Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er

Mixed 49er[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 49er
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: August 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors 38 from 19 nations
Teams 19 boats
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Jonas Warrer
Martin Kirketerp Ibsen		  Denmark
2nd, silver medalist(s) Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández		  Spain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Jan Peter Peckolt
Hannes Peckolt		  Germany

The Mixed 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Sixteen races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only thirteen races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Red ● Medal race on Yellow
Date August
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
Mixed 49er ● 3 3 Spare
day 		3 No
wind 		No
wind 		3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the 49er course areas A (Yellow) and E (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 minutes for all races. The race management could choose from several lengths of the course configuration.

Windward-Leeward courses

  • 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

Weather conditions

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) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[7]

Final results[8][9]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10Race 11Race 12MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st, gold medalist(s)  Denmark Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp Ibsen 22.044.0 10 10.044.022.033.044.022.099.022.077.088.0714.071.061.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Spain Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández 11.01010.01717.022.0 OCS 20.055.077.01010.033.044.011.022.012.084.064.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Germany Jan Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt 15 15.066.01111.066.033.022.022.01212.044.055.044.077.024.081.066.0
4  Italy Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello 33.099.011.011.066.099.033.088.01212.0 17 17.033.033.048.083.066.0
5  Australia Nathan Outteridge Ben Austin DSQ 20.011.077.033.011.011.066.044.066.01212.022.01818.0612.093.073.0
6  United States Tim Wadlow Chris Rast 55.01414.01515.0 16 16.055.01010.011.011.011.033.088.044.0DNF22.0105.089.0
7  Brazil André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte 1010.055.088.099.099.044.01212.055.01111.011.099.0 13 13.0816.0112.099.0
8  Austria Nico Luca Marc Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch 99.022.0 14 14.088.01313.077.055.077.077.01313.055.011.0DNF22.0113.099.0
9  Great Britain Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes 44.033.055.01414.01414.01515.0 OCS 20.033.022.088.01111.01515.036.0120.0100.0
10  France Emmanuel Dyen Yann Rocherieux 77.088.044.055.01111.01313.01111.01313.01414.077.066.0 17 17.0510.0126.0109.0
11  Portugal Jorge Lima Francisco Andrade 1212.077.099.01111.044.0 DNC 20.01010.066.055.01111.01313.01212.0--120.0100.0
12  Japan Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino 88.0 17 17.033.01313.088.01212.088.099.01717.066.01414.055.0--120.0103.0
13  Norway Christopher Gundersen Frode Bovim 1111.01313.0 18 18.077.01010.088.01414.01111.01313.01919.01212.01111.0--147.0128.0
14  Canada Gordon Cook Ben Remocker 1313.01212.01313.01010.077.066.01616.01616.01010.0 18 18.01515.01616.0--152.0134.0
15  Ukraine Rodion Luka George Leonchuk 66.01111.01212.01515.0 DSQ 20.0OCS20.01313.01515.088.01515.01010.01414.0--159.0139.0
16  Poland Marcin Czajkowski Krzysztof Kiekowski 1818.01515.066.01212.01515.01414.01818.01818.01616.099.0 19 19.066.0--166.0147.0
17  Croatia Pavle Kostov Petar Cupac 1414.01616.01616.01818.0 OCS 20.01111.099.01919.01818.01010.01717.01010.0--178.0158.0
18  Sweden Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlén 1616.01818.022.01717.01212.01616.01717.01414.01919.01616.01616.0 OCS 20.0--183.0163.0
19  China Li Fei Hu Xianqiang 1717.0 19 19.01919.01919.01616.01717.01515.01717.01515.01414.01818.099.0--195.0176.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the 49er during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Notes

    The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, who won the gold medal, almost failed to make it to the start of the Medal race, when their mast split shortly before the start. The Croatian team—who had not made the final race—donated their boat to the Danish team to use in the final, and the Danes subsequently went on to win Gold. The Spanish team filed a protest against the win due to the boat change, but the protest was dismissed and the race results stand. The protest was promoted to the International Olympic Committee but was again dismissed. A third protest was promoted by Italy and Spain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which was also dismissed.[10]

    Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupać and their coach Ivan Bulaja were rewarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for lending their boat to Danes Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen whose mast had broken shortly before the start of their race. The Danes went on to win a gold medal.[11][12]

    Further reading

    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "Beijing 2008". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

    References

    1. 1 2 Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    2. ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    3. ↑ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
    4. ↑ 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.
    5. ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    6. ↑ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    7. ↑ "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. ↑ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    9. ↑ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed Skiff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
    10. ↑ "Spain fails in fresh Dane protest". Sport: Olympics. BBC. 19 August 2008.
    11. ↑ "Guld til 49'eren - dr.dk/Sporten/OL2008". Dr.dk. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
    12. ↑ "Hrvatskim jedriličarima nagrada za fair play". tportal. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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