Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X
Men's RS:X[1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Line drawing of the RS-X | |||||||||||||
Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | First race: 11 August 2008 Last race: 20 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |||
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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 | ||
The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 35 sailors, on 35 boards, from 35 nations competed.[3] Ten boards qualified for the medal race.[4][5]
● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Red | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
Date | August | |||||||||||||||||
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7 Thu |
8 Fri |
9 Sat |
10 Sun |
11 Mon |
12 Tue |
13 Wed |
14 Thu |
15 Fri |
16 Sat |
17 Sun |
18 Mon |
19 Tue |
20 Wed |
21 Thu |
22 Fri |
23 Sat |
24 Sun | |
Men's RS:X | ● | 2 | 2 | Spare day |
No wind |
1 | No wind |
2 | 2 | 1 | ● |
For the RS:X course areas A (Yellow) and B (Red) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Red course area. The target time for the course was about 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.
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Course Areas
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70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
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70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
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Windward - Leeward Course (W)
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Windward-Leeward Slalom Course (WS)
Outer courses
[edit]- O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
Inner courses
[edit]- I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
Windward-Leeward courses
[edit]- W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
- W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
- W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
Windward-Leeward Slalom courses
[edit]- WS1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
- WS2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
- WS3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
Weather conditions
[edit]In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) two racing days had to be postponed.[8]
Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | MR | Tot | Pts |
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Tom Ashley | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 32† | 3 | 84.0 | 52.0 |
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Julien Bontemps | ![]() |
13† | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 66.0 | 53.0 |
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Shahar Tzuberi | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 19† | 18 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 77.0 | 58.0 |
4 | Nick Dempsey | ![]() |
11 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 17† | 5 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 77.0 | 66.0 |
5 | Ricardo Santos | ![]() |
12 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 33† | 6 | 110.0 | 77.0 |
6 | Chan King Yin | ![]() |
5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 33† | 21 | 27 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 117.0 | 84.0 |
7 | Wang Aichen | ![]() |
2 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 2 | 14 | 22† | 14 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 117.0 | 95.0 |
8 | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis | ![]() |
10 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 7 | OCS 22 | 112.0 | 97.0 |
9 | Iván Pastor | ![]() |
8 | 13 | 18† | 18 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 8 | 127.0 | 109.0 |
10 | Makoto Tomizawa | ![]() |
6 | 20 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 23 | 8 | DSQ 36† | 12 | 2 | 9 | 152.0 | 116.0 |
11 | João Rodrigues | ![]() |
18 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 19† | 120.0 | 101.0 | |
12 | Maksym Oberemko | ![]() |
3 | 16 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 24 | DSQ 36† | 11 | 12 | 139.0 | 103.0 | |
13 | Andreas Cariolou | ![]() |
7 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 11 | 19† | 14 | 10 | 130.0 | 111.0 | |
14 | Richard Stauffacher | ![]() |
9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 17 | 22† | 133.0 | 111.0 | |
15 | Casper Bouman | ![]() |
20 | 27† | 21 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 21 | 139.0 | 112.0 | |
16 | Przemysław Miarczyński | ![]() |
17 | 21 | 27† | 20 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 18 | 143.0 | 116.0 | |
17 | David Mier | ![]() |
16 | 5 | 17 | 6 | 12 | 29† | 23 | 21 | 4 | 25 | 158.0 | 129.0 | |
18 | Lee Tae-hoon | ![]() |
22† | 14 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 25 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 158.0 | 133.0 | |
19 | Áron Gádorfalvi | ![]() |
15 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 24 | 26† | 10 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 162.0 | 136.0 | |
20 | Fabian Heidegger | ![]() |
14 | 12 | 8 | 17 | 18 | 13 | 18 | 24† | 21 | 17 | 162.0 | 138.0 | |
21 | Mariano Reutemann | ![]() |
25 | 18 | 19 | 23† | 25 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 20 | 193.0 | 168.0 | |
22 | Ertuğrul İçingir | ![]() |
DSQ 36† | 28 | 15 | 19 | 27 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 208.0 | 172.0 | |
23 | Zachary Plavsic | ![]() |
23 | 25 | 22 | 21 | 30† | 12 | 26 | 12 | 29 | 11 | 211.0 | 181.0 | |
24 | Jonas Kældsø Poulsen | ![]() |
28 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 35† | 4 | 14 | 13 | 34 | 23 | 236.0 | 201.0 | |
25 | Ek Boonsawad | ![]() |
19 | 15 | 28 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 33† | 20 | 27 | 26 | 236.0 | 203.0 | |
26 | Benjamin Barger | ![]() |
21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 25 | 31† | 249.0 | 217.0 | |
27 | Oka Sulaksana | ![]() |
24 | 24 | 23 | 27 | 22 | 31 | 28 | 30 | DNF 36† | 16 | 261.0 | 225.0 | |
28 | Mikalai Zhukavets | ![]() |
27 | 23 | 26 | 24 | 29 | 21 | 32† | 26 | 26 | 27 | 261.0 | 229.0 | |
29 | Carlos Julio Flores | ![]() |
32 | 33 | 33 | 35† | 21 | 22 | 27 | 28 | 22 | 14 | 267.0 | 232.0 | |
30 | Patrik Pollák | ![]() |
26 | 30 | 25 | 30 | 23 | 28 | 31† | 29 | 28 | 24 | 274.0 | 243.0 | |
31 | Chang Hao | ![]() |
31 | 29 | 31 | 28 | 28 | 20 | 34 | DNF 36† | 24 | 35 | 296.0 | 260.0 | |
32 | Luka Mratović | ![]() |
29 | 32 | 34† | 33 | 34 | 34 | 20 | 22 | 32 | 29 | 299.0 | 265.0 | |
33 | Johannes Ahun | ![]() |
34† | 34 | 32 | 34 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 307.0 | 273.0 | |
34 | Alexey Tokarev | ![]() |
33 | 31 | 35† | 32 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 314.0 | 279.0 | |
35 | Santiago Grillo | ![]() |
30 | 35 | 29 | 31 | 33 | 35 | 35 | DNF 36† | 31 | 34 | 314.0 | 279.0 |
Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;
Daily standings
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/22/2008_Men%27s_RS-X_Positions_during_the_serie.png)
Further reading
[edit]- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ^ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
- ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ^ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.