Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Sailing
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
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Venues Marina da Gloria
Dates8–18 August 2016
No. of events10
Competitors380 (217 male, 163 female) from 68 nations
  2012
2020  

Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro was held from 8–18 August at Marina da Gloria in Guanabara Bay. The sailing classes had two changes from the 2012 Summer Olympics events. There were 10 events.

Overview

Equipment and event changes

Competition incidents

Following the announcement of the games, water pollution became a hot topic, and a commitment to cleaning up the water was given by the hosts. This target was not fully achieved and water quality issues were frequently in the media. [3] [4] [5] World Sailing examined various options including holding the racing fully outside the bay or even moving the event to Buzios. [6] However, in the end only the Belgian sailor Evi Van Acker reported that her Olympics were affected. [7] The German sailor Erik Heil was also infected by multi-resistant germs during an Olympic test event in Rio. [8] The location for sailing events was a source of concern for athletes since scientists had found drug-resistant super bacteria in Guanabara Bay due to the daily dumping of hospital waste and household raw sewage into the rivers and ocean. The Brazilian federal government's Oswaldo Cruz Foundation lab also found the genes of super bacteria in a river that empties into Guanabara Bay. [3] [4]

Just before the games the launch ramp collapsed but no one was injured. [9]

Competition format

Qualification

A total of 380 athletes competed in the sailing competitions of the Games. The qualification period began at the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships in September 2014. As hosts, Brazil was guaranteed one quota place in each of the ten events. [10]

Classes (equipment)

ClassTypeEventSailorsTrapezeMainsailJib/GenoaSpinnakerFirst OGOlympics so far
RS:X Sailboard women1-+--20083
RS:X Sailboardmen1-+--20083
Laser Radial Dinghy women1-+--20083
Laser Dinghymen1-+--19966
Finn Dinghymen1-+195217
470 Dinghywomen21+++19888
470 Dinghymen21+++197611
49er Skiffmen22+++20005
49erFX Skiffwomen22+++20161
Nacra 17 Multihull mixed22+++20161

Scoring

Racing at the 2016 Olympics was fleet racing where all competitors started and sailed the course together. They were scored according to the low-point system, where first place is scored 1, second place is scored 2, etc. There was a series of preliminary races followed by the final Medal Race. The RS:X, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 classes had 12 preliminary races, other classes have 10.

At the end of the preliminary races, the top ten boats in each class (i.e. those with the lowest total scores) advanced to the Medal Race. Each boat might exclude one race from their total. The Medal Race could not be excluded from the series score and counts double. The boat with the lowest overall total after all races was the winner. [11] Any ties in the final rankings were broken in favour of the competitor/crew finishing higher in the Medal Race. [12]

Competition schedule

The competition started on 8 August and finished on 18 August. [13]

Preliminary raceMedal race
Date →
Event ↓
Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15Tue 16Wed 17Thu 18
Men's RS:X ●●●●●●●●●●●●
Women's RS:X ●●●●●●●●●●●●
Men's Laser ●●●●●●●●●●
Women's Laser Radial ●●●●●●●●●●
Men's Finn ●●●●●●●●●●
Mixed Nacra 17 ●●●●●●●●●●●●
Men's 470 ●●●●●●●●●●
Women's 470 ●●●●●●●●●●
Men's 49er ●●●●●●●●●●●●
Women's 49erFX ●●●●●●●●●●●●

Participation

Participating nations

Competitors

Medal summary

Medal table

Key

  *   Host nation (Brazil)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 2103
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 2002
3Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1304
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1214
5Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1102
6Flag of France.svg  France 1023
7Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1001
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil*1001
9Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0101
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland 0101
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0101
12Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0022
13Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 0011
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0011
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 0011
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0011
Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0011
Totals (17 entries)10101030

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
Pierre Le Coq
Flag of France.svg  France
Laser
details
Tom Burton
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Tonči Stipanović
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Sam Meech
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Finn
details
Giles Scott
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Vasilij Žbogar
Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Caleb Paine
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
470
details
Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia  (CRO)
Šime Fantela
Igor Marenić
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Mathew Belcher
Will Ryan
Flag of Greece.svg  Greece  (GRE)
Panagiotis Mantis
Pavlos Kagialis
49er
details
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Peter Burling
Blair Tuke
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Nathan Outteridge
Iain Jensen
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany  (GER)
Erik Heil
Thomas Plößel

Women's events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
RS:X
details
Charline Picon
Flag of France.svg  France
Chen Peina
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Stefania Elfutina
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Laser Radial
details
Marit Bouwmeester
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Annalise Murphy
Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland
Anne-Marie Rindom
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
470
details
Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain  (GBR)
Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
Flag of France.svg  France  (FRA)
Camille Lecointre
Hélène Defrance
49erFX
details
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil  (BRA)
Martine Grael
Kahena Kunze
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand  (NZL)
Alex Maloney
Molly Meech
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark  (DEN)
Jena Hansen
Katja Salskov-Iversen

Mixed events

GamesGoldSilverBronze
Nacra 17
details
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina  (ARG)
Santiago Lange
Cecilia Carranza
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia  (AUS)
Jason Waterhouse
Lisa Darmanin
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria  (AUT)
Thomas Zajac
Tanja Frank

References

  1. 'Kiteboarding to replace windsurfing at 2016 Rio Olympics' Article, 7 May 2012 at bbc.co.uk
  2. "RYA statement on ISAF 2016 events vote". RYA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  3. 1 2 "Exclusive: Studies find 'super bacteria' in Rio's Olympic venues, top beaches". Reuters. 11 June 2016. The findings from two unpublished academic studies seen by Reuters concern Rio's most popular spots for tourists and greatly increase the areas known to be infected by the microbes normally found only in hospitals.
  4. 1 2 "Scientists reportedly find super bacteria in several Rio Olympic venues". Fox News. 11 June 2016. A 2014 study had already shown the presence of super bacteria off one of the beaches in Guanabara Bay, where sailing and wind-surfing events are going to be held. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has already declared super bacteria an urgent public health crisis.
  5. "'Rio 2016 Olympics: Pollution threat muddies waters as Games draw near'". cnn.com. 2 August 2016.
  6. "Ex-World Sailing chief 'voted out for trying to oust polluted Olympic venue'". theguardian.com. 26 January 2016.
  7. "'Evi Van Acker: how a dream may become a nightmare'". deredactie.be. 11 August 2016.
  8. "German sailor blames infections on water at Rio 2016 Olympic test event". The Guardian . 28 August 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  9. 'Rio 2016: Olympic sailing ramp collapses...' Article, 1 August 2016, at independent.co.uk
  10. Qualification summary February 2014.
  11. Competition format for Rio Olympics, 31 March 2016, at nbcolympics.com
  12. Article about scoring at sailing.org/olympics/rio2016
  13. "Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition" at sailing.org/2016-olympic-games