Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Tempest

The Tempest was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics program in Kingston, Ontario . Seven races were scheduled. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.^[1]

Tempest at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
Tempest
Venue	Kingston
Dates	31 July to 8 August
Competitors	32 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
John Albrechtson Ingvar Hansson  Sweden Valentin Mankin Vladislav Akimenko  Soviet Union Dennis Conner Conn Findlay  United States
← 1972

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points [2]	Total -1 [3]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	John Albrechtson  (SWE)	Ingvar Hansson	4	8.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	7	13.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	27.0	14.0
	Valentin Mankin  (URS)	Vladislav Akimenko	1	0.0	4	8.0	4	8.0	3	5.7	2	3.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	40.4	30.4
	Dennis Conner  (USA)	Conn Findlay	2	3.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	9	15.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	47.7	32.7
4	Uwe Mares  (FRG)	Wolf Stadler	5	10.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	2	3.0	DNF	22.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	64.1	42.1
5	Giuseppe Milone  (ITA)	Roberto Mottola	3	5.7	5	10.0	7	13.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	73.4	55.4
6	Claes Thunbo Christensen  (DEN)	Finn Thunbo Christensen	6	11.7	9	15.0	8	14.0	8	14.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	7	13.0	77.7	62.7
7	Allan Leibel  (CAN)	Lorne Leibel	7	13.0	6	11.7	DSQ	24.0	6	11.7	3	5.7	9	15.0	4	8.0	89.1	65.1
8	Ben Staartjes  (NED)	Ab Ekels	11	17.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	7	13.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	11	17.0	95.7	78.7
9	Félix Gancedo  (ESP)	Jesús Turró	8	14.0	11	17.0	1	0.0	10	16.0	14	20.0	10	16.0	10	16.0	99.0	79.0
10	Jörn Hellner  (AUS)	James Byrne	14	20.0	13	19.0	10	16.0	14	20.0	4	8.0	8	14.0	9	15.0	112.0	92.0
11	David Wilkins  (IRL)	Derek Jago	9	15.0	8	14.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	10	16.0	DSQ	24.0	12	18.0	120.0	96.0
12	Carl Auteried Jr.  (AUT)	Wolfgang Böhm	10	16.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	11	17.0	DNS	22.0	119.0	97.0
13	John Foster  (ISV)	Dan Morrison	15	21.0	10	16.0	12	18.0	13	19.0	6	11.7	12	18.0	13	19.0	122.7	101.7
14	Alan Warren  (GBR)	David Hunt	12	18.0	12	18.0	14	20.0	9	15.0	13	19.0	RET	22.0	8	14.0	126.0	104.0
15	John Hoyt  (PUR)	Hovey Freeman	13	19.0	15	21.0	13	19.0	15	21.0	15	21.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	140.0	119.0
16	Jesus Villarreal  (PHI)	Juan Villareal	DNF	22.0	16	22.0	15	21.0	16	22.0	11	17.0	14	20.0	15	21.0	145.0	123.0

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

The British pairing of Allen Warren and David Hunt had their boat, Gift 'Orse damaged while in transit to the competition, which impacted on their performance. After the final race, Warren and Hunt took some acetone and a flare and set the boat on fire.^[4]

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tempest during the 1976 Summer Olympics