Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venues	Tallinn
Dates	First race: 21 July 1980 (1980-07-21) Last race: 29 July 1980 (1980-07-29)
Sailors	154 from 23 countries
Boats	83
Top ranked countries
Brazil: 2   0   0     Soviet Union: 1   1   1     Denmark: 1   1   0

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1980 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 of the coast of Tallinn (district of Pirita), in that time an annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Venue

The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita
Pirita Olympic Yachting Center
General information
Town or city	Tallinn
Country	Estonia
Coordinates	59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°E / 59.47028; 24.81833Coordinates: 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°E / 59.47028; 24.81833

Olympic Yachting Centre 1980.

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. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.

Competition

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1980 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG

Austria (AUT)  Brazil (BRA)  Bulgaria (BUL)  Cuba (CUB)  Cyprus (CYP)  Denmark (DEN)  Spain (ESP)  Finland (FIN)  East Germany (GDR)  Greece (GRE)  Guatemala (GUA)  Hungary (HUN)  Ireland (IRL)  Italy (ITA)  Netherlands (NED)  Poland (POL)  Romania (ROM)  Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)  Czechoslovakia (TCH)  Soviet Union (URS)  Yugoslavia (YUG)  Zimbabwe (ZIM)

1980 Olympic boycott

The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan.^[1] The Tallinn boycott influenced most sailing events. For example, in the Soling, the Canadian team of Bill Abbott jr., Bill Abbott sr. and Larry Abbott were absent. In several countries boycott parties or alternative sailing events, like a Flying Dutchman event in Luxembourg, were organized.

Canadian Olympic Boycott Party

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jib/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Finn	Dinghy		1	0	+	–	–	1952	8
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1976	2
Flying Dutchman	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1960	6
Tornado	Catamaran		2	1	+	+	–	1976	2
Star	Keelboat		2	0	+	+	–	1932	10
Soling	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	1972	3

1980 Olympic Classes designs

 

Medal summary

Winners of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. Sailing.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980: Finn	Finland (FIN) Esko Rechardt	Austria (AUT) Wolfgang Mayrhofer	Soviet Union (URS) Andrei Balashov
1980: 470	Brazil (BRA) Marcos Soares Eduardo Penido	East Germany (GDR) Jörn Borowski Egbert Swensson	Finland (FIN) Jouko Lindgrén Georg Tallberg
1980: Flying Dutchman	Spain (ESP) Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer	Ireland (IRL) David Wilkins James Wilkinson	Hungary (HUN) Szabolcs Detre Zsolt Detre
1980: Tornado	Brazil (BRA) Lars Sigurd Bjorkström Alexandre Welter	Denmark (DEN) Peter Due Per Kjergard	Sweden (SWE) Göran Marström Jörgen Ragnarsson
1980: Star	Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Mankin Aleksandr Muzychenko	Austria (AUT) Hubert Raudaschl Karl Ferstl	Italy (ITA) Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni
1980: Soling	Denmark (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen	Soviet Union (URS) Boris Budnikov Alexandr Budnikov Nikolay Poliakov	Greece (GRE) Anastasios Bountouris Anastasios Gavrilis Aristidis Rapanakis

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Brazil	2	0	0	2
2	Soviet Union	1	1	1	3
3	Denmark	1	1	0	2
4	Finland	1	0	1	2
5	Spain	1	0	0	1
6	Austria	0	2	0	2
7	East Germany	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
9	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Italy	0	0	1	1
	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		6	6	6	18

Remarks

Sailors

In Finn (left): Mihai Butucaru

During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

•  Soviet Union (URS), Valentin Mankin multi medalist in the Star
•  Romania (ROM), Mihai Butucaru later committee member of Eurosaf^[2]

References

• I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Organization (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
• I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Facilities (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
• I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Results (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
• Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Sailing". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.