Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

Men's RS:X[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the RS-X
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: August 20, 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors 35 from 35 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Tom Ashley  New Zealand
2nd, silver medalist(s) Julien Bontemps  France
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Shahar Zubari  Israel

The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 35 sailors, on 35 boards, from 35 nations competed.[3] Ten boards 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
Men's RS:X ● 2 2 Spare
day 		No
wind 		1 No
wind 		2 2 1 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the RS:X course areas A (Yellow) and B (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 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

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

Windward-Leeward Slalom courses

  • WS1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
  • WS2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
  • WS3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – 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) two racing days had to be postponed.[7]

Final results[8][9]

RankCountryHelmsman Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
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)  New Zealand Tom Ashley44.077.077.011.055.055.033.066.088.0 32 32.036.084.052.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  France Julien Bontemps 13 13.011.055.044.01010.088.022.01010.022.033.048.066.053.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Israel Shahar Zubari11.033.011.033.01717.066.0 19 19.01818.011.044.024.077.058.0
4  Great Britain Nick Dempsey1111.099.033.022.011.077.0 17 17.055.033.055.0714.077.060.0
5  Brazil Ricardo Santos1212.066.01313.077.066.033.066.077.055.0 33 33.0612.0110.077.0
6  Hong Kong King Yin Chan55.044.022.055.033.0 33 33.02121.02727.077.088.012.0117.084.0
7  China Wang Aichen22.088.099.01616.022.01414.0 22 22.01414.01919.011.0510.0117.095.0
8  Greece Nikos Kaklamanakis1010.022.01212.01111.088.01010.055.0 15 15.01010.077.0OCS22.0112.097.0
9  Spain Iván Pastor88.01313.0 18 18.01818.01616.099.044.044.066.01515.0816.0127.0109.0
10  Japan Makoto Tomizawa66.02020.066.01414.077.02323.088.0 DSQ 36.01212.022.0918.0152.0116.0
11  Portugal João Rodrigues1818.01010.01010.088.01414.01616.099.033.01313.0 19 19.0--120.0101.0
12  Ukraine Maksym Oberemko33.01616.044.099.01313.01111.0 24 24.0DSQ36.01111.01212.0--139.0103.0
13  Cyprus Andreas Cariolou77.01717.01414.01010.01111.01717.01111.0 19 19.01414.01010.0--130.0111.0
14  Switzerland Richard Stauffacher99.01111.01111.01313.099.01818.01515.088.01717.0 22 22.0--133.0111.0
15  Netherlands Casper Bouman2020.02727.02121.02222.044.011.011.022.02020.0 21 21.0--139.0112.0
16  Poland Przemysław Miarczyński1717.02121.0 27 27.02020.01515.022.077.011.01515.01818.0--143.0116.0
17  Mexico David Mier1616.055.01717.066.01212.0 29 29.02323.02121.044.02525.0--158.0129.0
18  South Korea Lee Tae-hoon 22 22.01414.02020.01515.02020.02525.01313.01111.099.099.0--158.0133.0
19  Hungary Áron Gádorfalvi1515.01919.01616.01212.02424.0 26 26.01010.099.01818.01313.0--162.0136.0
20  Italy Fabian Heidegger1414.01212.088.01717.01818.01313.01818.0 24 24.02121.01717.0--162.0138.0
21  Argentina Mariano Reutemann2525.01818.01919.0 23 23.02525.01515.01616.01616.01616.02020.0--193.0168.0
22  Turkey Ertuğrul İçingir DSQ 36.02828.01515.01919.02727.01919.01212.02323.02323.066.0--208.0172.0
23  Canada Zac Plavsic2323.02525.02222.02121.0 30 30.01212.02626.01212.02929.01111.0--211.0181.0
24  Denmark Jonas Kældsø Poulsen2828.02626.03030.02929.0 35 35.044.01414.01313.03434.02323.0--236.0201.0
25  Thailand Ek Boonsawad1919.01515.02828.02525.01919.02424.0 33 33.02020.02727.02626.0--236.0203.0
26  United States Ben Barger2121.02222.02424.02626.02626.03232.02525.01717.02525.0 31 31.0--249.0217.0
27  Indonesia Oka Sulaksana2424.02424.02323.02727.02222.03131.02828.03030.0 DNF 36.01616.0--261.0225.0
28  Belarus Mikalai Zhukavets2727.02323.02626.02424.02929.02121.0 32 32.02626.02626.02727.0--261.0229.0
29  Venezuela Carlos Julio Flores3232.03333.03333.0 35 35.02121.02222.02727.02828.02222.01414.0--267.0232.0
30  Slovakia Patrik Pollák2626.03030.02525.03030.02323.02828.0 31 31.02929.02828.02424.0--274.0243.0
31  Chinese Taipei Chang Hao3131.02929.03131.02828.02828.02020.03434.0 DNF 36.02424.03535.0--296.0260.0
32  Croatia Luka Mratović2929.03232.0 34 34.03333.03434.03434.02020.02222.03232.02929.0--299.0265.0
33  Estonia Johannes Ahun 34 34.03434.03232.03434.03131.03030.02929.02525.03030.02828.0--307.0273.0
34  Russia Aleksey Tokarev3333.03131.0 35 35.03232.03232.02727.03030.03131.03333.03030.0--314.0279.0
35  Colombia Santiago Grillo3030.03535.02929.03131.03333.03535.03535.0 DNF 36.03131.03434.0--329.0293.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; 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 Men's RS:X 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: Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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