Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn

Mixed Finn[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: August 16, 2008 (2008-08-16)
Competitors 26 from 26 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Ben Ainslie  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Zach Railey  United States
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Guillaume Florent  France

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed, including the medal race, due to lack of wind. 26 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Race schedule

 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Pink ● 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 Finn ● 2 2 2 Spare
day 		1 No
wind 		1 No
wind 		●

[1][5]

Course areas and course configurations

For the Finn course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E) points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75 nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.[6]

Outer courses

  • O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses

  • I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

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 leadup 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]

RankCountryHelmsman Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Ben Ainslie 10 10.011.044.011.011.01010.022.022.012.033.023.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  United States Zach Railey 22.055.022.022.077.088.077.0 19 19.0612.064.045.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  France Guillaume Florent 55.088.02020.033.044.066.044.0 21 21.048.079.058.0
4  Sweden Daniel Birgmark 1414.0 17 17.011.066.01212.033.033.055.0714.075.058.0
5  Canada Christopher Cook 88.033.077.01010.0 23 23.055.01515.033.0816.090.067.0
6  Denmark Jonas Høgh-Christensen 1616.066.01212.01616.0 25 25.044.055.077.024.095.070.0
7  Slovenia Gašper Vinčec 99.01111.066.055.033.0 13 13.088.01010.01020.085.072.0
8  Croatia Ivan Kljaković-Gašpić 77.01010.01010.088.0 16 16.099.011.01313.0918.092.076.0
9  Spain Rafa Trujillo 1212.044.033.01414.02020.02020.0 OCS 27.011.036.0107.080.0
10  Poland Rafal Szukiel 33.022.01919.01212.01010.01414.0 22 22.01212.0510.0104.082.0
11  Italy Giorgio Poggi 1717.077.01414.0 21 21.066.01212.099.099.0--95.074.0
12  New Zealand Dan Slater 21 21.01919.01818.044.099.077.01313.066.0--97.076.0
13  Brazil Eduardo Couto 66.01616.0 DNF 27.077.022.01717.01414.0OCS27.0--116.089.0
14  Netherlands Pieter-Jan Postma 1919.01515.01616.0 22 22.01515.022.01010.01616.0--115.093.0
15  Greece Emilios Papathanasiou 11.0 DNF 27.055.0DNE27.01818.01515.0DNE27.088.0--128.0101.0
16  Australia Anthony Nossiter 1111.0 22 22.088.01717.01313.02121.01111.02020.0--123.0101.0
17  Russia Eduard Skornyakov 24 24.02020.01717.01313.088.01818.01212.01414.0--126.0102.0
18  Finland Tapio Nirkko 1818.099.099.099.01919.0 22 22.01616.02222.0--124.0102.0
19  Norway Peer Moberg 2323.0 DSQ 27.01111.01919.02222.011.0DSQ27.044.0--134.0107.0
20  Turkey Ali Kemal Tüfekçi 2020.0 21 21.01313.01818.01414.01919.066.01717.0--128.0107.0
21  Ireland Tim Goodbody 2222.01313.01515.01515.01717.01616.0 21 21.01515.0--134.0112.0
22  Cyprus Haris Papadopoulos 1313.01818.02121.01111.02424.01111.01717.0 OCS 27.0--142.0115.0
23  India Nachhatar Singh Johal 44.0 24 24.02323.02424.01111.02424.01818.02424.0--152.0128.0
24  China Zhang Peng 2525.02323.02424.02020.055.0 26 26.02323.01111.0--157.0131.0
25  Czech Republic Michael Maier 1515.01414.02222.0 25 25.02121.02323.01919.02323.0--162.0137.0
26  Venezuela Johnny Senen Bilbao Bande 26 26.01212.02525.02323.02626.02525.02020.01818.0--175.0149.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; 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.
    Gender: – male; – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    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 One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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