Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470

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Men's 470 [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
470 dinghy.svg
Line drawing of the 470
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: 18 August 2008 (2008-08-18)
Competitors58 from 29 nations
Teams29 (boats)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
Flag of France.svg  France
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2012  

The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre, [2] in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nations competed. [3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race. [4] [5]

Race schedule [1] [6]

  Practice race  Race on Yellow  Race on Orange  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
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Wed
21
Thu
22
Fri
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Sat
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Sun
Men's 470 2 2 2 Spare
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2 2 Spare
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Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the 470 course areas A(Yellow) and D(Orange) 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°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Outer courses

Inner courses

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 but the Men's 470 competition was executed as scheduled. [8]

Final results [9] [10]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 473334516310160.044.0
Silver medal icon.svg Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 195149620OCS 30233105.075.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
Flag of France.svg  France 6381618314720698.078.0
4 Sven Coster
Kalle Coster
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 11151228152842793.078.0
5 Onán Barreiros
Aarón Sarmiento
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8269131313411184105.087.0
6 Gabrio Zandonà
Andrea Trani
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 104772211962955120.091.0
7 Tetsuya Matsunaga
Taro Ueno
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 12024131014192142121.097.0
8 Álvaro Marinho
Miguel Nunes
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 281561179OCS 30101410132.0102.0
9 Šime Fantela
Igor Marenić
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1869OCS 301217671518137.0107.0
10 Javier Conte
Juan de la Fuente
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 14144111997OCS 30599140.0110.0
11 Carl Evans
Peter Burling
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7101412BFD 3010221217 125.095.0
12 Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Andreas Papadopoulos
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 526118551832029 130.0101.0
13 Stuart McNay
Graham Biehl
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2612301715141623 135.0105.0
14 Gideon Kliger
Udi Gal
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 13161314BFD 30111521212 138.0108.0
15 Anton Dahlberg
Sebastian Östling
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 161825BFD 30201713146 141.0111.0
16 Gerald Owens
Philip Lawton
Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 221171512521151324 154.0129.0
17 Fábio Pillar
Samuel Albrecht
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 93010184OCS 3016102413 164.0134.0
18 Karlo Hmeljak
Mitja Nevečny
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 311191019OCS 302520258 169.0139.0
19 Patryk Piasecki
Kacper Ziemiński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 209202317168242315 175.0151.0
20 Mikhail Sheremetyev
Maksim Sheremetyev
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 27212221241211111817 184.0157.0
21 Sergei Desukevich
Pavel Logunov
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2927162616212171627 188.0159.0
22 Xu Yuan Zhen
Terence Koh
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 15171819BFD 30810192726 189.0159.0
23 Tobias Etter
Felix Steiger
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 21235257OCS 302726919 192.0162.0
24 Matthias Schmid
Florian Reichstädter
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2419252414242451911 189.0164.0
25 Yoon Cheul
Kim Hyeong-tae
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 1724212720323252225 207.0180.0
26 Wang Weidong
Deng Daokun
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 123023162126OCS 3022828 216.0186.0
27 Niklas Lindgren
Heikki Elomaa
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 282227DSQ 30251914231721 226.0196.0
28 Deniz Çınar
Ateş Çınar
Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 23132622222326212822 226.0198.0
29 Stéphane Locas
Oliver Bone
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2525DNF 30202322OCS 30182616 235.0205.0

    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 Men's 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Men's 470 Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Medalists

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