Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
| Sailing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad |
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| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy |
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| Dates | 28 July – 11 August |
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| Laser Radial | Women | ||||
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| Finn | Men | ||||
| 470 | Men | Women | |||
| 49er | Men | ||||
| Elliott 6m | Women | ||||
| Star | Men | ||||
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 28 July to 11 August in Weymouth and Portland.[1] Ten gold medals were awarded and 380 athletes were expected to take part.[2] Two changes were made to the sailing classes from the Beijing 2008 events. The women's Match Race competition replaced the Yngling competition and the Tornado Class Catamaran competition was dropped.
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Competition format [edit]
All the Sailing events on the Olympic programme, excepting the women's Elliot 6m event, were fleet races and followed the same competition format.
In fleet racing, each event had 10 races (15 races in the 49er event). Points were awarded in each race: first scored one point, second scored two points, etc. After all races were completed, points from the worst race were discarded. The remaining points were added together. The 10 best athletes/crews then advanced to the medal race, where points were doubled (first place got two points, second got four, etc.) The points total after the medal race determined the placings. The athlete/crew with the lowest number of points was declared the winner.
The match racing event started with a round-robin stage. The winner of each race got one point; a half-point was awarded to each crew in the event of a dead heat. The best eight crews progressed to the knockout stage, where crews raced each other in series of best-of-three races.
Qualification [edit]
Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating.[3] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the USA and the hosts, Great Britain;[3] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.[4]
Competition schedule [edit]
| FR | Fleet Racing | MR | Match Racing | K | Knock-out Races | F | Medal Race |
| Event↓/Date → | Sun 29 | Mon 30 | Tue 31 | Wed 1 | Thu 2 | Fri 3 | Sat 4 | Sun 5 | Mon 6 | Tue 7 | Wed 8 | Thr 9 | Fri 10 | Sat 11 |
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| Men's Finn | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Men's Laser | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Men's 470 | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Men's 49er | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Men's Star | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Men's RS-X | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Women's 470 | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Women's Elliott 6m | MR | MR | K | K | F | |||||||||
| Women's RS-X | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
| Women's Laser Radial | FR | FR | F | |||||||||||
Medals [edit]
Medal summary [edit]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Australia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 |  Spain |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Great Britain |
1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 |  Netherlands |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  New Zealand |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 |  China |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 |  Denmark |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 Finland |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 |  Cyprus |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |  Poland |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Argentina |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Belgium |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Brazil |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 France |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Men's events [edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Sailboard |
Dorian van Rijsselberghe Netherlands (NED) |
Nick Dempsey Great Britain (GBR) |
Przemysław Miarczyński Poland (POL) |
| Laser class |
Tom Slingsby Australia (AUS) |
Pavlos Kontides Cyprus (CYP) |
Rasmus Myrgren Sweden (SWE) |
| Finn class |
Ben Ainslie Great Britain (GBR) |
Jonas Høgh-Christensen Denmark (DEN) |
Jonathan Lobert France (FRA) |
| 470 class |
Australia (AUS) Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page |
Great Britain (GBR) Luke Patience Stuart Bithell |
Argentina (ARG) Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente |
| 49er class |
Australia (AUS) Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen |
New Zealand (NZL) Peter Burling Blair Tuke |
Denmark (DEN) Allan Nørregaard Peter Lang |
| Star class |
Sweden (SWE) Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen |
Great Britain (GBR) Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada |
Women's events [edit]
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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| Sailboard |
Marina Alabau Spain (ESP) |
Tuuli Petäjä Finland (FIN) |
Zofia Klepacka Poland (POL) |
| Laser Radial class |
Xu Lijia China (CHN) |
Marit Bouwmeester Netherlands (NED) |
Evi Van Acker Belgium (BEL) |
| 470 class |
New Zealand (NZL) Jo Aleh Olivia Powrie |
Great Britain (GBR) Hannah Mills Saskia Clark |
Netherlands (NED) Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout |
| Elliott 6m |
Spain (ESP) Támara Echegoyen Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro |
Australia (AUS) Olivia Price Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty |
Finland (FIN) Silja Lehtinen Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff |
References [edit]
- ^ "Olympic sailing in Weymouth & Portland | London 2012". 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-22.
- ^ "Sailing". 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ a b "Nations Qualified". ISAF. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
- ^ "2012 Olympics: Olympic place rejection signals the end of an era". Sail World. 2012. Retrieved 2012-07-21.
External links [edit]
- ISAF Official Site Olympics : Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Last date of access is 16 April 2012.
- Olympic Chart at website of The Portland Port & Harbour Authority , Last date of access is 16 April 2012.
- London 2012 Olympics: Sailing, Telegraph
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