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
Last race: 8 August 1928
Competitors23 Male from 20 nations
Teams20
Medalists
   Sweden
   Norway
   Finland
Sailing at the
 1928 Summer Olympics 
12' Dinghy Open
6 Metre Open
8 Metre Open

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]

DateRaceWind speedWind direction
2-AUG-19281st race 1 - 10
2nd race 11 - 20		7 knots (3.6 m/s) -
10 knots (5.1 m/s)
3-AUG-19281st race odd
2nd race even		8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
4-AUG-19281st race 1 - 10
2nd race 11 - 20		11 knots (5.7 m/s) -
17 knots (8.7 m/s)
5-AUG-19281st race odd
2nd race even		13 knots (6.7 m/s) -
21 knots (11 m/s)
7-AUG-19282 contests8 knots (4.1 m/s) -
11 knots (5.7 m/s)
8-AUG-19282 contests10 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)		CountryDinghy number
(11–20)		CountryCategory
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 № 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 Sweden Sven Thorell11 6 6 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 210
4 x 1st
2nd Norway Henrik Robert3 1 1 5 5 3 5 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 3 312
3 x 1st
3rd Finland Bertil Broman18 1 1 2 2 10 10 1 1 3 3 9 9 2 2 6 614
2 x 1st
2 x 2nd
4 Netherlands Willem de Vries Lentsch20 4 4 1 1 RET 10 2 2 7 7 6 6 5 5 1 117
2 x 1st
1 x 2nd
5 Germany Egon Beyn5 3 3 2 2 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 6 6 7 79
1 x 1st
6 Italy Tito Nordio6 5 5 4 4 2 2 3 3 RET 10 2 2 3 3 5 514
2 x 2nd
7 Denmark Jacob Andersen1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 8 8 DNS 10 DNS 1014
1 x 2nd
2 x 4th
8 Great Britain Gordon Fowler
Harold Gaydon		14
5
5
6
6		 2 2 5 5 6 6 5 5 DSQ[5] 8 4 418
1 x 2nd
1 x 4th
9 United States Manfred Curry16 3 3 5 5 3 3 4 4 RET 10 7 7 DNS 10 DNS 1015
2 x 3rd
10 Latvia Kārlis Klāsens19 7 7 3 3 5 5 8 8 8 8 10 10 7 7 8 823
1 x 3rd
11 Hungary Raul Uhl11 4 4 RET[6] 10 5 5 5 5                24
12 Belgium Léon Huybrechts15 2 2 RET 10 4 4 DSQ[5] 9                25
13 Switzerland Henri Fivaz13 8 8 7 7 RDGa[7] 7 6 6                28
14 Spain Santiago Amat Cansino7 6 6 6 6 DNS 10 7 7                29
15 South Africa Rupert Ellis-Brown2 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 Winter12 10 10 RET 10 6 6 8 8                34
19 Austria Robert Johanny17 9 9 RET 10 RET 10 DNS 10                39
20 Monaco Emile Barral4 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

    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

    References

    1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 (ed.) G. van Rossum (1928). The Ninth Olympiad Amsterdam 1928:Official Report (PDF). Amsterdam: The Netherlands Olympic Committee. Retrieved 20 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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "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.