Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – O-Jolle

O-Jolle at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Gold and Bronze medalists [1]
Venue	Firth of Kiel
Dates	August 4–12
Competitors	25 from 25 nations
Teams	25
Medalists
Daan Kagchelland   Netherlands   Werner Krogmann   Germany   Peter Scott   Great Britain

Sailing at the  1936 Summer Olympics
O-Jolle			Open
Star			Open
6 Metre			Open
8 Metre			Open

The O-Jolle was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics program in Firth of Kiel. Seven races were scheduled. 25 sailors, on 25 boats, from 25 nations competed.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Sailnumber [2]	Yachtname	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points[3]
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Daan Kagchelland  (NED)	324	Nürnberg	4	22	1	25	1	25	6	20	2	24	1	25	4	22	163
	Werner Krogmann  (GER)	326	Rostock	2	24	4	22	3	23	9	17	1	25	6	20	7	19	150
	Peter Scott  (GBR)	325	Potsdam	1	25	2	24	2	24	7	19	3	23	10	16	DNF	0	131
4	Erich Wichmann-Harbeck  (CHI)	322	Mainz	3	23	8	18	4	22	23	3	6	20	7	19	1	25	130
5	Giuseppe Fago  (ITA)	302	Augsburg	14	12	5	21	DNF	0	4	22	7	19	3	23	8	18	115
6	Jacques Lebrun  (FRA)	319	Leipzig	7	19	13	13	5	21	18	8	12	14	15	11	3	23	109
7	Omoravica von Heinrich  (HUN)	317	Königsberg	12	14	DNF	0	9	17	16	10	8	18	4	22	5	21	102
8	Willy H.A. Pieper  (SUI)	316	Köln	13	13	19	7	13	13	8	18	14	12	5	21	11	15	99
9	Frank Baldwin Jr. Jewett  (USA)	301	Angerburg	17	9	10	16	6	20	15	11	18	8	13	13	6	20	97
10	Thor Thorvaldsen  (NOR)	312	Hamburg	16	10	DSQ	0	17	9	1	25	9	17	2	24	18	8	93
11	Rene Israel Nyman  (FIN)	305	Bremen	9	17	DNF	0	14	12	5	21	11	15	11	15	13	13	93
12	Sigurd Frank Christensen  (DEN)	315	Kiel	5	21	7	19	DSQ	0	20	6	10	16	8	18	14	12	92
13	Charles Eriksson  (SWE)	310	Düsseldorf	6	20	9	17	15	11	11	15	4	22	DSQ	0	19	7	92
14	Eugenio Lauz Santurio  (URU)	314	Heidelberg	15	11	16	10	12	14	2	24	15	11	21	5	10	16	91
15	Dietz Angerer  (AUT)	306	Breslau	8	18	17	9	DSQ	0	12	14	5	21	DSQ	0	2	24	86
16	Reg Dixon  (CAN)	309	Dresden	11	15	14	12	11	15	3	23	24	2	19	7	16	10	84
17	Erik Johannes Holst  (EST)	304	Brandenburg	DNF	0	6	20	7	19	21	5	13	13	9	17	22	4	78
18	Leon Jensz  (POL)	321	Magdeburg	18	8	3	23	18	8	13	13	19	7	20	6	20	6	71
19	Karlo Baumann  (YUG)	318	Konstanz	19	7	15	11	8	18	DNF	0	16	10	16	10	17	9	65
20	Demir Turgut  (TUR)	307	Cuxhaven	20	6	DNF	0	19	7	10	16	23	3	12	14	9	17	63
21	Ernest Vieira de Mendonça  (POR)	313	Hannover	10	16	20	6	10	16	19	7	20	6	DNF	0	15	11	62
22	Norio Fujimura  (JPN)	311	Essen	22	4	11	15	16	10	22	4	21	5	14	12	21	5	55
23	Albert van den Abeele  (BEL)	308	Danzig	DNF	0	18	8	20	6	17	9	17	9	18	8	12	14	54
24	Walter Heuer  (BRA)	320	Lübeck	21	5	21	5	22	4	14	12	25	1	17	9	23	3	39
25	Vitezslav Pavlousek  (TCH)	323	München	DSQ	0	12	14	21	5	24	2	22	4	22	4	24	2	31

DNF = Did Not Finish, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the O-Jolle during the 1936 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Inner Course

All starts were scheduled for 10:30.

Inner Course area at Kiel

Date	Race	Sky	Sea	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)	Actual starting time	Remark
04-AUG-1936	I	Overcast, Occasional rain	Heavy	SW	8-12	12:05	Postponement due to heavy sea
05-AUG-1936	II	Sunshine, Later overcast and rain		WSW	3	10:30
06-AUG-1936	III	Sunny		WSW	4-5	10:50	Postponement due to calm
07-AUG-1936	IV	Slightly overcast		NE	1-2	10:50	Postponement due to calm
08-AUG-1936	V	Foggy later slightly overcast		ENE	2-3	10:30
09-AUG-1936	VI	Calm		NEN	2	10:50	Postponement due to calm
10-AUG-1936	VII	Fine		SE	2-3	10:30

Notes

1. Since the possible confusion between the Olympic salute and the Hitler salute, Medal winners making a salute are not incorporated.
2. Sailnumbers are listed to make it possible to identify the specific sailors on the pictures.
3. The 1936 Olympic scoring system was used.

References

• (ed.) Richter, Dr. Friedrich (1936). The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume I (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V.
• (ed.) Richter, Dr. Friedrich (1936). The XITH Olympic Games Berlin, 1936: Officiel Report, Volume II (PDF). Berlin: the Organisationskomitee für die XI. Olympiade Berlin 1936 e. V.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Berlin 1936". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.