# Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Star

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled and completed. 36 sailors, on 18 boats, from 18 nation competed.

## Race schedule

Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.
| ● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September |
| Date | 26th Sat | 27th Sun | 28th Mon | 29th Tue | 30th Wed | 31st Thu | 1st Fri | 2nd Sat | 3rd Sun | 4th Mon | 5th Tue | 6th Wed | 7th Thu | 8th Fri | 9th Sat | 10th Sun | 11th Mon |
| Star (planning) | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | Spare day | Spare day | ● | ● | ● | Spare day | Spare day | | | |
| Star (actual) | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | Spare day | Spare day | ● | ● | | Fog | ● | | | |

## Course area and course configuration

For the Star course area B(ravo) was used. The location (54°30'30'’N, 10°13'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle. The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

## Final results

These are the results for the Star event:
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | 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 | Total | Total – discard |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total | Total – discard |
| | Australia | David Forbes | John Anderson | 3 | 5.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 42.1 | 28.1 |
| | Sweden | Pelle Petterson | Stellan Westerdahl | 2 | 3.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 18 | 24 | 5 | 10.0 | 68.0 | 44.0 |
| | West Germany | Wilhelm Kuhweide | Karsten Meyer | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 11 | 17.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 68.0 | 44.0 |
| 4 | Brazil | Jörg Bruder | Jan Willem Aten | 6 | 11.7 | 10 | 16.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 68.7 | 52.7 |
| 5 | Italy | Flavio Scala | Mauro Testa | 5 | 10.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 10 | 16.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 77.4 | 58.4 |
| 6 | Portugal | António Correia | Henrique Anjos | 10 | 16.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 11 | 17.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 91.4 | 68.4 |
| 7 | Great Britain | Stuart Jardine | John Wastall | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 11 | 17.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 87.7 | 68.7 |
| 8 | Hungary | András Gosztonyi | György Holovits | 16 | 22.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 98.0 | 76.0 |
| 9 | Soviet Union | Boris Budnikov | Vladimir Vasilyev | 7 | 13.0 | 1 | 0.0 | DSQ | 26.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 102.0 | 76.0 |
| 10 | United States | Alan Holt | Richard Gates | 13 | 19.0 | DSQ | 26.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 115.0 | 89.0 |
| 11 | Austria | Manfred Stelzl | Peter Luschan | 8 | 16.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 116.0 | 92.0 |
| 12 | Canada | Ian Bruce | Peter Bjorn | 9 | 15.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 116.0 | 94.0 |
| 13 | Bahamas | Durward Knowles | Montague Higgs | 12 | 18.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 12 | 18.0 | DNF | 24.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 121.0 | 97.0 |
| 14 | Switzerland | Edwin Bernet | Rolf Amrein | DSQ | 26.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 15 | 21.0 | 125.7 | 99.7 |
| 15 | Norway | Bjørn Lofterød | Odd Roar Lofterød | 14 | 20.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 121.0 | 101.0 |
| 16 | Virgin Islands | Ken Klein Sr. | Peter Jackson | 11 | 17.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 12 | 18.0 | 129.7 | 106.7 |
| 17 | East Germany | Herbert Weichert | Hans–Joachim Lange | 15 | 21.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 14 | 20.0 | DNF | 24.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 132.7 | 108.7 |
| 18 | Argentina | Guillermo Calegari Sr. | Luis Hector Schenone | 17 | 23.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 167.0 | 134.0 |
* Legend: DSQ – Disqualified; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result. Gender: – male; – female;