Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Sailing at the 1964 Olympics on a stamp of Japan
Venues	Sagami Bay
Dates	First race: 12 October 1964 Last race: 23 October 1964
Sailors	233 from 40 countries
Boats	119
Top ranked countries
United Team of Germany: 1   1   0     Denmark: 1   0   1     Australia: 1   0   0     Bahamas: 1   0   0     New Zealand: 1   0   0

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens Greece. With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. 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 October to 23 October 1964 off the coast of Enoshima in Sagami Bay.

The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Venue

Shonan Port (Enoshima Yacht Harbour)
Coordinates: 35°18′5.78″N 139°29′8.68″E / 35.3016056°N 139.4857444°E

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 the Olympic sailing regattad anymore it was decided that yachting events would be held off the coats 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 were: US$6,027,778.

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	Countries	Classes	Boats	Male	Female
5	40	5	119	232	1

Continents

• Africa
• Asia
• Oceania
• Europe
• Americas

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1964 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG

Argentina (ARG)  Australia (AUS)  Austria (AUT)  Bahamas (BAH)  Belgium (BEL)  Bermuda (BER)  Brazil (BRA)  Cambodia (CAM)  Canada (CAN)  Denmark (DEN)  Spain (ESP)  United Team of Germany (EUA)  Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Greece (GRE)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Hungary (HUN)  Ireland (IRL)  Italy (ITA)  Jamaica (JAM)  Japan (JPN)  Kenya (KEN)  Mexico (MEX)  Netherlands (NED)  Norway (NOR)  New Zealand (NZL)  Philippines (PHI)  Portugal (POR)  Puerto Rico (PUR)  Rhodesia (RHO)  Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)  Czechoslovakia (TCH)  Thailand (THA)  Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)  Turkey (TUR)  Soviet Union (URS)  United States (USA)  Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jib/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Finn	Dinghy		1	0	+	–	–	1952	4
Flying Dutchman	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1960	2
Star	Keelboat		2	0	+	+	–	1932	7
Dragon	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	1948	5
5.5 Metre	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	1952	4

= Male, = Female, = Open

1964 Olympic Classes designs

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1964: Finn	Germany (EUA) Wilhelm Kuhweide	United States (USA) Peter Barrett	Denmark (DEN) Henning Wind
1964: Flying Dutchman	New Zealand (NZL) Helmer Pedersen Earle Wells	Great Britain (GBR) Keith Musto Tony Morgan	United States (USA) Harry Melges William Bentsen
1964: Star	Bahamas (BAH) Durward Knowles Cecil Cooke	United States (USA) Richard Stearns Lynn Williams	Sweden (SWE) Pelle Pettersson Holger Sundström
1964: Dragon	Denmark (DEN) Ole Berntsen Christian von Bulow Ole Poulsen	Germany (EUA) Peter Ahrendt Wilfried Lorenz Ulrich Mense	United States (USA) Lowell North Richard Deaver Charles Rogers
1964: 5.5 Metre	Australia (AUS) William Northam Peter O'Donnell James Sargeant	Sweden (SWE) Lars Thörn Arne Karlsson Sture Stork	United States (USA) John J. McNamara Joseph Batchelder Francis Scully

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	0	2
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
3	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	0	1
	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
6	United States (USA)	0	2	3	5
7	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
8	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	0	1
Total		5	5	5	15

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  Lars Käll and Stig Käll (SWE) 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. ( Ian Charles Winter (AUS))

• This Olympic sailing regatta had a remarkable set of Olympic reserves like:  Rickard Sarby (SWE),  Jan Linge (NOR),  Valentin Mankin (URS) and  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN).

Sailors

During the sailing regattas at the 1964 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

• Royalties
  •  Prinz Bhanubanda Bira (THA), Prince of Thailand, in the Dragon
  •  HrH Crownprince Harald (NOR), future King of Norway, in the 5.5 Metre
• In the Finn
  •  Hubert Raudaschl (AUT), Record holder of competing in the largest number of Olympic games and sailmaker
• In the Flying Dutchman
  •  Keith Musto (GBR), Founder of Musto (company)
  •  Buddy Melges (USA), One of the most famous sailors ever
  •  Paul Henderson (CAN), Future ISAF president
• In the Star
  •  Pelle Pettersson (SWE), Yacht designer and America's Cup skipper
• In the Dragon
  •  Lowell North (USA), Founder of North Sails
• In the 5.5 Metre
  •  Bill Northam (AUS), Chairman of Johnson & Johnson and Slazenger, in the 5.5 Metre
  •  John J. McNamara (author) (USA), Author and Banker, in the 5.5 Metre
  •  Robert Symonette (BAH), Future Speaker of the Bahamas "House of the Assembly", in the 5.5 Metre

Sailors at the 1964 Olympic Games
In Dragon: Prinz Bhanubanda Bira  In 5.5 Metre: Harald V of Norway  In Flying Dutchman: Keith Musto (Picture 2008)

Notes

References

• Sailing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. sports-reference.com
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part One (pdf).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part Two (pdf).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part One (pdf).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part Two (pdf).
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Tokyo 1964". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.