Venue IJ | Teams 20 | |
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Dates First race: 2 August 1928 (1928-08-02)
Last race: 8 August 1928 (1928-08-08) Competitors 23 Male from 20 nations | ||
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).
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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.
Results
The 1928 Olympic scoring system was used.
Boat assignments
The dinghies sails were assigned as follows:
Final results
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDGa – Redress given with average points; RET – Retired; WDR – Withdrew;
Other information
During the Sailing regattas at the 1928 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: