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
DatesFirst race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07)
Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors8 from 2 nations
Teams1
Medalists
   Sweden
   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
30m2 Open
40m2 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]

  Opening ceremony  Event competitions   Event finals   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]

DateMax temperatureWind speedAverage wind direction
7 July 1920Unknown
8 July 1920Unknown
9 July 1920Unknown

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.
1st Sweden
Tore HolmYngve Holm
Axel Rydin
Georg Tengwall
Sif 1 1 2 1 1 14
2nd Sweden
Gustaf SvenssonPercy Almstedt
Erik Mellbin
Ragnar Svensson
Elsie 2 2 1 1 2 25

Notes

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

References

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

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

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