Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 40m² Skerry cruiser

40m2 Skerry cruiser[1] at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 40m2 Skerry cruiser
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 Last race: 9 July 1920
Competitors	8 from 2 nations
Teams	1
Medalists
Tore Holm, Yngve Holm, Axel Rydin, Georg Tengwall   Sweden   Gustaf Svensson, Percy Almstedt, Erik Mellbin, Ragnar Svensson   Sweden

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 40m² Skerry Cruiser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 8 sailors, on 2 boats, from 1 nation entered in the 40m2 Skerry cruiser.

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
	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat
40m2 Skerry cruiser	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1

Course area

40m2 Skerry cruiser 1920 Olympic Course Areas

Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions ^[1]

Date	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
9 July 1920	Unknown

Final results^[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Sweden	Tore Holm	Yngve Holm Axel Rydin Georg Tengwall	Sif	1	1	2	1	1	1	4
	Sweden	Gustaf Svensson	Percy Almstedt Erik Mellbin Ragnar Svensson	Elsie	2	2	1	1	2	2	5

Notes

• Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

40m2 Skerry cruiser sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
40m2 Skerry cruisers at the Olympics  Yngve Holm (SWE)  Crew of 40m2 Skerry cruiser SIF (SWE)

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. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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