Sailing/Yachting is an

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starting from the Games of the 1st

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( 1896 Olympics) in Athens, Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1968 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 14 October 1968 to 21 October 1968 off the coast of

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in the Bay of Acapulco. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Venue

Acapulco Bay is located on the Pacific coast in the state of Guerrero, 250 miles from Mexico City. The facilities at Club de Yates were improved and modified. 20,000 square metres of new docks provided with potable water, electricity and telephones were created. The buoys bearing colored flags delineated the three course areas. Technical control was assured by a staff of measurers for gauging all yachts before racing. The Olympic Village, located in the Caleta Hotel, provided accommodation for 503 competitors, trainers, team managers from 40 countries.

Competition

Overview

Continents

* Asia * Oceania * Europe * Americas

Countries

Classes (equipment)

= Male,

= Female, = Open

Medal summary

Medal table

Remarks

Sailing

* This Olympic sailing event was gender independent, but turned out to be a ''Men-only'' event. This was one of the triggers to create gender specific events. This however had to wait until 1988. * was trying to win his fifth Gold medal. This time in the Star. He came close. 4th. * won his first Olympic medal (Gold) in his boat

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. It is difficult to appoint Olympic records to sailing, but the score of this Flying Dutchman team would hold probably the record of best olympic score: ~~DSQ~~, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2! * In each of the five classes there was a major difference in points between the gold and the silver medalists.

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1968 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: * Royalties ** , King of

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, HRH Crown Prince Harald in the 5.5 Metre * Sport managers ** , President

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in the Finn ** , Future president

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Peter Tallberg Peter Tallberg (15 July 1937 – 16 May 2015) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, in the 1964 Summer Olympics, in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was a member ...

in the Star ** , Future president

, Paul Henderson in the Finn ** . Future holder of the Silver

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in the Flying Dutchman

Notes

References

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