| Tornado at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Tornado | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Tallinn | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 21 to 29 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 22 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 11 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics | |
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| Finn | Open |
| 470 | Open |
| Flying Dutchman | Open |
| Tornado | Open |
| Star | Open |
| Soling | Open |
The Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. Seven races were scheduled. 22 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 nations competed. [1]
 Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Total Points [2] | Total -1 [3] | |||||||
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| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | |||||
 |   | Lars Sigurd Bjorkstrom | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 33.1 | 21.4 | ||
 |  | Per Kjergard | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 43.4 | 30.4 | ||
 |  | Jörgen Ragnarsson | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 46.7 | 33.7 | ||
| 4 |  | Aleksandr Zõbin | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 46.8 | 35.1 | ||
| 5 | | Govert Brasser | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 50.7 | 39.0 | ||
| 6 |  | Juha Siira | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 59.4 | 47.7 | ||
| 7 |  | Hermann Kupfner | 2 | 3.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 85.7 | 67.7 | ||
| 8 |  | Jörg Schramme | 8 | 14.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 100.0 | 82.0 | ||
| 9 |  | Jarogniew Krüger | 9 | 15.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 105.0 | 89.0 | ||
| 10 |  | Krasimir Krastev | 11 | 17.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 112.0 | 94.0 | ||
| 11 |  | Cătălin Luchian | 10 | 16.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 115.0 | 98.0 | ||
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced 
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1980 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 of the coast of Tallinn, in that time an annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
Burma competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. The South Asian nation returned the Olympic Games after missing the 1976 Summer Olympics.
The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. Seven races were scheduled; 21 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed.
The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. Seven races were scheduled. 28 sailors, on 13 boats, from 13 nations competed.
The Soling was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. Seven races were scheduled. 27 sailors, on 9 boats, from 9 nations competed.
The 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. Seven races were scheduled. 28 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed.
The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. Seven races were scheduled. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.
Jan Cornelis "Kees" Douze" was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his native country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel, Germany. Kees took the 23rd place in the Finn. Later he specialized in the Star, Dutch national classes as well at the 12 foot dinghy. In 1980 Douze returned to the Olympics as substitute helmsman for the Dutch Star.
Bernard "Ben" Staartjes was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Kiel, Germany. With crew Cees Kurpershoek he took the 5th place in the Tempest. In 1976 Staartjes represent the Netherlands again in the Tempest. This time with crew Ab Ekels They took 8th place. Later Staartjes specialized in the Star.
Geert Alle Bakker was a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. With crew Pieter Keijzer and Harald de Vlaming Bakker took the 5th place in the Soling. Since in 1980 The Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Bakker again in the Soling represented his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag. This time with crew Dick Coster and his son Steven Bakker They took again 5th place.
Jan Erik Vollebregt is a sailor from the Netherlands who represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario. With twin brother Sjoerd Vollebregt as crew, Vollebregt finished 14th in the Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Flying Dutchman. Since in 1980 the Netherlands boycotted the Moscow Olympics, Vollebregt represented his National Olympic Committee under the Dutch NOC flag in the Flying Dutchman. Again with his brother as crew, he took 7th place.
Steven Feico Alle Bakker is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Bakker represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With his father Geert Bakker as helmsman and fellow crew member Dick Coster, Bakker took the 5th place in the Soling. In the 1988 Olympics in Pusan Bakker made his second Olympic appearance. This time as helmsman in the Dutch Star with Kobus Vandenberg as crew. They took 9th place.
Benedictus Antonius Maria "Dick" Coster is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Coster represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Geert Bakker as helmsman and fellow crew member Steven Bakker, Coster took the 5th place in the Soling. During the 1976 Olympics Coster was substitute for the Dutch Soling team.
Jacobus "Kobus" Vandenberg is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Vandenberg represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Boudewijn Binkhorst as helmsman, Vandenberg took the 6th place in the Star. In the 1988 Olympics in Pusan Vandenberg made his second Olympic appearance. Again in the Dutch Star this time with Steven Bakker as helmsman. They took 9th place.
Govert Jacob Willem Brasser is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Brasser represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Willem van Walt Meijer as helmsman, Brasser took the 5th place in the Tornado.
Willem Scato van Walt Meijer is a sailor from the Netherlands, Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Van Walt Meijer represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Govert Brasser as crew, Van Walt Meijer took the 5th place in the Tornado. Van Walt Meijer returned as crew with Boudewijn Binkhorst in the Star to the 1984 Olympics. There they took 8th place.
Hendrik Maarten "Henk" van Gent is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands did boycott the Moscow Olympic Games Van Gent represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Jan Willem van den Hondel as crew, Van Gent took the 4th place in the 470.
Johannes Willem "Jan Willem" van den Hondel is a sailor from the Netherlands. Since the Netherlands boycotted the Moscow Olympic Games Van den Hondel represented his National Olympic Committee at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, USSR under the Dutch NOC flag. With Henk van Gent as helmsman, Van den Hondel took the 4th place in the 470.
Frank de Vos is a sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as substitute for the Dutch Flying Dutchman team of Erik Vollebregt and Sjoerd Vollebregt. In 1980 De Vos returned to the Olympics as substitute for the Dutch Flying Dutchman.