Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star
| Men’s Star at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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.svg.png) Line drawing of the Star | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 July – 5 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (boats) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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The men's Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.
Schedule[1][2]
| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on West | ● | Race on South | ● | Medal race on Nothe |
| Date | July | August | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | 29 Sun | 30 Mon | 31 Tue | 1 Wed | 2 Thu | 3 Fri | 4 Sat | 5 Sun | 6 Mon | 7 Tue | 8 Wed | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun | |
| Men’s Star | ● | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day |
2 | 2 | Spare day |
MR | |||||||||
| Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
 | ||
| RS:X | men | women |
| Laser Radial | women | |
| Laser | men | |
| Finn | open | |
| 470 | men | women |
| 49er | open | |
| Elliott 6m | women | |
| Star | men | |
Course areas and course configurations [3]
Portland (P) Nothe (N) West (W) |
South (S) East (E) |
For the Star course areas Nothe, West, and South were used. The location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area, the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area and the location (50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W) points to the center of the South course area. The target time for the course was 60 – 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.
Results
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | MR | Tot | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen |
 | 10† | 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 42.0 | 32.0 |
 |
Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
 | 11† | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 45.0 | 34.0 |
 |
Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada |
 | 4 | 1 | 9† | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 49.0 | 40.0 |
| 4 | Eivind Melleby Petter Morland Pedersen |
 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 16† | 11 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 79.0 | 63.0 |
| 5 | Hamish Pepper Jim Turner |
 | 15† | 7 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 85.0 | 70.0 |
| 6 | Robert Stanjek Frithjof Kleen |
 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | BFD 17† | 11 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 87.0 | 70.0 |
| 7 | Mark Mendelblatt Brian Fatih |
 | 5 | 14† | 5 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 85.0 | 71.0 |
| 8 | Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Życki |
 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13† | 2 | 18 | 85.0 | 72.0 |
| 9 | Xavier Rohart Pierre-Alexis Ponsot |
 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14† | 11 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 86.0 |
| 10 | Peter O'Leary David Burrows |
 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 12 | DSQ 17† | 7 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 112.0 | 95.0 |
| 11 | Michael Hestbæk Claus Olesen |
 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 14† | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 103.0 | 89.0 | |
| 12 | Richard Clarke Tyler Bjorn |
 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 10 | OCS 17† | 13 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 110.0 | 93.0 | |
| 13 | Flavio Marazzi Enrico de Maria |
 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 16† | 118.0 | 102.0 | |
| 14 | Aimilios Papathanasiou Antonis Tsotras |
 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 15 | BFD 17† | DSQ 17 | OCS 17 | 12 | 123.0 | 106.0 | |
| 15 | Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo |
 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 16† | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 124.0 | 108.0 | |
| 16 | Marin Lovrović, Jr. Dan Lovrović |
 | 8 | 12 | 16† | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 132.0 | 116.0 |
Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [4]
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;
Daily standings
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "London 2012". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
References
- 1 2 "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Men's Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 April 2014.