Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

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Men's RS:X
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
RS-X linedrawing.svg
Line drawing of the RS:X
Venues Enoshima Yacht Harbor
Dates25–31 July 2021
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Kiran Badloe Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Goyard Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Bi Kun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
  2016
2024  

The men's RS:X competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the men's windsurfer event and was held in Enoshima, Japan, from 25 July to 31 July 2021. [1] 25 sailors from 25 nations competed in 13 races, including one medal-race where points were doubled. [2] The land venue was Enoshima Yacht Harbour and races were held on Sagami Bay. [1]

Medals were presented by IOC Member for Israel, Mr Alex Gilady and World Sailing President Li Quanhai.

Schedule

Sun 25 JulMon 26 JulTue 27 JulWed 28 JulThu 29 JulFri 30 JulSat 31 Jul
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Race 6
Rest dayRace 7
Race 8
Race 9
Race 10
Race 11
Race 12
Rest dayMedal race

Results

[3]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIMRTotPts
Gold medal icon.svg Kiran Badloe Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 571126
(DSQ)
524151146337
Silver medal icon.svg Thomas Goyard Flag of France.svg  France 1353131136719322
(OCS)
8774
Bronze medal icon.svg Bi Kun Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 791641326
(DSQ)
132426810175
4 Yoav Cohen Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 12627666716641229276
5 Mattia Camboni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 424822813483922
(OCS)
8976
6 Piotr Myszka Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 1146351152595222
(OCS)
9079
7 Tom Squires Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 9131421034182610149682
8 Mateo Sanz Lanz Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 11910341617121013156117100
9 Pedro Pascual Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6127941375141416712126110
10 Ángel Granda Roque Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 231314121515910187810136118
11 Byron Kokkalanis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 81710526
(DNF)
818196784 136110
12 Andreas Cariolou Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1820156971181731014 138118
13 Michael Cheng Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3881289132215151513 141119
14 Endre Funnemark Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 14165111126
(DSQ)
9103191216 152126
15 Juozas Bernotas Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2311121526
(DNF)
1012181312145 171145
16 Makoto Tomizawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1021111626
(DNF)
14171111161111 175149
17 Cho Won-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 22152122726
(UFD)
10149111818 193167
18 Mikita Tsirkun Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1710231726
(DNF)
19211218232020 226200
19 Aleksandr Askerov Russian Olympic Committee flag.png  ROC 1918172026
(DNF)
16201519221923 234208
20 Onur Cavit Biriz Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1519201926
(DNF)
12232023212117 236210
21 Francisco Saubidet Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 1614192126
(DNF)
171426
(UFD)
22202221 238212
22 Karel Lavicky Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2025222326
(DNF)
26
(UFD)
191621171719 251225
23 Ignacio Berenguer Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 2522181826
(DNF)
26
(DNF)
222320132322 258232
24 Natthaphong Phonoppharat Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 2424252426
(DNF)
20242124242424 284258
25 Hamza Bouras Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 2123242526
(DNF)
18252425252525 286260

    Scoring system: low-point system;
    Legend:  – Qualified for medal race(s);DNF – Did not finish;DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed;OCSOn the course side of the starting line;RDG – Redress given;UFD – "U" flag disqualification; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

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    References

    1. 1 2 "Olympedia – Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics".
    2. "Olympedia – Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X), Men".
    3. "Official results". Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.