Sailing — One Person Dinghy, Open (discontinued)

Times held 19
Total participants 443
Total countries 96

Participants

Year Event Status Participants NOCs
1924 One Person Dinghy (Olympic Monotype), Open Olympic 17 17
1928 One Person Dinghy (12 foot), Open Olympic 23 20
1932 One Person Dinghy (Snowbird), Open Olympic 12 11
1936 One Person Dinghy (Olympic Monotype), Open Olympic 28 25
1948 One Person Dinghy (Firefly), Open Olympic 21 21
1952 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 28 28
1956 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 21 20
1960 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 35 35
1964 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 33 33
1968 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 37 36
1972 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 35 35
1976 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 28 28
1980 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 21 21
1984 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 28 28
1988 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 33 33
1996 One Person Dinghy (Laser), Open Olympic 56 56
2000 One Person Dinghy (Laser), Open Olympic 43 43
2004 One Person Dinghy (Laser), Open Olympic 42 42
2008 One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open Olympic 26 26

Medal winners

Year Gold Silver Bronze
1924 Léon HuybrechtsBEL Henrik RobertNOR Hans DittmarFIN
1928 Sven ThorellSWE Henrik RobertNOR Bertel BromanFIN
1932 Jacques Baptiste LebrunFRA Bob MaasNED Santiago AmatESP
1936 Daan KagchellandNED Werner KrogmannGER Peter ScottGBR
1948 Paul ElvstrømDEN Ralph EvansUSA Koos de JongNED
1952 Paul ElvstrømDEN Charles CurreyGBR Rickard SarbySWE
1956 Paul ElvstrømDEN André NelisBEL John MarvinUSA
1960 Paul ElvstrømDEN Aleksander TšutšelovURS André NelisBEL
1964 Willi KuhweideGER Peter BarrettUSA Henning WindDEN
1968 Valentin MankinURS Hubert RaudaschlAUT Fabio AlbarelliITA
1972 Serge MauryFRA Ilias ChatzipavlisGRE Viktor PotapovURS
1976 Jochen SchümannGDR Andrey BalashovURS John BertrandAUS
1980 Esko RechardtFIN Wolfgang MayrhoferAUT Andrey BalashovURS
1984 Russell CouttsNZL John BertrandUSA Terry NeilsonCAN
1988 José Luis DoresteESP Peter HolmbergISV John CutlerNZL
1996 Robert ScheidtBRA Ben AinslieGBR Peer MobergNOR
2000 Ben AinslieGBR Robert ScheidtBRA Michael BlackburnAUS
2004 Robert ScheidtBRA Andreas GeritzerAUT Vasilij ŽbogarSLO
2008 Ben AinslieGBR Zach RaileyUSA Guillaume FlorentFRA

Medals by country

NOC Gold Silver Bronze Total
Denmark DEN 4 0 1 5
Great Britain GBR 2 2 1 5
Brazil BRA 2 1 0 3
France FRA 2 0 1 3
Soviet Union URS 1 2 2 5
Belgium BEL 1 1 1 3
Netherlands NED 1 1 1 3
Germany GER 1 1 0 2
Finland FIN 1 0 2 3
New Zealand NZL 1 0 1 2
Spain ESP 1 0 1 2
Sweden SWE 1 0 1 2
East Germany GDR 1 0 0 1
United States USA 0 4 1 5
Austria AUT 0 3 0 3
Norway NOR 0 2 1 3
Greece GRE 0 1 0 1
United States Virgin Islands ISV 0 1 0 1
Australia AUS 0 0 2 2
Canada CAN 0 0 1 1
Italy ITA 0 0 1 1
Slovenia SLO 0 0 1 1

Top medallists

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Paul Elvstrøm DEN 4 0 0 4
Ben Ainslie GBR 2 1 0 3
Robert Scheidt BRA 2 1 0 3
Russell Coutts NZL 1 0 0 1
José Luis Doreste ESP 1 0 0 1
Léon Huybrechts BEL 1 0 0 1
Daan Kagchelland NED 1 0 0 1
Willi Kuhweide GER
FRG
1 0 0 1
Jacques Baptiste Lebrun FRA 1 0 0 1
Valentin Mankin URS
UKR
1 0 0 1
Serge Maury FRA 1 0 0 1
Esko Rechardt FIN 1 0 0 1
Jochen Schümann GDR
GER
1 0 0 1
Sven Thorell SWE 1 0 0 1

Best performance by country

Olympic and Intercalated results only.
Country Games Athlete/Team Placement
Antigua and Barbuda ANT 2000 Summer Olympics Karl James 39 See all
Argentina ARG 1996 Summer Olympics Santiago Lange 9 See all
Australia AUS 1976 Summer Olympics John Bertrand 3 Bronze See all
2000 Summer Olympics Michael Blackburn 3 Bronze
Austria AUT 1968 Summer Olympics Hubert Raudaschl 2 Silver See all
1980 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Mayrhofer 2 Silver
2004 Summer Olympics Andreas Geritzer 2 Silver
Bahrain BRN 2004 Summer Olympics Sami Kooheji 42 See all
Barbados BAR 1988 Summer Olympics Shane Atwell 28 See all
Belarus BLR 1996 Summer Olympics Aliaksandr Zelenovski 20 See all
Belgium BEL 1924 Summer Olympics Léon Huybrechts 1 Gold See all
Bermuda BER 1972 Summer Olympics Paul Hiles 15 See all
Botswana BOT 1984 Summer Olympics Derek Hudson 27 See all
Brazil BRA 1996 Summer Olympics Robert Scheidt 1 Gold See all
2004 Summer Olympics Robert Scheidt 1 Gold
British Virgin Islands IVB 1996 Summer Olympics Robert Hirst 25 See all
Bulgaria BUL 1980 Summer Olympics Nikolay Vasilev 18 See all
Cambodia CAM 1964 Summer Olympics Touch Kim Sy 33 See all
Canada CAN 1984 Summer Olympics Terry Neilson 3 Bronze See all
Cayman Islands CAY 1996 Summer Olympics John van Batenburg-Stafford 39 See all
Chile CHI 1936 Summer Olympics Erich Wichmann-Harbeck 4 See all
Chinese Taipei TPE 1972 Summer Olympics Chen Hsiu-Hsiung 35 See all
Croatia CRO 2008 Summer Olympics Ivan Kljaković-Gašpić 8 See all
Cuba CUB 1980 Summer Olympics Alberto Gallardo 20 See all
Cyprus CYP 1980 Summer Olympics Panikos Rimis 21 See all
Czechia CZE 2004 Summer Olympics Martin Trčka 25 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Michael Maier 25
Czechoslovakia TCH 1980 Summer Olympics Josef Šenkýř 14 See all
Denmark DEN 1948 Summer Olympics Paul Elvstrøm 1 Gold See all
1952 Summer Olympics Paul Elvstrøm 1 Gold
1956 Summer Olympics Paul Elvstrøm 1 Gold
1960 Summer Olympics Paul Elvstrøm 1 Gold
Djibouti DJI 1996 Summer Olympics Mohamed Youssef 55 See all
East Germany GDR 1976 Summer Olympics Jochen Schümann 1 Gold See all
Ecuador ECU 1996 Summer Olympics Gastón Vedani 50 See all
Egypt EGY 1984 Summer Olympics Nasser Karam 28 See all
El Salvador ESA 1968 Summer Olympics Carlos Ruiz 34 See all
Estonia EST 1936 Summer Olympics Erik von Holst 17 See all
Fiji FIJ 1956 Summer Olympics Nesbit Bentley 20 See all
1956 Summer Olympics John Gillmore 20
Finland FIN 1980 Summer Olympics Esko Rechardt 1 Gold See all
France FRA 1932 Summer Olympics Jacques Baptiste Lebrun 1 Gold See all
1972 Summer Olympics Serge Maury 1 Gold
Germany GER 1964 Summer Olympics Willi Kuhweide 1 Gold See all
Great Britain GBR 2000 Summer Olympics Ben Ainslie 1 Gold See all
2008 Summer Olympics Ben Ainslie 1 Gold
Greece GRE 1972 Summer Olympics Ilias Chatzipavlis 2 Silver See all
Guam GUM 1988 Summer Olympics Gary Griffin 32 See all
Guatemala GUA 1980 Summer Olympics Juan Maegli 19 See all
1984 Summer Olympics Juan Maegli 19
Hong Kong, China HKG 1988 Summer Olympics Nick Bryan 27 See all
Hungary HUN 1936 Summer Olympics Tibor Heinrich 7 See all
Iceland ISL 2004 Summer Olympics Hafsteinn Ægir Geirsson 40 See all
India IND 2008 Summer Olympics Nachhatar Johal 23 See all
Indonesia INA 1988 Summer Olympics Eddy Sulistianto Suprapto 31 See all
Ireland IRL 1996 Summer Olympics Mark Lyttle 11 See all
Italy ITA 1968 Summer Olympics Fabio Albarelli 3 Bronze See all
Japan JPN 1964 Summer Olympics Takashi Yamada 21 See all
1976 Summer Olympics Takaharu Hirozawa 21
Kenya KEN 1964 Summer Olympics Peter Cooke 24 See all
Latvia LAT 1928 Summer Olympics Kurts Klāsens 11 See all
Lebanon LBN 1960 Summer Olympics Pierre Arbaji 35 See all
Lithuania LTU 2000 Summer Olympics Giedrius Gužys 25 See all
Malaysia MAS 2000 Summer Olympics Kevin Lim 22 See all
Malta MLT 1960 Summer Olympics Alfred Borda 34 See all
Mexico MEX 1988 Summer Olympics Eric Mergenthaler 13 See all
Monaco MON 1988 Summer Olympics Philippe Battaglia 30 See all
Morocco MAR 1960 Summer Olympics El-Moustafa Haddad 31 See all
Myanmar MYA 1956 Summer Olympics Maung Maung Lwin 19 See all
Netherlands NED 1936 Summer Olympics Daan Kagchelland 1 Gold See all
Netherlands Antilles AHO 1996 Summer Olympics Paul Dielemans 34 See all
New Zealand NZL 1984 Summer Olympics Russell Coutts 1 Gold See all
Norway NOR 1924 Summer Olympics Henrik Robert 2 Silver See all
1928 Summer Olympics Henrik Robert 2 Silver
Pakistan PAK 1984 Summer Olympics Arshad Choudhry 24 See all
Paraguay PAR 1996 Summer Olympics Tino Scarpetta 53 See all
People's Republic of China CHN 2008 Summer Olympics Zhang Peng 24 See all
Peru PER 2000 Summer Olympics Luis Alberto Olcese 33 See all
Philippines PHI 1976 Summer Olympics Mario Almario 28 See all
Poland POL 1980 Summer Olympics Ryszard Skarbiński 7 See all
2000 Summer Olympics Maciej Grabowski 7
Portugal POR 2004 Summer Olympics Gustavo Lima 5 See all
Puerto Rico PUR 1968 Summer Olympics Garry Hoyt 10 See all
Qatar QAT 1996 Summer Olympics Khalifa Al-Hitmi 49 See all
Republic of Korea KOR 1996 Summer Olympics Kim Ho-Gon 23 See all
Romania ROU 1980 Summer Olympics Mihai Butucaru 15 See all
Russian Federation RUS 2008 Summer Olympics Eduard Skornyakov 17 See all
Saint Lucia LCA 1996 Summer Olympics Michael Green 45 See all
San Marino SMR 1996 Summer Olympics Luca Belluzzi 56 See all
Seychelles SEY 2004 Summer Olympics Allan Julie 20 See all
Singapore SGP 1956 Summer Olympics Jack Snowden 14 See all
Slovenia SLO 2004 Summer Olympics Vasilij Žbogar 3 Bronze See all
South Africa RSA 1956 Summer Olympics Eric Bongers 6 See all
Soviet Union URS 1968 Summer Olympics Valentin Mankin 1 Gold See all
Spain ESP 1988 Summer Olympics José Luis Doreste 1 Gold See all
Sri Lanka SRI 1968 Summer Olympics Ray Wijewardene 29 See all
Sweden SWE 1928 Summer Olympics Sven Thorell 1 Gold See all
Switzerland SUI 1936 Summer Olympics Willy Pieper 8 See all
Thailand THA 1964 Summer Olympics Rachot Kanjanavanit 30 See all
The Bahamas BAH 1960 Summer Olympics Kenneth Albury 8 See all
Trinidad and Tobago TTO 1984 Summer Olympics Jean-Marc Holder 20 See all
Türkiye TUR 1936 Summer Olympics Demir Turgut 20 See all
2008 Summer Olympics Ali Kemal Tüfekçi 20
Ukraine UKR 1996 Summer Olympics Rodion Luka 35 See all
United States USA 1948 Summer Olympics Ralph Evans 2 Silver See all
1964 Summer Olympics Peter Barrett 2 Silver
1984 Summer Olympics John Bertrand 2 Silver
2008 Summer Olympics Zach Railey 2 Silver
United States Virgin Islands ISV 1988 Summer Olympics Peter Holmberg 2 Silver See all
Uruguay URU 1948 Summer Olympics Félix Sienra 6 See all
Venezuela VEN 2008 Summer Olympics Jhonny Bilbao 26 See all
West Germany FRG 1984 Summer Olympics Wolfgang Gerz 5 See all
Yugoslavia YUG 1960 Summer Olympics Ante Pivčević 10 See all
Zimbabwe ZIM 1980 Summer Olympics Peter Wilson 16 See all