Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Star

Star at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Star [1]
Venue	Firth of Kiel
Dates	August 4–12
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Teams	25
Medalists
Peter Bischoff Hans-Joachim Weise   Germany   Arvid Laurin Uno Wallentin   Sweden   Bob Maas Willem de Vries Lentsch   Netherlands

Sailing at the  1936 Summer Olympics
O-Jolle			Open
Star			Open
6 Metre			Open
8 Metre			Open

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 24 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Sailnumber [2]	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points[3]
					Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Peter Bischoff  (GER)	Hans-Joachim Weise	Wannsee	1287	1	12	4	9	1	12	1	12	2	11	1	12	1	12	80
	Arvid Laurin  (SWE)	Uno Wallentin	Sunshine	915	2	11	1	12	3	10	2	11	12	1	3	10	4	9	64
	Bob Maas  (NED)	Willem de Vries Lentsch	BEM II	1294	DNF	0	2	11	4	9	3	10	1	12	2	11	3	10	63
4	Keith Leslie Grogono  (GBR)	William Rupert Welply	Paka	1074	4	9	3	10	2	11	7	6	8	5	5	8	6	7	56
5	William Glenn Waterhouse  (USA)	Woodbridge Metcalf	Three Star Too	948	3	10	5	8	8	5	9	4	3	10	4	9	8	5	51
6	Oivind Christensen  (NOR)	Sigurd Fredrik Herbern	KNS	1292	5	8	10	3	7	6	6	7	4	9	6	7	9	4	44
7	Jean-Jacques Herbulot  (FRA)	Pierre de Montaut	Fada	1304	3	10	DSQ	0	9	4	4	9	5	8	7	6	2	11	48
8	Harun Ülmann  (TUR)	Behzat Baydar	Marmara	1190	7	6	6	7	6	7	12	1	6	7	11	2	5	8	38
9	Riccardo de Sangro Fondi  (ITA)	Federico de Luca	Pegaso	990	8	5	7	6	5	8	11	2	9	4	10	3	7	6	34
10	Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiuza  (POR)	Antonio Guedes de Heredia	Vicking	1172	6	7	DSQ	0	DNF	0	5	8	7	6	8	5	11	2	28
11	Minoru Takarabe  (JPN)	Takuo Mitsui	Myojo	1079	9	4	8	5	DNF	0	10	3	11	2	9	4	12	1	19
12	Victor Godts  (BEL)	Albert Vos	Freddy	870	11	2	9	4	DNF	0	8	5	10	3	12	1	10	3	18

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, SO = Sailed over
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1936 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Outer Course

All starts were scheduled for 10:30.
The position of the outercourse was in front of Schilksee were in 1972 the new Olympic center was used. So in 1936 a long distance sailing/towing to the racing area from the old Olympic harbor.

Date	Race	Sky	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)	Actual starting time	Remark
04-AUG-1936	I	Overcast, Occasional rain	SW	12	12:05	Postponement storm at the outer bay > 16 m/s
05-AUG-1936	II	Sunshine, Later overcast and rain	WSW	3-4	10:30
06-AUG-1936	III	Sunny	WSW	5-6	10:30
07-AUG-1936	IV	Slightly overcast	NE	2	10:40	Postponement due to calm
08-AUG-1936	V	Foggy later slightly overcast	NE	2-3	11:45	Postponement due to fog
09-AUG-1936	VI	Calm	ENE	2-3	11:50	Postponement due to calm
10-AUG-1936	VII	Fine	SE	2-3	10:30

Notes

1. Since the possible confusion between the Olympic salute and the Hitler salute, Medal winners making a salute are not incorporated.
2. Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
3. The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

References

• (ed.) Richter, Dr. Friedrich (1936). The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume I (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e.V.
• (ed.) Richter, Dr. Friedrich (1936). The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume II (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e.V.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Berlin 1936". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.