Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Mixed Tornado[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Tornado
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: August 21, 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors 30 from 15 nations
Teams 15 boats
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Antón Paz
Fernando Echávarri		  Spain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby		  Australia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola		  Argentina

The Mixed Tornado 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. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 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
Mixed Tornado ● 1 2 1 3 No
wind 		3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the Tornado 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.

Windward-leeward courses

  • W2: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W3: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W4: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 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 Tornado 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)  Spain Fernando Echávarri Antón Paz 11.066.011.044.077.0 13 13.011.077.011.088.048.057.044.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby 55.044.033.011.055.0 9 9.022.088.077.044.0510.058.049.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola 13 13.011.011.01212.044.066.099.011.099.011.0612.069.056.0
4  Canada Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle 88.033.099.099.011.0 15 15.01111.01212.022.022.024.076.061.0
5  Netherlands Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis 33.0 13 13.088.033.01010.022.088.033.01111.01010.036.077.064.0
6  Great Britain Leigh McMillan Will Howden 66.088.01313.088.0 14 14.077.077.022.033.01212.012.082.068.0
7  Italy Francesco Marcolini Edoardo Bianchi 15 15.099.044.022.088.044.066.01111.088.066.0816.089.074.0
8  Germany Johannes Polgar Florian Spalteholz 1010.077.01111.055.066.011.055.0 13 13.044.033.02222.087.074.0
9  Austria Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher 1212.01010.0 14 14.01010.01111.033.033.099.055.055.0714.096.082.0
10  Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigonis 22.055.01212.077.022.01212.044.01010.066.0 13 13.02222.095.082.0
11  France Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon 77.022.01010.0 DNC 16.099.01010.01010.044.01010.077.0--85.069.0
12  Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid 1111.01111.055.066.033.088.01313.066.0 DNF 16.099.0--88.072.0
13  Ukraine Pavlo Kalynchev Andriy Shafranyuk 44.0 15 15.066.01313.01515.01111.01212.01414.01313.01111.0--114.099.0
14  China Luo Youjia Chen Xiuke 99.01414.0 OCS 16.0DNF16.01313.055.01414.055.01212.01414.0--118.0102.0
15  United States John Lovell Charlie Ogletree 1414.01212.077.01111.01212.01414.0 15 15.01515.01414.01515.0--129.0114.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; 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 Tornado 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 Multihull". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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