Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star

Men’s Star[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: August 21, 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors 32 from 16 nations
Teams 16 boats
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson		  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada		  Brazil
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Fredrik Loof
Anders Ekstrom		  Sweden

The Men's Star 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. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ● 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
Men's Star ● 1 2 1 3 No
wind 		3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the Star course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 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

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. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[7]

Final results[8][9]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew 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)  Great Britain Iain PercyAndrew Simpson77.0 13 13.033.055.088.022.011.011.022.066.0510.058.045.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Brazil Robert ScheidtBruno Prada1010.0 11 11.066.011.099.01010.022.033.033.033.036.064.053.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Sweden Fredrik LoofAnders Ekstrom11.044.0 15 15.033.066.011.088.022.011.077.01020.068.053.0
4  Poland Mateusz KusznierewiczDominik Zycki55.066.088.022.01010.099.033.055.099.0 13 13.012.072.059.0
5  Switzerland Flavio MarazziEnrico De Maria99.077.099.099.055.055.066.0 11 11.044.011.024.070.059.0
6  France Xavier RohartPascal Rambeau 12 12.011.055.044.077.066.099.099.088.022.0918.081.069.0
7  Germany Marc PickelIngo Borkowski22.0 14 14.011.088.033.088.01414.01010.066.01010.048.084.070.0
8  Portugal Afonso DomingosBernardo Santos33.033.01010.0 OCS 17.01313.033.055.077.077.099.0612.089.072.0
9  New Zealand Hamish PepperCarl Williams44.099.022.01111.011.01212.01111.0 13 13.055.01111.0714.093.080.0
10  Italy Diego NegriLuigi Viale 13 13.088.01212.077.01111.077.077.066.01313.055.0816.0105.092.0
11  United States John Dane IIIAustin Sperry88.022.044.01212.01515.01515.0 16 16.01616.01010.044.0--102.086.0
12  Austria Hans SpitzauerChristian Nehammer 14 14.01010.01111.066.01414.044.01212.044.01212.01414.0--101.087.0
13  Ireland Peter O'LearyStephen Milne66.01212.077.01010.01212.0 13 13.01313.088.01111.01212.0--104.091.0
14  Australia Iain MurrayAndrew Palfrey1111.0 15 15.01313.01515.022.01111.01010.01212.01414.088.0--111.096.0
15  Croatia Marin Lovrovic JrSinisa Mikulicic 15 15.055.01414.01313.044.01414.044.01414.01515.01515.0--113.098.0
16  China Li HongquanWang He 16 16.01616.01616.01414.01616.01616.01515.01515.01616.01616.0--156.0140.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; 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 Star 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 Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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