Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 7 Metre

7 Metre[1] at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 7 Metre
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 Last race: 9 July 1920
Competitors	8 from 2 nations
Teams	2
Medalists
Cyril Wright, Dorothy Wright, Robert Coleman, William Maddison   Great Britain   Johan Faye, Sten Abel, Christian Dick, Niels Neilsen   Norway

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 7 Metre 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 2 nation entered in the 7 Metre.

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
7 Metre	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1

Course area

7 Metre 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.
	Great Britain	Cyril Wright	Robert Coleman William Maddison Dorothy Wright	Ancora	2	2	1	1	1	1	4
	Norway	Johan Faye	Sten Abel Christian Dick Niels Neilsen	Fornebo	1	1	2	2	2	2	5

Legend: Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 7 Metre during the 1920 Summer Olympics

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:

7 Metre sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
Niels Neilsen (NOR)

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.