The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 71 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nations competed.
Results RankHelmsman (Country)Crew CountryCode Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal Points The 1968 Olympic scoring system was used.Total-1 Total after applying discard.RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsBarton Jahncke Gerald Schreck US23611.7101023101017.76Paul Lindemark Jørgensen Niels Markussen D611.71023101635.7232342.426.4Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert GO102335.74848611.74844.432.74Dave Miller Tim Irwin KC35.78141319611.781471335.783.164.15Thomas Anderson John Ferguson KA8144891523510111791582656Lennart Eisner Sven Hanson, Bengt Palmquist, Pelle Petterson S7131117510915611.7510611.788.471.47Peter Stülcken Axel May G162251014208141048162296748Michel Alexandre Pierre Blanchard F131935.71218172371335.71420104.481.49Boris Belada Pedro Sisti A15219157135101723101611171159210Jan Bol Pieter de Zwart H1016DNF28182435.711171319713122.794.711Valery Ruzhnikov Valery Afanasyev SR12187134813191420DNF2912181259612Jan-Erik Aarberg Erik Wiik-Hansen N48152111171925152116225101249913Eugene Simmons Richard Belvin KB9151420101671310161420182412410014Charles Reynolds David Tucker K5101723611.7202616221521814127.7101.715Georgios Zaimis Anastasios Vogiatzis GR1420101681416221824814172313310916George Ramsey David Kelly BADNF28DNF2817231420915915101614511717Fernando Lima Bello António Weck P1723131915211117DNF291218202615312418Roberto Sloane Esteban Gerard MX192520261622121812181824131915212619William Turnbull Paul Cooper KH202612182026152113192228192516313520Charles Ogilvie Steven Henriques KJ111716222228212722281723152116613821Manuel Baiget Eugenio Jáudenes E182419251925182419251925222817614822Hervé Roche Frohmund Burger V212718242127232920262026212718615723Chang Jen-chih Chen Chih-fu TADNS29DNS29DNF292228212721272329198169 DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified = Male, = Female
Daily standings
Conditions at Acapulco Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Acapulco. Each of the classes was new Olympic scoring system. DateRaceWeatherTemperature(Celsius)Wind direction(deg)Wind speed(kn)SeaCurrent(kn-deg)14 October 1968IFair2930016Choppy0.5-12015 October 1968IIFair2929320Calm0.2-16016 October 1968IIIFair28.52908-9Calm0.2-13017 October 1968IVFair29.52356Calm0.1-30019 October 1968VNormal29.81876Calm1-32620 October 1968VIFair302255Calm0.7-27521 October 1968VIICloudy28.528512Choppy1-110
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