Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

Star; at the Games of the XX Olympiad
	100px Line drawing of the Star; (1968 - 1996 Configuration)
Venue	Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
Dates	First race: August 29, 1972; Last race: September 8, 1972
Competitors	36 from 18 nations
Teams	18
Medalists
	← 1968 1980 →

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

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 36 sailors, on 18 boats, from 18 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.

●	Event competitions	●	Event finals

Date	August						September
Date	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
Star (planning)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day
Star (actual)				●	●	●	●	Spare day	Spare day	●	●		Fog	●

Course area and course configuration

For the Star 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.

Weather conditions

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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
Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Total	Total – discard
	Australia	David Forbes	John Anderson	3	5.7	8	~~14.0~~	2	3.0	3	5.7	4	8.0	1	0.0	3	5.7	42.1	28.1
	Sweden	Pelle Petterson	Stellan Westerdahl	2	3.0	7	13.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	5	10.0	18	24	5	10.0	68.0	44.0
	West Germany	Wilhelm Kuhweide	Karsten Meyer	4	8.0	3	5.7	11	~~17.0~~	2	3.0	6	11.7	4	8.0	4	8.0	68.0	44.0
4	Brazil	Jörg Bruder	Jan Willem Aten	6	11.7	10	~~16.0~~	8	14.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	8	14.0	68.7	52.7
5	Italy	Flavio Scala	Mauro Testa	5	10.0	6	11.7	3	5.7	10	16.0	13	~~19.0~~	9	15.0	1	0.0	77.4	58.4
6	Portugal	Antonio Mardel Correia	Ulrich Henrique Anjos	10	16.0	4	8.0	6	11.7	11	17.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	17	~~23.0~~	91.4	68.4
7	Great Britain	Stuart Jardine	John Wastall	1	0.0	13	~~19.0~~	4	8.0	6	11.7	11	17.0	10	16.0	10	16.0	87.7	68.7
8	Hungary	András Gosztonyi	György Holovits	16	~~22.0~~	5	10.0	7	13.0	13	19.0	9	15.0	8	14.0	2	3.0	98.0	76.0
9	Soviet Union	Boris Budnikov	Vladimir Vassiliev	7	13.0	1	0.0	~~DSQ~~	~~26.0~~	14	20.0	8	16.0	14	20.0	9	15.0	102.0	76.0
10	United States	Alan Holt	Richard Gates	13	19.0	~~DSQ~~	~~26.0~~	13	19.0	7	13.0	2	3.0	12	18.0	11	17.0	115.0	89.0
11	Austria	Manfred Stelzl	Peter Luschan	8	16.0	15	21.0	5	10.0	15	21.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	18	~~24.0~~	116.0	92.0
12	Canada	Ian Bruce	Peter Björn	9	15.0	12	18.0	16	~~22.0~~	1	0.0	15	21.0	15	21.0	13	19.0	116.0	94.0
13	23x15px Bahamas	Durward Knowles	Montague Roscoe Higgs	12	18.0	2	3.0	10	16.0	12	18.0	~~DNF~~	~~24.0~~	16	22.0	14	20.0	121.0	97.0
14	Switzerland	Edwin Bernet	Rolf Amrein	~~DSQ~~	~~26.0~~	16	22.0	9	15.0	14	20.0	10	16.0	3	5.7	15	21.0	125.7	99.7
15	Norway	Bjørn Lofterød	Odd Roar Lofterød	14	~~20.0~~	14	20.0	12	18.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	11	17.0	7	13.0	121.0	101.0
16	Virgin Islands	Kenith Klein	Peter B. Jackson	11	17.0	11	17.0	17	~~23.0~~	17	23.0	14	20.0	6	11.7	12	18.0	129.7	106.7
17	East Germany	Herbert Weichert	Hans–Joachim Lange	15	21.0	9	15.0	14	20.0	~~DNF~~	~~24.0~~	16	22.0	13	19.0	6	11.7	132.7	108.7
18	Argentina	Guillermo Calegari	Luis Hector Schenone	17	~~23.0~~	17	23.0	15	21.0	16	22.0	17	23.0	17	23.0	16	22.0	167.0	134.0