Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy

12' Dinghy[1] at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawing of the 12' Dinghy
Venue	Belgium, Ostend  Netherlands, Amsterdam
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 Last race: 3 September 1920
Competitors	5 from 1 nation
Teams	2
Medalists
Cornelis Hin, Johan Hin, Frans Hin   Netherlands   Arnoud van der Biesen, Petrus Beukers   Netherlands

Sailing at the  1920 Summer Olympics
One design (Monotype)
• 12' Dinghy			Open
• 18' Dinghy			Open
Jauge chemin de fer
• 6.5 Metre			Open
• 8.5 Metre			Open	(No entries)
Skerry cruiser
• 30m^2			Open
• 40m^2			Open
International rule
• 6 Metre			Open
• 7 Metre			Open
• 8 Metre			Open
• 9 Metre			Open	(No entries)
• 10 Metre			Open
• 12 Metre			Open

The 12' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend and Amsterdam. Four races were scheduled. 5 sailors, on 2 boats, from 1 nation entered.

Race schedule^[2]

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

Date	July  Belgium				September  Netherlands
	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	3 Fri	4 Sat	5 Sun
12' Dinghy (planning)	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1
12' Dinghy (actual)	1				2	Dutch national races
Total gold medals					1

Course area

12' Dinghy 1920 Olympic Course Areas

Ostend, Belgium

Buiten Y. The Netherlands

Weather conditions ^[1]

Date	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
10 September 1920	18.8 °C (65.8 °F)	3.6 metres per second (7.0 kn) - 8.2 metres per second (15.9 kn)

Final results^[3]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

Rank

Country

Helmsman

Crew

Boat

Race 1

Race 2

Race 3

Race 4

Total

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Pos.

Pts.

Netherlands

Cornelis Hin (race 1) Frans Hin (race 2 & 3)

Johan Hin

Beatrijs III

2

2

CAN

0

1

1

1

1

4

Netherlands

Arnoud van der Biesen

Petrus Beukers

Boreas

1

1

CAN

0

1

1

DNF

3

6

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; CAN – Race cancelled;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 12' Dinghy during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

• This was the first Olympic event ever, and the only Olympic sailing event that was held outside the organizing country
• During race No. II one of the marks was drifting the race was cancelled (Nullified). Since the organizers did not have the time to re-sail the race that week the two remaining races were rescheduled for September 3. Because both contenders were Dutch, the organizers requested the Dutch Olympic Committee to organize the race in Amsterdam Buiten Y
• Cornelis Hin helmed in race No. I and the cancelled race No. II, Frans Hin helmed the two races in Amsterdam

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

12' Dinghy sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
Cornelis Hin, helmed the two races in Ostend  Johan Hin, crewed all races

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

References

1. Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
2. Heijmans, Jeroen. "Nederlands goud (5)". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
3. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.