Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn

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Mixed Finn [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Finn dinghy.svg
Line drawing of the Finn
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ben Ainslie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Zach Railey Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Guillaume Florent Flag of France.svg  France
  2004
2012  

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. [2] Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed, including the medal race, due to lack of wind. 26 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nations competed. [3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race. [4] [5]

Race schedule

  Practice race  Race on Yellow  Race on Pink  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 Finn 2 2 2 Spare
day
1 No
wind
1 No
wind

[1] [6]

Course areas and course configurations

For the Finn course areas A(Yellow) and E(Pink) were used. The location (36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E) points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75 nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations. [7]

Outer courses

Inner courses

Windward-leeward courses

Weather conditions

In the leadup 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 [9] [10]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIMRTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Ben Ainslie Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1014111022133.023.0
Silver medal icon.svg Zach Railey Flag of the United States.svg  United States 252278719664.045.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Guillaume Florent Flag of France.svg  France 5820346421479.058.0
4 Daniel Birgmark Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 14171612335775.058.0
5 Christopher Cook Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 83710235153890.067.0
6 Jonas Høgh-Christensen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 166121625457295.070.0
7 Gašper Vinčec Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 911653138101085.072.0
8 Ivan Kljaković Gašpić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 710108169113992.076.0
9 Rafael Trujillo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1243142020OCS 2713107.080.0
10 Rafał Szukiel Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 321912101422125104.082.0
11 Giorgio Poggi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 177142161299 95.074.0
12 Dan Slater Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 211918497136 97.076.0
13 Eduardo Couto Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 616DNF 27721714OCS 27 116.089.0
14 Pieter-Jan Postma Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 191516221521016 115.093.0
15 Aimilios Papathanasiou Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1DNF 275DNE 271815DNE 278 128.0101.0
16 Anthony Nossiter Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 112281713211120 123.0101.0
17 Eduard Skornyakov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 242017138181214 126.0102.0
18 Tapio Nirkko Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1899919221622 124.0102.0
19 Peer Moberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 23DSQ 271119221DSQ 274 134.0107.0
20 Ali Kemal Tüfekçi Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 202113181419617 128.0107.0
21 Tim Goodbody Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 2213151517162115 134.0112.0
22 Haris Papadopoulos Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 13182111241117OCS 27 142.0115.0
23 Nachhatar Singh Johal Flag of India.svg  India 424232411241824 152.0128.0
24 Zhang Peng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 252324205262311 157.0131.0
25 Michael Maier Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1514222521231923 162.0137.0
26 Jhonny Senen Bilbao Bande Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 2612252326252018 175.0149.0

    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 Finn during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 FINN Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    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: One Person Dinghy (Finn), 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 One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2014.