Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Sailing
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
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1992, 50 pesetas coin
Venues Barcelona
DatesFirst race: 27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
Last race: 4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
Competitors441 (357 male, 84 female) from 60 nations
Boats256
  1988
1996  

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1992 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class races were scheduled from 27 July 1992 to 4 August 1992 of the coast of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea. [1]

Venue

Port Olympic, Barcelona
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Scale model of the Port Olympic
Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Coordinates: 41°23′03″N02°11′55″E / 41.38417°N 2.19861°E / 41.38417; 2.19861
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Barcelona Olympic Course Areas 1992.

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. The weather conditions in Barcelona were found suitable for sailing. The waterfront of Barcelona was completely restructured for the Olympics. The Olympic port became one of the key Olympic areas of Barcelona.

The Olympic sailing competition was held in the Mediterranean waters outside the Olympic Harbor. The new harbor was designed to be the base for the Olympic sailors and a key factor in the opening up of the city to the sea. This was achieved by a Special Town Plan for the “Parc de Mar” Area including a harbor which satisfy the requirements of sailors and organizers. The new harbor serves after the Games as a marina.

A total of five race areas were created on the Mediterranean Sea.

Competition

Overview

ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsMaleFemale
6601025635784

Continents

Countries

Flag of the Netherlands Antilles (1986-2010).svg  Netherlands Antilles  (AHO)Flag of Angola.svg  Angola  (ANG)Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg  Antigua and Barbuda  (ANT)
Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina  (ARG)Flag of Aruba.svg  Aruba  (ARU)Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas  (BAH)Flag of Barbados.svg  Barbados  (BAR)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda  (BER)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Flag of the Cayman Islands (pre-1999).svg  Cayman Islands  (CAY)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Flag of Djibouti.svg  Djibouti  (DJI)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)
Olympic flag.svg  Unified Team  (EUN)Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji  (FIJ)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Flag of Guam.svg  Guam  (GUM)Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland  (IRL)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands  (ISV)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands  (IVB)Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan  (JPN)
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea  (KOR)Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia  (LAT)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
Flag of Malta.svg  Malta  (MLT)Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius  (MRI)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines  (PHI)
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea  (PNG)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico  (PUR)South African Olympic Flag.svg  South Africa  (RSA)Flag of Seychelles (1977-1996).svg  Seychelles  (SEY)
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia  (TCH)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)Flag of Tunisia (1959-1999).svg  Tunisia  (TUN)
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania  (LTU)

Classes (equipment)

ClassTypeEventSailors Trapeze Mainsail Jibb/Genoa Spinnaker First OGOlympics so far
Lechner A390 Surfboard Venus symbol.svg 10+--19921
Lechner A390 Surfboard Mars symbol.svg 10+--19921
Europe Dinghy Venus symbol.svg 10+--19921
Finn Dinghy Mars symbol.svg 10+--195211
470 Dinghy Venus symbol.svg 21+++19882
470 Dinghy Mars symbol.svg 21+++19765
Flying Dutchman Dinghy Cercle noir 100%25.svg 21+++19609
Tornado Catamaran Cercle noir 100%25.svg 21++-19765
Star Keelboat Cercle noir 100%25.svg 21+++193214
Soling Keelboat Cercle noir 100%25.svg 30+++19726

Medal summary

Women's Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
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1992: Women's Lechner A-390
details

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Barbara Kendall
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)
Zhang Xiaodong
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Dorien de Vries
Europe insigna.png

1992: Europe
details

Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Linda Cerup-Simonsen
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Natalia Vía Dufresne
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Julia Trotman
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1992: Women's 470
details

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Theresa Zabell
Patricia Guerra
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Leslie Egnot
Jan Shearer
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Jennifer Isler
Pamela Healy

Men's Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
NO Class insigna.png

1992: Men's Lechner A-390
details

Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Franck David
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mike Gebhardt
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Lars Kleppich
Finn insigna.png

1992: Finn
details

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
José van der Ploeg
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Brian Ledbetter
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Craig Monk
470 insigna.png

1992: Men's 470
details

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Jordi Calafat
Francisco Sanchez
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Morgan Reeser
Kevin Burnham
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)
Tõnu Tõniste
Toomas Tõniste

Mixed Events

EventGoldSilverBronze
Flying Dutchman insigna.png

1992: Flying Dutchman
details

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Luis Doreste
Domingo Manrique
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Paul Foerster
Stephen Bourdow
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Jens Bojsen-Møller
Tornado insigna.png

1992: Tornado
details

Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Yves Loday
Nicolas Hénard
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Randy Smyth
Keith Notary
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Mitch Booth
John Forbes
NO Class insigna.png

1992: Star
details

Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Mark Reynolds
Harold Haenel
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Rod Davis
Don Cowie
Flag of Canada.svg  Canada  (CAN)
Ross MacDonald
Eric Jespersen
Soling insigna.png

1992: Soling
details

Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Jesper Seier
Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
Kevin Mahaney
Jim Brady
Doug Kern
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Lawrie Smith
Robert Cruikshank
Ossie Stewart

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)*4105
2Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)2002
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)1629
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1214
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)1012
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)1001
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)0101
8Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)0022
9Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)0011
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)0011
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)0011
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)0011
Totals (12 entries)10101030

Further information

Sailing

Sailors

During the sailing regattas at the 1992 Summer Olympics the following people notable outside sailing took part:

Notes

  1. "Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

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