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was a sailing event on the
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. Seven races were scheduled. Only six races were sailed due to weather conditions. 70 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nation competed. It was the last Olympic appearance of the Dragon.


Race schedule

Because of insufficient wind the scheduled race in the Dragon was postponed on 5 September 1972. Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Finally for the Dragon only six regattas took place. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.


Course area and course configuration

For the Dragon course area A (Alpha) was used. The location ''(54°29'50'’N, 10°22'00'’E)'' points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle. The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm. File:Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics Course area's.png File:1972 Olympic course.png


Final results

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Paul Borowski Paul Borowski (19 March 1937 – 22 December 2012) was a German sailor. He won a silver medal in the '' Dragon class'' together with crew members Konrad Weichert and Karl–Heinz Thun at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics ( ...
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Konrad Weichert Konrad Weichert (20 March 1934 – 8 February 2003) was a German sailor, born in Kurznie. He won a silver medal in the '' Dragon class'' together with Paul Borowski and Karl–Heinz Thun at the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympic ...
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Konrad Glas Konrad Glas (born 21 January 1940) was a German sailor who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an i ...
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Félix Gancedo Félix Gancedo (born 18 September 1940 in Málaga, Spain) is a Spanish sailor and world-class competitor in the Snipe, Flying Dutchman, Tempest and Dragon classes. He won the Snipe class world championship in 1973 and 1975, was second in 1981 ...
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François Girard François Girard (born January 12, 1963) is a French Canadian director and screenwriter from Montreal. Born in Saint-Félicien, Quebec, Girard's career began on the Montreal art video circuit. In 1990, he produced his first feature film, ''Car ...
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Godfrey Kelly Sir Godfrey Kelly KCMG (21 December 1928 – 10 February 2022) was a Bahamian sailor, born in the Bahamas, who competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968, and 1972 Summer Olympics. Kelly was educated at Queen's College, Nassau, and McDonogh College Prep S ...
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Daily standings

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Further reading

* {{cite web , title = Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008) , url = http://search.la84.org/search , work = Digital Library Collection at la84.org , publisher = la84foundation , access-date = 3 March 2014 * {{cite web , title = Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed Three Person Keelboat , url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SAI/mixed-three-person-keelboat.html , archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181842/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1972/SAI/mixed-three-person-keelboat.html , url-status = dead , archive-date = 17 April 2020 , work = Olympics at Sports-Reference.com , publisher = Sports Reference LLC , access-date = 6 March 2014


References

{{Reflist, refs = {{cite web , title=The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization , author=(ed.) Kunze, Herbert , publisher=proSport , location=Munich , year=1974 , page=147 , url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1.pdf , access-date=5 March 2014 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808032119/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1.pdf , archive-date= 8 August 2012 {{cite web , title = The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions , author = (ed.) Kunze, Herbert , publisher = proSport , location = Munich , year = 1974 , page = 211 , url = http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s2.pdf , access-date = 5 March 2014 {{cite web , title=The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions , author=(ed.) Kunze, Herbert , publisher=proSport , location=Munich , year=1974 , page=505 , url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf , access-date=5 March 2014 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927222651/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s3.pdf , archive-date=27 September 2007 {{cite web , title=The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization , author=(ed.) Kunze, Herbert , publisher=proSport , location=Munich , year=1974 , page=146 , url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1.pdf , access-date=5 March 2014 , url-status=dead , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808032119/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1972/1972s1.pdf , archive-date= 8 August 2012 The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used. {{Footer Olympic Champions Dragon {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics - Dragon
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