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Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Star

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Star[1]
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
VenueLos Angeles Harbor
DatesFirst race: August 5, 1932 (1932-08-05)
Last race: August 12, 1932 (1932-08-12)
Competitors14 from 7 nations
Teams7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gilbert Gray
Andrew Libano		  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) George Colin Ratsey
Peter Jaffe		  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gunnar Asther
Daniel Sundén-Cullberg		  Sweden
1936 →
Sailing at the
1932 Summer Olympics
SnowbirdOpen
StarOpen
6 MetreOpen
8 MetreOpen

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor. Seven races were scheduled, plus possible tiebreakers. Fourteen sailors, on seven boats, from seven nations competed.[2]

Race schedule[1]

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 ●  Event competitions  ●  Sail off (3rd, 4th)
Date August
5th
Fri		 6th
Sat		 7th
Sun		 8th
Mon		 9th
Tue		 10th
Wed		 11th
Thu		 12th
Fri
Star ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●
Total gold medals 1

Course area and course configuration

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The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the US Coast Guard. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The Star event took place outside the breakwater.

1932 Olympic Course Areas and Course Configurations
OpenStreetMap view of the current map of Los Angeles. Projected are the 1932 Olympic courses of the Star (Blue Area).
Star course used during race 1 (8nm).
Star course used during race 2 & 5 (10nm).
Star course used during race 3 & 4 (8nm).
Star course used during race 6 & 7 (6nm).

Weather conditions [3]

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Date Race Wind Wind direction Details
5-AUG-1932 1st Race Heavy Most Stars reef
6-AUG-1932 2nd Race Light Freshening to
7-AUG-1932 3rd Race Fresh Increased to 20 knots (10 m/s)
8-AUG-1932 4th Race 20 knots (10 m/s)
9-AUG-1932 5th Race Light
10-AUG-1932 6th Race Light Freshening
11-AUG-1932 7th Race Light
12-AUG-1932 8th Race No data available

Final results[1]

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Rank Country Helmsman Crew Boat 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 place, gold medalist(s)  United States Gilbert Gray Andrew Libano Jupiter 1 7 3 5 1 7 1 7 1 7 2 6 1 7     46
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain George Colin Ratsey Peter Jaffe Joy 2 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 5 1 7 3 5     35
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden Gunnar Asther Daniel Sundén-Cullberg Swedish Star 3 5 7 1 5 3 5 3 4 4 3 5 2 6 SOL 1 28
4  Canada Harry Wylie Henry Simmonds Windor 5 3 5 3 2 6 2 6 6 2 4 4 5 3 DNS 0 27
5  France Jean-Jacques Herbulot Jean Peytel Tramontane DNF 0 2 6 3 5 3 5 2 6 DSQ 0 4 4     26
6  Netherlands Bob Maas Jan Maas Holland 4 4 6 2 6 2 DNF 0 5 3 5 3 DNS 0     14
7  South Africa Cecil Goodricke Arent van Soelen Springbok DNF 0 1 7 DNF 0 DNS 0 DNS 0 DNS 0 DNS 0     7

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; SOL – Sailed one lap;

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1932 Summer Olympics

Notes

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  • For this event one yacht from each country, crewed by 2 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 2) was allowed.[1]
  • This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out that only men participated.[citation needed]

Other information

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During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the Star:

Star victors at the 1932 Olympic Games

Further reading

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  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  • "Sailing at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  • "Los Angeles 1932". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d (ed.) Browne, Francis Granger (1933). "Official Report of the Games of the X Olympiad" (PDF). Los Angeles: Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U. S. A. 1932, LTD. Retrieved 7 May 2015. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ By transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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