Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics

Sailing
at the Games of the VII Olympiad

Poster Anvers 1920
Venues Ostend
Amsterdam
Dates First race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07) (Ostend)
Last race: 10 July 1920 (1920-07-10)
Final race: 3 September 1920 (1920-09-03) (Amsterdam)
Sailors 100 Male and 1 Female from 6 countries
Boats 24
Top ranked countries
Norway: 7 1st  3 2nd  1 3rd  
Netherlands: 2 1st  1 2nd  0 3rd  
Sweden: 2 1st  1 2nd  0 3rd  

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 possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1920 consisted of a total of fourteen sailing classes (disciplines). For each class three races were scheduled from 7 July 1920 to 10 July 1920 off the coast of Ostend at the North Sea.

Venue

Royal Yacht Club of Belgium
Royal Yacht Club van België


Burgee of the Royal Yacht Club Belgium
General information
Status unknown
Type Clubhouse
Country  Belgium
Coordinates 51°14′2″N 2°55′25″E / 51.23389°N 2.92361°E / 51.23389; 2.92361
Elevation Sealevel

Royal Yacht Club of Belgium

Ostend offers a fair condition for sailing on the North Sea. However, there are tidal conditions the current is reasonable predictable. Local knowledge does not have too much influence of the races. The wind conditions are also good for sailing. However, in the case of the 1920 Summer Olympic regatta's the prevailing breeze did not show. Most races had to be sailed under light air conditions.

An unprecedented and unique Olympic situation happened with the races in the 12' Dinghy. When in the second race one of the marks was taken hostage by the tidal current and went drifting the race had to be nullified. Since the organizers did not have the time to resail the race and both teams were of Dutch origin the Belgian organization requested the Dutch Olympic Committee to resail the finals in The Netherlands. As a result, the first Olympic event held in the Netherlands was not in 1928 but already in 1920. As venue of this final the Buiten IJ in Amsterdam was chosen.[1]

Course areas

1920 Olympic Course Area
Course area Ostend, Belgium
Course area 12' Dinghy, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Competition

Overview

Continents Countries Classes Entries Male Female
1 6 14 24 100 1|-

A maximum of 2 boats per country per class was allowed.

Continents

Map of Participating Sailing Continents at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Green = Participating for the first time
Blue = Participating
Light Blue = Have previously participated
● Europe

Countries[2]

Map of Participating Sailing Countries at the 1920 Summer Olympics
Green = Participating for the first time
Blue = Participating
Light Blue = Have previously participated
 Belgium (BEL) France (FRA) Great Britain (GBR) Netherlands (NED)
 Norway (NOR) Sweden (SWE)

Classes (equipment)[2]

The Olympic Sailing event of 1920 was without any doubt the most strangest in history so far. With a program of no less than 16 classes and an entry list that consists of 7 out of 14 classes with just competitor and only one class with more than 3 yachts.

After World War I the International Sailing Authority had obvious no clue in what direction sailing had developed since 1912. The Nordic countries had developed the Skerry Cruiser classes and the International rule classes had adopted in 1919 a new edition of the rule which was not yet implemented in the countries. Therefore, the entries were open for the old, as well the new rule and two Skerry classes. Besides that, an advice from 1908 was followed by putting two one design classes on the program. By doing this the 1920 Olympics acted as a test laboratory from which the IYRU could draw conclusion for the further development of the sport. These lessons learned, not too many different classes and moving towards one design classes, did show during the next Olympic Sailing event and are still taken into account.

Some of the 1920 Olympic classes
 
 |-
 ! Class !! Type !! Venue !! Event !! Sailors !! First OG !! Olympics so far
 |-
|style="text-align:left"|12' Dinghy
Dinghy Ostend 2 1920 1
18' Dinghy KeelboatOstend 2 1920 1
6.5 Metre Keelboat Ostend 3 1920 1
8.5 Metre Keelboat No showUnknown1920 0
6 Metre (2x) Keelboat Ostend 3 1908 3
7 Metre Keelboat Ostend 2 1908 2
8 Metre (2x) Keelboat Ostend 5 1908 3
9 Metre Keelboat No showUnknown1920 0
10 Metre (2x) Keelboat Ostend 8 1912 2
12 Metre (2x) Keelboat Ostend 9 1908 3
30m2 Skerry CruiserKeelboat Ostend 7 1920 1
40m2 Skerry CruiserKeelboat Ostend 8 1920 1
Legend: = Mixed gender event
Some of the 1920 Olympic Classes in action

Race schedule

  Opening ceremony  Event competitions   Event finals   Closing ceremony
Date July  BelgiumSeptember  Netherlands
7
Wed
8
Thu
9
Fri
10
Sat
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sun
Sailing (planning)







Total gold medals 14
Sailing (actual) 1







2
Total gold medals 13 1

Medal summary [3]

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1920: 12' Dinghy

 Netherlands (NED)
Cornelis Hin
Johan Hin
Frans Hin
 Netherlands (NED)
Arnoud van der Biesen
Petrus Beukers
No further competitors

1920: 18' Dinghy

 Great Britain (GBR)
Francis Richards
Thomas Hedberg
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 6.5 Metre

 Netherlands (NED)
Joop Carp
Berend Carp
Petrus Wernink
 France (FRA)
Albert Weil
Robert Monier
Félix Picon
No further competitors

1920: 6 Metre
1907 rule

 Belgium (BEL)
Emile Cornellie
Frédéric Bruynseels
Florimond Cornellie
 Norway (NOR)
Einar Torgersen
Leif Erichsen
Andreas Knudsen
 Norway (NOR)
Henrik Agersborg
Einar Berntsen
Trygve Pedersen

1920: 6 Metre
1919 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Andreas Brecke
Paal Kaasen
Ingolf Rød
 Belgium (BEL)
Léon Huybrechts
Charles van den Bussche
John Klotz
No further competitors

1920: 7 Metre

 Great Britain (GBR)
Cyril Wright
Robert Coleman
William Maddison
Dorothy Wright
 Norway (NOR)
Johann Faye
Sten Abel
Christian Dick
Neils Neilsen
No further competitors

1920: 8 Metre
1907 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Carl Ringvold
Thorleif Holbye
Alf Jacobsen
Kristoffer Olsen
Tellef Wagle
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 8 Metre
1919 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Magnus Konow
Thorleif Christoffersen
Reidar Marthiniussen
Ragnar Vik
 Norway (NOR)
Jens Salvesen
Finn Schiander
Lauritz Schmidt
Nils Thomas
Ralph Tschudi
 Belgium (BEL)
Albert Grisar
Willy de l'Arbre
Georges Hellebuyck
Léopold Standaert
Henri Weewauters

1920: 10 Metre
1907 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Erik Herseth
Gunnar Jamvold
Petter Jamvold
Claus Juell
Sigurd Holter
Ingar Nielsen
Ole Sørensen
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 10 Metre
1919 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Charles Arentz
Otto Falkenberg
Robert Giertsen
Willy Gilbert
Halfdan Schjött
Trygve Schjøtt
Arne Sejersted
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 12 Metre
1907 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Henrik Østervold
Halvor Birkeland
Rasmus Birkeland
Lauritz Christiansen
Hans Naess
Halvor Mögster
Jan Østervold
Kristian Østervold
Ole Østervold
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 12 Metre
1919 rule

 Norway (NOR)
Johan Friele
Arthur Allers
Martin Borthen
Kaspar Hassel
Erik Ørvig
Olav Örvig
Thor Ørvig
Egill Reimers
Christen Wiese
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 30m2 Skerry cruiser

 Sweden (SWE)
Gösta Lundqvist
Gösta Bengtsson
Rolf Steffenburg
No further competitors No further competitors

1920: 40m2 Skerry cruiser

 Sweden (SWE)
Tore Holm
Yngve Holm
Axel Rydin
Georg Tengwall
 Sweden (SWE)
Gustaf Svensson
Percy Almstedt
Erik Mellbin
Ragnar Svensson
No further competitors

Medal tables

Sailing 1920

 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 1
6  France (FRA) 0 1 1 0
Total 6 14 7 3 24

Medal table 1896 – 1920

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 10 2 2 14
2  Norway (NOR) 9 3 1 13
3  France (FRA) 6 10 12 28
4  Sweden (SWE) 3 4 1 8
5  Netherlands (NED) 2 2 0 4
6  Mixed team (ZZX) 2 0 0 2
7  Belgium (BEL) 1 2 1 4
8  Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 0 2
9  Germany (GER) 1 1 0 2
10  Finland (FIN) 0 1 2 3
11  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 0 1
12  United States (USA) 0 0 2 2
13  Russia (RUS) 0 0 1 1
Total 13 35 27 22 84

Ranking of the countries over the years

Graphic that showed the changes in the standing of the countries over the years.

Other information

Sailing

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

Sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
In the 8 Metre Sildra:
 Norway (NOR), Magnus Konow
six time Olympic competitor 
In the 40 M2 Skerry cruiser Sif:
 Sweden (SWE), Magnus Konow
five time Olympic competitor 

Further reading

References

  1. Heijmans, Jeroen. "Nederlands goud (5)". Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 Belgium Olympic Committee, ed. (1957). Olympic Games 1920 – Official Report (PDF). Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

"Antwerp 1920". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 

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