Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Finn competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the men's one-person heavyweight dinghy event and was held in Enoshima, Japan, from 27 July to 3 August 2021.[1] 19 sailors from 19 nations competed in 11 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][3]

Men's Finn
at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
VenueEnoshima, Japan
Sagami Bay, Japan
Dates27 July – 3 August 2021
Competitors19 from 19 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Giles Scott  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Zsombor Berecz  Hungary
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Joan Cardona  Spain
← 2016

Summary

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Alican Kaynar of Turkey was the overnight leader after the first day after two bullets, followed by Zsombor Berecz of Hungary with two second-place finishes in the first two races.[4] Kaynar continued his lead after the second day, where Giles Scott had won the two races of the day.[5]

For the medal race, six sailors were in contention for the medals, with Scott in the front.[6] Giles Scott won the Olympic gold medal, and Great Britain's sixth in a row in the event, which was also the last Finn class gold in the Olympics as the event left the Olympic programme.[7] Berecz, finishing ahead of Scott in the medal race but not enough points ahead to pass him, won the silver medal and Juan Cardona won the bronze medal.[7]

The medals were presented by IOC vice-president from Singapore, Mr Ser Miang Ng (a former World Sailing vice-president) and current World Sailing vice-president Thomasz Chamera of Poland.

Schedule

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Tue 27 Jul Wed 28 Jul Thu 29 Jul Fri 30 Jul Sat 31 Jul Sun 1 Aug Mon 2 Aug Tue 3 Aug
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4
Race 5
Race 6
Rest day Race 7
Race 8
Race 9
Race 10
Rest day Medal race

Results

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Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X MR Tot Pts
  Giles Scott   Great Britain 9 9 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 7 8 45 36
  Zsombor Berecz   Hungary 2 2 9 4 6 7 3 5 4 4 2 48 39
  Joan Cardona   Spain 3 3 5 3 2 3 13 7 5 8 12 64 51
4 Nicholas Heiner   Netherlands 11 5 10 2 4 2 10 3 7 9 4 67 56
5 Josh Junior   New Zealand 12 10 3 7 8 5 1 4 8 1 20 79 67
6 Facundo Olezza   Argentina 5 4 8 5 3 6 16 15 3 3 16 84 68
7 Jake Lilley   Australia 10 8 4 11 7 9 15 6 2 6 6 84 69
8 Alican Kaynar   Turkey 1 1 6 13 9 14 7 RET 20 10 10 10 101 81
9 Max Salminen   Sweden 8 12 7 8 12 8 4 2 11 12 18 102 90
10 Tom Ramshaw   Canada 13 7 11 14 10 13 2 9 13 2 14 108 94
11 Anders Pedersen   Norway 14 6 2 10 13 12 5 11 9 14   96 82
12 Ioannis Mitakis   Greece 4 13 13 6 11 10 11 8 16 18   110 92
13 Luke Muller   United States 6 11 12 15 14 4 8 10 12 17   109 92
14 Jorge Zarif   Brazil 7 15 15 9 5 11 14 13 6 16   111 95
15 Chen He   China 16 14 14 17 16 15 9 14 15 11   141 124
16 Kazumasa Segawa   Japan 18 16 17 12 15 16 19 12 17 5   147 128
17 Juan Pérez   Mexico 19 17 16 16 17 17 17 16 14 15   164 145
18 Andrés Lage   Venezuela 15 18 18 18 19 18 18 17 19 13   173 154
19 Leo Davis   South Africa 17 19 19 19 18 19 12 18 18 19   178 159

Source: [3]
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); RET – Retired; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

References

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  1. ^ a b "Olympedia – Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics".
  2. ^ "Olympedia – One Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Finn), Men".
  3. ^ a b "Sailing – Men's One Person Dinghy – Finn Schedule". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Perfect start for Alican Kaynar as Finns begin racing at Tokyo 2020".
  5. ^ "Defending champion Giles Scott bounces back on Day 2 for Finns at Tokyo 2020".
  6. ^ "Finns keep it tight into final medal race showdown at Tokyo 2020".
  7. ^ a b "GB win double sailing gold and a silver". BBC Sport.