Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

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Women’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)
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Teams19 boats
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Elise Rechichi
Tessa Parkinson 		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Marcelien de Koning
Lobke Berkhout 		Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Fernanda Oliveira
Isabel Swan 		Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
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The women's 470 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. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 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		20
Wed		21
Thu		22
Fri		23
Sat		24
Sun
Women’s 470 ● 2 2 2 Spare
day 		2 2 Spare
day 		●

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 Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled. [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 Australia.svg  Australia Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson 22.022.044.011.0 9 9.044.022.055.033.022.0918.052.043.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout 33.011.099.055.022.022.01010.077.044.0 16 16.0510.069.053.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan 1111.0 16 16.055.01010.077.066.066.022.077.044.012.076.060.0
4Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila 88.01313.011.022.088.0 19 19.033.011.01111.01515.024.085.066.0
5Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol 1414.077.066.033.066.01111.044.0 19 19.01212.066.036.094.075.0
6Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark DSQ 20.088.033.044.01515.01313.088.033.01515.055.048.0102.082.0
7Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Lenka Šmídová Lenka Mrzílková 66.044.0 12 12.01111.01111.055.01111.01111.099.011.0714.095.083.0
8Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Sylvia Vogl Carolina Flatscher 99.0 DSQ 20.01313.077.011.077.011.01313.066.01111.0816.0104.084.0
9Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Stefanie Rothweiler Vivien Kussatz 77.066.01111.099.055.01212.0 OCS 20.088.088.01212.0612.0110.090.0
10Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Laia Tutzó 44.055.022.066.01313.01010.01313.0 17 17.022.01717.01020.0109.092.0
11Flag of France.svg  France Ingrid Petitjean Gwendolyn Lemaitre 11.01111.01616.088.0 17 17.099.099.099.01313.099.0--102.085.0
12Flag of the United States.svg  United States Amanda Clark Sara Mergenthaler 1212.01212.01010.01414.044.0 17 17.077.066.01717.077.0--106.089.0
13Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec DSQ 20.033.088.01616.01212.033.01515.01818.01414.033.0--112.092.0
14Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata 1313.0 15 15.01414.01515.01414.011.01212.01010.011.01313.0--108.093.0
15Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson-Santén 1010.01414.01818.0 DSQ 20.01919.088.055.01414.055.088.0--121.0101.0
16Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina María Fernanda Sesto Consuelo Monsegur 1616.0 18 18.01717.01212.01010.01616.01414.044.01010.01414.0--131.0113.0
17Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo 1515.099.077.01313.033.01515.0 OCS 20.01515.01818.01919.0--134.0114.0
18Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Wen Yimei Yu Chunyan 55.01010.01919.01717.01616.01414.0 OCS 20.01212.01616.01010.0--139.0119.0
19Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Toh Liying Deborah Ong 1717.01717.01515.01818.01818.01818.0 OCS 20.01616.01919.01818.0--176.0156.0

    Legend:  – Qualified for next phase;DSQ – Disqualified;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 Women's 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 Women's 470 Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Women’s 470 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: Two Person Dinghy (470), Women". 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: Women's Two Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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