| Date | 2 – 9 August 1928 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Zuiderzee | |
| Participants | 61 from 13 countries | |
| Format | Seven races, with the 1st 4 preliminary. After 4 races, yachts are eliminated that have not placed in the top 3 in any of the 4 preliminary races. Final placements determined by a majority ordinal system. | |
The Norwegian entry, the “Norna”, was skippered by Johan Anker, who was a famous yacht designer, in addition to having been one of the world’s leading sailors for most of the century. Anker returned to the Olympic arena for the first time in 16 years, at the age of 57, at the helm of a boat whose crew included his son Erik Anker and the future King Olav V of Norway (then known as Crown Prince Olav).
Norway won three of the first four races to virtually assure themselves of the gold medals at the halfway point of the event and, with no other boat recording more than a single win prior to the last race, could afford to watch the final action from dry land. Denmark had made little impression for most of the competition, but two wins in the last two races meant that, under the scoring system used in 1928, they went home with silver, with Estonia winning a rare sailing medal behind them in third.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Majority Ordinals | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norna |  NOR | 3 1sts | 3-00:20 (1) | 1-53:17 (1) | – ( | 2-14:34 (1) | 2-15:47 (2) | 2-23:45 (2) | – | Gold | |||||
| Erik Anker • Haakon Bryhn • Olav, Kronprins av Norge • Johan Anker | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Hi-Hi |  DEN | 2 1sts | 3-14:38 (11) | 1-55:26 (3) | [2-13:25] ( | 2-16:43 (6) | 2-21:14 (6) | 2-23:40 (1) | 2-03:18 (1) | Silver | |||||
| Aage Høy-Pedersen • Niels Otto Møller • Peter Schlütter • Vilhelm Vett | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Tutti V |  EST | 1 1st, 1 2nd | 3-05:06 (6) | 1-56:55 (6) | 2-14:01 (2) | 2-15:13 (3) | 2-14:27 (1) | 2-24:13 (3) | 2-04:37 (3) | Bronze | |||||
| Andreas Faehlmann • Eberhard Vogdt • Georg Faehlmann • Nikolai Vekšin • William von Wirén | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Kemphaan |  NED | 1 1st, 1 4th | 3-05:45 (8) | 1-55:58 (5) | 2-13:21 (1) | 2-15:35 (4) | 2-21:40 (7) | 2-27:53 (7) | 2-06:42 (5) | ||||||
| Carl Huisken • Hans Fokker • Hans Pluijgers • Roeffie Vermeulen • Wim Schouten | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Ubu |  BEL | 2 2nds | 3-10:45 (9) | 1-54:32 (2) | 2-14:01 (3) | 2-14:57 (2) | 2-18:48 (4) | 2-24:22 (4) | 2-04:46 (4) | ||||||
| Arthur Snyers • Frits Mulder • Ludovic Franck • Willy Van Rompaey • Armand Fridt | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Frieda |  USA | 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 4th | 3-00:40 (3) | 1-55:34 (4) | – ( | 2-15:42 (5) | 2-19:09 (5) | 2-26:25 (5) | 2-03:55 (2) | ||||||
| Conway Olmsted • Frederick Morris • Herman Whiton • Jim Thompson • Willets Outerbridge | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ingegerd |  SWE | 1 2nd, 1 3rd, 1 5th | 3-00:31 (2) | 2-00:21 (8) | 2-15:44 (5) | 2-16:59 (7) | 2-18:15 (3) | 2-27:15 (6) | 2-09:17 (6) | ||||||
| Georg Lindahl • Hakon Reuter • Harry Hanson • Yngve Lindqvist | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Cupidon Viking |  FRA | 2 4ths | 3-03:51 (4) | 2-01:31 (9) | 2-15:13 (4) | 2-20:16 (11) | – | – | – | ||||||
| Henry Allard • Jean Paul Rouanet • Philippe de Rothschild • Pierre Moussié • Robert Gufflet | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Pan |  GER | 1 5th | 3-04:07 (5) | 2-02:13 (11) | 2-22:22 (7) | 2-19:58 (10) | – | – | – | ||||||
| Anton Huber • Carl Wentzel • Erich Laeisz • Hans Paschen • Oswald Thomsen | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Twins II |  ITA | 1 6th | 3-05:19 (7) | – ( | 2-16:16 (6) | 2-19:33 (9) | – | – | – | ||||||
| Francesco Cameli • Giacomo, Conte Tarsis • Giovanni Leone Reggio • Giuliano Oberti • Massimo Oberti | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Hungaria |  HUN | 1 7th | 3-11:49 (10) | 1-59:29 (7) | – ( | 2-18:05 (8) | – | – | – | ||||||
| János Mihálkovics • Miklós Tuss • Sándor Burger • Sándor Sebők • Tibor Heinrich | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Camelia |  POR | 1 8th | 3-32:08 (13) | 2-02:28 (12) | 2-22:26 (8) | 2-26:27 (12) | – | – | – | ||||||
| António de Herédia • Carlos Eduardo Bleck • Ernesto Mendonça • Frederico Burnay | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Fruits |  ESP | 1 10th | 3-15:55 (12) | 2-01:51 (10) | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||
| Álvaro Arana • Javier Arana • José María, Conde de Arteche • Luis Arana • Pedro José de Galíndez | ||||||||||||||||
