Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics) in Athens, Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1968 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 14 October 1968 to 21 October 1968 off the coast of Acapulco in the Bay of Acapulco. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.[1]
Sailing at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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Venues | Club de Yates de Acapulco |
Dates | First race: 14 October 1968 Last race: 21 October 1968 |
Competitors | 251 from 41 nations |
Boats | 123 |
Acapulco Bay is located on the Pacific coast in the state of Guerrero, 250 miles from Mexico City. The facilities at Club de Yates were improved and modified. 20,000 square metres of new docks provided with potable water, electricity and telephones were created. The buoys bearing colored flags delineated the three course areas.
Technical control was assured by a staff of measurers for gauging all yachts before racing.
The Olympic Village, located in the Caleta Hotel, provided accommodation for 503 competitors, trainers, team managers from 40 countries.
Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
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5 | 41 | 5 | 123 | 251 | 0 |
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Class | Type | Event | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jib/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
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Finn | Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | – | – | 1952 | 5 | |
Flying Dutchman | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1960 | 3 | |
Star | Keelboat | 2 | 0 | + | + | – | 1932 | 8 | |
Dragon | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1948 | 6 | |
5.5 Metre | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1952 | 5 |
= Male, = Female, = Open
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1968: Finn |
Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Mankin |
Austria (AUT) Hubert Raudaschl |
Italy (ITA) Fabio Albarelli |
1968: Flying Dutchman |
Great Britain (GBR) Rodney Pattisson Iain MacDonald-Smith |
West Germany (FRG) Ulli Libor Peter Naumann |
Brazil (BRA) Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes |
1968: Star |
United States (USA) Lowell North Peter Barrett |
Norway (NOR) Peder Lunde Jr. Per Wiken |
Italy (ITA) Franco Cavallo Camillo Gargano |
1968: Dragon |
United States (USA) George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck |
Denmark (DEN) Aage Birch Paul Lindemark Jørgensen Niels Markussen |
East Germany (GDR) Paul Borowski Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert |
1968: 5.5 Metre |
Sweden (SWE) Ulf Sundelin Jörgen Sundelin Peter Sundelin |
Switzerland (SUI) Louis Noverraz Bernhard Dunand Marcel Stern |
Great Britain (GBR) Robin Aisher Paul Anderson Adrian Jardine |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
West Germany (FRG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
11 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
East Germany (GDR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (12 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
During the Sailing regattas at the 1968 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: