Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12 foot dinghy
| 12' Dinghy at the Games of the IX Olympiad
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Line drawing of the 12' Dinghy
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| Venue | Buiten Y | ||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: 2 August 1928 Last race: 8 August 1928 |
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| Competitors | 23 Male from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 20 | ||||||||||||
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Sven Thorell |
 Sweden
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Henrik Robert |
 Norway
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Bertil Broman |
 Finland
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The 12' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. A combination of Preliminary series and final series were scheduled. 23 sailors from 20 nations competed on twelve 12' Dinghies that were supplied by the Royal Dutch Yachting Union (Koninklijke Verbonden Nederlandsche Watersport Vereenigingen).
For the 12' Dinghy the courses were just outside the locks on the buiten Y in front of Durgerdam.
At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish.
The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.
The dinghies sails were assigned as follows:
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDGa – Redress given with average points; RET – Retired; WDR – Withdrew;
During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
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