Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
Letterhead VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924
Venues	Meulan Le Havre
Dates	First race: 10 July 1924 (1924-07-10) (Meulan) Last race: 13 July 1924 (1924-07-13) First race: 21 July 1924 (1924-07-21) (Le Havre) Last race: 26 July 1924 (1924-07-26)
Competitors	62 Male and 1 Female from 19 nations
Boats	31
← 1920 1928 →

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 the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1924 consisted of a total of three sailing classes (disciplines). For each of the classes the event an elimination round, semi-finals and finals were scheduled. The French National Monotype 1924 was on the program from 10 to 13 July. The Metre classes (6 and 8) had their races from 21 to 26 July.

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Cercle de la Voile de Paris Bassin Olympique de Meulan Les Mureaux
Burgee of the Cercle de la Voile de Paris
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Club House
Address	30, quai Albert Glandaz
Town or city	78130 Les Mureaux
Country	France
Coordinates	49°00′1″N 1°54′54″E / 49.00028°N 1.91500°E / 49.00028; 1.91500
Elevation	Sealevel
Completed	14 May 1894
Owner	Cercle de la Voile de Paris

Meulan was the venue for the Olympic regatta's in the French National Monotype. The host club for the 1924 Olympic Sailing at Meulan was the Cercle de la Voile de Paris. Like in 1900 the race conditions at Meulan during the Olympic regatta were not ideal. The light breeze during the first elimination series could hardly make the sailing interesting. When the wind picked up in the second series the conditions must have improved. During the first semi-final the wind came from South East. As a result, the yachts could sail most of the course without tacking or jibing, therefore not challenging the capabilities of the sailors. In the second semi-final however the wind shifted to East-North-East so that tacking was needed in the final legs of the laps.

La Société des Régates du Havre Le Havre
Burgee of the Société des Régates du Havre
General information
Status	Destroyed
Type	Club House
Location	Le Palais de la Société des Régates au Havre (The clubhouse) was used in 1914 and 1940 as British Army hospital. Bombed in 1940 and finally destroyed in 1942.[1]
Country	France
Coordinates	49°29′30″N 0°5′45″E / 49.49167°N 0.09583°E / 49.49167; 0.09583
Elevation	Sealevel
Owner	La Société des Régates du Havre

Le Havre was the venue for the Olympic regattas for the 6 and 8 Metre. The host club for the 1924 Olympic Sailing at Le Havre was the Société des Régates du Havre. Due to the Easterly winds the courses at Le Havre were mostly reaches. As result sailing a windward leg was not really tested. This however was more or less custom for that time.

1924 Olympic Course Areas

Courses at Plan du Bassin du Meulan les Mureaux
A: Start and Finish
B: Mark large course 4.0 nautical miles (7.4 km)
C: Mark small course 1.6 nautical miles (3.0 km)

6 Metre Course at Le Havre
SRdH: La Société des Régates du Havre
A: Start and Finish
B, C D: Marks
10 nautical miles (19 km)

8 Metre Course at Le Havre
SRdH: La Société des Régates du Havre
A: Start and Finish
B, C D: Marks
16 nautical miles (30 km)

This was the first Olympic where just one boat per country per class was allowed.

● Africa ● Europe ● North America ● South America

Argentina (ARG)  Belgium (BEL)  Canada (CAN)  Cuba (CUB)  Denmark (DEN)  Spain (ESP)  Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Italy (ITA)  Monaco (MON)  Netherlands (NED)  Norway (NOR)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)  South Africa (RSA)  Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)  Czechoslovakia (TCH)

After the enormous number of classes used during the Olympic sailing event of 1920 the International Yacht Racing Union decided that for 1924 just three classes would be used. The choice was made in favor of two Metre classes (6 and 8) and monotype (One Design) class.^[2]

The 1924 Olympic classes
Class	Type	Venue	Event	Sailors	First OG	Olympics so far
French National Monotype	Dinghy	Meulan		1	1924	1
6 Metre	Keelboat	Le Havre		3	1908	4
8 Metre	Keelboat	Le Havre		5	1908	4
Legend: = Mixed gender event
The 1924 Olympic Classes in action French National Monotype 1924 6 Metre 8 Metre

Source:^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1924: Monotype details	Belgium (BEL) Léon Huybrechts	Norway (NOR) Henrik Robert	Finland (FIN) Hans Dittmar
1924: 6 Metre details	Norway (NOR) Anders Lundgren Christopher Dahl Eugen Lunde	Denmark (DEN) Vilhelm Vett Knud Degn Christian Nielsen	Netherlands (NED) Johan Carp Anthonij Guépin Jan Vreede
1924: 8 Metre details	Norway (NOR) Carl Ringvold Rick Bockelie Harald Hagen Ingar Nielsen Carl Ringvold Jr.	Great Britain (GBR) Ernest Roney Harold Fowler Edwin Jacob Thomas Riggs Walter Riggs	France (FRA) Louis Breguet Pierre Gauthier Robert Girardet André Guerrier Georges Mollard

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	2	1	0	3
2	Belgium (BEL)	1	0	0	1
3	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
5	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (7 entries)		3	3	3	9

The official report used a point system to give participating nations an overall rank in the sport:^[2]

Rank	Country	1st place		2nd place		3rd place		4th place		5th place		6th place		Total
		Places	Points	Places	Points	Places	Points	Places	Points	Places	Points	Places	Points	Points
1	Norway (NOR)	2	20	1	5									25
2	Belgium (BEL)	1	10					1	3	1	1½			14½
3	Netherlands (NED)					1	4			1	2			6
4	France (FRA)					1	4			1	1½			5½
5	Denmark (DEN)			1	5									5
	Great Britain (GBR)			1	5									5
7	Finland (FIN)					1	4							4
8	Sweden (SWE)							1	3			1	1	4
9	Spain (ESP)							1	3					3
10	Argentina (ARG)									1	2			2

• Eugen Lunde, the first of the Olympic dynasty of Norwegian Lunde sailors:
  • His son and daughter in law, Peder Lunde and Vibeke "Babben" Lunde, sailed together in the 1952 Olympics in the 5.5 Metre.
    • His grandson, Peder Lunde Jr. won the gold in the Flying Dutchman in 1960 and the silver in the Star in 1968
      • His great-granddaughter, Jeanette Lunde picked up Olympic sailing after an Olympic career in Downhill and Super-G. She sailed in the 470 at the 2000 Olympics.

• Italy was also entered in the 8 Metre. However, they did not participate.
• Germany was not invited.
• This is the first Olympic regatta where only one boat per class per country is allowed.

During the sailing regattas at the 1924 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

•  Switzerland (SUI), one of the great 20th century's adventurer, travel writer and photographer, as well as a sportswoman, Ella Maillart
•  Belgium (BEL), three times Olympic medalist, Léon Huybrechts
•  France (FRA), the famous French aircraft manufacturer and engineer, Louis Breguet

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

"Paris 1924". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.