The
18' Dinghy was a sailing event on the
Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in
Ostend
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. Four races were scheduled. Two sailors, on one boat, from one nation entered.
Race schedule
Course area
Weather conditions
Final results
The
1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.
Notes
* This was probably the least interesting event in the history of Olympic sailing: only one competitor turned up, and in the first of the planned races they failed to finish, not appearing for the remaining three.
* Similarly
Stan Rowley (in the
1900 5000 m team race) won an Olympic gold medal despite not finishing their event.
Other information
18' Dinghy picture
Further reading
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References
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18' Dinghy
18 foot dinghy