Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's Formula Kite

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Women's Formula Kite
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venues Marseille Marina
Dates4–8 August 2024
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ellie Aldridge Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
Silver medal icon.svg Lauriane Nolot Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Annelous Lammerts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
 Event established
2028  

The Women's Formula Kite is a sailing event part of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics program in Marseille and takes place between 4–8 August 2024. It is the first appearance of women's kiteboarding in the Olympic games. [1] 20 sailors representing 20 countries entered in to the event. [2]

The event is scheduled to begin with up to 16 preliminary races in the opening series across four days. The top 10 competitors move on to the medal series. The top two competitors from the opening series advance directly to the final, while positions 3–10 move in to the semifinal. [3]

The eight competitors in the semifinals will be split into two groups of equal strength with a goal of reaching three race victories. The top sailors in each split will start the semifinals with two race victories credited, while the second-ranked sailors will start with one race victory. The winner of each semifinal moves on to the final. In the final, the goal is also to reach three race victories. The highest ranked sailor from the opening series starts the final with two race victories, while the second-ranked sailor starts with one race victory. [3]

Schedule

Sun 4 AugMon 5 AugTue 6 AugWed 7 AugThu 8 Aug
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5Race 6CancelledSemifinals
Final

Preliminary races

Results

Official results (after 6 races). [4] Races 7 to 16 were cancelled due to inadequate wind speeds.

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIXIIIXIVXVXVITotPts
1 Lauriane Nolot Flag of France.svg  France 2112261----------2412
2 Eleanor Aldridge Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1223421
DNS
----------3312
3 Daniela Moroz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 734127----------2417
4 Annelous Lammerts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1445572----------3723
5 Leonie Meyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 478436----------3224
6 Elena Lengwiler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 36115.5
RDG
121
DNS
----------47.526.5
7 Breiana Whitehead Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1257698----------4735
8 Maggie Pescetto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 521
DSQ
310144----------5736
9 Julia Damasiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 681171121
DNS
----------6443
10 Gal Zukerman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 1091011511----------5645
11 Alina Kornelli Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 161213985----------6347
12 Gisela Pulido Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11116121010----------6048
13 Catalina Turienzo Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 13131914133----------7556
14 Mafalda Pires de Lima Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 8151413159----------7459
15 Jingyue Chen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2014981621
DNS
----------8867
16 Derin Atakan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 151615151221
DNS
----------9473
17 Justina Kitchen Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 91021
DNF
161821
DNS
----------9574
18 Emily Bugeja Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 191918171712----------10283
19 Benyapa Jantawan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1718161821
DNC
21
DNS
----------11190
20 Julie Paturau Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 18171721
RET
21
DNC
21
DNS
----------11594

    Scoring system: low-point system;
    Legend:  – Qualified for medal race(s);BFD – Black flag disqualification;DNC – Did not come to the starting area;DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed;DSQ – Disqualified;OCSOn the course side of the starting line;RDG – Redress given;RET – Retired;UFD – "U" flag disqualification; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Medal series

    Medal series official results: [5]

    Semifinals

    Semifinal A

    RankHelmsmanNationEarned WinsRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Total winsNotes
    1 Daniela Moroz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 213Advanced to Finals
    2 Elena Lengwiler Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 12
    SCP
    1
    3 Gal Zukerman Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 030
    4 Breiana Whitehead Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 04
    SCP
    0
    • SCP = Scoring Penalty

    Semifinal B

    RankHelmsmanNationEarned WinsRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Total winsNotes
    1 Annelous Lammerts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 213Advanced to Finals
    2 Leonie Meyer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 121
    3 Julia Damasiewicz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 030
    4 Maggie Pescetto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 040

    Finals

    RankHelmsmanNationEarned WinsRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Total wins
    Gold medal icon.svg Eleanor Aldridge Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1113
    Silver medal icon.svg Lauriane Nolot Flag of France.svg  France 2232
    Bronze medal icon.svg Annelous Lammerts Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 0420
    4 Daniela Moroz Flag of the United States.svg  United States 034
    SCP
    0

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