Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre[1]; at the Games of the X Olympiad
	Line drawing of the 6 Metre
Venue	Los Angeles Harbor
Dates	First race: August 5, 1932; Last race: August 11, 1932
Competitors	14 from 3 nations
Teams	3
Medalists

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1932 Summer Olympics program in Los Angeles Harbor. Six races were scheduled plus possible tie breakers. 15 sailors, on 3 boats, from 3 nation competed.[2]

Race schedule[1]

●	Event competitions	●	Final race

Date	August
Date	5th Fri	6th Sat	7th Sun	8th Mon	9th Tue	10th Wed
6 Metre	●	●	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals						1

Course area and course configuration

The courses had been well prepared. The marks were laid by the United States Lighthouse Service in the form of large Government. Visiting yachts were kept at a safe distance from the racing boats by the US Coast Guard. Tows were arranged by the US Navy to and from Los Angeles Harbor to the race area. The 6 Metre sailed outside the breakwater.

1932 Olympic Course Areas and Course Configurations

Open street map view of the current map of Los Angeles. Projected are the 1932 Olympic courses of the 6 Metre (Blue Area).

6 Metre course (8nm).

6 Metre course (10nm).

6 Metre course (8nm).

6 Metre course (6nm).

Weather conditions [3]

Date	Race	Wind	Details
5-AUG-1932	1st Race	Heavy
6-AUG-1932	2nd Race	Light	Freshening to
7-AUG-1932	3rd Race	Fresh	Increased to 20 knots (10 m/s)
8-AUG-1932	4th Race	20 knots (10 m/s)
9-AUG-1932	5th Race	Light
10-AUG-1932	6th Race	Light	Freshening

Final results[1]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Total
Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Total
	Sweden	Tore Holm	Martin Hindorff Olle Åkerlund Åke Bergqvist	Bissbi	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	18
	United States	Robert Carlson	Temple Ashbrook Frederic Conant Emmett Davis Donald Wills Douglas, Jr. Charles Smith	Gallant	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	12
	Canada	Philip Rogers	Gardner Boultbee Ken Glass Jerry Wilson	Caprice	3	1	3	1	3	1	3	1	DNS	0	DNS	0	6

DNS – Did not start;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre during the 1932 Summer Olympics

Notes

For this event one yacht from each country, manned by a maximum of 5 amateurs (maximum number of substitutes 5) was allowed.[1]
This event was a gender independent event. However it turned out to be a man's only event.

Other information

During the Sailing regattas at the 1932 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the 6 Metre:

6 Metre victors at the 1932 Olympic Games

Tore Holm, Martin Hindorff
Olle Åkerlund & Åke Bergqvist (SWE)

References

(ed.) Browne, Francis Granger (1933). "Official Report of the Games of the X Olympiad" (PDF). Los Angeles: Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U. S. A. 1932, LTD. Retrieved 7 May 2015.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.
By transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.

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[A-1] (ed.) Browne, Francis Granger (1933). "Official Report of the Games of the X Olympiad" (PDF). Los Angeles: Xth Olympiade Committee of the Games of Los Angeles, U. S. A. 1932, LTD. Retrieved 7 May 2015.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)

[E-2] The 1932 Olympic scoring system was used.

[C-3] By transcribed by Barbara Beigel Vosbury (2006). "1932 Olympics Report". ISCYRA. Retrieved 9 May 2015.