List of Olympic venues in sailing

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Le Havre co-hosted the sailing events for both the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris. Baie-du-Havre 14 07 2005.jpg
Le Havre co-hosted the sailing events for both the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics held in Paris.
For the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, one part of Kiel Bay hosted the sailing events. Thirty-six years later, another part of Kiel Bay hosted the Olympic sailing events though the Games were in Munich. KielerInnenFoerdeLuftaufnahme.jpg
For the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, one part of Kiel Bay hosted the sailing events. Thirty-six years later, another part of Kiel Bay hosted the Olympic sailing events though the Games were in Munich.
For the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the Olympic Sailing Shore Base in Rushcutters Bay hosted the sailing events. Rushcutters Bay.JPG
For the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the Olympic Sailing Shore Base in Rushcutters Bay hosted the sailing events.

For the Summer Olympics, there are 32 venues that have been or will be used for sailing. Most competitions took place for the early part of the Olympics at or near venues, but no specific yacht or sailing club was listed in the official Olympic report. In 1920, the twelve-foot dinghy event set for Ostend was moved to the Netherlands at special request of the Belgian Olympic Committee. [1] The first specific yacht or sailing club to host the competitions took place in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City though those competitions took place actually in Acapulco. [2] Eight years later in Montreal, the competitions took place on the Great Lakes in Kingston, Ontario, marking the first and only time the sailing competitions took place in freshwater. [3]

During the fifth race of the 1988 Summer Olympic sailing Finn event near Busan, Canada's Lawrence Lemieux was in second place when he noticed Joseph Chan of Singapore in the water 25 yd (23 m) from his capsized boat. [4] Lemieux abandoned his position and rescued Chan and Chan's Singapore teammate. [4] [5] Even though Lemieux finished last in the race, the IOC gave him second place for the race as a result of Lemieux's heroic efforts. [6] [7] Lemieux would be awarded the IOC Pierre de Coubertin medal at the Finn medal awards ceremony by President Juan Antonio Samaranch. [5]

The 1992 Summer Olympic venue was noted for its numerous complaints from the sailors over the debris found at the Olympic Harbor. [8] Among the items found were dead rats and floating refrigerators. [8] It was so bad that Barcelona port authorities, under pressure from the International Yacht Racing Union (later International Sailing Federation, now World Sailing since 2015), assigned four garbage vessels to collect garbage daily. [8] In the men's windsurfer event, American Mike Gebhardt got a plastic bag caught on his boardsail in the last lap of the seventh race. [8] Six boardsailers passed Gebhardt before he could dislodge the plastic bag. [8] Gebhardt lost out a gold by 0.4 points over France's Franck David. [8] [9]

GamesVenueOther sports at venues for those gamesCapacityRef.
1900 Paris Le Havre NoneNot listed. [10]
Meulan-en-Yvelines NoneNot listed. [11]
1908 London Solent NoneNot listed. [12]
Southampton Water Water motorsports Not listed. [13]
1912 Stockholm Nynäshamn NoneNot listed. [14]
1920 Antwerp Buiten Y (12 foot dinghy)NoneNot listed. [1]
Ostend Polo Not listed. [15] [16]
1924 Paris Le Havre None541 [17]
Meulan-en-Yvelines None389 [18]
1928 Amsterdam Buiten Y None2,263 [19]
Zuiderzee None2,263 [19]
1932 Los Angeles Los Angeles Harbor NoneNot listed. [20]
1936 Berlin Kiel Bay NoneNot listed. [21]
1948 London Torbay NoneNot listed. [22]
1952 Helsinki Harmaja NoneNot listed. [23]
Liuskasaari None19,000 [23]
1956 Melbourne Port Phillip NoneNot listed [24]
1960 Rome Gulf of Naples NoneNot listed. [25] [26]
1964 Tokyo Enoshima NoneNot listed. [27]
1968 Mexico City Club de Yates de Acapulco NoneNot listed. [2]
1972 Munich Bay of Kiel None4,000 on 14 steamers who wanted to watch the action. [28]
1976 Montreal Portsmouth Olympic Harbour NoneNot listed [3]
1980 Moscow Olympic Regatta in Tallinn NoneNot listed [29]
1984 Los Angeles Long Beach Shoreline Marina NoneNot listed. [30]
1988 Seoul Busan Yachting Center None80 [31]
1992 Barcelona Olympic Harbour NoneNot listed. [32]
1996 Atlanta Wassaw Sound None1,000 [33] [34]
2000 Sydney Olympic Sailing Shore Base None10,000 [35]
2004 Athens Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre None8,000 [36]
2008 Beijing Qingdao International Sailing Centre NoneA ticketed area was created for the first time in sailing on the breakwater of the marina. [37]
2012 London Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy NoneA ticketed spectator area was created away from the marina at Nothe Fort with a capacity of 5000 people. [38]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Marina da Glória None10,000 [39]
2020 Tokyo Enoshima None10,000
2024 Paris Old Port of Marseille None5,000
2028 Los Angeles Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier None6,000
2032 Brisbane Manly Boat Harbour None10,000

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 2000 Summer Olympics</span>

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For the 1960 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-four sports venues were used. The Basilica of Maxentius, the Baths of Caracalla, the Appian Way, and Via Cassia were among the ancient Roman venues used for the games. The football stadium in Florence hosted the 1934 FIFA World Cup and would later host the 1990 FIFA World Cup. Stadio Olimpico would later serve host to the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and the final venue for the 1990 FIFA World Cup. The marathon would be lit at night by Italian soldiers holding torches that included the Appian Way with a finish at the Arch of Constantine.

For the 1964 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-three sports venues were used. Six of the venues were built before the International Olympic Committee awarded the 1964 Games to Tokyo in 1959. This included two venues that hosted the 1958 Asian Games. There were thirteen new, eight temporary, and five reconstructed and/or renovated venues that were used during the event. During the Olympics, wind and weather had issues with two athletic events. After the Olympics, one venue hosted both a FIFA World Cup and a World Athletics Championship event while another also hosted a World Athletics Championship event.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1976 Summer Olympics</span>

For the 1976 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-seven sports venues were used. Several venues used had been in existence before Montreal made its first Olympic bid in the late 1930s. By the 1950s, Montreal's bid for the Olympics shifted from Winter to Summer before it was finally awarded the 1976 Summer Games in 1970. Strikes in 1974 and 1975 affected construction of the Montreal Olympic Park, most notably the stadium, pool, and velodrome, to the point where the FINA President threatened to not have the diving, swimming, and water polo events take place there for the games in early 1976 though all three venues were completed as best as possible prior to the 1976 Games. 27 swimming world records were set as a result. The oldest stadium, Molson Stadium at McGill University, would be converted into artificial turf for the field hockey tournaments while the sailing program in Kingston, Ontario, would be held in freshwater, both for the first time in Summer Olympic history. Indoor track cycling took place at the Olympics for the first time at the velodrome. Once the Olympics finished, the Montreal Expos and Montreal Alouettes moved into Olympic Stadium, staying until 2004 and 1997, respectively. The Montreal Canadiens remained at the Montreal Forum until they moved to the Molson Centre in March 1996. In 1992, the velodrome was converted into an indoor zoo now known as the Montreal Biodôme. Île-Notre Dame hosted a canoe sprint world championships and two rowing world championships since the 1976 Games, but the area north of the basin on the island has been host to the Formula One Canadian Grand Prix on an almost annual basis since 1978.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1980 Summer Olympics</span>

For the 1980 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-eight sports venues were used. The first venue used for the Games was built in 1923. With the creation of the Spartakiad in Moscow in 1928, more venues were constructed. Central Lenin Stadium Grand Arena was built in 1956 for that year's versions of the Spartkiad. A plan in 1971 to construct more sports venues by 1990 was initiated, but accelerated in 1974 when Moscow was awarded the 1980 Games. The new venues to be used for the Games were completed in 1979. During the Games themselves at the permanent road cycling venue, the first ever constructed, the largest margin of victory was recorded in the individual road race cycling event since 1928. The Grand Arena hosted the football final that was played in a rainstorm for the third straight Olympics. After the 1991 break of the Soviet Union, the venues in Kiev, Minsk, and Tallinn would be located in Ukraine, Belarus, and Estonia, respectively. Luzhniki Stadium, formerly Grand Arena, continues to be used, and it was affected by the Luzhniki disaster in 1982. The stadium served as host for the IAAF World Championships in Athletics in 2013. Another venue, the Moscow Canoeing and Rowing Basin, served as host to the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in 2014. In December 2010, Russia was awarded the 2018 FIFA World Cup with Luzhniki Stadium and Dynamo Stadium proposed as venues for those events.

For the 1988 Summer Olympics, a total of thirty-one sports venues were used. South Korea hosted its first World Championships in 1978 in shooting sports. Three years later, Seoul was awarded the 1988 Summer Olympics. Many of the venues constructed for the 1988 Games were completed two years earlier in time for the Asian Games. The 1986 Asian Games served as test events for the 1988 Summer Olympics. The men's marathon course was lined by 36,000 policemen. Steffi Graf won a gold medal in women's singles to complete the "Golden Slam". None of the football venues used for these games were used for the 2002 FIFA World Cup that Korea co-hosted with Japan.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1992 Summer Olympics</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 1998 Winter Olympics</span>

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Venues of the 2004 Summer Olympics</span>

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  2. 1 2 1968 Summer Olympics official report. Volume 2. Part 1. p. 76. Accessed 4 November 2010. (in English and French)
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