Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470

The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre,[2] in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Men's 470[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 470
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: August 18, 2008 (2008-08-18)
Competitors58 from 29 nations
Teams29 (boats)
Medalists
Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page		  Australia
Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield		  Great Britain
Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset		  France
Sailing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
RS:Xmenwomen
Laser Radialwomen
Lasermen
Finnopen
470menwomen
49eropen
Tornadoopen
Ynglingwomen
Starmen

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
Men’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.

  • Course Areas
  • 60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
  • 60° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)

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 Men'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.
 Australia Nathan WilmotMalcolm Page44.077.033.033.033.044.055.0 16 16.033.01010.012.060.044.0
 Great Britain Nick RogersJoe Glanfield1919.055.011.044.099.066.02020.0 OCS 30.022.033.036.0105.075.0
 France Nicolas CharbonnierOlivier Bausset66.033.088.011.066.01818.033.01414.077.0 20 20.0612.098.078.0
4  Netherlands Sven CosterKalle Coster1111.0 15 15.01212.022.088.01515.022.088.044.022.0714.093.078.0
5  Spain Onán BarreirosAarón Sarmiento88.022.066.099.01313.01313.01313.044.01111.0 18 18.048.0105.087.0
6  Italy Gabrio ZandonàAndrea Trani1010.044.077.077.022.02121.01919.066.0 29 29.055.01010.0120.091.0
7  Japan Tetsuya MatsunagaTaro Ueno11.02020.0 24 24.01313.01010.01414.011.099.02121.044.024.0121.097.0
8  Portugal Alvaro MarinhoMiguel Nunes22.088.01515.066.01111.077.099.0 OCS 30.01010.01414.01020.0132.0102.0
9  Croatia Šime FantelaIgor Marenić1818.066.099.0 OCS 30.01212.01717.066.077.01515.011.0816.0137.0107.0
10  Argentina Javier ConteJuan Maria de la Fuente1414.01414.044.01111.01919.099.077.0 OCS 30.055.099.0918.0140.0110.0
11  New Zealand Carl EvansPeter Burling77.01010.01414.01212.0 BFD 30.01010.02222.01212.011.077.0--125.095.0
12  Greece Andreas KosmatopoulosAndreas Papadopoulos55.02626.01111.088.055.055.01818.033.02020.0 29 29.0--130.0101.0
13  United States Stuart McNayGraham Biehl2626.01212.0 30 30.01717.01515.011.044.011.066.02323.0--135.0105.0
14  Israel Gideon KligerUdi Gal1313.01616.01313.01414.0 BFD 30.01111.01515.022.01212.01212.0--138.0108.0
15  Sweden Anton DahlbergSebastian Östling1616.01818.022.055.0 BFD 30.02020.01717.01313.01414.066.0--141.0111.0
16  Ireland Gerald OwensPhilip Lawton2222.011.01717.01515.011.0 25 25.02121.01515.01313.02424.0--154.0129.0
17  Brazil Fábio PillarSamuel Albrecht99.0 30 30.01010.01818.044.0OCS30.01616.01010.02424.01313.0--164.0134.0
18  Slovenia Karlo HmeljakMitja Nevečny33.01111.01919.01010.01818.0 OCS 30.02525.02020.02525.088.0--169.0139.0
19  Poland Patryk PiaseckiKacper Zieminski2020.099.02020.02323.01717.01616.088.0 24 24.02323.01515.0--175.0151.0
20  Russia Mikhail SheremetyevMaksim Sheremetyev 27 27.02121.02222.02121.02424.01212.01111.01111.01818.01717.0--184.0157.0
21  Belarus Sergei DesukevichPavel Logunov 29 29.02727.01616.02626.01616.022.01212.01717.01616.02727.0--188.0159.0
22  Singapore Xu Yuan ZhenTerence Koh1515.01717.01818.01919.0 BFD 30.088.01010.01919.02727.02626.0--189.0159.0
23  Switzerland Tobias EtterFelix Steiger2121.02323.055.02525.077.0 OCS 30.02727.02626.099.01919.0--192.0162.0
24  Austria Matthias SchmidFlorian Reichstädter2424.01919.0 25 25.02424.01414.02424.02424.055.01919.01111.0--189.0164.0
25  South Korea Yoon CheulKim Hyeong-tae1717.02424.02121.0 27 27.02020.033.02323.02525.02222.02525.0--207.0180.0
26  China Wang WeidongDeng Daokun1212.0 30 30.02323.01616.02121.02626.0OCS30.02222.088.02828.0--216.0186.0
27  Finland Niklas LindgrenHeikki Elomaa2828.02222.02727.0 DSQ 30.02525.01919.01414.02323.01717.02121.0--226.0196.0
28  Turkey Deniz ÇinarAtes Çinar2323.01313.02626.02222.02222.02323.02626.02121.0 28 28.02222.0--226.0198.0
29  Canada Stéphane LocasOliver Bone2525.02525.0 30 30.02020.02323.02222.0OCS30.01818.02626.01616.0--235.0205.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; BFD – Black flag disqualification; 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 Men's 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Notes

    Medalists
    Australian Gold Medalists
    • Helmsman: Nathan Wilmot
    • Crew: Malcolm Page

    Other information

    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. 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: Men's Two Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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