Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling

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Women's Yngling [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Yngling (keelboat).svg
Line drawing of the Yngling
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Teams15 boats
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Sarah Ayton
Sarah Webb
Pippa Wilson
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Mandy Mulder
Annemieke Bes
Merel Witteveen
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Bronze medal icon.svg Sofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece
  2004

The Women's Yngling 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. Only nine races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 45 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
Women's Yngling 2 2 2 Spare
day
1 No
wind
1 No
wind

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the Yngling 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.

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. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day was cancelled and the medal race was postponed to the next day. [8]

Final results [9] [10]

RankCountry Helmsman CrewRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8MedalraceTotalTotal

discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb
Pippa Wilson
22.033.044.0 7 7.044.022.022.055.012.031.024.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands Mandy Mulder Annemieke Bes
Merel Witteveen
99.011.022.0 13 13.011.055.044.011.048.044.031.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Greece.svg  Greece Sofia Bekatorou Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou
1010.01212.099.033.022.0 OCS 16.033.033.036.064.048.0
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Ulrike Schümann Ute Höpfner
Julia Bleck
88.077.077.01111.01111.033.055.0 13 13.024.069.056.0
5Flag of France.svg  France Anne le Helley Catherine Lepesant
Julie Gerecht
44.0 15 15.011.01414.055.01010.01010.022.0510.071.056.0
6Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Ekaterina Skudina Diana Krutskikh
Natalia Ivanova
33.088.01212.01010.0 15 15.011.066.066.0510.071.056.0
7Flag of the United States.svg  United States Sally Barkow Carrie Howe
Deborah Capozzi
14 14.022.088.055.066.01111.011.01010.0918.075.061.0
8Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Song Xiaqun Yu Yanli
Li Xiaoni
77.055.0 DSQ 16.044.01313.066.088.044.0816.079.063.0
9Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Siren Sundby Lise Birgitte Fredriksen
Alexandra Koefoed
1212.0 13 13.055.011.033.01313.01212.01111.0714.084.071.0
10Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Krystal Weir Karyn Gojnich
Angela Farrell
11.01111.066.0 12 12.077.077.099.088.0DSQ22.083.071.0
11Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz
Livia Väresmaa
66.066.033.088.01010.0 OCS 16.01515.01212.0--76.060.0
12Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Dominique Provoyeur Kim Rew
Penny Alison
1313.01010.01111.022.01212.088.0 13 13.077.0--76.063.0
13Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Jennifer Provan Martha Henderson
Katie Abbott
55.044.01010.0 15 15.099.01212.01111.01515.0--81.066.0
14Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Mónica Azón Sandra Azón
Graciela Pisonero
1111.099.0 14 14.066.01414.044.01414.099.0--81.067.0
15Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Chiara Calligaris Francesca Scognamillo
Giulia Pignolo
15 15.01414.01313.099.088.099.077.01414.0--89.074.0

    Legend:  – Qualified for next phase;DSQ – Disqualified;OCSOn 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 Yngling during the 2008 Summer Olympics 2008 YNGLING Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Yngling 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: Three Person Keelboat (Yngling), 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 Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.