page_title: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics
section_title: Countries
hierarchical_section_title: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics / Competition / Countries
caption_attribution_description: English: Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1972 Olympic Games. Blue: Water Gray: Never participated in OG Dark Gray: Participated in earier 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
context_page_description: Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1972 consisted of a total of six sailing classes. For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1972 to 8 September 1972 of the coast of Kiel-Schilksee in the Bay of Kiel. Kiel hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1936 Summer Olympics. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
caption: Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1972 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
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