Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics a 1.5 nm radius circle for course area C. Because of the distance to Munich and the fact that no sailing was scheduled for 6 and 7 September, the killings of 11 Israeli athletes had less impact on sailing than it had on the other events in Munich. Only a few of the sailing teams did not start at the last day of the races. Among them the Israelian Flying Dutchman team of: Yair Michaeli and Izchak Nir. During the sailing regattas at the 1972 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: Sailing at
Lesotho at the 1972 Summer Olympics have gone on to participate in every Summer Olympic Games since except the 1976 Montreal Games. The nation has yet to make its debut at the Winter Olympic Games, and they have never won an Olympic medal. The 1972 Summer Olympics were held from 26 August to 11 September 1972; a total of 7,134 athletes representing 121 National Olympic Committees took part in the Games. Track and field athlete Motsapi Moorosi was the only competitor Lesotho sent to Munich, and he was chosen as the flag-bearer for the opening ceremony. Motsapi Moorosi was 27 years old at the time of