Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

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Women’s 470
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
470 dinghy.svg
Line drawing of the 470
Venue Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates3–10 August
Competitors40 from 20 nations
Teams20 (boats)
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Silver medal icon.svg Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Bronze medal icon.svg Lisa Westerhof
Lobke Berkhout
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
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The women’s 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy, [1] in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.

Schedule [1] [2]

  Practice race  Race on Portland  Race on Nothe  Race on West  Race on South  Medal race on Nothe
DateJulyAugust
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Thu
27
Fri
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Sat
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Sun
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Mon
31
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
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Women’s 470 2 2 1 1 Spare
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2 2 Spare
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Course areas and course configurations [3]

Course areas

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Portland (P)
Nothe (N)
West (W)
South (S)
East (E) Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics Course areas.png
Course areas

For the 470 course areas Portland, Nothe, West, and South were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area, the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area and the location (50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W) points to the center of the South course area. The target time for the course was 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.

Results

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 262510411218253.035.0
Silver medal icon.svg Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 61461652821859.051.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Lisa Westerhof
Lobke Berkhout
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1864218432061284.064.0
4 Camille Lecointre
Mathilde Géron
Flag of France.svg  France 10171812376351082.065.0
5 Giulia Conti
Giovanna Micol
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 81018231161667491.073.0
6 Fernanda Oliveira
Ana Barbachan
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 115141610109541489.075.0
7 Elise Rechichi
Belinda Stowell
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1473DSQ 21979134116104.083.0
8 Kathrin Kadelbach
Friederike Belcher
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1927131556514116103.084.0
9 Amanda Clark
Sarah Lihan
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 735719203817920118.098.0
10 Tara Pacheco
Berta Betanzos
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 15148161381147138117.0101.0
11 Wang Xiaoli
Huang Xufeng
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 1818912819217112 116.097.0
12 Agnieszka Skrzypulec
Jolanta Ogar
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 13132017721871110 118.098.0
13 María Fernanda Sesto
Consuelo Monsegur
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 16191935121411153 117.098.0
14 Ai Kondo
Wakako Tabata
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 94171911913DSQ 21138 124.0103.0
15 Gil Cohen
Vered Bouskila
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 3DSQ 21101841412151217 126.0105.0
16 Henriette Koch
Lene Sommer
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 512161014161510915 122.0106.0
17 Enia Ninčević
Romana Župan
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 416131120118191914 135.0115.0
18 Tina Mrak
Teja Černe
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1291214171717141616 144.0127.0
19 Lisa Ericson
Astrid Gabrielsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1711119161519121820 148.0128.0
20 Lara Vadlau
Eva-Maria Schimak
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 20151515181320181019 163.0143.0

    Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [4]
    Legend:  – Qualified for medal race(s);DSQ – Disqualified; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Women's 470 during the 2012 Summer Olympics 2012 Women's 470 Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Women’s 470 during the 2012 Summer Olympics

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