Sailing at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
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Venues | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy |
Dates | 29 July – 11 August 2012 |
No. of events | 10 |
Competitors | 380 from 63 nations |
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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RS:X | men | women |
Laser Radial | women | |
Laser | men | |
Finn | open | |
470 | men | women |
49er | open | |
Elliott 6m | women | |
Star | men | |
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | |
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General information | |
Status | Completed |
Address | Osprey Quay |
Town or city | Portland, |
Country | Dorset DT5 1SA |
Coordinates | 50°34′19″N2°27′21″W / 50.57194°N 2.45583°W |
Elevation | Sealevel |
Opened | 2008 |
Inaugurated | Improvements to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy were ready for competition by 2008. The new slipway, moorings and other facilities have already been used for several international events. |
Client | LOCOG |
Owner | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy |
Other information | |
Seating type | Standing |
Seating capacity | 17,400 |
According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.
The land based part of the WPNSA includes:
A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone. [1]
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. [2] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain; [2] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X. [3]
Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
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6 | 63 | 10 | 273 | 237 | 143 |
Argentina (ARG) | Australia (AUS) | Austria (AUT) | Belgium (BEL) |
Bermuda (BER) | Belarus (BLR) | Brazil (BRA) | Bulgaria (BUL) |
Canada (CAN) | Chile (CHI) | China (CHN) | Cook Islands (COK) |
Colombia (COL) | Croatia (CRO) | Cyprus (CYP) | Czech Republic (CZE) |
Denmark (DEN) | Egypt (EGY) | Spain (ESP) | Estonia (EST) |
Finland (FIN) | France (FRA) | Great Britain (GBR) | Germany (GER) |
Greece (GRE) | Guatemala (GUA) | Hong Kong (HKG) | Hungary (HUN) |
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) | Ireland (IRL) | Israel (ISR) | Virgin Islands (ISV) |
Italy (ITA) | Japan (JPN) | Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) | South Korea (KOR) |
Saint Lucia (LCA) | Lithuania (LTU) | Malaysia (MAS) | Mexico (MEX) |
Montenegro (MNE) | Monaco (MON) | Netherlands (NED) | Norway (NOR) |
New Zealand (NZL) | Peru (PER) | Poland (POL) | Portugal (POR) |
South Africa (RSA) | Russia (RUS) | Singapore (SIN) | Slovenia (SLO) |
Switzerland (SUI) | Sweden (SWE) | Thailand (THA) | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) | Tunisia (TUN) | Turkey (TUR) | Ukraine (UKR) |
Uruguay (URU) | United States (USA) | Venezuela (VEN) |
Class | Type | Event | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jib/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
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RS:X | Sailboard | 1 | - | + | - | - | 2008 | 2 | |
RS:X | Sailboard | 1 | - | + | - | - | 2008 | 2 | |
Laser Radial | Dinghy | 1 | - | + | - | - | 2008 | 2 | |
Laser | Dinghy | 1 | - | + | - | - | 1996 | 5 | |
Finn | Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | – | – | 1952 | 16 | |
470 | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1988 | 7 | |
470 | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1976 | 10 | |
49er | Dinghy | 2 | 2 | + | + | + | 2000 | 4 | |
Elliott 6m | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 2012 | 1 | |
Star | Keelboat | 2 | 0 | + | + | – | 1932 | 18 | |
● | Opening ceremony | ● | Practice race | ● | Race | ● | Medal race | ● | Closing ceremony |
Date | July | August | ||||||||||||||||
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26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | 29 Sun | 30 Mon | 31 Tue | 1 Wed | 2 Thu | 3 Fri | 4 Sat | 5 Sun | 6 Mon | 7 Tue | 8 Wed | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun | |
Women's Men's | ● | ● ● ● | ● ● ● | ● ● | ● | ● | ||||||||||||
Women's Men's | R 2 2 | 2 RR 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 RR 2 2 2 | 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 | 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 | 2 KO 2 | 2 KO | KO | KO | |||||
Women's Men's | MR MR | MR MR | MR MR | MR | MR | MR | FP | |||||||||||
Total gold medals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Ceremonies | ● | ● | ||||||||||||||||
Legend:
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Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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RS:X | Dorian van Rijsselberghe Netherlands | Nick Dempsey Great Britain | Przemysław Miarczyński Poland |
Laser | Tom Slingsby Australia | Pavlos Kontides Cyprus | Rasmus Myrgren Sweden |
Finn | Ben Ainslie Great Britain | Jonas Høgh-Christensen Denmark | Jonathan Lobert France |
470 | Australia (AUS) Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | Great Britain (GBR) Luke Patience Stuart Bithell | Argentina (ARG) Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente |
Star | Sweden (SWE) Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen | Great Britain (GBR) Iain Percy Andrew Simpson | Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada |
49er | Australia (AUS) Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen | New Zealand (NZL) Peter Burling Blair Tuke | Denmark (DEN) Allan Nørregaard Peter Lang |
Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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RS:X | Marina Alabau Spain | Tuuli Petäjä Finland | Zofia Klepacka Poland |
Laser Radial | Xu Lijia China | Marit Bouwmeester Netherlands | Evi Van Acker Belgium |
470 | New Zealand (NZL) Jo Aleh Polly 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 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Australia (AUS) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Spain (ESP) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
4 | Netherlands (NED) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
5 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
6 | Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
7 | China (CHN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
8 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
10 | Cyprus (CYP) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
11 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (15 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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