Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

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At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, fourteen events in sailing were contested, a large increase from the four events contested at the previous Games in 1912. Only one event had more than three entrants and in this event the three-man Belgian boat finished fourth becoming the only boat not to win a medal in any of the fourteen events. Races were held off the coast of Ostend.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
12 foot dinghy	Netherlands (NED) Beatrijs III Johan Hin Cornelis Hin Frans Hin	Netherlands (NED) Boreas Arnoud van der Biesen Petrus Beukers	none
18 foot dinghy	Great Britain (GBR) [1] Brat Francis Richards Thomas Hedberg	none	none
30 m² class	Sweden (SWE) Kullan Gösta Lundqvist Rolf Steffenburg Gösta Bengtsson [2]	none	none
40 m² class	Sweden (SWE) Sif Tore Holm Yngve Holm Axel Rydin Georg Tengwall	Sweden (SWE) Elsie Gustaf Svensson Ragnar Svensson Percy Almstedt Erik Mellbin	none
6 metre class (1907 rating)	Belgium (BEL) Edelweiß Emile Cornellie Florimond Cornellie Frédéric Bruynseels	Norway (NOR) Marmi Ejnar Torgensen Andreas Knudsen Leif Erichsen	Norway (NOR) Stella Henrik Agersborg Trygve Pedersen Einar Berntsen
6 metre class (1919 rating)	Norway (NOR) Jo Andreas Brecke Paal Kaasen Ingolf Rød	Belgium (BEL) Tan-Fe-Pah Léon Huybrechts Charles van den Bussche John Klotz	none
6½ metre class (1919 rating)	Netherlands (NED) Oranje Johan Carp Petrus Wernink Bernard Carp	France (FRA) Rose Pompon Albert Weil Félix Picon Robert Monier	none
7 metre class	Great Britain (GBR) Ancora William Maddison Dorothy Wright Robert Coleman Cyril Wright	Norway (NOR) Fornebo Johan Faye Christian Dick Sten Abel Neils Neilsen	none
8 metre class (1907 rating)	Norway (NOR) Irene Carl Ringvold Thorleif Holbye Tellef Wagle Kristoffer Olsen Alf Jacobsen	none	none
8 metre class (1919 rating)	Norway (NOR) Sildra Magnus Konow Reidar Marthiniussen Ragnar Vik Thorleif Christoffersen	Norway (NOR) Lyn Jens Salvesen Lauritz Schmidt Finn Schiander Nils Thomas Ralph Tschudi	Belgium (BEL) Antwerpia V Albert Grisar Willy de l'Arbre Léopold Standaert Henri Weewauters Georges Hellebuyck
8.5 metre class (1919 rating)	no entrants
9 metre class (1907 rating)	no entrants
10 metre class (1907 rating)	Norway (NOR) Eleda Erik Herseth Sigurd Holter Ingar Nielsen Ole Sørensen Petter Jamvold Gunnar Jamvold Claus Juell	none	none
10 metre class (1919 rating)	Norway (NOR) Mosk II Charles Arentz Willy Gilbert Robert Giertsen Arne Sejersted Halfdan Schjøtt Trygve Schjøtt Otto Falkenberg	none	none
12 metre class (1907 rating)	Norway (NOR) Atlanta Henrik Østervold Jan Østervold Ole Østervold Hans Næss Halvor Møgster Halvor Birkeland Rasmus Birkeland Kristian Østervold Lauritz Christiansen	none	none
12 metre class (1919 rating)	Norway (NOR) Heira II Johan Friele Olaf Ørvig Arthur Allers Christen Wiese Martin Borthen Egill Reimers Kaspar Hassel Thor Ørvig Erik Ørvig	none	none

1. ^ It is uncertain if this crew was awarded with gold medals, because they were not able to finish the first competition and they did not start in any other.
2. ^ Same sources report a fourth sailor named Axel Calvert.

[edit] Participating nations

A total of 101(*) sailors from 6 nations competed at the Antwerp Games:

• Belgium (14)
• France (3)
• Great Britain (6)
• Netherlands (8)
• Norway (59)
• Sweden (11)(*)

(*) NOTE: Both amounts are given without the fourth Swedish sailor, who is sometimes reported in the 30 m² class.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	7	3	1	11
2	Netherlands (NED)	2	1	0	3
	Sweden (SWE)	2	1	0	3
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	0	2
5	Belgium (BEL)	1	1	1	3
6	France (FRA)	0	1	0	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-27.
• Olympic Games Antwerp 1920 — Official Report, page 73 (PDF) (in French), Belgian Olympic Committee. 

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