Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling

Women's Yngling[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Yngling
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: August 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors 30 from 15 nations
Teams 15 boats
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Sarah Ayton
Sarah Webb
Pippa Wilson		  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mandy Mulder
Annemieke Bes
Merel Witteveen		  Netherlands
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Sofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou		  Greece

The Women's Yngling 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. Only nine races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 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
Women's Yngling ● 2 2 2 Spare
day 		1 No
wind 		1 No
wind 		●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the Yngling 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. 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]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew 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 Sarah AytonSarah Webb
Pippa Wilson		22.033.044.0 7 7.044.022.022.055.012.031.024.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands Mandy MulderAnnemieke Bes
Merel Witteveen		99.011.022.0 13 13.011.055.044.011.048.044.031.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Greece Sofia BekatorouVirginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou		1010.01212.099.033.022.0 OCS 16.033.033.036.064.048.0
4  Germany Ulrike SchümannUte Höpfner
Julia Bleck		88.077.077.01111.01111.033.055.0 13 13.024.069.056.0
5  France Anne Le HelleyCatherine Lepesant
Julie Gerecht		44.0 15 15.011.01414.055.01010.01010.022.0510.071.056.0
6  Russia Ekaterina SkudinaDiana Krutskikh
Natalia Ivanova		33.088.01212.01010.0 15 15.011.066.066.0510.071.056.0
7  United States Sally BarkowCarrie Howe
Deborah Capozzi		 14 14.022.088.055.066.01111.011.01010.0918.075.061.0
8  China Song XiaqunYu Yanli
Li Xiaoni		77.055.0 DSQ 16.044.01313.066.088.044.0816.079.063.0
9  Norway Siren SundbyLise Birgitte Fredriksen
Alexandra Koefoed		1212.0 13 13.055.011.033.01313.01212.01111.0714.084.071.0
10  Australia Krystal WeirKaryn Gojnich
Angela Farrell		11.01111.066.0 12 12.077.077.099.088.0DSQ22.083.071.0
11  Finland Silja LehtinenMaria Klemetz
Livia Varesmaa		66.066.033.088.01010.0 OCS 16.01515.01212.0--76.060.0
12  South Africa Dominique ProvoyeurKim Rew
Penny Alison		1313.01010.01111.022.01212.088.0 13 13.077.0--76.063.0
13  Canada Jennifer ProvanMartha Henderson
Katie Abbott		55.044.01010.0 15 15.099.01212.01111.01515.0--81.066.0
14  Spain Monica AzonSandra Azón
Graciela Pisonero		1111.099.0 14 14.066.01414.044.01414.099.0--81.067.0
15  Italy Chiara CalligarisFrancesca Scognamillo
Giulia Pignolo		 15 15.01414.01313.099.088.099.077.01414.0--89.074.0

    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 Yngling 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 Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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