Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m

The Women’s Elliott 6m was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] The competition was Match race format. It consisted of a round-robin a quarter finals, semi-finals, petit-final and final series. The top eight crews from the round-robin were seeded into the quarter final.[2][3]

Women’s Elliott 6m
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Elliott 6m
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates29 July – 5 August
Competitors36 from 12 nations
Teams12 (boats)
Medalists
Támara Echegoyen
Ángela Pumariega
Sofía Toro
 Spain
Olivia Price
Nina Curtis
Lucinda Whitty
 Australia
Silja Lehtinen
Silja Kanerva
Mikaela Wulff
 Finland

Summary

A total of 98 matches were sailed:

  • Sixty seven matches were sailed in the round robin (inclusive the re-sail of the match between FIN and POR (Finland originally won her round robin race against Portugal, but the race was annulled after a protest by Portugal due to Portuguese boat getting stuck at the turning mark. Finland won the rescheduled race as well.[4])
  • The Quarter finals (best 3 out of 5) 16 matches were sailed.
  • Semi-final, best 2 out of 3 (best 3 out of 5 was planned. Russia appealed the decision to stop the semi-final after 3 matches and the results of 4th match of the petite final to CAS.[3] The appeal to the semi-finals decision was later rejected.)[5] Six matches were sailed.
  • Petit-final and final series (best 3 out of 5) 4 matches.
  • In the final a total of 5 matches were sailed.

Schedule[1][6]

  Practice race  Round Robin on Nothe  Knock-out on Nothe  Semi-finals on Nothe  Finals 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
6th
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thu
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
Sun
Women’s Elliott 6m 11 13 12 12 9 8 Spare
day
1 8 12 Spare
day
10 9
Elliott 6ms during match racing

Course areas and course configurations [7]

Course areas

For the Elliott 6m the majority of racing took place on course area Nothe, however some racing also occurred in the Portland race area. The location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area. The target time for the course was 18 minutes. All races were conducted on windward/leeward course configurations of 2 laps.

Results[8]

Round Robin


Rank

Country

AUS

RUS

ESP

USA

FIN

FRA

GBR

NED

NZL

DEN

POR

SWE
RacesWonLostPoints
1 Australia111111111111111011
2 Russia1
PEN
111011111111928
3 Spain0010111111111838
4 United States0001111110111838
5 Finland0010100111111656
6 France0100001111111656
7 Great Britain0000110011111565
8 Netherlands000
DNF
010
DSQ
1101011474
9 New Zealand0000001011111474
10 Denmark000000
DNF
0101111383
11 Portugal00000
DNF
00
DNF
0
DNF
001111101
12 Sweden00000001000111101

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; PEN – Penalty given by the protest committee;

    Knock-out and Finals

    Knock Out
    7 – 8 August 2012
    Semi Finals
    10 August 2012
    Finals
    11 August 2012
                         
    8  Netherlands 0 1 0 0 x
    1  Australia 1 0 1 1 x
     Australia 0 1 1 x x
     Finland 1 0 0 x x
    5  Finland 1 1 0 1 x
    4  United States 0 0 1 0 x
     Australia 0 1 0 1 0
     Spain 1 0 1 0 1
    6  France 0 0 0 x x
    3  Spain 1 1 1 x x
     Spain 0 1 1 x x Third place
     Russia 1 0 0 x x
    7  Great Britain 0 1 1 0 0  Finland 1 0 1 1 x
    2  Russia 1 0 0 1 1 4  Russia 0 1 0 0 x

    5th to 8th place

    Sail-offs for places 5–8, scheduled for August 9, were cancelled due to low winds. The Round robin results were used for final placement.

    Final ranking


    Rank

    Country
    HelmsmanCrewRound RobinKnock outSemi FinalsFinals
     SpainTámara EchegoyenÁngela Pumariega
    Sofía Toro
    3111
     AustraliaOlivia PriceNina Curtis
    Lucinda Whitty
    1112
     FinlandSilja LehtinenSilja Kanerva
    Mikaela Wulff
    5113
    4 RussiaEkaterina SkudinaElena Oblova
    Elena Syuzeva
    2114
    5 United StatesAnna TunnicliffeDeborah Capozzi
    Molly O'Bryan – Vandemoer
    45--
    6 FranceClaire LeroyElodie Bertrand
    Marie Riou
    66--
    7 Great BritainLucy MacGregorAnnie Lush
    Kate MacGregor
    77--
    8 NetherlandsRenee GroeneveldAnnemieke Bes
    Marcelien Bos – de Koning
    88--
    9 New ZealandStephanie HazardJenna Hansen
    Susannah Pyatt
    9---
    10 DenmarkLotte Meldegaard PedersenSusanne Boidin
    Tina Gramkov
    10---
    11 PortugalRita GonçalvesMariana Lobato
    Diana Neves
    11---
    12 SwedenAnna KjellbergMalin Källström
    Lotta Harrysson
    12---

    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. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    2. Staff. "Match race competition format". Website of the 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
    3. "Semi-final & Petit final appeal (ОКР подал апелляцию в CAS по поводу результата полуфинала в классе "Эллиот 6")" (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
    4. "Lehtisen venekunnan voitto vesittyi - lähtö uusitaan". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
    5. "CAS decision". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
    6. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    7. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    8. "Women's Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
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