Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
| Sailing at the Games of the XX Olympiad |
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Special stamp Germany, Olympic sailing 1972
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| Venues | Olympiazentrum Schilksee | |||||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: 29 August 1972 Last race: 8 September 1972 |
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| Sailors | 318 from 42 countries | |||||||||||||||
| Boats | 152 | |||||||||||||||
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| Olympic Center Schilksee | |
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| Olympiazentrum Schilksee | |
 Burgee of the Kieler Yacht Club |
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| General information | |
| Status | Complete |
| Type | Olympic harbor |
| Country |
 Germany
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| Coordinates | 54°25′48″N 10°10′15″E / 54.43000°N 10.17083°ECoordinates: 54°25′48″N 10°10′15″E / 54.43000°N 10.17083°E |
| Elevation | Sealevel |
| Construction started | 13. October 1969 |
| Cost | € 30,000,000 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Heinrich Storch Walter Ehlers |
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 1972 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1972 to 8 September 1972 of the coast of Kiel-Schilksee in the Bay of Kiel. Kiel hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1936 Summer Olympics. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic yachting events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, immediately after it became known that the city of Munich had the intention of hosting the Games of the XXth Olympiad, the cities of Kiel and Lübeck competed for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas.
When Kiel (and the Kieler Yacht Club) won the competition the following was decided:
During the Games the number of spectators and visitors at the Olympic events in Kiel and at the Olympic Center in Kiel-Schilksee exceeded the expectations by a large margin. Conservative estimates put the total number at about a million spectators and visitors in Kiel.
A total of three race areas were set in the Firth of Kiel of the coast of Kiel/Schilksee. The location points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle for course area A & B and to a 1.5 nm radius circle for course area C.
1972: Finn
1972: Flying Dutchman
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