Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics
| Sailing at the Games of the IX Olympiad |
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Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics on a Dutch stamp
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| Venues |
● Buiten Y ● Zuiderzee |
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| Dates | First race: 2 August 1928 Last race: 9 August 1928 |
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| Sailors | 124 Male and 2 Female from 23 countries | |||||||||||||||
| Boats | 41 | |||||||||||||||
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| Six Harbor | |
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| Sixhaven | |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Olympic harbor |
| Address | Sixhavenweg 15 |
| Town or city | 1021 HG Amsterdam |
| Country |
 Netherlands
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| Coordinates | 52°22′54″N 4°54′23″E / 52.38167°N 4.90639°E |
| Elevation | Sealevel |
| Client | Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roeivereeniging |
| Owner | Watersportvereniging Dok- en Scheepsbouw |
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 possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1928 consisted of a total of three sailing classes. For each class races were scheduled from 2–9 August 1928 on the Buiten Y near Amsterdam and on the Zuiderzee. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
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As venue for the Amsterdam Olympics the Zuiderzee near Amsterdam was chosen. The organizing committee of the sailing event was the Koninklijk Verbond Nederlandsche Watersport Vereniging. The Olympic harbor was on the North shore of the Y just opposite of the Amsterdam Centraal railway station. The boats were moured in the so-called 'kinderkamer' of the harbor. The Six Harbor was in that time the location of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Zeil- & Roeivereeniging. This resulted that al competing yachts had to go through the locks () to enter the Buiten Y and Zuiderzee. Some of the former buildings of the Six Harbor were demolished during the construction of the .
A total of two race areas were used for sailing at the Amsterdam Olympics:
At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish. Waves could be steep and short due to the shallow waters.
In 1932 a dam was built between the North Sea and the Zuiderzee and the Zuiderzee was renamed IJsselmeer. As result of this the lake now contains fresh water. Inside the lake new land was reclaimed. At this moment the center of the 1928 6 and 8 Metre course is located in the city of Almere. Also the city of Amsterdam reclaimed land from the sea and moved towards the lake. When the sailors from the 1928 Summer Olympics could return to their venue they would hardly recognize it.
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