Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1988 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 September 1988 to 27 September 1988 of the coast of Busan and was the first time that a separate event was allocated exclusively for women (sailed in the 470 class). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.[1]

Sailing
at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
VenuesBusan
부산
DatesFirst race: 20 September 1988 (1988-09-20)
Last race: 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
Competitors375 (331 male, 44 female) from 60 nations
Boats214

Venue

Busan Yachting Center

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since the sailing conditions of the coast near Seoul are not very suitable for Olympic sailing Busan was chosen for the 1988 Sailing event. A total of two race areas were created of the coast of Busan.

Busan in Korea was reportedly a light wind venue but no one realised until too late that this information came from the airport which was located in a sheltered valley. It turned out to be that the 1988 Olympic Games were one of the windiest ever with one day of racing postponed due to too much wind. One day of racing saw around 30 knots of wind with 5 knots of current going against the wind. There was a lot of equipment damage and rescues for many classes resulting in many sailors did not finish and requests for redress.

Competition

Overview

Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
560821433144

Continents

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1988 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) Argentina (ARG)
 Australia (AUS) Austria (AUT) Bahamas (BAH)
 Barbados (BAR) Bermuda (BER) Brazil (BRA)
 Canada (CAN) Chile (CHI) China (CHN)
 Cyprus (CYP) Denmark (DEN) Djibouti (DJI)
 Spain (ESP) Fiji (FIJ) Finland (FIN)
 France (FRA) West Germany (FRG) Great Britain (GBR)
 East Germany (GDR) Greece (GRE) Guam (GUM)
 Hong Kong (HKG) Hungary (HUN) Indonesia (INA)
 India (IND) Ireland (IRL) Iceland (ISL)
 Israel (ISR) Virgin Islands (ISV) Italy (ITA)
 British Virgin Islands (IVB) Japan (JPN) South Korea (KOR)
 Mexico (MEX) Malta (MLT) Monaco (MON)
 Netherlands (NED) Norway (NOR) New Zealand (NZL)
 Pakistan (PAK) Philippines (PHI) Papua New Guinea (PNG)
 Poland (POL) Portugal (POR) Puerto Rico (PUR)
 Qatar (QAT) Singapore (SIN) San Marino (SMR)
 Switzerland (SUI) Sweden (SWE) Thailand (THA)
 Turkey (TUR) Soviet Union (URS) Uruguay (URU)
 United States (USA) Venezuela (VEN) Zimbabwe (ZIM)

Classes (equipment)

ClassTypeEventSailorsTrapezeMainsailJib/GenoaSpinnakerFirst OGOlympics so far
Division IISurfboard10+--19881
FinnDinghy10+--195210
470Dinghy21+++19881
470Dinghy21+++19764
Flying DutchmanDinghy21+++19607
TornadoCatamaran21++-19764
StarKeelboat20++-193212
SolingKeelboat30+++19725

Medal summary

Women's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1988: Women's 470

 United States (USA)
Allison Jolly
Lynne Jewell
 Sweden (SWE)
Marit Söderström
Birgitta Bengtsson
 Soviet Union (URS)
Larisa Moskalenko
Iryna Chunykhovska

Men's event

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1988: Men's Division II

 New Zealand (NZL)
Bruce Kendall
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
Jan Boersma
 United States (USA)
Mike Gebhardt

1988: Finn

 Spain (ESP)
Jose Doreste
 Virgin Islands (ISV)
Peter Holmberg
 New Zealand (NZL)
John Cutler

1988: Men's 470

 France (FRA)
Thierry Peponnet
Luc Pillot
 Soviet Union (URS)
Tõnu Tõniste
Toomas Tõniste
 United States (USA)
John Shadden
Charles McKee

Open events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1988: Flying Dutchman

 Denmark (DEN)
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Christian Grønborg
 Norway (NOR)
Ole Pollen
Erik Björkum
 Canada (CAN)
Frank McLaughlin
John Millen

1988: Tornado

 France (FRA)
Jean Le Deroff
Nicolas Hénard
 New Zealand (NZL)
Chris Timms
Rex Sellers
 Brazil (BRA)
Lars Grael
Clinio Freitas

1988: Star

 Great Britain (GBR)
Michael McIntyre
Bryn Vaile
 United States (USA)
Mark Reynolds
Harold Haenel
 Brazil (BRA)
Torben Grael
Nelson Falcão

1988: Soling

 East Germany (GDR)
Jochen Schümann
Thomas Flach
Bernd Jäkel
 United States (USA)
John Kostecki
William Baylis
Robert Billingham
 Denmark (DEN)
Jesper Bank
Jan Mathiasen
Steen Secher

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)2002
2 United States (USA)1225
3 New Zealand (NZL)1113
4 Denmark (DEN)1012
5 East Germany (GDR)1001
 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Spain (ESP)1001
8 Soviet Union (URS)0112
9 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
 Virgin Islands (ISV)0101
13 Brazil (BRA)0022
14 Canada (CAN)0011
Totals (14 nations)88824


Remarks

Sailing

  • For the first time a specific female event 470 female was on the program. Prior to that all events were open to both men and women.

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1988 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

References

  1. "Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

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