Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470

The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre,[2] in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Men's 470[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 470
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: 18 August 2008 (2008-08-18)
Competitors58 from 29 nations
Teams29 (boats)
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield
 Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
 France
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Race schedule[1][6]

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 ●  Practice race  ●  Race on Yellow  ●  Race on Orange  ●  Medal race on Yellow
Date August
7
Thu
8
Fri
9
Sat
10
Sun
11
Mon
12
Tue
13
Wed
14
Thu
15
Fri
16
Sat
17
Sun
18
Mon
19
Tue
20
Wed
21
Thu
22
Fri
23
Sat
24
Sun
Men's 470 2 2 2 Spare
day
2 2 Spare
day

Course areas and course configurations [7]

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For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Outer courses

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  • O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses

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  • I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Windward-Leeward courses

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  • W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
  • W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
  • W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

Weather conditions

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In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable but the Men's 470 competition was executed as scheduled.[8]

Final results[9][10]

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Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X MR Tot Pts
  Nathan Wilmot
Malcolm Page
  Australia 4 7 3 3 3 4 5 16 3 10 1 60.0 44.0
  Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield
  Great Britain 19 5 1 4 9 6 20 OCS 30 2 3 3 105.0 75.0
  Nicolas Charbonnier
Olivier Bausset
  France 6 3 8 1 6 18 3 14 7 20 6 98.0 78.0
4 Sven Coster
Kalle Coster
  Netherlands 11 15 12 2 8 15 2 8 4 2 7 93.0 78.0
5 Onán Barreiros
Aarón Sarmiento
  Spain 8 2 6 9 13 13 13 4 11 18 4 105.0 87.0
6 Gabrio Zandonà
Andrea Trani
  Italy 10 4 7 7 2 21 19 6 29 5 5 120.0 91.0
7 Tetsuya Matsunaga
Taro Ueno
  Japan 1 20 24 13 10 14 1 9 21 4 2 121.0 97.0
8 Álvaro Marinho
Miguel Nunes
  Portugal 2 8 15 6 11 7 9 OCS 30 10 14 10 132.0 102.0
9 Šime Fantela
Igor Marenić
  Croatia 18 6 9 OCS 30 12 17 6 7 15 1 8 137.0 107.0
10 Javier Conte
Juan de la Fuente
  Argentina 14 14 4 11 19 9 7 OCS 30 5 9 9 140.0 110.0
11 Carl Evans
Peter Burling
  New Zealand 7 10 14 12 BFD 30 10 22 12 1 7   125.0 95.0
12 Andreas Kosmatopoulos
Andreas Papadopoulos
  Greece 5 26 11 8 5 5 18 3 20 29   130.0 101.0
13 Stuart McNay
Graham Biehl
  United States 26 12 30 17 15 1 4 1 6 23   135.0 105.0
14 Gideon Kliger
Udi Gal
  Israel 13 16 13 14 BFD 30 11 15 2 12 12   138.0 108.0
15 Anton Dahlberg
Sebastian Östling
  Sweden 16 18 2 5 BFD 30 20 17 13 14 6   141.0 111.0
16 Gerald Owens
Philip Lawton
  Ireland 22 1 17 15 1 25 21 15 13 24   154.0 129.0
17 Fábio Pillar
Samuel Albrecht
  Brazil 9 30 10 18 4 OCS 30 16 10 24 13   164.0 134.0
18 Karlo Hmeljak
Mitja Nevečny
  Slovenia 3 11 19 10 19 OCS 30 25 20 25 8   169.0 139.0
19 Patryk Piasecki
Kacper Ziemiński
  Poland 20 9 20 23 17 16 8 24 23 15   175.0 151.0
20 Mikhail Sheremetyev
Maksim Sheremetyev
  Russia 27 21 22 21 24 12 11 11 18 17   184.0 157.0
21 Sergei Desukevich
Pavel Logunov
  Belarus 29 27 16 26 16 2 12 17 16 27   188.0 159.0
22 Xu Yuan Zhen
Terence Koh
  Singapore 15 17 18 19 BFD 30 8 10 19 27 26   189.0 159.0
23 Tobias Etter
Felix Steiger
  Switzerland 21 23 5 25 7 OCS 30 27 26 9 19   192.0 162.0
24 Matthias Schmid
Florian Reichstädter
  Austria 24 19 25 24 14 24 24 5 19 11   189.0 164.0
25 Yoon Cheul
Kim Hyeong-tae
  South Korea 17 24 21 27 20 3 23 25 22 25   207.0 180.0
26 Wang Weidong
Deng Daokun
  China 12 30 23 16 21 26 OCS 30 22 8 28   216.0 186.0
27 Niklas Lindgren
Heikki Elomaa
  Finland 28 22 27 DSQ 30 25 19 14 23 17 21   226.0 196.0
28 Deniz Çınar
Ateş Çınar
  Turkey 23 13 26 22 22 23 26 21 28 22   226.0 198.0
29 Stéphane Locas
Oliver Bone
  Canada 25 25 DNF 30 20 23 22 OCS 30 18 26 16   235.0 205.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCSOn the course side of the starting line; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Medalists

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Further reading

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  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

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  1. ^ a b Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  2. ^ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  3. ^ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
  4. ^ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
  5. ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Two Person Dinghy (470), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
  6. ^ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  7. ^ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Qingdao Report – Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  9. ^ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
  10. ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Two Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.