# Sailing at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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 the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1936 consisted of a total of four sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1936 to 8 September 1936 at the Firth of Kiel.

## Venue

For the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics a choice had to be made between the Berliner Müggel Lake district or the Kiel area. Finally the Organizing committee made the decision in favour of the big boats and picked Kiel. As a result of the distance between Berlin to Kiel, a special committee for Yachting sprung to life to assist the Organizing Committee for the XIth Olympiad. Since Kiel was mainly a military port this committee had to cooperate not only with the local authorities but also with the German Fleet Command in Kiel to ensure the success of the races.

### Course areas and courses

One race area was created to the East of Schilksee and two in the harbor area more into the Firth of Kiel. Near the course areas tribunes on barges and on land were placed for spectators.
The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses. The start was made in the center of a set of 8 numbered marks that were places in a circle. This made it possible to begin and finish every race sailing against the wind, regardless of the direction of the wind. During the starting procedure the sequence of the marks was communicated to the sailors. Starting upwind ensure a fair start of every race. This mark system is, at least in certain German lakes, still in use in many places.
The German Navy, was besides the organization of the race management responsible, with the help of the shipping lines, for keeping the race areas free of undesirable traffic.

## Competition
### Overview

| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
| 4 | 26 | 4 | 59 | 166 | 3 |

### Continents

| Map of Participating Sailing Continents at the 1936 Summer Olympics ● Green = Participating for the first time ● Blue = Participating ● Light Blue = Have previously participated | ● Asia ● Europe ● North America ● South America |

### Countries

| Map of Participating Sailing Countries at the 1936 Summer Olympics ● Green = Participating for the first time ● Blue = Participating ● Light Blue = Have previously participated | Argentina (11)  Austria (1)  Belgium (3)  Brazil (1)  Canada (1)  Chile (1)  Czechoslovakia (2)  Denmark (7)  Estonia (1) | Finland (12)  France (14)  Germany (14)  Great Britain (14)  Hungary (1)  Italy (14)  Japan (3)  Netherlands (8)  Norway (14) | Poland (7)  Portugal (3)  Sweden (15)  Switzerland (6)  Turkey (3)  United States (14)  Uruguay (1)  Yugoslavia (1) |

### Classes (equipment)

The 1936 Olympic classes :
| Class | Type | Venue | Sailors | First OG | Olympics so far |
| O-Jolle | Dinghy | Kiel | Max. 1 Max. 1 substitute | 1936 | 1 |
| Star | Keelboat | Kiel | Max. 2 Max. 2 substitutes | 1932 | 2 |
| 6 Metre | Keelboat | Kiel | Max. 5 Max. 5 substitutes | 1908 | 7 |
| 8 Metre | Keelboat | Kiel | Max. 6 Max. 6 substitutes | 1908 | 7 |
| Legend: = Mixed gender event |||||||
| The 1936 Olympic Classes in action O-Jolle Star 6 Metre 8 Metre |||||||

## Race schedule

| ● | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | ● | Final races | ● | Closing ceremony |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August |
| Date | 3rd Sat | 4th Sun | 5th Mon | 6th Tue | 7th Wed | 8th Thu | 9th Fri | 10th Sat | 11th Sun | 12th Mon |
| Sailing (planning) | | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | ● ● ● ● | | Spare day |
| Total gold medals | | | | | | | | 4 | | |
| Ceremonies | ● | | | | | | | | | ● |

## Medal summary

Source:
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1936: O-Jolle details | Netherlands (NED) Daan Kagchelland | Germany (GER) Werner Krogmann | Great Britain (GBR) Peter Scott |
| 1936: Star details | Germany (GER) Peter Bischoff Hans-Joachim Weise | Sweden (SWE) Arvid Laurin Uno Wallentin | Netherlands (NED) Bob Maas Willem de Vries Lentsch |
| 1936: 6 Metre details | Great Britain (GBR) Christopher Boardman Miles Bellville Russell Harmer Charles Leaf Leonard Martin | Norway (NOR) Magnus Konow Karsten Konow Fredrik Meyer Vaadjuv Nyqvist Alf Tveten | Sweden (SWE) Sven Salén Lennart Ekdahl Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Dagmar Salén |
| 1936: 8 Metre details | Italy (ITA) Giovanni Reggio Bruno Bianchi Luigi De Manincor Domenico Mordini Enrico Poggi Luigi Poggi | Norway (NOR) Olaf Ditlev-Simonsen John Ditlev-Simonsen Hans Struksnæs Lauritz Schmidt Jacob Thams Nordahl Wallem | Germany (GER) Hans Howaldt Fritz Bischoff Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach Eduard Mohr Felix Scheder-Bieschin Otto Wachs |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany (GER) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |