Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

Women’s 470[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 470
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: August 18, 2008 (2008-08-18)
Competitors 38 from 19 nations
Teams 19 boats
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Elise Rechichi
Tessa Parkinson		  Australia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Marcelien de Koning
Lobke Berkhout		  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Fernanda Oliveira
Isabel Swan		  Brazil

The Men's 470 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. 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 Orange ● 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
Women’s 470 ● 2 2 2 Spare
day 		2 2 Spare
day 		●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) 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°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange 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 but the Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled.[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)  Australia Elise RechichiTessa Parkinson22.022.044.011.0 9 9.044.022.055.033.022.0918.052.043.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands Marcelien de KoningLobke Berkhout33.011.099.055.022.022.01010.077.044.0 16 16.0510.069.053.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil Fernanda OliveiraIsabel Swan1111.0 16 16.055.01010.077.066.066.022.077.044.012.076.060.0
4  Israel Nike KorneckiVered Buskila88.01313.011.022.088.0 19 19.033.011.01111.01515.024.085.066.0
5  Italy Giulia ContiGiovanna Micol1414.077.066.033.066.01111.044.0 19 19.01212.066.036.094.075.0
6  Great Britain Christina BassadoneSaskia Clark DSQ 20.088.033.044.01515.01313.088.033.01515.055.048.0102.082.0
7  Czech Republic Lenka SmidovaLenka Mrzilkova66.044.0 12 12.01111.01111.055.01111.01111.099.011.0714.095.083.0
8  Austria Sylvia VoglCarolina Flatscher99.0 DSQ 20.01313.077.011.077.011.01313.066.01111.0816.0104.084.0
9  Germany Stefanie RothweilerVivien Kussatz77.066.01111.099.055.01212.0 OCS 20.088.088.01212.0612.0110.090.0
10  Spain Natalia Vía DufresneLaia Tutzo44.055.022.066.01313.01010.01313.0 17 17.022.01717.01020.0109.092.0
11  France Ingrid PetitjeanGwendolyn Lemaitre11.01111.01616.088.0 17 17.099.099.099.01313.099.0--102.085.0
12  United States Amanda ClarkSara Mergenthaler1212.01212.01010.01414.044.0 17 17.077.066.01717.077.0--106.089.0
13  Slovenia Vesna DeklevaKlara Maucec DSQ 20.033.088.01616.01212.033.01515.01818.01414.033.0--112.092.0
14  Japan Ai KondoNaoko Kamata1313.0 15 15.01414.01515.01414.011.01212.01010.011.01313.0--108.093.0
15  Sweden Therese TorgerssonVendela Santen1010.01414.01818.0 DSQ 20.01919.088.055.01414.055.088.0--121.0101.0
16  Argentina Maria Fernanda SestoConsuelo Monsegur1616.0 18 18.01717.01212.01010.01616.01414.044.01010.01414.0--131.0113.0
17  Switzerland Emmanuelle RolAnne-Sophie Thilo1515.099.077.01313.033.01515.0 OCS 20.01515.01818.01919.0--134.0114.0
18  China Wen YimeiYu Chunyan55.01010.01919.01717.01616.01414.0 OCS 20.01212.01616.01010.0--139.0119.0
19  Singapore Toh LiyingDeborah Ong Huimin1717.01717.01515.01818.01818.01818.0 OCS 20.01616.01919.01818.0--176.0156.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; 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 Women’s 470 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: Women's Two Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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