Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Sailing
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Sailing, London 2012.png
Venues Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates29 July – 11 August 2012
No. of events10
Competitors380 from 63 nations
  2008
2016  

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.

Venue

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
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Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
General information
StatusCompleted
AddressOsprey Quay
Town or cityPortland,
CountryDorset DT5 1SA
Coordinates 50°34′19″N2°27′21″W / 50.57194°N 2.45583°W / 50.57194; -2.45583
ElevationSealevel
Opened2008
InauguratedImprovements to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy were ready for competition by 2008. The new slipway, moorings and other facilities have already been used for several international events.
ClientLOCOG
OwnerWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Other information
Seating typeStanding
Seating capacity17,400

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)

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The land based part of the WPNSA includes:

Course areas

A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone. [1]

Olympic Course Areas 2012.
Portland Harbour ( (P):) 50deg 35.19' N, 02deg 26.54' W
Nothe Harbour ( (N):) 50deg 36.18' N 02deg 25.98' W
Weymouth Bay West ( (W):) 50deg 37.18' N 02deg 23.55' W
Weymouth Bay South ( (S):) 50deg 35.71' N 02deg 22.08' W
Weymouth Bay East ( (E):) 50deg 36.58' N 02deg 19.70' W Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Course areas.png
Olympic Course Areas 2012.
Portland Harbour ((P):) 50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W
Nothe Harbour ((N):) 50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W
Weymouth Bay West ((W):) 50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W
Weymouth Bay South ((S):) 50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W
Weymouth Bay East ((E):) 50° 36.58’ N 02° 19.70’ W

Competition

Qualification

Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating. [2] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain; [2] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X. [3]

Overview

ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsMaleFemale
66310273237143

Continents

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG Sailingmap OG 1972.png
Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)
Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda  (BER)Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus  (BLR)Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria  (BUL)
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada  (CAN)Flag of Chile.svg  Chile  (CHI)Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands  (COK)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia  (COL)Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic  (CZE)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt  (EGY)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia  (EST)
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)Flag of Guatemala.svg  Guatemala  (GUA)Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong  (HKG)Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary  (HUN)
Olympic flag.svg  Independent Olympic Athletes  (IOA)Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland  (IRL)Flag of Israel.svg  Israel  (ISR)Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands  (ISV)
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy  (ITA)Flag of Japan.svg  Japan  (JPN)Flag of Kyrgyzstan (1992-2023).svg  Kyrgyzstan  (KGZ)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea  (KOR)
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg  Saint Lucia  (LCA)Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania  (LTU)Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia  (MAS)Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico  (MEX)
Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro  (MNE)Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco  (MON)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway  (NOR)
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)Flag of Peru.svg  Peru  (PER)Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal  (POR)
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa  (RSA)Flag of Russia.svg  Russia  (RUS)Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore  (SIN)Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia  (SLO)
Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland  (SUI)Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand  (THA)Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei  (TPE)
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg  Trinidad and Tobago  (TRI)Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia  (TUN)Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey  (TUR)Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine  (UKR)
Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay  (URU)Flag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela  (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

ClassTypeEventSailorsTrapezeMainsailJib/GenoaSpinnakerFirst OGOlympics so far
RS:X Sailboard Venus symbol.svg 1-+--20082
RS:X Sailboard Mars symbol.svg 1-+--20082
Laser Radial Dinghy Venus symbol.svg 1-+--20082
Laser Dinghy Mars symbol.svg 1-+--19965
Finn Dinghy Cercle noir 100%25.svg 10+195216
470 Dinghy Venus symbol.svg 21+++19887
470 Dinghy Mars symbol.svg 21+++197610
49er Dinghy Cercle noir 100%25.svg 22+++20004
Elliott 6m Keelboat Venus symbol.svg 30+++20121
Star Keelboat Mars symbol.svg 20++193218

Race schedule [1] [4]

  Opening ceremony  Practice race  Race  Medal race  Closing ceremony
DateJulyAugust
26
Thu
27
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
30
Mon
31
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sun
6
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thu
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
Sun
Women's
Men's

 



 

 
Women's
Men's
R
2 2
2 RR
2 2 2 2
2 2 RR
2 2 2 2 2
2 2 RR
2 2 2
2 RR
2 2 2 2 2
2 2
2 2 2 3 2
2 2 2 RR
2 2 2
2 2
2 2
 
2 2
2 KO
2
2 KO
 
KO
 
KO
 
Women's
Men's
 
MR MR
MR
MR
MR
MR
 
MR
 
MR
MR
 
FP
 
Total gold medals2221111
Ceremonies
Legend:
  • Matchracing
    • RR = Round Robin phase
    • KO = Knockout phase
    • FP = Finals & Petite Finals
  • Fleetracing
    • MR = Medal races

Medal summary [5]

Men's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
RS:X
details
Dorian van Rijsselberghe
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Nick Dempsey
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Przemysław Miarczyński
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Laser
details
Tom Slingsby
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Pavlos Kontides
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus
Rasmus Myrgren
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Finn
details
Ben Ainslie
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Jonas Høgh-Christensen
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Jonathan Lobert
Flag of France.svg  France
470
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Mathew Belcher
Malcolm Page
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Luke Patience
Stuart Bithell
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)
Lucas Calabrese
Juan de la Fuente
Star
details
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)
Fredrik Lööf
Max Salminen
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada
49er
details
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Nathan Outteridge
Iain Jensen
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Peter Burling
Blair Tuke
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Allan Nørregaard
Peter Lang

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
RS:X
details
Marina Alabau
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Tuuli Petäjä
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Zofia Klepacka
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Laser Radial
details
Xu Lijia
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Marit Bouwmeester
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Evi Van Acker
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
470
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)
Lisa Westerhof
Lobke Berkhout
Elliott 6m
details
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)
Támara Echegoyen
Ángela Pumariega
Sofía Toro
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Olivia Price
Nina Curtis
Lucinda Whitty
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)
Silja Lehtinen
Silja Kanerva
Mikaela Wulff

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)3104
2Flag of Spain.svg  Spain  (ESP)2002
3Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)1405
4Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands  (NED)1113
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)1102
6Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden  (SWE)1012
7Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China  (CHN)1001
8Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)0112
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland  (FIN)0112
10Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus  (CYP)0101
11Flag of Poland.svg  Poland  (POL)0022
12Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)0011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium  (BEL)0011
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)0011
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)0011
Totals (15 entries)10101030

Further reading

References

  1. 1 2 World Sailing. "2012 Summer Olympics Sailing Instructions" (PDF). World Sailing (ISAF). p. 20. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Nations Qualified". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. International Sailing Federation . Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. "2012 Olympics: Olympic place rejection signals the end of an era". Sail World. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. "Sailing at the 2012 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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