Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, six events in sailing were contested. Races were held from August 29, 1972 to September 8, 1972 in the Port of Kiel. Kiel hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time after 1936.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dragon class details	Australia (AUS) John Cuneo Thomas Anderson John Shaw	East Germany (GDR) Paul Borowski Konrad Weichert Karl-Heinz Thun	United States (USA) Donald Cohan Charles Horter John Marshall
Flying Dutchman class details	Great Britain (GBR) Rodney Pattison Christopher Davies	France (FRA) Yves Pajot Marc Pajot	West Germany (FRG) Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann
Finn class details	Serge Maury France (FRA)	Ilias Khatzipavlis Greece (GRE)	Viktor Potapov Soviet Union (URS)
Soling class details	United States (USA) Harry Melges William Bentsen William Allen	Sweden (SWE) Stig Wennerström Bo Knape Stefan Krook	Canada (CAN) David Miller John Ekels Paul Cote
Star class details	Australia (AUS) David Forbes Scott Anderson	Sweden (SWE) Pelle Pettersson Stellan Westerdahl	West Germany (FRG) Wilhelm Kuhweide Karsten Meyer
Tempest class details	Soviet Union (URS) Valentyn Mankin Vitaliy Dyrdyra	Great Britain (GBR) Alan Warren David Hunt	United States (USA) Glenn Foster Peter Dean

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
2	France (FRA)	1	1	0	2
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	1	0	2
4	United States (USA)	1	0	2	3
5	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	1	2
6	Sweden (SWE)	0	2	0	2
7	East Germany (GDR)	0	1	0	1
	Greece (GRE)	0	1	0	1
9	West Germany (FRG)	0	0	2	2
10	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.

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