title: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star
text: # Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Star
  
  The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Sail No. | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Total Points | Total -1 |
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  | Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Sail No. | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
  | | Lowell North (USA) | Peter Barrett | US | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 32.4 | 14.4 |
  | | Peder Lunde Jr. (NOR) | Per Wiken | N | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 11.7 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 60.7 | 43.7 |
  | | Franco Cavallo (ITA) | Camillo Gargano | I | 9 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 11.7 | 59.7 | 44.7 |
  | 4 | Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) | Poul Mik-Meyer | D | 3 | 5.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 10 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 66.4 | 50.4 |
  | 5 | Durward Knowles (BAH) | Percival Knowles | BA | 6 | 11.7 | DNS | 26 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.7 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 89.4 | 63.4 |
  | 6 | David Forbes (AUS) | Richard Williamson | KA | 4 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 18 | DNF | 26 | 6 | 11.7 | 4 | 8 | 94.7 | 68.7 |
  | 7 | Erik Schmidt (BRA) | Axel Schmidt | BL | 18 | 24 | 8 | 14 | 17 | 23 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5.7 | 98.4 | 74.4 |
  | 8 | Edwin Bernet (SUI) | Rolf Amrein | Z | 10 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 12 | 18 | 94 | 75 |
  | 9 | John Albrechtson (SWE) | Ulf Norrman | S | 5 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 8 | DSQ | 28 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 13 | 105 | 77 |
  | 10 | Stuart Jardine (GBR) | James Ramus | K | 12 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 109 | 87 |
  | 11 | Peter Tallberg (FIN) | Henrik Tallberg | L | 7 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 19 | 25 | 6 | 11.7 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 15 | 115.7 | 90.7 |
  | 12 | Eckart Wagner (FRG) | Fritz Kopperschmidt | G | 8 | 14 | 12 | 18 | DNF | 26 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 122 | 96 |
  | 13 | Kálmán Tolnai (HUN) | László Farkas | M | 17 | 23 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 3 | 5.7 | DNF | 26 | 122.7 | 96.7 |
  | 14 | Hartmann Bogumil (GDR) | Udo Springsklee | GO | 16 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 6 | 11.7 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 23 | 11 | 17 | 129.7 | 106.7 |
  | 15 | Bruce Kirby (CAN) | Oswald Blouin | KC | 14 | 20 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 131 | 107 |
  | 16 | Timir Pinegin (URS) | Fyodor Shutkov | SR | 11 | 17 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 16 | DNF | 26 | DNF | 26 | 143 | 117 |
  | 17 | Mário Gentil Quina (POR) | José Gentil Quina | P | 13 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 15 | 21 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 24 | 17 | 23 | 143 | 119 |
  | 18 | Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende (ESP) | Juan Alonso Aznar | E | DNF | 26 | DNF | 25 | 13 | 19 | 20 | 26 | DSQ | 28 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 154 | 126 |
  | 19 | Andrés Gerard Jr. (MEX) | Marcos Gerard | MX | 19 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 16 | 22 | 15 | 21 | 158 | 133 |
  | 20 | Roberto Sieburger (ARG) | Jorge Vago | A | 15 | 21 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 14 | 20 | 19 | 25 | DNF | 26 | 161 | 135 |
  
  DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
  
  = Male, = Female
  
  ## 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.
  
  | Date | Race | Weather | Temperature (Celsius) | Wind direction (deg) | Wind speed (kn) | Sea | Current (kn-deg) |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 14 October 1968 | I | Fair | 34 | 305 | 15 | Calm | 0.5-120 |
  | 15 October 1968 | II | Fair | 30 | 280 | 17 | Calm | 0.75-175 |
  | 16 October 1968 | III | Fair | 34 | 265 | 11 | Calm | 0.75-135 |
  | 17 October 1968 | IV | Fair | 29.5 | 200 | 6 | Calm | 0.5-115 |
  | 19 October 1968 | V | Normal | 29.8 | 160 | 12 | Calm | 0.6-60 |
  | 20 October 1968 | VI | Fair | 30 | 240 | 8 | Calm | 0.7-340 |
  | 21 October 1968 | VII | Cloudy | 28.5 | 280 | 13 | Choppy | 0.6-135 |
  