Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn

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Men's Finn
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
VenueMarina da Glória
Dates9–16 August 2016
Competitors23 from 23 nations
Winning total36.0 points
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giles Scott  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Caleb Paine  United States
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Sailing at the
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49erFXwomen
Nacra17mixed

The men's Finn competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place between 9–16 August at Marina da Glória. Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were held. British sailor Giles Scott was declared gold medallist before the competition ended, having an unassailable lead before the medal race.[1]

Schedule[edit]

Tue 9 Aug Wed 10 Aug Thu 11 Aug Fri 12 Aug Sat 13 Aug Sun 14 Aug Mon 15 Aug Tue 16 Aug
Race 1
Race 2 		Race 3
Race 4 		Race 5
Race 6 		Rest day Race 7
Race 8 		Race 9
Race 10 		Rest day Medal race

Results[edit]

Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X MR Tot Pts
Giles Scott  Great Britain 17† 3 2 1 11 1 1 3 8 2 4 53.0 36.0
Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia 3 2 7 10 15† 9 5 4 9 8 12 83.0 68.0
Caleb Paine  United States 7 12 21† 3 14 2 17 7 10 4 2 97.0 76.0
4 Jorge Zarif  Brazil 4 8 11 22† 2 19 2 13 15 9 6 109.0 87.0
5 Ivan Kljaković Gašpić  Croatia 6 8 10 15† 8 8 4 10 2 13 20 104.0 89.0
6 Max Salminen  Sweden 15† 13 13 9 7 5 6 11 7 5 16 105.0 90.0
7 Josh Junior  New Zealand 18 DSQ 24† 14 14 5 3 18 2 4 6 8 116.0 92.0
8 Jake Lilley  Australia 16 UFD 24† 8 6 6 4 3 5 23 16 10 121.0 97.0
9 Facundo Olezza  Argentina 1 11 19 18 16 22† 10 6 1 7 14 123.0 101.0
10 Pieter-Jan Postma  Netherlands 14 13 12 4 4 6 14 1 19 DSQ 24† 18 129.0 105.0
11 Ioannis Mitakis  Greece 12 DNF 24† 3 2 13 12 21 9 13 3   112.0 88.0
12 Zsombor Berecz  Hungary 9 UFD 24† 5 12 1 7 12 18 16 12   116.0 92.0
13 Alican Kaynar  Turkey 2 7 6 19† 19 13 8 17 12 11   112.0 93.0
14 Jonathan Lobert  France 10 19† 1 7 12 14 11 12 14 14   110.0 95.0
15 Tapio Nirkko  Finland 20 9 15 5 3 DNF 24† 20 21 6 10   131.0 107.0
16 Jonas Høgh-Christensen  Denmark 13 4 4 DNF 24† 10 11 16 16 17 20   133.0 109.0
17 Anders Pedersen  Norway 8 20 18 8 22† 16 9 14 5 15   131.0 109.0
18 Giorgio Poggi  Italy 11 6 16 11 18 15 7 19† 11 18   130.0 111.0
19 Alejandro Foglia  Uruguay 21 UFD 24† 9 17 20 21 15 15 3 1   146.0 122.0
20 Deniss Karpak  Estonia 5 18 17 20 23† 10 13 8 18 21   149.0 126.0
21 Tom Ramshaw  Canada 19 15 22† 13 9 17 22 20 20 19   173.0 151.0
22 Gong Lei  China 22 DNF 24† 20 16 21 20 19 22 21 17   202.0 178.0
23 Allan Julie  Seychelles 23† 21 23 21 17 18 23 23 22 22   213.0 190.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Further reading[edit]

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "Rio de Janeiro 2016". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Giles Scott guaranteed gold in Finn class". BBC Sport. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
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