Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics – 6.5 Metre

6.5 Metre at the Games of the VII Olympiad
100px Line drawing of the 6.5 Metre
Venue	Belgium, Ostend
Dates	First race: 7 July 1920 (1920-07-07) Last race: 9 July 1920 (1920-07-09)
Competitors	2 from 2 nations
Teams	6
Medalists
Joop Carp, Berend Carp, Petrus Wernink  Netherlands Albert Weil, Robert Monier, Félix Picon  France

Sailing at the  1920 Summer Olympics
One design (Monotype)
• 12' Dinghy			Open
• 18' Dinghy			Open
Jauge chemin de fer
• 6.5 Metre			Open
• 8.5 Metre			Open	(No entries)
Skerry cruiser
• 30m2			Open
• 40m2			Open
International rule
• 6 Metre			Open
• 7 Metre			Open
• 8 Metre			Open
• 9 Metre			Open	(No entries)
• 10 Metre			Open
• 12 Metre			Open

The 6.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1920 Summer Olympics program in Ostend. Four races were scheduled. 6 sailors, on 2 boats, from 2 nation entered.

Race schedule

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Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

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Event finals

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Closing ceremony

Date	July
	7th Wed	8th Thu	9th Fri	10th Sat
6.5 Metre	●	●	●	●
Total gold medals				1

Course area

6.5 Metre 1920 Olympic Course Areas

Ostend, Belgium

Weather conditions

Date	Max temperature	Wind speed	Average wind direction
7 July 1920	Unknown
8 July 1920	Unknown
9 July 1920	Unknown

Final results

The 1920 Olympic scoring system was used. All competitors were male.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Boat	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Netherlands	Joop Carp	Berend Carp Petrus Wernink	Oranje	CAN	0	1	1	1	1	2
	France	Albert Weil	Robert Monier Félix Picon	Rose Pompon	CAN	0	2	2	2	2	4

Legend: CAN – Race cancelled;

Daily standings

File:1920 6.5 METRE Positions during the serie.png

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6.5 Metre during the 1920 Summer Olympics

Notes

• The first race on July 7 was canceled/postponed on request of the Dutch team since the France yacht was not in time cleared by Belgium customs

Other information

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1920 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

6.5 Metre sailors at the 1920 Olympic Games
Joop Carp Joop Carp  Berend Carp Berend Carp