Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy

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12' Dinghy[1]
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
12 foot dinghy.svg
Line drawing of the 12' Dinghy
Venue Buiten Y
Dates First race: 2 August 1928 (1928-08-02)
Last race: 8 August 1928 (1928-08-08)
Competitors 23 Male from 20 nations
Teams 20
Medalists
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1st Sven Thorell  Sweden
2nd Henrik Robert  Norway
3rd Bertil Broman  Finland
← 1920
Sailing at the
 1928 Summer Olympics 
Sailing pictogram.svg
12' Dinghy Open
6 Metre Open
8 Metre Open

The 12' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. A combination of Preliminary series and final series were scheduled. 23 sailors from 20 nations competed on twelve 12' Dinghies that were supplied by the Royal Dutch Yachting Union (Koninklijke Verbonden Nederlandsche Watersport Vereenigingen).

Race schedule[1]

 ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals
Date August
2nd
Thu
3rd
Fri
4th
Sat
5th
Sun
6th
Mon
7th
Tue
8th
12' Dinghy 1 - 10
11 - 20
Odd
Even
1 - 10
11 - 20
Odd
Even
Spare
day
●● ●●
Total gold medals 1

Course area and course configuration[1]

For the 12' Dinghy the courses were just outside the locks on the buiten Y in front of Durgerdam.

At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish.

1928 Olympic Course Areas
Course area and course for the 12' Dinghy

Weather conditions [2]

Date Race Wind speed Wind direction
2-AUG-1928 1st race 1 - 10
2nd race 11 - 20
7 knots (3.6 m/s) -
10 knots (5.1 m/s)
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3-AUG-1928 1st race odd
2nd race even
8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
50px
4-AUG-1928 1st race 1 - 10
2nd race 11 - 20
11 knots (5.7 m/s) -
17 knots (8.7 m/s)
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5-AUG-1928 1st race odd
2nd race even
13 knots (6.7 m/s) -
21 knots (11 m/s)
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7-AUG-1928 2 contests 8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
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8-AUG-1928 2 contests 10 knots (5.1 m/s) -
13 knots (6.7 m/s)
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Results[3]

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Boat assignments

The dinghies sails were assigned as follows:

Dinghy number
(1–10)
Country Dinghy number
(11–20)
Country Category
1  Denmark (DEN) 11  Sweden (SWE) Odd
2 South Africa South Africa (RSA) 12  Czechoslovakia (TCH) Even
3  Norway (NOR) 13  Switzerland (SUI) Odd
4  Monaco (MON) 14  Great Britain (GBR) Even
5  Germany (GER) 15  Belgium (BEL) Odd
6  Italy (ITA) 16  United States (USA) Even
7 Spain Spain (ESP) 17  Austria (AUT) Odd
8  France (FRA) 18  Finland (FIN) Even
9  Hungary (HUN) 19  Latvia (LAT) Odd
10  Poland (POL) 20  Netherlands (NED) Even

Final results[4]

Rank Country Helmsman Sail № Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st  Sweden Sven Thorell 11 6 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 2 10
4 x 1st
2nd  Norway Henrik Robert 3 1 1 5 5 3 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 3 12
3 x 1st
3rd  Finland Bertil Broman 18 1 1 2 2 10 10 1 1 3 3 9 9 2 2 6 6 14
2 x 1st
2 x 2nd
4  Netherlands Willem de Vries Lentsch 20 4 4 1 1 RET 10 2 2 7 7 6 6 5 5 1 1 17
2 x 1st
1 x 2nd
5  Germany Egon Beyn 5 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 7 9
1 x 1st
6  Italy Tito Nordio 6 5 5 4 4 2 2 3 3 RET 10 2 2 3 3 5 5 14
2 x 2nd
7  Denmark Jacob Andersen 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 DNS 10 DNS 10 14
1 x 2nd
2 x 4th
8  Great Britain Gordon Fowler
Harold Gaydon
14
5

5

6

6
2 2 5 5 6 6 5 5 DSQ[5] 8 4 4 18
1 x 2nd
1 x 4th
9  United States Manfred Curry 16 3 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 RET 10 7 7 DNS 10 DNS 10 15
2 x 3rd
10  Latvia Kārlis Klāsens 19 7 7 3 3 5 5 8 8 8 8 10 10 7 7 8 8 23
1 x 3rd
11  Hungary Raul Uhl 11 4 4 RET[6] 10 5 5 5 5                 24
12  Belgium Léon Huybrechts 15 2 2 RET 10 4 4 DSQ[5] 9                 25
13  Switzerland Henri Fivaz 13 8 8 7 7 RDGa[7] 7 6 6                 28
14 23x15px Spain Santiago Amat Cansino 7 6 6 6 6 DNS 10 7 7                 29
15 23x15px South Africa Rupert Ellis-Brown 2 7 7 3 3 DNS 10 DNS 10                 30
16  France Charles Laverne
Louis Pauly
8 RET 10 7 7 RET 7
6

6
                30
17  Poland Adam Wolff
Władysław Krzyżanowski
10 8 8 8 8
DNS

10

7

7
                33
18  Czechoslovakia Rudolf Winter 12 10 10 RET 10 6 6 8 8                 34
19  Austria Robert Johanny 17 9 9 RET 10 RET 10 DNS 10                 39
20  Monaco Emile Barral 4 RET 10 WDR 10 DNS 10 DNS 10                 40

Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDGa – Redress given with average points; RET – Retired; WDR – Withdrew;


Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the 12' Dinghy during the 1928 Summer Olympics

Notes

  • For this event one yacht from each country, manned by 1 amateur maximum (maximum number of substitutes 1) was allowed.[1]
  • This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out to be a man's only event.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

12'Dinghy sailors at the 1928 Olympic Games

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