Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's iQFoil

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Women's iQFoil
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
Venues Marseille Marina
Dates29 July–3 August 2024
Competitors24 from 24 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Marta Maggetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Sharon Kantor Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Bronze medal icon.svg Emma Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain
  2020
2028  

The women's iQFoil competition at the 2024 Summer Olympics was the women's windsurfer event and was held in Marseille, France, from 29 July to 2 August 2024. [1] It was the first women's windsurfing competition at the Olympics to use the iQFoil board, which replaced the RS:X boards that had been used in the previous four Olympics. [2]

24 sailors from 24 nations competed in 14 opening series races. [3] The board finishing first was eligible to compete directly in the final, while the second and third-ranked boats appeared in the semi-finals. Boards ranked fourth to 10th featured in the quarter-finals, from which the top two made it to the semi-finals. The top two boards in the semi-finals joined the first-ranked team from the opening series in the final race.

A board's final rank was relative to its finishing place in the race it was eliminated. For instance, boards in the final were ranked ahead of the semi-final participants, boards in the quarter-finals were ranked ahead of the opening series participants.

Schedule

Mon 29 JulTue 30 JulWed 31 JulThu 1 AugFri 2 AugSat 3 Aug
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Race 6
Race 7
Race 8
Race 9
Race 10
Race 11
Race 12
Race 13
Race 14
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final

Postponed
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Final

Results

Preliminary races

Official results: [4]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountryIIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXXIXIIXIIIXIVTotPts
1 Emma Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1212171111311333818
2 Sharon Kantor Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 25
DSQ
61011342151262118949
3 Marta Maggetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 53420114384441511910570
4 Hélène Noesmoen Flag of France.svg  France 12192951164225
DSQ
6101225
BFD
14898
5 Kateřina Švíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 88181067133188155194138101
6 Maja Dziarnowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 71023138611141225
DSQ
8472150102
7 María Belén Bazo Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 44812712821116518.5
DPI
7.5
DPI
20.5
DPI
144.5103
8 Theresa Marie Steinlein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 31112161613255131225
UFD
97149108
9 Veerle Ten Have Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 25
DSQ
15168185121135321613152109
10 Yan Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2201125
DSQ
321717181116715155110
11 Mina Mobekk Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 13169182157189779821159120
12 Palma Čargo Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 171434138159199925
UFD
25
DNF
1171121
13 Mariana Aguilar Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 1571425
BFD
19185151614103138182138
14 Ma Kwan Ching Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 65155101718721171425
UFD
1510185139
15 Pilar Lamadrid Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 25
DSQ
1241412142019721113423189140
16 Sara Wennekes Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10.3
DPI
122115410191681520121716195.3154.3
17 Ingrid Puusta Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 25
BFD
913111591013171822181415209162
18 Merve Vatan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 202353142025
DNS
121310191425
DNF
12215165
19 Natasa Lappa Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1625
BFD
717202116106161325
UFD
622220170
20 Johanna Hjertberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1817619232425
DNS
610201717186226177
21 Lina Eržen Civil Ensign of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 141317791992324192325
UFD
1017229180
22 Dominique Stater Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1122206211625
DNF
2220121882014235188
23 Lorena Abicht Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 10182225
BFD
222325
DNF
242222211125
DNF
20290240
24 Chiara Ferretti Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 19211921242214202321241925
DNF
19291242

    Scoring system: low-point system;
    Legend:  – Qualified for medal race(s);BFD – Black flag disqualification;DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;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;

    Medal series

    Final results: [5]

    RankHelmsmanNationQuarterfinalSemifinalMedal Race
    Gold medal icon.svg Marta Maggetti Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Bye21
    Silver medal icon.svg Sharon Kantor Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Bye12
    Bronze medal icon.svg Emma Wilson Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Bye3.5
    DPI
    4 María Belén Bazo Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 23
    5 Yan Zheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 14
    6 Theresa Marie Steinlein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 3
    7 Hélène Noesmoen Flag of France.svg  France 4
    8 Maja Dziarnowska Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 5
    9 Kateřina Švíková Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 6
    10 Veerle Ten Have Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 7

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