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starting from the Games of the 1st

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( 1896 Olympics in Athens

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. With the exception of

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, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1964 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, seven races were scheduled; these took place from 12 to 23 October 1964 off the coast of

Enoshima is a small offshore island, about in circumference, at the mouth of the Katase River which flows into the Sagami Bay of Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Administratively, Enoshima is part of the mainland city of Fujisawa, and is linked to ...

Sagami Bay lies south of Kanagawa Prefecture in Honshu, central Japan, contained within the scope of the Miura Peninsula, in Kanagawa, to the east, the Izu Peninsula, in Shizuoka Prefecture, to the west, and the Shōnan coastline to the north, while the ...

. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Venue

At the IOC session in 1959, Japan stated that yachting would take place in the port of Yokohama, as was the plan for 1940. Later, when it became clear that Yokohama was not suitable for Olympic-level sailing, it was decided that yachting events would be held off the coast of Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture on the bay of Sagami. To meet the requirement at Enoshima it was decided to build a large scale harbour at Enoshima for the 1964 Olympics. The construction of a yacht harbor on the island was started in May 1961 and finished in July 1964. The total construction cost was $6,027,778

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. A total of three race areas were created in Sagami bay. The Japanese Sea Self-Defense Forces vessels supported the race management and specially the placements of the marks.

Competition

Overview

Continents

* Africa * Asia * Oceania * Europe * Americas

Countries

Classes (equipment)

= Male,

= Female, = Open

Medal summary

Medal table

Remarks

Sailing

* Stop-watches, for attachment to the knee, for each participant in the yacht races were distributed. * A new Olympic trophy was introduced at the 1964 Summer Games (The Tokyo Trophy). It was the desire that this Trophy be awarded to those who display the highest qualities of sportsmanship. During the Tokyo Games, this new Trophy was awarded to the Flying Dutchman team of who, according to the official IOC site:

set an outstanding example of sportsmanship when they gave up their race to save the life of a fellow competitor. ()

* This Olympic sailing regatta had a remarkable set of Olympic reserves like: , , and .

Sailors

During the sailing regattas at the 1964 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: * Royalties ** , Prince of

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, in the 5.5 Metre * In the Finn ** , Record holder of competing in the largest number of Olympic games and sailmaker * In the Flying Dutchman ** , Founder of

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** , One of the most famous sailors ever **, Future

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president * In the Star ** , Yacht designer and

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skipper * In the Dragon ** , Founder of

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Notes

References

Sailing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games
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