| | Event type
Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open
| Date | 29 August – 8 September 1972 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Außenförde, Kiel-Schilksee (Kurs B) | |
| Participants | 36 from 18 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best five of six scores to count for final placement. | |
Racing on the Bravo course, the Australian crew won only one race, the sixth, but was consistent, not having to count any finish past their fourth in race five. John Anderson won gold in this event while his identical twin brother Tom was winning gold in the Dragon class on the Alpha course. The silver-medal winning Swedish boat was skippered by Pelle Petterson, who had won a bronze medal in this event in 1964. He would later become the father-in-law of American sailor Paul Cayard, a 2004 Olympian, who was known for his participation in multiple America’s Cup events. Bronze medalist Willi Kuhweide was competing in his third of five Olympics. He had won the gold medal in the Finn Class at the 1964 Olympics.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Net Points | Total Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia |  AUS | 28.1 | 42.1 | 5.7 (3) | 14.0 (8) | 3.0 (2) | 5.7 (3) | 8.0 (4) | .0 (1) | 5.7 (3) | Gold | |||||
| David Forbes • John Anderson | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Sweden |  SWE | 44.0 | 68.0 | 3.0 (2) | 13.0 (7) | .0 (1) | 8.0 (4) | 10.0 (5) | 24.0 (18) | 10.0 (5) | Silver | |||||
| Pelle Petterson • Stellan Westerdahl | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | West Germany |  FRG | 44.4 | 61.4 | 8.0 (4) | 5.7 (3) | 17.0 (11) | 3.0 (2) | 11.7 (6) | 8.0 (4) | 8.0 (4) | Bronze | |||||
| Karsten Meyer • Willi Kuhweide | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Brazil |  BRA | 52.7 | 68.7 | 11.7 (6) | 16.0 (10) | 14.0 (8) | 10.0 (5) | .0 (1) | 3.0 (2) | 14.0 (8) | ||||||
| Jan Willen Aten • Jörg Bruder | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Italy |  ITA | 58.4 | 77.4 | 10.0 (5) | 11.7 (6) | 5.7 (3) | 16.0 (10) | 19.0 (13) | 15.0 (9) | .0 (1) | ||||||
| Flavio Scala • Mauro Testa | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Portugal |  POR | 68.4 | 91.4 | 16.0 (10) | 8.0 (4) | 11.7 (6) | 17.0 (11) | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 23.0 (17) | ||||||
| António Mardel Correia • Henrique Anjos | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Great Britain |  GBR | 68.7 | 87.7 | .0 (1) | 19.0 (13) | 8.0 (4) | 11.7 (6) | 17.0 (11) | 16.0 (10) | 16.0 (10) | ||||||
| John Wastall • Stuart Jardine | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Hungary |  HUN | 74.0 | 96.0 | 22.0 (16) | 10.0 (5) | 13.0 (7) | 19.0 (13) | 15.0 (9) | 14.0 (8) | 3.0 (2) | ||||||
| András Gosztonyi • György Holovits | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Soviet Union |  URS | 76.0 | 102.0 | 13.0 (7) | .0 (1) | [26.0] ( | 14.0 (8) | 14.0 (8) | 20.0 (14) | 15.0 (9) | ||||||
| Boris Budnikov • Vladimir Vasilyev | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | United States |  USA | 89.0 | 115.0 | 19.0 (13) | [26.0] ( | 19.0 (13) | 13.0 (7) | 3.0 (2) | 18.0 (12) | 17.0 (11) | ||||||
| Alan Holt • Richard Gates | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Austria |  AUT | 92.0 | 116.0 | 14.0 (8) | 21.0 (15) | 10.0 (5) | 21.0 (15) | 13.0 (7) | 13.0 (7) | 24.0 (18) | ||||||
| Manfred Stelzl • Peter Luschan | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Canada |  CAN | 94.0 | 116.0 | 15.0 (9) | 18.0 (12) | 22.0 (16) | .0 (1) | 21.0 (15) | 21.0 (15) | 19.0 (13) | ||||||
| Ian Bruce • Peter Bjorn | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | The Bahamas |  BAH | 97.0 | 121.0 | 18.0 (12) | 3.0 (2) | 16.0 (10) | 18.0 (12) | 24.0 ( | 22.0 (16) | 20.0 (14) | ||||||
| Durward Knowles • Montague Higgs | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Switzerland |  SUI | 99.7 | 125.7 | [26.0] ( | 22.0 (16) | 15.0 (9) | 20.0 (14) | 16.0 (10) | 5.7 (3) | 21.0 (15) | ||||||
| Edwin Bernet • Rolf Amrein | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Norway |  NOR | 101.0 | 121.0 | 20.0 (14) | 20.0 (14) | 18.0 (12) | 15.0 (9) | 18.0 (12) | 17.0 (11) | 13.0 (7) | ||||||
| Bjørn Lofterød • Odd Roar Lofterød | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | United States Virgin Islands |  ISV | 106.7 | 129.7 | 17.0 (11) | 17.0 (11) | 23.0 (17) | 23.0 (17) | 20.0 (14) | 11.7 (6) | 18.0 (12) | ||||||
| Ken Klein, Sr. • Peter Jackson | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | East Germany |  GDR | 108.7 | 132.7 | 21.0 (15) | 15.0 (9) | 20.0 (14) | 24.0 ( | 22.0 (16) | 19.0 (13) | 11.7 (6) | ||||||
| Hans-Joachim Lange • Herbert Weichert | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Argentina |  ARG | 134.0 | 157.0 | 23.0 (17) | 23.0 (17) | 21.0 (15) | 22.0 (16) | 23.0 (17) | 23.0 (17) | 22.0 (16) | ||||||
| Guillermo Julio Calegari • Luis Schenone | |||||||||||||||||