Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman

Flying Dutchman[1] at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Flying Dutchman
Venue	Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
Dates	First race: August 29, 1972 Last race: September 8, 1972
Competitors	58 from 29 nations
Teams	29
Medalists
Rodney Pattisson Christopher Davies   Great Britain   Yves Pajot Marc Pajot   France   Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann   West Germany

Sailing at the  1972 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
Flying Dutchman			Open
Tempest			Open
Star			Open
Soling			Open
Dragon			Open

The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nation competed.^[2]

Race schedule^[3]

Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until September 8. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.

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Event competitions

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Event finals

Date	August						September
	26th Sat	27th Sun	28th Mon	29th Tue	30th Wed	31st Thu	1st Fri	2nd Sat	3rd Sun	4th Mon	5th Tue	6th Wed	7th Thu	8th Fri	9th Sat	10th Sun	11th Mon
Flying Dutchman (planning)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day
Flying Dutchman (actual)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●		Fog	●

Course area and course configuration

For the Flying Dutchman course area B(ravo) was used. The location (54°30'30'’N, 10°13'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle.^[1][4] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

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Final results^[5]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total	Total – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Great Britain	Rodney Pattisson	Christopher Davies	1	0.0	11	17.0	1	0.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	1	0.0	DNS	35.0	57.7	22.7
	France	Yves Pajot	Marc Pajot	3	3.0	9	15.0	8	14.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	12	18.0	2	3.0	56.0	38.0
	West Germany	Ulli Libor	Peter Naumann	5	10.0	14	20.0	3	5.7	12	18.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	1	0.0	71.1	51.1
4	Brazil	Reinaldo Conrad	Burkhard Cordes	12	18.0	3	5.7	19	25.0	9	15.0	9	15.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	87.4	62.4
5	Yugoslavia	Antun Grego	Simo Nikolić	2	3.0	7	13.0	6	11.7	5	10.0	16	22.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	85.7	63.7
6	Soviet Union	Vladimir Leontiev	Valerii Zubanov	9	15.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	11	17.0	11	17.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	84.7	67.7
7	Denmark	Hans Fogh	Ulrik Brock	4	8.0	12	18.0	9	15.0	6	11.7	6	11.7	5	10.0	16	22.0	96.4	74.4
8	Australia	Mark Bethwaite	Timothy Alexander	14	20.0	6	11.7	4	8.0	4	8.0	4	8.0	14	20.0	22	28.0	103.7	75.7
9	New Zealand	Jock Bilger	Murray Ross	16	20.0	21	27.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	5	10.0	11	17.0	18	24.0	106.0	79.0
10	Netherlands	Fred Imhoff	Simon Korver	13	19.0	2	3.0	23	29.0	7	13.0	10	16.0	10	16.0	DNF	33.0	129.0	96.0
11	Italy	Carlo Croce	Luciano Zinali	8	14.0	16	22.0	18	24.0	15	21.0	19	25.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	128.0	103.0
12	Sweden	Peter Kolni	Ulf Nilsson	21	27.0	8	14.0	14	20.0	8	14.0	13	19.0	DSQ	38.0	5	10.0	142.0	104.0
13	East Germany	Herbert Hüttner	Dietmar Gedde	6	11.7	10	16.0	12	18.0	DNF	34.0	8	14.0	18	24.0	15	21.0	138.7	104.7
14	Norway	Ragnar Fjoran	Christian Bendixen	23	29.0	15	21.0	15	21.0	14	20.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	24	30.0	139.7	109.7
15	Canada	Peter Byrne	Don Andrews	18	24.0	13	19.0	7	13.0	10	16.0	12	18.0	21	27.0	21	27.0	144.0	117.0
16	Hungary	Benedek Littkey	Szabolcs Izsák	10	16.0	4	8.0	21	27.0	23	29.0	15	21.0	26	32.0	13	19.0	152.0	120.0
17	Ireland	Harold Cudmore	Richard O'Shea	26	32.0	24	30.0	16	22.0	16	22.0	17	23.0	16	22.0	4	8.0	159.0	127.0
18	Austria	Kurt Seidl	Ernst Seidl	15	21.0	5	30.0	26	32.0	DNS	35.0	18	24.0	9	15.0	19	25.0	162.0	127.0
19	Japan	Akira Yamamura	Takashi Yamamura	11	17.0	17	23.0	20	26.0	17	23.0	21	27.0	15	21.0	12	18.0	155.0	128.0
20	Switzerland	Jean Degaudenzimura	Luc Argand	25	31.0	25	31.0	17	23.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	13	19.0	11	17.0	160.0	129.0
21	Poland	Zbigniew Kania	Krzysztof Szymczak	7	13.0	18	24.0	13	19.0	18	24.0	22	28.0	23	29.0	DSQ	36.0	173.0	137.0
22	Greece	Anastasios Batistas	Antonios Bonas	17	23.0	20	26.0	10	16.0	DNF	35.0	DNF	35.0	17	23.0	9	15.0	172.0	137.0
23	United States	Scott Allan	Tim Stearn	19	25.0	19	25.0	11	17.0	21	27.0	20	26.0	DSQ	38.0	14	20.0	178.0	140.0
24	Hong Kong	Colin W. Smith	Terence W. Steele	22	27.0	DNF	35.0	24	30.0	20	26.0	24	30.0	20	26.0	10	16.0	191.0	156.0
25	Mexico	Lorenzo Villasenor	Rabago, Miguel Fernando	20	26.0	23	29.0	25	31.0	DNF	34.0	23	29.0	25	31.0	17	23.0	203.0	169.0
26	Israel	Yair Michaeli	Izchak Nir	28	34.0	22	28.0	22	28.0	19	25.0	25	31.0	19	25.0	DNS	35.0	206.0	171.0
27	Puerto Rico	Juan R. Torruella	José Rodriguez Reyes	27	33.0	26	32.0	28	34.0	22	28.0	26	32.0	22	28.0	20	26.0	213.0	179.0
28	Trinidad and Tobago	Richard John Bennett	David Farfan	24	30.0	27	33.0	27	33.0	24	30.0	DNF	35.0	24	30.0	23	29.0	220.0	185.0
29	India	Sohrab Janshed Contractor	Ahmed Abdul Basith	29	35.0	28	34.0	29	35.0	25	31.0	DNF	35.0	27	33.0	DNF	33.0	236.0	201.0

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result. Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Flying Dutchman during the 1972 Summer Olympics

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
• "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

References

1. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
4. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
5. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Retrieved 5 March 2014.