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

Women's RS:X [1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the RS-X
Venue	Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates	First race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11) Last race: 20 August 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors	27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Yin Jian   China Alessandra Sensini   Italy Bryony Shaw   Great Britain
2012  →

The Women'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. 27 sailors, on 27 boards, from 27 nations competed. ^[3] Ten boards qualified for the medal race. ^{[4] [5]}

Race schedule ^{[1] [6]}

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Practice race

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Race on Yellow

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Race on Red

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Medal race on Yellow

Date	August
	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 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.

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  Course Areas
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  70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
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  70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
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  Windward - Leeward Course (W)
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  Windward - Leeward Course (WS)

Outer courses

• O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
• O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
• O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses

• I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
• I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
• I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Windward-Leeward courses

• W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
• W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
• W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

Windward-Leeward Slalom courses

• WS1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
• WS2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
• WS3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH

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]}

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Race 8		Race 9		Race 10		Medalrace		Total	Total – discard
			Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	China	Yin Jian	1	1.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	3	6.0	52.0	39.0
	Italy	Alessandra Sensini	6	6.0	2	2.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	DSQ	28.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	1	2.0	68.0	40.0
	Great Britain	Bryony Shaw	4	4.0	3	3.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	OCS	28.0	6	6.0	5	5.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	2	4.0	73.0	45.0
4	Spain	Marina Alabau	3	3.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	4	8.0	65.0	54.0
5	Australia	Jessica Crisp	2	2.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	6	6.0	5	5.0	10	20.0	80.0	66.0
6	New Zealand	Barbara Kendall	12	12.0	7	7.0	12	12.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	13	13.0	21	21.0	6	12.0	96.0	75.0
7	Poland	Zofia Noceti-Klepacka	17	17.0	16	16.0	17	17.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	17	17.0	8	16.0	99.0	82.0
8	Ukraine	Olha Maslivets	5	5.0	6	6.0	14	14.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	12	12.0	12	12.0	5	10.0	97.0	83.0
9	Hong Kong	Chan Wai Kei	10	10.0	10	10.0	6	6.0	13	13.0	7	7.0	12	12.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	14	14.0	4	4.0	9	18.0	107.0	93.0
10	Israel	Maayan Davidovich	13	13.0	9	9.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	7	14.0	131.0	111.0
11	France	Faustine Merret	8	8.0	DSQ	28.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	11	11.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	-	-	128.0	100.0
12	Bulgaria	Irina Konstantinova	18	18.0	8	8.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	10	10.0	10	10.0	2	2.0	13	13.0	-	-	119.0	101.0
13	Japan	Yasuko Kosuge	9	9.0	12	12.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	18	18.0	18	18.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	-	-	120.0	102.0
14	Norway	Jannicke Stålstrøm	7	7.0	DSQ	28.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	21	21.0	18	18.0	-	-	135.0	107.0
15	Greece	Athina Frai	15	15.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	10	10.0	19	19.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	11	11.0	-	-	126.0	107.0
16	Finland	Tuuli Petäjä	14	14.0	11	11.0	7	7.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	12	12.0	16	16.0	11	11.0	14	14.0	-	-	133.0	117.0
17	Canada	Nikola Girke	11	11.0	14	14.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	DNF	28.0	18	18.0	15	15.0	-	-	153.0	125.0
18	Brazil	Patrícia Freitas	20	20.0	13	13.0	15	15.0	23	23.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	17	17.0	16	16.0	20	20.0	-	-	158.0	135.0
19	Denmark	Bettina Honoré	21	21.0	18	18.0	21	21.0	18	18.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	22	22.0	6	6.0	-	-	164.0	142.0
20	Thailand	Napalai Tansai	16	16.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	24	24.0	8	8.0	22	22.0	19	19.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	-	-	193.0	169.0
21	Cyprus	Gavriella Chatzidamianou	19	19.0	22	22.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	15	15.0	23	23.0	25	25.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	16	16.0	-	-	207.0	182.0
22	Hungary	Diána Detre	22	22.0	20	20.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	20	20.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	-	-	211.0	185.0
23	Mexico	Demita Vega	23	23.0	21	21.0	25	25.0	25	25.0	17	17.0	21	21.0	20	20.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	26	26.0	-	-	216.0	190.0
24	Russia	Tatiana Bazyuk	24	24.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	21	21.0	25	25.0	24	24.0	-	-	223.0	198.0
25	Argentina	Florencia Gutiérrez	27	27.0	19	19.0	27	27.0	20	20.0	23	23.0	26	26.0	23	23.0	DNF	28.0	24	24.0	27	27.0	-	-	244.0	216.0
26	United States	Nancy Rios	25	25.0	24	24.0	22	22.0	26	26.0	24	24.0	27	27.0	DNF	28.0	DNF	28.0	26	26.0	22	22.0	-	-	252.0	224.0
27	Turkey	Sedef Köktentürk	26	26.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	OCS	28.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	DNF	28.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	-	-	260.0	232.0

Legend:  – Qualified for next phase;DNF – Did not finish;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 RS:X during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
• "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

1. 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), 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 Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.