Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

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Men's RS:X [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
RS-X linedrawing.svg
Line drawing of the RS-X
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: 20 August 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors35 from 35 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Tom Ashley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Julien Bontemps Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Shahar Tzuberi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
2012  

The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. [2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 35 sailors, on 35 boards, from 35 nations competed. [3] Ten boards qualified for the medal race. [4] [5]

Race schedule [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
Men's RS:X 2 2 Spare
day
No
wind
1 No
wind
2 2 1

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the RS:X course areas A(Yellow) and B(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 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Outer courses

Inner courses

Windward-Leeward courses

Windward-Leeward Slalom 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) two racing days had to be postponed. [8]

Final results [9] [10]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Tom Ashley Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 47715536832384.052.0
Silver medal icon.svg Julien Bontemps Flag of France.svg  France 1315410821023466.053.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Shahar Tzuberi Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1313176191814277.058.0
4 Nick Dempsey Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 119321717535777.066.0
5 Ricardo Santos Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 12613763675336110.077.0
6 Chan King Yin Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 54253332127781117.084.0
7 Wang Aichen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 289162142214781117.095.0
8 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1021211810515107OCS 22112.097.0
9 Iván Pastor Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8131818169446158127.0109.0
10 Makoto Tomizawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 6206147238DSQ 361229152.0116.0
11 João Rodrigues Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 18101081416931319 120.0101.0
12 Maksym Oberemko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 31649131124DSQ 361112 139.0103.0
13 Andreas Cariolou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 7171410111711191410 130.0111.0
14 Richard Stauffacher Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 91111139181581722 133.0111.0
15 Casper Bouman Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2027212241122021 139.0112.0
16 Przemysław Miarczyński Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 17212720152711518 143.0116.0
17 David Mier Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 16517612292321425 158.0129.0
18 Lee Tae-hoon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 221420152025131199 158.0133.0
19 Áron Gádorfalvi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1519161224261091813 162.0136.0
20 Fabian Heidegger Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1412817181318242117 162.0138.0
21 Mariano Reutemann Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 25181923251516161620 193.0168.0
22 Ertuğrul İçingir Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DSQ 3628151927191223236 208.0172.0
23 Zachary Plavsic Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 23252221301226122911 211.0181.0
24 Jonas Kældsø Poulsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2826302935414133423 236.0201.0
25 Ek Boonsawad Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 19152825192433202726 236.0203.0
26 Benjamin Barger Flag of the United States.svg  United States 21222426263225172531 249.0217.0
27 Oka Sulaksana Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 2424232722312830DNF 3616 261.0225.0
28 Mikalai Zhukavets Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 27232624292132262627 261.0229.0
29 Carlos Julio Flores Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela 32333335212227282214 267.0232.0
30 Patrik Pollák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 26302530232831292824 274.0243.0
31 Chang Hao Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 31293128282034DNF 362435 296.0260.0
32 Luka Mratović Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 29323433343420223229 299.0265.0
33 Johannes Ahun Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 34343234313029253028 307.0273.0
34 Alexey Tokarev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 33313532322730313330 314.0279.0
35 Santiago Grillo Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 30352931333535DNF 363134 314.0279.0

    Scoring system: low-point system;
    Legend:  – Qualified for medal race(s);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 RS:X during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Men's RS-X Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's RS:X 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: Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X), Men". 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: Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.