Men's RS:X at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Line drawing of the RS:X | |||||||||||||
Venues | Enoshima Yacht Harbor | ||||||||||||
Dates | 25–31 July 2021 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 25 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Events | ||
RS:X | men | women |
Laser | men | |
Laser Radial | women | |
Finn | men | |
470 | men | women |
49er | men | |
49er FX | women | |
Nacra 17 | mixed | |
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.
Sun 25 Jul | Mon 26 Jul | Tue 27 Jul | Wed 28 Jul | Thu 29 Jul | Fri 30 Jul | Sat 31 Jul |
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Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 | Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 | Rest day | Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 | Race 10 Race 11 Race 12 | Rest day | Medal race |
Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | MR | Tot | Pts |
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![]() | Kiran Badloe | ![]() | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 26† (DSQ) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 63 | 37 |
![]() | Thomas Goyard | ![]() | 13† | 5 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 22 (OCS) | 87 | 74 |
![]() | Bi Kun | ![]() | 7 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 26† (DSQ) | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 101 | 75 |
4 | Yoav Cohen | ![]() | 12 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16† | 6 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 92 | 76 |
5 | Mattia Camboni | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13† | 4 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 (OCS) | 89 | 76 |
6 | Piotr Myszka | ![]() | 11† | 4 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 22 (OCS) | 90 | 79 |
7 | Tom Squires | ![]() | 9 | 13 | 14† | 2 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 96 | 82 |
8 | Mateo Sanz Lanz | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 17† | 12 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 117 | 100 |
9 | Pedro Pascual | ![]() | 6 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 16† | 7 | 12 | 126 | 110 |
10 | Ángel Granda Roque | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 18† | 7 | 8 | 10 | 136 | 118 |
11 | Byron Kokkalanis | ![]() | 8 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 26† (DNF) | 8 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 136 | 110 | |
12 | Andreas Cariolou | ![]() | 18 | 20† | 15 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 138 | 118 | |
13 | Michael Cheng | ![]() | 3 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 22† | 15 | 15 | 15 | 13 | 141 | 119 | |
14 | Endre Funnemark | ![]() | 14 | 16 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 26† (DSQ) | 9 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 152 | 126 | |
15 | Juozas Bernotas | ![]() | 23 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 26† (DNF) | 10 | 12 | 18 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 171 | 145 | |
16 | Makoto Tomizawa | ![]() | 10 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 26† (DNF) | 14 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 175 | 149 | |
17 | Cho Won-woo | ![]() | 22 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 7 | 26† (UFD) | 10 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 18 | 18 | 193 | 167 | |
18 | Mikita Tsirkun | ![]() | 17 | 10 | 23 | 17 | 26† (DNF) | 19 | 21 | 12 | 18 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 226 | 200 | |
19 | Aleksandr Askerov | ![]() | 19 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 26† (DNF) | 16 | 20 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 234 | 208 | |
20 | Onur Cavit Biriz | ![]() | 15 | 19 | 20 | 19 | 26† (DNF) | 12 | 23 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 236 | 210 | |
21 | Francisco Saubidet | ![]() | 16 | 14 | 19 | 21 | 26† (DNF) | 17 | 14 | 26 (UFD) | 22 | 20 | 22 | 21 | 238 | 212 | |
22 | Karel Lavicky | ![]() | 20 | 25 | 22 | 23 | 26† (DNF) | 26 (UFD) | 19 | 16 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 19 | 251 | 225 | |
23 | Ignacio Berenguer | ![]() | 25 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 26† (DNF) | 26 (DNF) | 22 | 23 | 20 | 13 | 23 | 22 | 258 | 232 | |
24 | Natthaphong Phonoppharat | ![]() | 24 | 24 | 25 | 24 | 26† (DNF) | 20 | 24 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 284 | 258 | |
25 | Hamza Bouras | ![]() | 21 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26† (DNF) | 18 | 25 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 286 | 260 |
Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s);DNF – Did not finish;DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed;OCS – On 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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