Tempest[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Tempest
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors42 from 21 nations
Teams21
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentyn Mankin
Vitaliy Dyrdyra		  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Alan Warren
David Hunt		  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Glen Foster
Peter Dean		  United States

The Tempest was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nation competed.[2][3]

Race schedule

Due to the interruption of the games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.[4]

 ● Event competitions ● Event finals
Date August September
26th
Sat		27th
Sun		28th
Mon		29th
Tue		30th
Wed		31st
Thu		1st
Fri		2nd
Sat		3rd
Sun		4th
Mon		5th
Tue		6th
Wed		7th
Thu		8th
Fri		9th
Sat		10th
Sun		11th
Mon
Tempest (planning) ● ● ● ● Spare
day		 Spare
day		 ● ● ● Spare
day		 Spare
day
Tempest (actual) ● ● ● ● Spare
day		 Spare
day		 ● ● Fog ●

Course area and course configuration

For the Tempest course area B(ravo) was used. The location (54°30'30'’N, 10°13'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle.[1][5] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Final results

These are the results of the Tempest event.[6]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7TotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Soviet Union Valentin Mankin Vitalii Dyrdyra 35.748.010.035.7 8 14.023.035.742.128.1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Great Britain Alan Warren David Hunt 48.010.023.010.0611.7611.7 8 14.048.434.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  United States Glen Foster Peter Dean 814.0 DSQ 30.035.723.048.0814.023.077.747.7
4  Sweden John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson 23.0713.0814.0510.0 11 17.035.7611.775.457.4
5  Netherlands Ben Staartjes Cees Kurpershoek 713.023.0611.7915.01016.0 17 23.010.081.758.7
6  Norway Peder Lunde Jr Aksel Gresvig 16 22.0915.048.0814.023.0713.01117.092.070.0
7  Brazil Mario Buckup Peter Ficker 19 25.035.7713.0713.01622.0510.0510.098.773.7
8  Ireland David Wilkins Sean Whitaker 611.7814.0915.0 13 19.010.01319.0915.093.774.7
9  France Marcel Troupel Yves Devillers 10.01016.01117.01117.0510.0 19 25.01218.0103.078.0
10  Austria Hubert Raudaschl Erich Moritz 510.0611.71319.0 15 22.035.71218.01420.0106.484.4
11  West Germany Heinz Laprell Wolf Stadler 915.0 19 25.0510.048.01925.01117.0713.0113.088.0
12  Poland Tomasz Holc Roman Rutkowski 1016.01420.0 16 22.0611.71521.048.01319.0117.795.7
13  Switzerland Urs Kohler Peter Frey 18 24.01218.01218.01824.01723.010.01016.0123.099.0
14  Italy Giampiero Dotti Francesco Sibello 1218.01824.01016.0 19 25.01319.01622.048.0132.0107.0
15  Canada Ted Hains Larry Scott 1723.0510.0 18 24.01420.01824.01016.01521.0138.0114.0
16  Puerto Rico John Garry Hoyt Hovey T. Freeman 1319.01622.01420.01016.0713.0 DSQ 30.01824.0144.0114.0
17  Denmark Mogens Larsen Klaus Føge Jensen 1117.01319.02026.01218.01420.01521.0 DSQ 28.0149.0121.0
18  Hong Kong Kenneth Tomlins Gilbert Lennox-King 1521.01117.01521.0 21 27.02026.0915.01925.0152.0125.0
19  Australia Gordon Ingate Robert Thornton 1420.01521.01723.01723.01218.0 DNF 27.01723.0155.0128.0
20  Virgin Islands John Foster sr. John Hamber 20 26.01723.01925.01622.0915.01824.01622.0157.0131.0
21  Thailand Prinz Bira Bhanubanda Paitoon Chulatuppa 2127.02026.02127.02026.02127.01420.0 DNS 27.0180.0153.0

    Legend: DSQ – Disqualified;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.
    Gender: – male; – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Tempest during the 1972 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2014.

    References

    1. 1 2 Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
    2. ↑ The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
    3. ↑ "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Tempest), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
    4. ↑ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    5. ↑ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    6. ↑ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
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