Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy

12' Dinghy[1]
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 12' Dinghy
VenueBuiten Y
DatesFirst race: 2 August 1928 (1928-08-02)
Last race: 8 August 1928 (1928-08-08)
Competitors23 Male from 20 nations
Teams20
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sven Thorell  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Henrik Robert  Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bertil Broman  Finland
← 1920
Sailing at the
1928 Summer Olympics
12' DinghyOpen
6 MetreOpen
8 MetreOpen

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)
3-AUG-1928 1st race odd
2nd race even		 8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
4-AUG-1928 1st race 1 – 10
2nd race 11 – 20		 11 knots (5.7 m/s) -
17 knots (8.7 m/s)
5-AUG-1928 1st race odd
2nd race even		 13 knots (6.7 m/s) -
21 knots (11 m/s)
7-AUG-1928 2 contests 8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
8-AUG-1928 2 contests 10 knots (5.1 m/s) -
13 knots (6.7 m/s)

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 (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 (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 No. 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 place, gold medalist(s)  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 place, silver medalist(s)  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 place, bronze medalist(s)  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
3 x 4th
8  Great Britain Gordon Fowler
Harry R 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 Kurts 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  Spain Santiago Amat 7 6 6 6 6 DNS 10 7 7                 29
15  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 Émile 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

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

Further reading

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 – 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  • "Sailing at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games:Mixed One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 March 2015.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Rossum, G. van, ed. (1928). The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Official Report (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 16 March 2015.
  2. ^ "Daggegevens van het weer in Nederland". KNMI. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  4. ^ "Note". If it is not clear from other sources, it is assumed that the first person mentioned in the crewlist of the official report is the helmsmen.
  5. ^ a b "Note". Bumped No. 3 (Norway)
  6. ^ "Note". Capsized
  7. ^ "Note". Damaged through no fault of contestant, so that he was allowed the average number of points gained or still to be gained in the remaining preliminary contests.