Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy

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

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Course area and course configuration

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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.

Weather conditions

Results

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The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

Boat assignments

The dinghies sails were assigned as follows:

Final results

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Daily standings

Notes

• For this event one yacht from each country, manned by 1 amateur maximum (maximum number of substitutes 1) was allowed.
• This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out to be a man's only event.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

Further reading

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