Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er

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Mixed 49er [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
49er skiff.svg
Line drawing of the 49er
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Teams19 boats
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jonas Warrer
Martin Kirketerp
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Silver medal icon.svg Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan-Peter Peckolt
Hannes Peckolt
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
  2004
2012  

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]

Race schedule

Sources: [1] [6]
  Practice race  Race on Yellow  Race on Red  Medal race on Yellow
DateAugust
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

Course areas and course configurations

Source: [7]

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.

Windward-Leeward courses

Weather conditions

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]

Final results

Sources: [9] [10]
Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIMRTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Jonas Warrer
Martin Kirketerp
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2410423429278771.061.0
Silver medal icon.svg Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 110172OCS 2057103412184.064.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Jan-Peter Peckolt
Hannes Peckolt
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 156116322124547281.066.0
4 Pietro Sibello
Gianfranco Sibello
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39116938121733483.066.0
5 Nathan Outteridge
Ben Austin
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DSQ 201731164612218693.073.0
6 Tim Wadlow
Chris Rast
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 5141516510111384DNF 11105.089.0
7 André Fonseca
Rodrigo Duarte
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 10589941251119138112.099.0
8 Nico Delle Karth
Nikolaus Resch
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 921481375771351DNF 11113.099.0
9 Stevie Morrison
Ben Rhodes
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 435141415OCS 2032811153120.0100.0
10 Emmanuel Dyen
Yann Rocherieux
Flag of France.svg  France 7845111311131476175126.0109.0
11 Jorge Lima
Francisco Andrade
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1279114DNC 201065111312 120.0100.0
12 Akira Ishibashi
Yukio Makino
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 817313812891761412 120.0103.0
13 Christopher Gundersen
Frode Bovim
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1113187108141113191211 147.0128.0
14 Gordon Cook
Ben Remocker
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1312131076161610181516 152.0134.0
15 Rodion Luka
George Leonchuk
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 6111215DSQ 20OCS 2013158151014 159.0139.0
16 Marcin Czajkowski
Krzysztof Kiekowski
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 181561215141818169196 166.0147.0
17 Pavle Kostov
Petar Cupać
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 14161618OCS 201191918101710 178.0158.0
18 Jonas Lindberg
Kalle Torlén
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 161821712161714191616OCS 20 183.0163.0
19 Li Fei
Hu Xianqiang
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 17191919161715171514189 195.0176.0

    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;OCSOn the course side of the starting line; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the 49er during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 49ER Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the 49er during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Notes

    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 awarded the International Fair Play Committee's Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy for lending their boat. [12] [13]

    References

    1. 1 2 Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    2. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    3. The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
    4. For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
    5. "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Skiff (49er), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
    6. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    7. "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation . Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. "Qingdao Report – Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    9. Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    10. "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed Skiff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
    11. "Spain fails in fresh Dane protest". Sport: Olympics. BBC. 19 August 2008.
    12. "Guld til 49'eren – dr.dk/Sporten/OL2008". Dr.dk. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
    13. "Hrvatskim jedriličarima nagrada za fair play". tportal. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

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