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Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest

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Tempest
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Tempest
VenueKingston
Dates31 July to 8 August
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) John Albrechtson
Ingvar Hansson		  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Valentin Mankin
Vladislav Akimenko		  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dennis Conner
Conn Findlay		  United States
← 1972
Sailing at the
1976 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
470Open
Flying DutchmanOpen
TornadoOpen
TempestOpen
SolingOpen

The Tempest was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario . Seven races were scheduled. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.[1]

Results

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Rank 		Helmsman (Country) Crew Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[2] 		Total
-1
[3]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  John Albrechtson  (SWE) Ingvar Hansson 4 8.0 1 0.0 2 3.0 1 0.0 7 13.0 2 3.0 1 0.0 27.0 14.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Valentin Mankin  (URS) Vladislav Akimenko 1 0.0 4 8.0 4 8.0 3 5.7 2 3.0 3 5.7 5 10.0 40.4 30.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Dennis Conner  (USA) Conn Findlay 2 3.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 5 10.0 9 15.0 4 8.0 2 3.0 47.7 32.7
4  Uwe Mares  (FRG) Wolf Stadler 5 10.0 3 5.7 6 11.7 2 3.0 DNF 22.0 1 0.0 6 11.7 64.1 42.1
5  Giuseppe Milone  (ITA) Roberto Mottola 3 5.7 5 10.0 7 13.0 4 8.0 12 18.0 7 13.0 3 5.7 73.4 55.4
6  Claes Thunbo Christensen  (DEN) Finn Thunbo Christensen 6 11.7 9 15.0 8 14.0 8 14.0 1 0.0 5 10.0 7 13.0 77.7 62.7
7  Allan Leibel  (CAN) Lorne Leibel 7 13.0 6 11.7 DSQ 24.0 6 11.7 3 5.7 9 15.0 4 8.0 89.1 65.1
8  Ben Staartjes  (NED) Ab Ekels 11 17.0 7 13.0 5 10.0 7 13.0 8 14.0 6 11.7 11 17.0 95.7 78.7
9  Félix Gancedo  (ESP) Jesús Turró 8 14.0 11 17.0 1 0.0 10 16.0 14 20.0 10 16.0 10 16.0 99.0 79.0
10  Jörn Hellner  (AUS) James Byrne 14 20.0 13 19.0 10 16.0 14 20.0 4 8.0 8 14.0 9 15.0 112.0 92.0
11  David Wilkins  (IRL) Derek Jago 9 15.0 8 14.0 9 15.0 12 18.0 10 16.0 DSQ 24.0 12 18.0 120.0 96.0
12  Carl Auteried Jr.  (AUT) Wolfgang Böhm 10 16.0 14 20.0 11 17.0 11 17.0 5 10.0 11 17.0 DNS 22.0 119.0 97.0
13  John Foster  (ISV) Dan Morrison 15 21.0 10 16.0 12 18.0 13 19.0 6 11.7 12 18.0 13 19.0 122.7 101.7
14  Alan Warren  (GBR) David Hunt 12 18.0 12 18.0 14 20.0 9 15.0 13 19.0 RET 22.0 8 14.0 126.0 104.0
15  John Hoyt  (PUR) Hovey Freeman 13 19.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 15 21.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 14 20.0 140.0 119.0
16  Jesus Villarreal  (PHI) Juan Villareal DNF 22.0 16 22.0 15 21.0 16 22.0 11 17.0 14 20.0 15 21.0 145.0 123.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
= Male, = Female

The British pairing of Allen Warren and David Hunt had their boat, Gift 'Orse damaged while in transit to the competition, which impacted on their performance. After the final race, Warren and Hunt took some acetone and a flare and set the boat on fire.[4]

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Tempest during the 1976 Summer Olympics

Notes

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  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Tempest), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 June 2020.
  2. ^ The 1976 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ Total after applying discard.
  4. ^ Wallechinsky, David (1984). The Complete Book To The Olympics. England: Penguin Books. p. 543. ISBN 0140066322.

References

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