Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado

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Mixed Tornado [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Tornado catamaran.svg
Line drawing of the Tornado
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: 21 August 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Teams15 boats
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Antón Paz
Fernando Echávarri 		Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Silver medal icon.svg Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby 		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola 		Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
←  2004

The Mixed Tornado 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. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed. [3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race. [4] [5]

Race schedule [1] [6]

 ● 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 Tornado ● 1 2 1 3 No
wind 		3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the Tornado course areas A(Yellow) and E(Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink 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.

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. For the Tornado competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used. [8]

Final results [9] [10]

RankCountry Helmsman CrewRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain Fernando Echávarri Mars symbol.svg Antón Paz Mars symbol.svg 11.066.011.044.077.0 13 13.011.077.011.088.048.057.044.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Australia Darren Bundock Mars symbol.svg Glenn Ashby Mars symbol.svg 55.044.033.011.055.0 9 9.022.088.077.044.0510.058.049.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Santiago Lange Mars symbol.svg Carlos Espínola Mars symbol.svg 13 13.011.011.01212.044.066.099.011.099.011.0612.069.056.0
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Oskar Johansson Mars symbol.svg Kevin Stittle Mars symbol.svg 88.033.099.099.011.0 15 15.01111.01212.022.022.024.076.061.0
5Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mitch Booth Mars symbol.svg Pim Nieuwenhuis Mars symbol.svg 33.0 13 13.088.033.01010.022.088.033.01111.01010.036.077.064.0
6Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain Leigh McMillan Mars symbol.svg Will Howden Mars symbol.svg 66.088.01313.088.0 14 14.077.077.022.033.01212.012.082.068.0
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Francesco Marcolini Mars symbol.svg Edoardo Bianchi Mars symbol.svg 15 15.099.044.022.088.044.066.01111.088.066.0816.089.074.0
8Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Johannes Polgar Mars symbol.svg Florian Spalteholz Mars symbol.svg 1010.077.01111.055.066.011.055.0 13 13.044.033.02222.087.074.0
9Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Roman Hagara Mars symbol.svg Hans-Peter Steinacher Mars symbol.svg 1212.01010.0 14 14.01010.01111.033.033.099.055.055.0714.096.082.0
10Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Mars symbol.svg Konstantinos Trigkonis Mars symbol.svg 22.055.01212.077.022.01212.044.01010.066.0 13 13.02222.095.082.0
11Flag of France.svg  France Xavier Revil Mars symbol.svg Christophe Espagnon Mars symbol.svg 77.022.01010.0 DNC 16.099.01010.01010.044.01010.077.0--85.069.0
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Venus symbol.svg Sébastien Godefroid Mars symbol.svg 1111.01111.055.066.033.088.01313.066.0 DNF 16.099.0--88.072.0
13Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Pavlo Kalynchev Mars symbol.svg Andriy Shafranyuk Mars symbol.svg 44.0 15 15.066.01313.01515.01111.01212.01414.01313.01111.0--114.099.0
14Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Luo Youjia Mars symbol.svg Chen Xiuke Mars symbol.svg 99.01414.0 OCS 16.0DNF16.01313.055.01414.055.01212.01414.0--118.0102.0
15Flag of the United States.svg  United States John Lovell Mars symbol.svg Charlie Ogletree Mars symbol.svg 1414.01212.077.01111.01212.01414.0 15 15.01515.01414.01515.0--129.0114.0

    Legend:  – Qualified for next phase;DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 TORNADO Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 2008 Summer Olympics

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    1. 1 2 Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). 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: Multihull (Tornado), 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). 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). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    10. ↑ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed Multihull". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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