Mixed 49er [1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Line drawing of the 49er | |||||||||||||
Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | First race: 9 August 2008 Last race: 17 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 38 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Teams | 19 boats | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics | |||
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RS:X | men | women | |
Laser Radial | women | ||
Laser | men | ||
Finn | open | ||
470 | men | women | |
49er | open | ||
Tornado | open | ||
Yngling | women | ||
Star | men | ||
The mixed 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. [2] Sixteen races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only thirteen races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed. [3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race. [4] [5]
● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Red | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
Date | August | |||||||||||||||||
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7 Thu | 8 Fri | 9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 23 Sat | 24 Sun | |
Mixed 49er | ● | 3 | 3 | Spare day | 3 | No wind | No wind | 3 | ● | |||||||||
For the 49er course areas A(Yellow) and E(Red) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Red course area. The target time for the course was about 30 minutes for all races. The race management could choose from several lengths of the course configuration.
In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day. [8]
Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | MR | Tot | Pts |
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![]() | Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp | ![]() | 2 | 4 | 10† | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 71.0 | 61.0 |
![]() | Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 17 | 2 | OCS 20† | 5 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 84.0 | 64.0 |
![]() | Jan-Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt | ![]() | 15† | 6 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 81.0 | 66.0 |
4 | Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello | ![]() | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 17† | 3 | 3 | 4 | 83.0 | 66.0 |
5 | Nathan Outteridge Ben Austin | ![]() | DSQ 20† | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 93.0 | 73.0 |
6 | Tim Wadlow Chris Rast | ![]() | 5 | 14 | 15 | 16† | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | DNF 11 | 105.0 | 89.0 |
7 | André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 13† | 8 | 112.0 | 99.0 |
8 | Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch | ![]() | 9 | 2 | 14† | 8 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 1 | DNF 11 | 113.0 | 99.0 |
9 | Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | OCS 20† | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 120.0 | 100.0 |
10 | Emmanuel Dyen Yann Rocherieux | ![]() | 7 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 17† | 5 | 126.0 | 109.0 |
11 | Jorge Lima Francisco Andrade | ![]() | 12 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 4 | DNC 20† | 10 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 120.0 | 100.0 | |
12 | Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino | ![]() | 8 | 17† | 3 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 120.0 | 103.0 | |
13 | Christopher Gundersen Frode Bovim | ![]() | 11 | 13 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 19† | 12 | 11 | 147.0 | 128.0 | |
14 | Gordon Cook Ben Remocker | ![]() | 13 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 18† | 15 | 16 | 152.0 | 134.0 | |
15 | Rodion Luka George Leonchuk | ![]() | 6 | 11 | 12 | 15 | DSQ 20† | OCS 20 | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 159.0 | 139.0 | |
16 | Marcin Czajkowski Krzysztof Kiekowski | ![]() | 18 | 15 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 19† | 6 | 166.0 | 147.0 | |
17 | Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać | ![]() | 14 | 16 | 16 | 18 | OCS 20† | 11 | 9 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 17 | 10 | 178.0 | 158.0 | |
18 | Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlén | ![]() | 16 | 18 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 19 | 16 | 16 | OCS 20† | 183.0 | 163.0 | |
19 | Li Fei Hu Xianqiang | ![]() | 17 | 19† | 19 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 195.0 | 176.0 |
Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s);BFD – Black flag disqualification;DNE – Non excludable disqualification;DNF – Did not finish;DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed;OCS – On the course side of the starting line;† – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;
The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, who won the gold medal, almost failed to make it to the start of the Medal race, when their mast split shortly before the start. The Croatian team—who had not made the final race—donated their boat to the Danish team to use in the final, and the Danes subsequently went on to win Gold. The Spanish team filed a protest against the win due to the boat change, but the protest was dismissed and the race results stand. The protest was promoted to the International Olympic Committee but was again dismissed. A third protest was promoted by Italy and Spain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which was also dismissed. [11]
Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupać and their coach Ivan Bulaja were rewarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for lending their boat. [12] [13]
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