Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tornado

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Tornado at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Tornado
Venue	Kingston
Dates	31 July – 8 August 1976 (1976-07-31 – 1976-08-08)
Competitors	29 from 14 nations
Teams	14
Medalists
Reg White John Osborn  Great Britain David McFaull Michael Rothwell  United States Jörg Spengler Jörg Schmall  West Germany
1980 →

Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Finn	Open
470	Open
Flying Dutchman	Open
Tornado	Open
Tempest	Open
Soling	Open
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The Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario. Seven races were scheduled. 29 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed. It was the time the event had been included on the Olympic sailing program.^[1]

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points[a]	Total-1[b]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Reg White  (GBR)	John Osborn	1	0.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	1	0.0	DNS	20.0	38.0	18.0
	David McFaull  (USA)	Michael Rothwell	8	14.0	10	16.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	4	8.0	52.0	36.0
	Jörg Spengler  (FRG)	Jörg Schmall	2	3.0	2	3.0	11	17.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	54.7	37.7
4	Brian Lewis  (AUS)	Warren Rock	RET	20.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	12	18.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	64.4	44.4
5	Peter Kolni  (SWE)	Jörgen Kolni, Sven-Bertil Johansson	9	15.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	3	5.7	75.4	57.4
6	Walter Steiner  (SUI)	Albert Schiess	3	5.7	3	5.7	9	15.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	80.4	63.4
7	Larry Woods  (CAN)	Michael de la Roche	6	11.7	11	17.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	86.7	69.7
8	Franco Pivoli  (ITA)	Cesare Biagi	5	10.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	8	14.0	DSQ	21.0	92.7	71.7
9	Peter Due  (DEN)	Per Kjaergaard	4	8.0	5	10.0	13	19.0	3	5.7	12	18.0	11	17.0	10	16.0	93.7	74.7
10	Chris de Cazenove  (FRA)	Bruno de Cazenove	7	13.0	9	15.0	7	13.0	11	17.0	8	14.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	93.7	76.7
11	Hans Prack  (AUT)	Bernhard Prack	10	16.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	10	16.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	9	15.0	94.4	78.4
12	Vladimir Vassiliev [ru]  (URS)	Vyacheslav Tineyev	11	17.0	12	18.0	8	14.0	13	19.0	10	16.0	13	19.0	7	13.0	116.0	97.0
13	Pekka Narko  (FIN)	Juha Siira	12	18.0	RET	20.0	10	16.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	9	15.0	DSQ	21.0	121.7	100.7
14	Chris Stater  (PUR)	Richard Darmanin	13	19.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	14	20.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	134.0	114.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Notes

References

• Chantigny, Louis, ed. (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume I: Organization (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[dead link]}
• Chantigny, Louis, ed. (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume II: Facilities (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[dead link]}
• Chantigny, Louis, ed. (1978). Montréal 1976 Official Report,Volume III: Results (PDF). Ottawa: COJO. Retrieved 24 January 2011.^{[dead link]}
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Tornado". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
• Drake, Hugh; Henderson, Paul (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.