Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Tornado

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Tornado
at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Tornado Catamaran Original Rig.svg
Tornado
Venue Long Beach
Dates31 July to 8 August
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Teams20
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Rex Sellers
Chris Timms
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Randy Smyth
Jay Glaser
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Chris Cairns
John Anderson
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
  1980
1988  

The Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Seven races were scheduled. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed. [1]

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Results

Tornado insigna.png
Rank
Helmsman (Country)CrewRace IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal
Points
[2]
Total
-1
[3]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of New Zealand.svg  Rex Sellers Mars symbol.svg  (NZL) Chris Timms Mars symbol.svg 35.723.010.023.010.023.0DNS27.041.714.7
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  Randy Smyth Mars symbol.svg  (USA) Jay Glaser Mars symbol.svg 10.0DNF27.0713.010.048.010.01016.064.037.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Chris Cairns Mars symbol.svg  (AUS) John Anderson Mars symbol.svg 48.01622.035.7RET27.023.0611.710.077.450.4
4Flag of Denmark.svg  Paul Elvstrøm Mars symbol.svg  (DEN) Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf Venus symbol.svg 611.735.7510.035.71420.048.0510.071.151.1
5Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Alan Burland Mars symbol.svg  (BER) Christopher Nash Mars symbol.svg 814.0611.748.0611.7713.0YMP3.435.767.553.5
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Robert White Mars symbol.svg  (GBR) David Campbell-James Mars symbol.svg 23.0510.023.0814.0611.7713.0713.067.753.7
7Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Lars Grael Mars symbol.svg  (BRA) Glein Haynes Mars symbol.svg 510.0814.01420.01117.035.7510.01218.094.774.7
8Flag of France.svg  Yves Loday Mars symbol.svg  (FRA) Bernard Pichery Mars symbol.svg DSQ27.010.0915.01016.0915.01016.01319.0108.081.0
9Flag of Canada.svg  David Sweeney Mars symbol.svg  (CAN) Brian Sweeney Mars symbol.svg 713.01218.0814.0713.0814.0DNF27.0611.7110.783.7
10Flag of Sweden.svg  Göran Marström Mars symbol.svg  (SWE) Krister Söderqvist Mars symbol.svg 1117.048.01319.048.01218.01319.0814.0103.084.0
11Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Willy van Bladel Mars symbol.svg  (NED) Huub Lambriex Mars symbol.svg DSQ27.0713.01117.0510.01016.0DSQ27.023.0113.086.0
12Flag of Austria.svg  Norbert Petschel Mars symbol.svg  (AUT) Walter Schlagbauer Mars symbol.svg 915.0915.01016.01622.01117.01117.048.0110.088.0
13Flag of Germany.svg  Eckart Kaphengst Mars symbol.svg  (FRG) Hans-Friedrich Böse Mars symbol.svg 1016.01521.01521.0915.01622.0915.01117.0127.0105.0
14Flag of Switzerland.svg  Rolf Zwicky Mars symbol.svg  (SUI) Christoph Brüllmann Mars symbol.svg 1319.01016.0611.71420.0DSQ27.01218.01521.0132.7105.7
15Flag of Argentina.svg  Sergio Sinistri Mars symbol.svg  (ARG) Martín Ferrari Mars symbol.svg 1521.01420.01218.01319.0510.01420.01723.0131.0108.0
16Flag of Finland.svg  Pekka Narko Mars symbol.svg  (FIN) Juha Valtanen Mars symbol.svg 1218.01117.01622.01218.01723.0814.01420.0132.0109.0
17Flag of Norway.svg  Per Ferskaug Mars symbol.svg  (NOR) Halvor Ramel Smith Mars symbol.svg 1420.01319.01723.01521.01521.01521.0915.0140.0117.0
18Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Juan Torruella Jr. Mars symbol.svg  (PUR) Enrique Díaz Mars symbol.svg 1622.01723.01824.01723.01319.01622.01622.0155.0131.0
19Flag of Fiji.svg  Colin Philp Sr. Mars symbol.svg  (FIJ) Bruce Hewett Mars symbol.svg 1723.01824.0DNF27.01824.01925.01723.01824.0170.0143.0
20Flag of Turkey.svg  Ertuğrul Özkan Mars symbol.svg  (TUR) Aleksandr Çaykovski Mars symbol.svg 1824.01925.01925.01925.01824.01824.0DNF27.0174.0147.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
Mars symbol.svg = Male, Venus symbol.svg = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 1984 Summer Olympics 1984 TORNADO Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 1984 Summer Olympics
Tornado Course Map 1984 Tornado Course.png
Tornado Course Map

Notes

  1. "Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics: Multihull (Tornado), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
  2. The 1984 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. Total after applying discard.

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