Sailing at the 1924 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 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

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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.

## Venue

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### Meulan

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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.

### Le Havre

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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.

### Course areas

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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)

## Competition

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### Overview

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Continents  | Countries  | Classes  | Entries  | Male  | Female

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4 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 62 | 1

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

### Continents

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Map of Participating Sailing Continents at the 1924 Summer Olympics
● Green = Participating for the first time
● Blue = Participating
● Light Blue = Have previously participated |  | ● Africa

● Europe
● North America
● South America

### Countries

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Map of Participating Sailing Countries at the 1924 Summer Olympics
● Green = Participating for the first time
● Blue = Participating
● Light Blue = Have previously participated |

* Argentina (5)
* Belgium (8)
* Canada (1)
* Cuba (3)
* Czechoslovakia (1)
* Denmark (4)
* Finland (1)
* France (9)
* Great Britain (5)
* Italy (3)

* Monaco (1)
* Netherlands (4)
* Norway (9)
* Poland (1)
* Portugal (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (3)
* Switzerland (1)
* Sweden (4)

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### Classes (equipment)

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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

## Race schedule

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● | Opening ceremony |  ● | Event competitions |  ● | Event finals |  ● | Closing ceremony

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Date  | July

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Sat | 6
Sun | 7
Mon | 8
Tue | 9
Wed | 10
Thu | 11
Fri | 12
Sat | 13
Sun | 14
Mon | 15
Tue | 16
Wed | 17
Thu | 18
Fri | 19
Sat | 20
Sun | 21
Mon | 22
Tue | 23
Wed | 24
Thu | 25
Fri | 26
Sat | 27
Sun
| Meulan |  | Le Havre |
Sailing  |  |  |  |  |  | ● | ● | ● | ● |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ● ● | ● ● | ● ● |  | ● ● | ● ● |
Total gold medals |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 |
Ceremonies | ● |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ●

## Medal summary

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Source:[3]

Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1924: Monotype
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|  Belgium (BEL)
Léon Huybrechts |  Norway (NOR)
Henrik Robert |  Finland (FIN)
Hans Dittmar

1924: 6 Metre
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|  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
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|  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

## Medal table

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Rank| Nation| Gold| Silver| Bronze| Total

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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

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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

## Notes

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The Norwegian Lunde Olympic dynasty

* 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.

## Other information

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* 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.

### Sailors

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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

Sailors during the 1924 Olympic Games

* Ella Maillart in 1992

* Louis Breguet in 1909

* Léon Huybrechts

## Further reading

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

## References

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1. ^ La Société des Régates du Havre. "La Société des Régates du Havre historique 1900 - 1950". Archived from the original on 5 May 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
2. ^ a b Les Jeux de la VIIIe Olympiade Paris 1924:rapport official (PDF) (in French). Paris: Librairie de France: Comité Olympique Français. 1924. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
3. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 February 2015.

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

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Olympic venues in sailing

20th century|

* 1900: Meulan, Le Havre
* 1908: Ryde, Hunters Quay
* 1912: Nynäshamn
* 1920: Ostend, Buiten Y
* 1924: Le Havre, Meulan
* 1928: Buiten Y, Zuiderzee
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* 1984: Long Beach Shoreline Marina
* 1988: Busan Yachting Center
* 1992: Olympic Harbour
* 1996: Wassaw Sound

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* 2000: Rushcutters Bay
* 2004: Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
* 2008: Qingdao International Sailing Centre
* 2012: Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
* 2016: Marina da Glória
* 2020: Enoshima
* 2024: Old Port of Marseille
* 2028: Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier
* 2032: Alexandra Headland, Queensland, Manly, Queensland

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