Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Europe

Europe at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Europe
Venue	Savannah
Dates	22 July to 2 August
Competitors	28 from 28 nations
Teams	28
Medalists
Kristine Roug   Denmark Margriet Matthijsse   Netherlands Courtenay Becker-Dey   United States
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The Women's Europe Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards. ^[1]

Results

Courtenay Becker-Dey placed third and earned the United States its first-ever Olympic medal in sailing. After the race, she said, "This is always what I've wanted and I made it happen." ^[2]

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Race XI		Total Points [3]	Total -1 [4]
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Kristine Roug  (DEN)	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	7	7.0	5	5.0	40.0	24.0
	Margriet Matthijsse  (NED)	PMS	29.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	71.0	30.0
	Courtenay Becker-Dey  (USA)	1	1.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	14	14.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	62.0	39.0
4	Shirley Robertson  (GBR)	3	3.0	7	7.0	18	18.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	22	22.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	3	3.0	81.0	41.0
5	Sharon Ferris  (NZL)	7	7.0	16	16.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	18	18.0	19	19.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	18	18.0	110.0	73.0
6	Sibylle Powarzynski  (GER)	18	18.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	10	10.0	10	10.0	25	25.0	18	18.0	21	21.0	4	4.0	1	1.0	121.0	75.0
7	Linda Konttorp  (NOR)	9	9.0	4	4.0	15	15.0	20	20.0	3	3.0	19	19.0	12	12.0	21	21.0	16	16.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	122.0	81.0
8	Serena Amato  (ARG)	8	8.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	8	8.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	6	6.0	5	5.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	14	14.0	114.0	81.0
9	Malin Millbourn  (SWE)	5	5.0	19	19.0	13	13.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	4	4.0	10	10.0	9	9.0	3	3.0	11	11.0	16	16.0	117.0	82.0
10	Aisling Bowman  (IRL)	10	10.0	6	6.0	14	14.0	6	6.0	5	5.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	10	10.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	123.0	82.0
11	Christine Bridge  (AUS)	16	16.0	10	10.0	22	22.0	12	12.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	10	10.0	11	11.0	124.0	86.0
12	Arianna Bogatec  (ITA)	15	15.0	14	14.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	2	2.0	17	17.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	17	17.0	130.0	93.0
13	Tine Moberg-Parker  (CAN)	4	4.0	15	15.0	9	9.0	3	3.0	12	12.0	DSQ	29.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	22	22.0	8	8.0	7	7.0	145.0	94.0
14	Paula Lewin  (BER)	20	20.0	9	9.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	14	14.0	14	14.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	131.0	94.0
15	Nicole Meylan-Levecque  (SUI)	14	14.0	5	5.0	21	21.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	9	9.0	25	25.0	DNF	29.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	154.0	100.0
16	Márcia Pellicano  (BRA)	19	19.0	20	20.0	17	17.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	7	7.0	16	16.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	10	10.0	146.0	107.0
17	Helen Montilla  (ESP)	6	6.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	17	17.0	21	21.0	PMS	29.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	161.0	111.0
18	Vesna Dekleva  (SLO)	17	17.0	21	21.0	11	11.0	21	21.0	17	17.0	21	21.0	5	5.0	10	10.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	12	12.0	156.0	114.0
19	Chita Smedberg  (FIN)	12	12.0	13	13.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	19	19.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	18	18.0	23	23.0	173.0	128.0
20	Weronika Gunkiewicz  (POL)	11	11.0	11	11.0	16	16.0	DNF	29.0	20	20.0	24	24.0	20	20.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	14	14.0	19	19.0	191.0	138.0
21	Ingrid Bellemans  (BEL)	21	21.0	12	12.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	27	27.0	20	20.0	196.0	148.0
22	Maria Mylona  (GRE)	13	13.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	24	24.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	24	24.0	200.0	152.0
23	Aiko Saito  (JPN)	23	23.0	23	23.0	25	25.0	24	24.0	22	22.0	16	16.0	26	26.0	20	20.0	26	26.0	23	23.0	15	15.0	243.0	191.0
24	Krista Kruuv  (EST)	22	22.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	23	23.0	26	26.0	17	17.0	22	22.0	22	22.0	249.0	197.0
25	Joana Pratas  (POR)	25	25.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	23	23.0	16	16.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	262.0	209.0
26	Anastasiya Podobed  (BLR)	24	24.0	26	26.0	24	24.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	26	26.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	25	25.0	272.0	219.0
27	Tracey Tan  (SIN)	26	26.0	27	27.0	27	27.0	18	18.0	26	26.0	22	22.0	27	27.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	278.0	224.0
28	Roberta Lepper  (FIJ)	27	27.0	28	28.0	28	28.0	25	25.0	28	28.0	25	25.0	28	28.0	28	28.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	DNC	29.0	301.0	244.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Europe during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Europe course areas

• 
  Black: Marinas
  Blue: Alpha course
  Green: Bravo course
  Yellow: Charly course
  Red: Delta course
• 
  Olympic course ZO.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
• 
  Olympic course ZI.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
• 
  Olympic course XO.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

Date	Race	Celsius		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
23 July 1996	I	29		10	0.8		Bravo
23 July 1996	II	29		13	0.8		Bravo
24 July 1996	III	28		11	0.7		Bravo
24 July 1996	IV	29		14	0.8		Bravo
25 July 1996	V	29		13	0.7	ZO	Bravo
25 July 1996	VI	29		19	0.1	ZO	Bravo
26 July 1996	VII	27		7	0.5	ZI	Bravo
26 July 1996	VIII	27		10	0.5	ZO	Bravo
29 July 1996	IX	28		11	0.6	XO	Bravo
29 July 1996	X	28		11	0.4	XO	Bravo
31 July 1996	XI	28		15	0.5	ZI	Bravo

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Europe), Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. "First Yachting Medal for U.S." The New York Times . 1 August 1996. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
3. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
4. Total after applying discard.

References

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