Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XIX Olympiad
Venues	Club de Yates de Acapulco
Dates	First race: 14 October 1968 (1968-10-14) Last race: 21 October 1968 (1968-10-21)
Competitors	251 from 41 nations
Boats	123
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Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics) in Athens, Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1968 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 14 October 1968 to 21 October 1968 off the coast of Acapulco in the Bay of Acapulco. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.^[1]