Event Title | |
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Edition | 57th |
Host | Royal Cornwall Yacht Club |
Event Details | |
Venue | Falmouth, United Kingdom |
Dates | 13–18 May |
Yachts | Finn |
Titles | 1 |
Competitors | |
Competitors | 94 |
Competing nations | 30 |
Results | |
Gold | Ben Ainslie |
Silver | Edward Wright |
Bronze | Jonas Høgh-Christensen |
The 2012 Finn Gold Cup , and the official Finn World Championships, were held in Falmouth, United Kingdom, between 13 and 18 May 2012. The hosting yacht club was Royal Cornwall Yacht Club.
Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | Tot | Pts |
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Ben Ainslie | Great Britain | 1 | 3† | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 10 | |
Edward Wright | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14† | 4 | 44 | 30 | |
Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Denmark | 14 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 18† | 17 | 82 | 64 | |
4 | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić | Croatia | 26† | 16 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 98 | 72 |
5 | Tapio Nirkko | Finland | 6 | 22† | 9 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 94 | 72 |
6 | Piotr Kula | Poland | 9 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 18† | 98 | 80 |
7 | Mark Andrews | Great Britain | 33† | 23 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 114 | 81 |
8 | Andrew Mills | Great Britain | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 30† | 20 | 15 | 112 | 82 |
9 | Pieter-Jan Postma | Netherlands | 22 | 14 | 11 | 4 | DSQ 95† | 14 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 180 | 85 |
10 | Zach Railey | United States | 15 | 15 | 10 | 32† | 8 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 125 | 93 |
11 | Deniss Karpak | Estonia | 5 | 5 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 7 | OCS 95† | 15 | 13 | 190 | 95 |
12 | Daniel Birgmark | Sweden | 24† | 17 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 124 | 100 |
13 | Brendan Casey | Australia | 13 | 25 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 4 | DNC 95† | 196 | 101 |
14 | Greg Douglas | Canada | 34† | 7 | 15 | 13 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 141 | 107 |
15 | Jonathan Lobert | France | 25 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 27† | 25 | 25 | 12 | 139 | 112 |
16 | Dan Slater | New Zealand | 12 | 24 | 13 | 27 | 9 | 32† | 10 | 7 | 14 | 148 | 116 |
17 | Eduard Skornyakov | Russia | 20 | 42† | 24 | 19 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 13 | 5 | 161 | 119 |
18 | Rafael Trujillo | Spain | 31 | 39† | 14 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 24 | 30 | 176 | 137 |
19 | Rafał Szukiel | Poland | 3 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 27 | 22 | 41† | 28 | 22 | 201 | 160 |
20 | Matthias Miller | Germany | 23 | 13 | 30 | 54† | 20 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 16 | 217 | 163 |
21 | Oleksiy Borysov | Ukraine | 30 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 18 | 29 | 32† | 21 | 19 | 197 | 165 |
22 | Matt Coutts | New Zealand | 45† | 35 | 36 | 22 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 221 | 176 |
23 | Florian Raudaschl | Austria | 29 | 11 | 21 | 35† | 33 | 28 | 16 | 16 | 28 | 217 | 182 |
24 | Michael Maier | Czech Republic | 10 | 37† | 31 | 30 | 21 | 24 | 19 | 30 | 27 | 229 | 192 |
25 | Christopher Cook | Canada | 8 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 40 | DNS 95† | DNC 95 | 292 | 197 |
26 | Björn Allansson | Sweden | 64† | 26 | 19 | 42 | 28 | 31 | 21 | 8 | 26 | 265 | 201 |
27 | Caleb Paine | United States | 37 | 27 | 27 | 20 | DSQ 95† | 16 | 20 | 36 | 20 | 298 | 203 |
28 | Timo Hagoort | Netherlands | 35 | 21 | 28 | 25 | 31 | 40† | 14 | 22 | 35 | 251 | 211 |
29 | Alican Kaynar | Turkey | 32 | 30 | 25 | 64† | 40 | 9 | 26 | 32 | 29 | 287 | 223 |
30 | Gong Lei | China | 21 | 31 | 33 | 38 | 26 | 17 | 28 | 48† | 33 | 275 | 227 |
31 | Tomas Vika | Czech Republic | 17 | 19 | 39 | 44† | 25 | 35 | 34 | 38 | 21 | 272 | 228 |
32 | Hein van Egmond | Netherlands | 11 | 41 | 42† | 17 | 34 | 33 | 29 | 40 | 32 | 279 | 237 |
33 | Andrii Gusenko | Ukraine | 43 | 18 | 40 | 21 | 30 | 36 | 47† | 26 | 24 | 285 | 238 |
34 | Jorge Zarif | Brazil | 50 | 6 | 35 | 31 | 35 | 23 | OCS 95† | 34 | 25 | 334 | 239 |
35 | Josip Olujic | Croatia | 36 | 55† | 34 | 23 | 39 | 21 | 36 | 19 | 36 | 299 | 244 |
36 | Martin Robitaille | Canada | 18 | 33 | 29 | 45 | 24 | DSQ 95† | 31 | 23 | 44 | 342 | 247 |
37 | Anders Pedersen | Norway | 44 | 46 | 18 | 55† | RDG 20 | RDGa 34.3 | 24 | 33 | 34 | 308.3 | 253.3 |
38 | Tudor Bilic | Croatia | 48† | 47 | 38 | 36 | 14 | 37 | 27 | 35 | RDGa 35.3 | 317.3 | 269.3 |
39 | Alexey Selivanov | Russia | 7 | 34 | 52 | 48 | DSQ 95† | 30 | 22 | 53 | 39 | 380 | 285 |
40 | Haris Papadoupoulos | Cyprus | 47 | 44 | 48 | 33 | 50† | 38 | 39 | 37 | 23 | 359 | 309 |
41 | Łukasz Lesiński | Poland | 61 | 52 | 70† | 40 | 29 | 45 | 33 | 31 | 38 | 399 | 329 |
42 | Egor Terpigorev | Russia | BFD 95† | 60 | 32 | 28 | 48 | 44 | 53 | 39 | 31 | 430 | 335 |
43 | Nachhatar Johal | India | 38 | 38 | 62† | 52 | 43 | RDG 29 | 48 | 45 | 43 | 398 | 336 |
44 | Gaszton Pál | Hungary | 39 | 29 | 43 | 46 | 47 | 34 | 49 | 51 | DNC 95† | 433 | 338 |
45 | James Hadden | Great Britain | 70† | 36 | 47 | 41 | 49 | 60 | 37 | 42 | 37 | 419 | 349 |
46 | Peter McCoy | Great Britain | 42 | 59 | 37 | 47 | 42 | 47 | 43 | 43 | DNF 95† | 455 | 360 |
47 | Andreas Axelsson | Sweden | 41 | 63 | 60 | 37 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 47 | DNC 95† | 467 | 372 |
48 | Ross Hamilton | Ireland | 73† | 40 | 45 | 58 | 38 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 46 | 452 | 379 |
49 | Marton Beliczay | Hungary | 54 | 51 | 64† | 29 | 57 | 43 | 45 | 61 | 41 | 445 | 381 |
50 | Brendan Wilton | Canada | 46 | 32 | 55 | 39 | BFD 95† | 48 | 38 | 29 | DNF 95 | 477 | 382 |
51 | Kaspar Andresen | Denmark | 66† | 66 | 41 | 62 | 51 | 51 | 35 | 46 | 42 | 460 | 394 |
52 | Harry Briddon | Great Britain | 49 | 53 | 57 | 56 | 36 | DNC 95† | 57 | 50 | 47 | 500 | 405 |
53 | Oliver Tweddell | Australia | 16 | 43 | 23 | 24 | 61 | 61 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 513 | 418 |
54 | Efe Kuyumcu | Turkey | 53 | 78 | 50 | 59 | 37 | 42 | 56 | 44 | DSQ 95† | 514 | 419 |
55 | Li Zhen | China | 40 | 45 | 44 | 71 | 62 | 53 | 58 | 52 | DNC 95† | 520 | 425 |
56 | Michał Jodłowski | Poland | 67 | 65 | 54 | 84† | 55 | 54 | 44 | 41 | 48 | 512 | 428 |
57 | Thomas Mohren | Netherlands | 84† | 67 | 63 | 34 | 45 | 56 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 514 | 430 |
58 | Benjamin Montagut | France | 59 | 54 | 61 | 51 | 59 | 62† | 59 | 49 | 40 | 494 | 432 |
59 | Rob Coutts | New Zealand | 57 | 58 | 72† | 60 | 52 | 50 | 52 | 59 | 45 | 505 | 433 |
60 | Adam Nicholson | Canada | 60 | 48 | 58 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 76 | 57 | DNC 95† | 555 | 460 |
61 | Silvan Hofer | Switzerland | 55 | 74 | 56 | 75 | 44 | 52 | 54 | DNF 95† | 53 | 558 | 463 |
62 | Fordon Lamphere | United States | 69 | 56 | 67 | 68 | 53 | 58 | 51 | DNF 95† | 54 | 571 | 476 |
63 | Marc Allain des Beauvais | France | 75 | 69 | 69 | 82† | 58 | 55 | 63 | 54 | 51 | 576 | 494 |
64 | Allen Burrell | Great Britain | 51 | 50 | 49 | 80 | 63 | 49 | 64 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | 596 | 501 |
65 | Rob Hemming | Canada | 58 | 62 | 53 | 67 | 64 | DNC 95† | 46 | 67 | DNC 95 | 607 | 512 |
66 | Valentin Nedylakov | Bulgaria | 56 | 75 | 74 | 79† | 72 | 71 | 66 | 64 | 55 | 612 | 533 |
67 | Tauras Rymonis | Lithuania | 85 | 77 | 71 | 43 | 46 | 59 | 62 | DNS 95† | DNC 95 | 633 | 538 |
68 | Ben Leibowitz | United States | 72 | 72 | 80 | 87† | 67 | 70 | 67 | 60 | 52 | 627 | 540 |
69 | Mikael Minos | France | 65 | 68 | 83 | 77 | 65 | 66 | 55 | 65 | DNC 95† | 639 | 544 |
70 | Dimitar Vangelov | Bulgaria | 19 | 64 | 65 | 73 | 66 | DNC 95† | 68 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 640 | 545 |
71 | Dirk Seret | Australia | 76 | 61 | 86† | 85 | 75 | 69 | 70 | 62 | 49 | 633 | 547 |
72 | Patrik Deutscher | Czech Republic | 63 | 57 | 85 | DNF 95† | 68 | 68 | 72 | 58 | DNC 95 | 661 | 566 |
73 | George Cooper | Great Britain | 86 | 82 | 66 | 49 | 56 | 64 | 69 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | 662 | 567 |
74 | Akif Muslubas | Turkey | 27 | 28 | 51 | 83 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 664 | 569 |
75 | Thomas Gautschi | Switzerland | 62 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 73 | 63 | 79 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | 676 | 581 |
76 | Julian Smith | Great Britain | 79 | 85 | 73 | 61 | 60 | 65 | 65 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | 678 | 583 |
77 | Simon Percival | Great Britain | 71 | 79 | 78 | 63 | 71 | 67 | 71 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | 690 | 595 |
78 | Rob McMillan | Australia | 28 | 49 | 46 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 693 | 598 |
79 | Henrik Elmer Nielsen | Denmark | 77 | 92 | 79 | 69 | 74 | DNC 95† | 61 | 63 | DNC 95 | 705 | 610 |
80 | Martin Hughes | Great Britain | 52 | 70 | 59 | 57 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | DNF 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 713 | 618 |
81 | Simon Pettit | Great Britain | 78 | 90 | 77 | 72 | 69 | DNF 95† | 73 | 66 | DNC 95 | 715 | 620 |
82 | Andy Denison | Great Britain | 81 | 83 | 75 | 65 | 70 | DNC 95† | 74 | DNS 95 | DNC 95 | 733 | 638 |
83 | Damien Boulan | France | 68 | 76 | DNF 95† | 53 | DNF 95 | DNC 95 | 75 | DNS 95 | DNC 95 | 747 | 652 |
84 | Philippe Lobert | France | 74 | 81 | 82 | 66 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | 78 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 761 | 666 |
85 | John Mackie | Great Britain | 80 | 73 | 76 | 78 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 782 | 687 |
86 | Regis Baumgarten | France | 89 | 84 | 89 | 81 | 77 | DNC 95† | 77 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 782 | 687 |
87 | Christophe Jean | France | 87 | 91 | 81 | 86 | 76 | DNF 95† | DNF 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 801 | 706 |
88 | Richard Hart | Great Britain | 93 | 86 | 87 | 74 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 815 | 720 |
89 | Philippe le Frapper | France | 92 | 88 | 84 | 76 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNF 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 815 | 720 |
90 | Jack Arnell | Great Britain | 83 | 80 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNF 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 828 | 733 |
91 | Tony Lock | Great Britain | 82 | 87 | DNC 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 834 | 739 |
92 | Cedric Hollier | France | 88 | 89 | DNS 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNF 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 842 | 747 |
93 | Rory Barnes | Great Britain | 91 | 94 | 88 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 843 | 748 |
94 | Mark Harper | Great Britain | 90 | 93 | DNF 95† | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | DNC 95 | 848 | 753 |
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