Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Tempest

Tempest[1] at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Tempest
Venue	Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
Dates	First race: August 29, 1972 Last race: September 8, 1972
Competitors	42 from 21 nations
Teams	21
Medalists
Valentyn Mankin Vitaliy Dyrdyra   Soviet Union   Alan Warren David Hunt   Great Britain   Glen Foster Peter Dean   United States

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

The Tempest was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 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
Tempest (planning)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day
Tempest (actual)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●		Fog	●

Course area and course configuration

For the Tempest 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.
	Soviet Union	Valentin Mankin	Vitalii Dyrdyra	3	5.7	4	8.0	1	0.0	3	5.7	8	14.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	42.1	28.1
	Great Britain	Alan Warren	David Hunt	4	8.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	6	11.7	8	14.0	48.4	34.4
	United States	Glen Foster	Peter Dean	8	14.0	DSQ	30.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	2	3.0	77.7	47.7
4	Sweden	John Albrechtson	Ingvar Hansson	2	3.0	7	13.0	8	14.0	5	10.0	11	17.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	75.4	57.4
5	Netherlands	Ben Staartjes	Cees Kurpershoek	7	13.0	2	3.0	6	11.7	9	15.0	10	16.0	17	23.0	1	0.0	81.7	58.7
6	Norway	Peder Lunde jr	Aksel Gresvig	16	22.0	9	15.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	2	3.0	7	13.0	11	17.0	92.0	70.0
7	Brazil	Mario Buckup	Peter Ficker	19	25.0	3	5.7	7	13.0	7	13.0	16	22.0	5	10.0	5	10.0	98.7	73.7
8	Ireland	David Wilkins	Sean Whitaker	6	11.7	8	14.0	9	15.0	13	19.0	1	0.0	13	19.0	9	15.0	93.7	74.7
9	France	Marcel Troupel	Yves Devillers	1	0.0	10	16.0	11	17.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	19	25.0	12	18.0	103.0	78.0
10	Austria	Hubert Raudaschl	Erich Moritz	5	10.0	6	11.7	13	19.0	15	22.0	3	5.7	12	18.0	14	20.0	106.4	84.4
11	West Germany	Heinz Laprell	Wolf Stadler	9	15.0	19	25.0	5	10.0	4	8.0	19	25.0	11	17.0	7	13.0	113.0	88.0
12	Poland	Tomasz Holc	Roman Rutkowski	10	16.0	14	20.0	16	22.0	6	11.7	15	21.0	4	8.0	13	19.0	117.7	95.7
13	Switzerland	Urs Kohler	Peter Frey	18	24.0	12	18.0	12	18.0	18	24.0	17	23.0	1	0.0	10	16.0	123.0	99.0
14	Italy	Giampiero Dotti	Francesco Sibello	12	18.0	18	24.0	10	16.0	19	25.0	13	19.0	16	22.0	4	8.0	132.0	107.0
15	Canada	Ted Hains	Larry Scott	17	23.0	5	10.0	18	24.0	14	20.0	18	24.0	10	16.0	15	21.0	138.0	114.0
16	Puerto Rico	John Garry Hoyt	Hovey T. Freeman	13	19.0	16	22.0	14	20.0	10	16.0	7	13.0	DSQ	30.0	18	24.0	144.0	114.0
17	Denmark	Mogens Larsen	Klaus Føge Jensen	11	17.0	13	19.0	20	26.0	12	18.0	14	20.0	15	21.0	DSQ	28.0	149.0	121.0
18	Hong Kong	Kenneth C. Tomlins	Gilbert R. Lennox–King	15	21.0	11	17.0	15	21.0	21	27.0	20	26.0	9	15.0	19	25.0	152.0	125.0
19	Australia	Gordon Ingate	Robert Thornton	14	20.0	15	21.0	17	23.0	17	23.0	12	18.0	DNF	27.0	17	23.0	155.0	128.0
20	Virgin Islands	John Foster sr.	John Hamber	20	26.0	17	23.0	19	25.0	16	22.0	9	15.0	18	24.0	16	22.0	157.0	131.0
21	Thailand	Prinz Bira Bhanubanda	Paitane Chulgatuppa	21	27.0	20	26.0	21	27.0	20	26.0	21	27.0	14	20.0	DNS	27.0	180.0	153.0

Legend: 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 Tempest 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 Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 6 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.