1936 Summer Olympics / Sailing - 6 m class

sport	sailing
discipline	6mR
gender	Open class
Attendees	60 athletes from 12 countries
Competition location	Düsternbrook Olympic Harbor
Competition phase	4th to 12th August 1936
Medalist  UK Boardman , Bellville , Harmer , Leaf , Martin  Norway M. Konow , K. Konow , Meyer , Nyqvist , Tveten  Sweden S. Salén , Ekdahl , Hindorff , Lord , D. Salén
← 1932 1948 →

Sailing competitions at the 1936 Olympic Games
O-dinghy	Open class
star	Open class
6 m class	Open class
8 m class	Open class

The sailing regatta with the 6 m class at the 1936 Summer Olympics took place from August 4 to 12, 1936. The venue was the Olympiahafen Düsternbrook in the Kiel Fjord . The regatta was an open class, so both men and women were allowed to participate. The Swede Dagmar Salén was the only woman to take part in this competition. The British with helmsman Christopher Boardman and his crew consisting of: Miles Bellville , Russell Harmer , Charles Leaf , Leonard Martin became Olympic champions . The boat from Switzerland was disqualified because the helmsman André Firmenich did not comply with the Olympic amateur regulations.

External conditions

All races were scheduled for 10:30 a.m.

date	run	Weather	Wind direction	Wind speed	Start time	annotation
08/04/1936	I.	Cloudy, occasional rain	Southwest	12 m / s	12:05	Postponed due to heavy seas
08/05/1936	II	Sunny, later cloudy and rain	West-South-West	3-4 m / s	10:30
08/06/1936	III	Sunny	West-South-West	5-6 m / s	10:30
08/07/1936	IV	Slightly cloudy	Northeast	2 m / s	10:40	Postponed due to calm
08/08/1936	V	Fog, later slightly cloudy	Northeast	2-3 m / s	11:45	Postponed due to fog
08/09/1936	VI	Calm	East-north-east	2-3 m / s	11:50	Postponed due to calm
08/10/1936	VII	Well	South east	2-3 m / s	10:30

Results

rank	country	crew	Yacht name	Race I.		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race v		Race VI		Race VII		total
				Pt.	rank	Pt.	rank	Pt.	rank	Pt.	rank	Pt.	rank	Pt.	rank	Pt.	rank	Points
	GBR	Christopher Boardman Miles Bellville Russell Harmer Charles Leaf Leonard Martin	Location	10	3	11	2	8th	5	9	4th	11	2	7th	6th	11	2	67
	NOR	Magnus Konow Karsten Konow Fredrik Meyer Vaadjuv Nyqvist Alf Tveten	Lully II	0	DSQ	12	1	9	4th	11	2	10	3	12	1	12	1	66
	SWE	Sven Salén Lennart Ekdahl Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Dagmar Salén	May Be	12	1	10	3	0	DNF	10	3	12	1	11	2	7th	6th	62
4th	ARG	Julio Sieburger Claudio Bincaz Germán Frers Edelf Hosmann Jorge Linck	Viking	8th	5	5	8th	11	2	5	8th	9	4th	8th	5	6th	7th	52
5	ITA	Renato Consentino Giuliano Oberti Massimo Oberti Giovanni Stampa Giuseppe Volpi	Esperia	6th	7th	8th	5	12	1	4th	9	7th	6th	3	10	10	3	50
6th	GER	Hans Lubinus Dietrich Christensen Kurt Frey Theodor Thomsen Haimar Wedemeyer	Gustel V	11	2	9	4th	0	DSQ	12	1	0	DSQ	9	4th	8th	5	49
7th	FIN	Curt Mattson Yngve Pacius Ragnar Stenbaeck Helger Sumelius Lars Winqvist	Lyn	9	4th	7th	6th	10	3	6th	7th	0	DSQ	6th	7th	5	8th	43
8th	HOL	Joop Carp Ansco Dokkum Kees Jonker Herman Looman Ernst Moltzer	De Ruyter	5	8th	4th	9	0	DNF	8th	5	6th	7th	10	3	9	4th	42
9	United States	William Bartholomae Morgan Adams Charles Speed ​​Garner Carl C. Paul John Wallace	Mystry	7th	6th	3	10	7th	6th	7th	6th	8th	5	5	8th	0	DNF	37
10	FRA	Jean Peytel Yves Baudrier Claude de Desouches Gerard Piolec Jacques Ranbaud	Qu'Importe	4th	9	6th	7th	6th	7th	3	10	5	8th	2	11	4th	9	30th
11	POLE	Janusz Zalewski Jozef Langowski Alfons Olszewski Juliusz Sieradzki Stanislaw Zalewski Józef Szajba	Danuta	3	10	2	11	0	DNF	2	11	4th	9	4th	9	3	10	18th
12	SUI	André Firmenich Frederic Firmenich Georges Firmenich Louis Gelbert Alexandre Noverraz	Ylliam III	0	DSQ	0	DSQ	0	DSQ	0	DSQ	0	DSQ	0	DSQ	0	DSQ	0

Daily placements

Web links

• Results in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )