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 1964 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, seven races were scheduled; these took place from 12 to 23 October 1964 off the coast of Enoshima in Sagami Bay. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
Venue
At the IOC session in 1959, Japan stated that yachting would take place in the port of Yokohama, as was the plan for 1940. Later, when it became clear that Yokohama was not suitable for Olympic-level sailing, it was decided that yachting events would be held off the coast of Enoshima Island in Kanagawa Prefecture on the bay of Sagami. To meet the requirement at Enoshima it was decided to build a large scale harbour at Enoshima for the 1964 Olympics. The construction of a yacht harbor on the island was started in May 1961 and finished in July 1964. The total construction cost was $6,027,778 USD.
A total of three race areas were created in Sagami bay. The Japanese Sea Self-Defense Forces vessels supported the race management and specially the placements of the marks.
Competition
Overview ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsMaleFemale 5 40 5 119 232 1
Continents Africa Asia Oceania Europe Americas
Countries
Classes (equipment) Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far Finn Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1952 4 Flying Dutchman Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1960 2 Star Keelboat 2 0 + + – 1932 7 Dragon Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1948 5 5.5 Metre Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1952 4 = Male, = Female, = Open
Medal summary
1964: Finn Germany (EUA)Wilhelm Kuhweide United States (USA)Peter Barrett Denmark (DEN)Henning Wind
1964: Flying Dutchman New Zealand (NZL)Helmer PedersenEarle Wells Great Britain (GBR)Keith MustoTony Morgan United States (USA)Harry MelgesWilliam Bentsen
1964: Star Bahamas (BAH)Durward KnowlesCecil Cooke United States (USA)Richard StearnsLynn Williams Sweden (SWE)Pelle PetterssonHolger Sundström
1964: Dragon Denmark (DEN)Ole BerntsenChristian von BülowOle Poulsen Germany (EUA)Peter AhrendtWilfried LorenzUlrich Mense United States (USA)Lowell NorthRichard DeaverCharles Rogers
1964: 5.5 Metre Australia (AUS)William NorthamPeter O'DonnellJames Sargeant Sweden (SWE)Lars ThörnArne KarlssonSture Stork United States (USA)John J. McNamaraJoseph BatchelderFrancis Scully
Medal table
Remarks
Sailing
Stop-watches, for attachment to the knee, for each participant in the yacht races were distributed. A new Olympic trophy was introduced at the 1964 Summer Games (The Tokyo Trophy). It was the desire that this Trophy be awarded to those who display the highest qualities of sportsmanship. During the Tokyo Games, this new Trophy was awarded to the Flying Dutchman team of who, according to the official IOC site: set an outstanding example of sportsmanship when they gave up their race to save the life of a fellow competitor. () This Olympic sailing regatta had a remarkable set of Olympic reserves like: , , and .
Sailors
During the sailing regattas at the 1964 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: Royalties , Prince of Thailand, in the Dragon , future King of Norway, in the 5.5 Metre In the Finn , Record holder of competing in the largest number of Olympic games and sailmaker In the Flying Dutchman , Founder of Musto (company) , One of the most famous sailors ever , Future ISAF president In the Star , Yacht designer and America's Cup skipper In the Dragon , Founder of North Sails In the 5.5 Metre , Chairman of Johnson & Johnson and Slazenger , Author and Banker , Future Speaker of the Bahamas "House of the Assembly"
Notes
References
Sailing at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games. sports-reference.com