| Sailing at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad |
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 Qingdao International Marina |
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| Venue | Qingdao |
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| Dates | 9 to 21 August |
| Competitors | x (y z ) from p nations |
| Teams | q |
| «2004 | 2012» |
Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from August 9 to 21. The competition took place in Qingdao, at Qingdao International Marina.
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Events[edit]
The events consisted of four classes for men, four for women, and three mixed classes that were open to both men and women. Since the 2004 Games, three events were changed to new equipment. The Neil Pryde RS:X was selected to replace the Mistral for both Men's and Women's sailboard, and the Laser Radial replaced the Europe as the Women's single-handed dinghy.
Competition format[edit]
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| RS:X | Men | Women | |||
| Laser Radial | Women | ||||
| Laser | Men | ||||
| Finn | Open | ||||
| 470 | Men | Women | |||
| 49er | Open | ||||
| Tornado | Open | ||||
| Yngling | Women | ||||
| Star | Men | ||||
Races in all events were sailed in a fleet racing format of ten regular series races (fifteen for the 49er), followed by a Medal Race. The contestants raced around the course in a group, and each boat earned a score equal to its finishing position. The nine (thirteen for the 49er) best scores for each boat were summed up for the regular series of races.
The Medal Races were 30 minutes long, limited to the ten boats with the lowest series scores in each event, and were scored double points based on finish position. The medals in each event were decided based on the overall total points (series plus medal), with ties being decided based on the Medal Race finish order.
These scoring rules were new for the 2008 Olympics, and were criticized as an ill-advised attempt to make sailing more attractive as a live event for television viewing.[1]
Medal summary[edit]
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Sailing 2008[edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 |  Spain (ESP) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 United States (USA) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 |  China (CHN) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 |  Denmark (DEN) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 New Zealand (NZL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Netherlands (NED) |
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  France (FRA) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 |  Brazil (BRA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Italy (ITA) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 12 |  Lithuania (LTU) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Slovenia (SLO) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Argentina (ARG) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Germany (GER) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Greece (GRE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Israel (ISR) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
Men's events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Sailboard |
Tom Ashley New Zealand (NZL) |
Julien Bontemps France (FRA) |
Shahar Tzuberi Israel (ISR) |
| Laser class |
Paul Goodison Great Britain (GBR) |
Vasilij Žbogar Slovenia (SLO) |
Diego Romero Italy (ITA) |
| 470 class |
Australia (AUS) Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page |
Great Britain (GBR) Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield |
France (FRA) Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset |
| Star class |
Great Britain (GBR) Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada |
Sweden (SWE) Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekström |
Women's events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Sailboard |
Yin Jian China (CHN) |
Alessandra Sensini Italy (ITA) |
Bryony Shaw Great Britain (GBR) |
| Laser Radial class |
Anna Tunnicliffe United States (USA) |
Gintarė Volungevičiūtė Lithuania (LTU) |
Xu Lijia China (CHN) |
| 470 class |
Australia (AUS) Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson |
Netherlands (NED) Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout |
Brazil (BRA) Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan |
| Yngling class |
Great Britain (GBR) Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson |
Netherlands (NED) Mandy Mulder Annemieke Bes Merel Witteveen |
Greece (GRE) Sofia Bekatorou Sofia Papadopoulou Virginia Kravarioti |
Open events[edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Finn class |
Ben Ainslie Great Britain (GBR) |
Zach Railey United States (USA) |
Guillaume Florent France (FRA) |
| 49er class |
Denmark (DEN) Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp |
Spain (ESP) Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Xabier Fernández |
Germany (GER) Jan-Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt |
| Tornado class |
Spain (ESP) Antón Paz Fernando Echavarri |
Australia (AUS) Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby |
Argentina (ARG) Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola |
Qualification[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Reynolds, Mark (November 16, 2005). "Scuttlebutt: Olympic Scoring Perspective". Scuttlebutt. US Sailing.
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External links[edit]
- Sailing Committee (Qingdao) of the Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
- ISAF's miniweb
- Olympic Sailing News
- International Olympic Committee – Sailing
- Yachting World
- US Sailing
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