# Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics – 12' Dinghy

The 12' Dinghy was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1928 Summer Olympics program in Amsterdam. A combination of Preliminary series and final series were scheduled. 23 sailors from 20 nations competed on twelve 12' Dinghies that were supplied by the Royal Dutch Yachting Union (Koninklijke Verbonden Nederlandsche Watersport Vereenigingen).

## Race schedule

| ● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | August |
| Date | 2nd Thu | 3rd Fri | 4th Sat | 5th Sun | 6th Mon | 7th Tue | 8th |
| 12' Dinghy | 1 – 10 11 – 20 | Odd Even | 1 – 10 11 – 20 | Odd Even | Spare day | ●● | ●● |
| Total gold medals | | | | | | | 1 |

## Course area and course configuration

For the 12' Dinghy the courses were just outside the locks on the buiten Y in front of Durgerdam.
At that time the Zuiderzee had an open connection with the North Sea. The sea water was salt or at best brackish.

## Weather conditions

| Date | Race | Wind speed |
| 2-AUG-1928 | 1st race 1 – 10 2nd race 11 – 20 | 7 knots (3.6 m/s) - 10 knots (5.1 m/s) |
| 3-AUG-1928 | 1st race odd 2nd race even | 8 knots (4.1 m/s) - 11 knots (5.7 m/s) |
| 4-AUG-1928 | 1st race 1 – 10 2nd race 11 – 20 | 11 knots (5.7 m/s) - 17 knots (8.7 m/s) |
| 5-AUG-1928 | 1st race odd 2nd race even | 13 knots (6.7 m/s) - 21 knots (11 m/s) |
| 7-AUG-1928 | 2 contests | 8 knots (4.1 m/s) - 11 knots (5.7 m/s) |
| 8-AUG-1928 | 2 contests | 10 knots (5.1 m/s) - 13 knots (6.7 m/s) |

## Results

The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.

### Boat assignments

The dinghies sails were assigned as follows:
| Dinghy number (1–10) | Country | Dinghy number (11–20) | Country | Category |
| 1 | Denmark (DEN) | 11 | Sweden (SWE) | Odd |
| 2 | South Africa (RSA) | 12 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | Even |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 13 | Switzerland (SUI) | Odd |
| 4 | Monaco (MON) | 14 | Great Britain (GBR) | Even |
| 5 | Germany (GER) | 15 | Belgium (BEL) | Odd |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 16 | United States (USA) | Even |
| 7 | Spain (ESP) | 17 | Austria (AUT) | Odd |
| 8 | France (FRA) | 18 | Finland (FIN) | Even |
| 9 | Hungary (HUN) | 19 | Latvia (LAT) | Odd |
| 10 | Poland (POL) | 20 | Netherlands (NED) | Even |

### Final results

| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Sail No. | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 8 | Total |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Sail No. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total |
| | Sweden | Sven Thorell | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 4 x 1st |
| | Norway | Henrik Robert | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 12 3 x 1st |
| | Finland | Bertil Broman | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 14 2 x 1st 2 x 2nd |
| 4 | Netherlands | Willem de Vries Lentsch | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | RET | 10 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 2 x 1st 1 x 2nd |
| 5 | Germany | Egon Beyn | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 9 1 x 1st |
| 6 | Italy | Tito Nordio | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | RET | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 2 x 2nd |
| 7 | Denmark | Jacob Andersen | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | DNS | 10 | DNS | 10 | 14 1 x 2nd 3 x 4th |
| 8 | Great Britain | Gordon Fowler Harry R Gaydon | 14 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | DSQ | 8 | 4 | 4 | 18 1 x 2nd 1 x 4th |
| 9 | United States | Manfred Curry | 16 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | RET | 10 | 7 | 7 | DNS | 10 | DNS | 10 | 15 2 x 3rd |
| 10 | Latvia | Kurts Klāsens | 19 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 23 1 x 3rd |
| 11 | Hungary | Raul Uhl | 11 | 4 | 4 | RET | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | | | | | | | | | 24 |
| 12 | Belgium | Léon Huybrechts | 15 | 2 | 2 | RET | 10 | 4 | 4 | DSQ | 9 | | | | | | | | | 25 |
| 13 | Switzerland | Henri Fivaz | 13 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 | RDGa | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 28 |
| 14 | Spain | Santiago Amat | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | DNS | 10 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 29 |
| 15 | South Africa | Rupert Ellis-Brown | 2 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | DNS | 10 | DNS | 10 | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 16 | France | Charles Laverne Louis Pauly | 8 | RET | 10 | 7 | 7 | RET | 7 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | 30 |
| 17 | Poland | Adam Wolff Władysław Krzyżanowski | 10 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | DNS | 10 | 7 | 7 | | | | | | | | | 33 |
| 18 | Czechoslovakia | Rudolf Winter | 12 | 10 | 10 | RET | 10 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | | | | | | | | | 34 |
| 19 | Austria | Robert Johanny | 17 | 9 | 9 | RET | 10 | RET | 10 | DNS | 10 | | | | | | | | | 39 |
| 20 | Monaco | Émile Barral | 4 | RET | 10 | WDR | 10 | DNS | 10 | DNS | 10 | | | | | | | | | 40 |
* Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDGa – Redress given with average points; RET – Retired; WDR – Withdrew;