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Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Dragon

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Portrait of three men: Ole Berntsen, Christian von Bülow, and Ole Poulsen from 1964.

The Dragon was one of the sailing events at the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Enoshima. It was an exciting part of the Olympic games where sailors from many countries came together to race. In this event, there were seven races planned for the teams to compete in. A total of 70 sailors from 23 different nations participated, each on one of 23 boats. This event showed the skill and teamwork of sailors from around the world as they navigated the waters in Enoshima.

Results

The Dragon sailing event was part of the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Enoshima. There were seven races planned for the competition.

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1964 Summer Olympics

DNF means Did not finish, DNS means Did not start, and DSQ means Disqualified.

Daily standings


Rank
Helmsman (Country)CrewYachtnameSail No.Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal
Points
Total
-1
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ole Berntsen  (DEN)Christian von Bulow
Ole Poulsen
White LadyD
166
1146316259486110463398611463761861135854
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Peter Ahrendt  (EUA)Wilfried Lorenz
Ulrich Mense
MutafoGO
37
8560104637618114632116248612116262895826
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lowell North  (USA)Richard Deaver
Charles Rogers
AphroditeUS
219
3986576411463398685605764856060835523
4 Edwin Parry  (GBR)Jeremy Harris
Peter Reade
AndromedaK
381
576411463950821162950866851820752975090
5 Kirk Cooper  (BER)Penny Simmons
Conrad Soares
Oleander XIIKB
2
1918485605764668511463211621142152395055
6 Sergio Sorrentino  (ITA)Sergio Furlan
Annibale Pelaschiar
ArgesteI
21
211621142139861334966857618576449854636
7 Godfrey Kelly  (BAH)Basil Kelly
Robert Eardley
GuanahaniBA
1
1625913349133494861576495081146345534294
8 Odysseus Eskitzoglou  (GRE)Georgios Zaimis
Thimistokles Magoulas
Proteus IIGR
18
1334921162104639508123843986668545374188
9 Yury Shavrin  (URS)Valery Nikulin
Lev Alekseyev
OlenSR
1
668595082116285607618104631238443803996
10 Jorge Salas Chávez  (ARG)Jorge del Río Sálas
Rodolfo Rivademar
TangoA
34
7618398618207123841528711421398638893682
11 Ed Botterell  (CAN)Lynn Watters
John MacBrien
SerendipityKC
101
4861486111421761813349143171334937763459
12 Graham Drane  (AUS)Ian Quartermain
John Coon
CambriaKA
90
9508123846685DNF1011142112384486133443243
13 Wim van Duyl  (NED)Henny Scholtz
Race: 1 - 2:
Jan Jongkind
Race 3 - 7:
Dick Wayboer
Barco DeloroH
191
1238421141856057644861DNF101950833193218
14 Bo Kaiser  (SWE)Arne Settergren
Styrbjörn Holm
KulingS
210
14317668516259182071046385601431728082601
15 Morits Skaugen  (NOR)Knut Bengtson
Egil Normann Ly
MonicaN
236
1142114317123841142114317182071918422512067
16 Joaquim Basto  (POR)Eduardo de Queiroz
Carlos Ferreira
Grifo IVP
20
10463191841431716259DNF101133491723219051804
17 Saburo Tanamachi  (JPN)Tadashi Funaoka
Teruyuki Horie
Miss Nippon VJ
15
1723218207172321431716259162591046319691762
18 Mauricio de la Lama  (MEX)Eduardo Prieto
Juan Frias
AcipactliMX
1
DNF10176181528717232DNF101172322016217331632
19 John Park  (HKG)William Turnbull
Paul Cooper
PhoenixKH
1
15287172321918419184DNF101152871528715621461
20 Eddie Kelliher  (IRL)Rob D'Alton
Harry Maguire
AkatonboIR
2
1820720162DNF1011528717232191841625914321331
21 Fausto Preysler  (PHI)Jesus Maria Villarreal
Feliciano Juntareal
KalayaanPH
1
2114115287DNF1012114119184201622114111571056
22 Prinz Bira Bhanubanda  (THA)Arunee Bhanubandh
Prateep Areerob
LinglomTH
4
20162221202016222120201622212022120966846
23 Barton Kirkconnell  (JAM)Earl Taylor
Steven Henriques
Miss Nippon IVKJ
4
2212023101DNF101201621820721141DSQ0832832

Conditions at Enoshima

During the 1964 Summer Olympics in Enoshima, there were three race areas. All classes used the same scoring system, and the Dragon class used the Easterly course area.

DateRaceWeatherWind directionWind speed (m/s)
12 October 1964ICloudyENE0.4
13 October 1964IICloudyNNE5.5
14 October 1964IIICloudyN12
15 October 1964IVFineN8
19 October 1964VCloudyN4.5
20 October 1964VIFineNNE12
21 October 1964VIICloudyS11

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