Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn
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The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed, including the medal race, due to lack of wind. 26 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]
Last race: 17 August 2008
| Mixed Finn[1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Line drawing of the Finn | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: 9 August 2008 Last race: 17 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 26 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
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Race schedule
Course areas and course configurations
For the Finn course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E) points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75 nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.[7]
Course areas
70° trapezoid outer course (O)
70° trapezoid inner course (I)
Windward-leeward course (W)
Outer courses
- 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
- 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
- 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
In the leadup 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. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[8]
Final results
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | MR | Tot | Pts |
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Ben Ainslie |  Great Britain | 10† | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33.0 | 23.0 |
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Zach Railey |  United States | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19† | 6 | 64.0 | 45.0 |
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Guillaume Florent |  France | 5 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21† | 4 | 79.0 | 58.0 |
| 4 | Daniel Birgmark |  Sweden | 14 | 17† | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 75.0 | 58.0 |
| 5 | Christopher Cook |  Canada | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23† | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 90.0 | 67.0 |
| 6 | Jonas Høgh-Christensen |  Denmark | 16 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 25† | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 95.0 | 70.0 |
| 7 | Gašper Vinčec |  Slovenia | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13† | 8 | 10 | 10 | 85.0 | 72.0 |
| 8 | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić |  Croatia | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 16† | 9 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 92.0 | 76.0 |
| 9 | Rafael Trujillo |  Spain | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 20 | OCS 27† | 1 | 3 | 107.0 | 80.0 |
| 10 | Rafał Szukiel |  Poland | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 22† | 12 | 5 | 104.0 | 82.0 |
| 11 | Giorgio Poggi |  Italy | 17 | 7 | 14 | 21† | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 95.0 | 74.0 | |
| 12 | Dan Slater |  New Zealand | 21† | 19 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 97.0 | 76.0 | |
| 13 | Eduardo Couto |  Brazil | 6 | 16 | DNF 27† | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | OCS 27 | 116.0 | 89.0 | |
| 14 | Pieter-Jan Postma |  Netherlands | 19 | 15 | 16 | 22† | 15 | 2 | 10 | 16 | 115.0 | 93.0 | |
| 15 | Aimilios Papathanasiou |  Greece | 1 | DNF 27† | 5 | DNE 27 | 18 | 15 | DNE 27 | 8 | 128.0 | 101.0 | |
| 16 | Anthony Nossiter |  Australia | 11 | 22† | 8 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 20 | 123.0 | 101.0 | |
| 17 | Eduard Skornyakov |  Russia | 24† | 20 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 126.0 | 102.0 | |
| 18 | Tapio Nirkko |  Finland | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 22† | 16 | 22 | 124.0 | 102.0 | |
| 19 | Peer Moberg |  Norway | 23 | DSQ 27† | 11 | 19 | 22 | 1 | DSQ 27 | 4 | 134.0 | 107.0 | |
| 20 | Ali Kemal Tüfekçi |  Turkey | 20 | 21† | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 17 | 128.0 | 107.0 | |
| 21 | Tim Goodbody |  Ireland | 22† | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 134.0 | 112.0 | |
| 22 | Haris Papadopoulos |  Cyprus | 13 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 17 | OCS 27† | 142.0 | 115.0 | |
| 23 | Nachhatar Singh Johal |  India | 4 | 24† | 23 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 152.0 | 128.0 | |
| 24 | Zhang Peng |  China | 25 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 26† | 23 | 11 | 157.0 | 131.0 | |
| 25 | Michael Maier |  Czech Republic | 15 | 14 | 22 | 25† | 21 | 23 | 19 | 23 | 162.0 | 137.0 | |
| 26 | Jhonny Senen Bilbao Bande |  Venezuela | 26† | 12 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 175.0 | 149.0 |
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; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;
Daily standings
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.