Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 7 Metre

7 Metre[1]
at the Games of the VII Olympiad
Line drawings of the 7 Metre
Venue Belgium, Ostend
DatesFirst race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07)
Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors8 from 2 nations
Teams2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Cyril Wright, Dorothy Wright,
Robert Coleman, William Maddison		  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Johan Faye, Sten Abel,
Christian Dick, Niels Neilsen		  Norway
← 1908
Discontinued →
Sailing at the
1920 Summer Olympics
One design (Monotype)
12' DinghyOpen
18' DinghyOpen
Jauge chemin de fer
6.5 MetreOpen
8.5 MetreOpen (no entries)
Skerry cruiser
30m2Open
40m2Open
International rule
6 MetreOpen
7 MetreOpen
8 MetreOpen
9 MetreOpen (no entries)
10 MetreOpen
12 MetreOpen

The 7 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled in each type. In total 8 sailors, on 2 boats, from 2 nation entered in the 7 Metre.

Race schedule[2]

 ●  Opening ceremony  ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals  ●  Closing ceremony
Date July
7th
Wed		 8th
Thu		 9th
Fri		 10th
Sat
7 Metre ● ● ● ●
Total gold medals 1

Course area

7 Metre 1920 Olympic Course Areas
Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions [1]

Date Max temperature Wind speed Average wind direction
7 July 1920 Unknown
8 July 1920 Unknown
9 July 1920 Unknown

Final results[2]

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used.

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Total
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Cyril Wright Robert Coleman
William Maddison
Dorothy Wright 		Ancora 2 2 1 1 1 1 4
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Norway Johan Faye Sten Abel
Christian Dick
Niels Nielsen 		Fornebo 1 1 2 2 2 2 5

Legend:
Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 7 Metre during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

  • Since the official documentation of the 1920 Summer Olympics was written in 1957 many facts did disappear in time.

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics the following persons were competing:

7 Metre sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
  • Niels Neilsen (NOR)
    Niels Neilsen (NOR)

Further reading

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 6 February 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Officiel Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.