es irable ▁traffic . ▁ ▁Compet ition ▁ ▁Over view ▁ ▁Cont in ents ▁ ▁Count ries ▁ ▁Class es ▁( equ ip ment ) ▁ ▁Race ▁schedule ▁ ▁Medal ▁summary ▁ ▁Source : ▁ ▁Medal ▁table ▁ ▁Notes ▁▁ ▁A ▁floating ▁transmission ▁station ▁was ▁used ▁for ▁reporting ▁the ▁race ▁events ▁to ▁shore . ▁ ▁New ▁media ▁was ▁also ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁protest ▁room . ▁On ▁the ▁foot age ▁made ▁from ▁a ▁Ze ppel in , ▁for ▁the ▁film ▁Olymp ia ▁of ▁L eni ▁R ief enst ahl , ▁an ▁incident ▁was ▁observed ▁by ▁the ▁j ury ▁between ▁Sweden ▁and ▁Finland ▁in ▁race ▁No . ▁VI ▁of ▁the ▁ 8   Met re . ▁As ▁result ▁both ▁teams ▁were ▁dis qual ified . ▁ ▁Other ▁information ▁ ▁S ail ing ▁▁ ▁This ▁Summer ▁Olympics ▁established ▁sail ing ▁as ▁a ▁full ▁m ature ▁Olympic ▁sport ▁after ▁a ▁long ▁struggle ▁to ▁get ▁a ▁un ified ▁International ▁standard ▁set ▁of ▁rules . ▁ ▁Each ▁Olympic ▁Gold ▁medal ist ▁was ▁also ▁given ▁a ▁plant ▁during ▁the ▁prize ▁giving ▁ceremony . ▁ ▁Spain ▁with d rew ▁from ▁sail ing ▁before ▁the ▁opening ▁ceremony , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁boy c ott ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 6 ▁Summer ▁Olympics . ▁ ▁The ▁Swiss ▁ 6   Met re ▁was ▁elimin ated ▁for ▁all ▁races ▁since ▁the ▁hel ms men ▁turned ▁out ▁not ▁to ▁be ▁an ▁amateur . ▁ ▁Many ▁protest s ▁in ▁the ▁Met re ▁classes ▁were ▁file d . ▁Spe cul ations ▁were ▁made ▁about ▁whether