrun France
|
Bob Maas Netherlands
|
Santiago Amat Spain
|
| Star class |
United States (USA) Jupiter Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano |
Great Britain (GBR) Joy George Colin Ratsey Peter Jaffe |
Sweden (SWE) Swedisk Star Gunnar Asther Daniel Sundén-Cullberg |
| 6 metre class |
Sweden (SWE) Bissbi Tore Holm Martin Hindorff Olle Åkerlund Åke Bergqvist |
United States (USA) Gallant Robert Carlson Temple Ashbrook Frederic Conant Charles Smith Donald Wills Douglas, Jr. Emmett Davis |
Canada (CAN) Caprice Philip Rogers Gerald Wilson Gardner Boultbee Kenneth Glass |
| 8 metre class |
United States (USA) Angelita John Biby William Cooper Carl Dorsey Owen Churchill Robert Sutton Pierpont Davis Alan Morgan Alphonse Burnand Thomas Webster John Huettner Richard Moore Kenneth Carey |
Canada (CAN) Santa Maria Ernest Cribb Harry Jones Peter Gordon Hubert Wallace Ronald Maitland George Gyles |
none |
Participating nations
A total of 58 sailors (only men) from 11 nations competed at the Los Angeles Games:
- Austria (1)
- Canada (13)
- France (3)
- Germany (1)
- Great Britain (3)
- Italy (1)
- Netherlands (3)
- South Africa (3)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (7)
- United States (22)
Medal table
| 1 | United States (USA) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Sweden (SWE) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | France (FRA) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Canada (CAN) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-29.