| Sailing at the Games of the XXI Olympiad |
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Woodcarves of the Olympic Classes at the Porthmouth Olympic Harbour |
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| Venue | Kingston |
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| Dates | 19 to 27 July |
| Competitors | 225/1 from 40 nations |
| Teams | 130 |
| «1972 | 1980» |
Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1976 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 July 1976 to 27 July 1976 of the coast of Kingston, Ontario at the Lake Ontario. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
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| Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Olympic Flame |
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According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since Montréal was not a suitable place the Portsmouth Olympic Harbour Kingston, Ontario, constructed in 1969, was reconstructed in 1974 in time for the 1976 Olympic Sailing event. A total of three race areas were created on Lake Ontario.
The distance from the Porthmouth Olympic Harbour to course area Bravo (red) was about 5 nmi (9.3 km) From there it was another 5 nmi (9.3 km) to the course area's Alpha (yellow) and Charlie (blue). This however ensured wind conditions without local effects.
| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
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| 5 | 40 | 6 | 130 | 225 | 1 |
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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 | 7 | |
| 470 | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1976 | 1 | |
| Flying Dutchman | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1960 | 5 | |
| Tornado | Catamaran | 2 | 1 | + | + | – | 1976 | 1 | |
| Tempest | Keelboat | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1972 | 2 | |
| Soling | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1972 | 2 |
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| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Finn: |
Jochen Schümann (GDR) | Andrei Balashov (URS) | John Bertrand (AUS) |
| 470: |
West Germany (FRG) Frank Hübner Harro Bode |
Spain (ESP) Antonio Gorostegui Pedro Millet |
Australia (AUS) Ian Brown Ian Ruff |
| Flying Dutchman: |
West Germany (FRG) Jörg Diesch Eckart Diesch |
Great Britain (GBR) Rodney Pattisson Julian Brooke-Houghton |
Brazil (BRA) Reinaldo Conrad Peter Ficker |
| Tornado: |
Great Britain (GBR) Reginald White John Osborn |
United States (USA) David McFaull Michael Rothwell |
West Germany (FRG) Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall |
| Tempest: |
Sweden (SWE) John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson |
Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Mankin Vladislav Akimenko |
United States (USA) Dennis Conner Conn Findlay |
| Soling: |
Denmark (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen |
United States (USA) John Kolius Walter Glasgow Richard Hoepfner |
East Germany (GDR) Dieter Below Michael Zachries Olaf Engelhardt |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | West Germany (FRG) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 6 | United States (USA) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | Norway | 15 | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 14 | 8 | 6 | 28 |
| 3 | USA | 11 | 7 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Sweden | 9 | 10 | 8 | 27 |
| 5 | France | 6 | 8 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Denmark | 6 | 7 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 8 | Soviet Union | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 10 | Belgium | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | West Germany | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| Italy | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | |
| 13 | New Zealand | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 15 | Germany (EUA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 17 | East Germany | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Mixed team (ZZX) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Portugal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Argentina | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 24 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuba | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 30 | 85 | 77 | 70 | 232 |
At the Portsmouth area a new Olympic facility was constructed. This building was build to contain all facilities needed during that period. It holds for instance a large measurement hall and several exercise rooms. Only the size of the overhead doors of the measurement hall was not wide enough to bring a fully assembled Tornado in. Each had to be lifted on one side to enter diagonally.
After the races in the Tempest an unprecedented incident occurred:
Alan Warren and David Hunt set their Tempest on fire. With this boat they won the silver medal in 1972 but during the transport to Canada the boat called "Gift 'orse" was damaged. Warren and Hunt ended in Kingston on place 14. After the incident Warren stated: "The Horse was lame and we had to put her down."
The story did not end there. Canadian customs couldn't accept that the boat was not available for them to inspect.
During the Sailing regatta's at the 1972 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
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