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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

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The women's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: 18 August 2008 (2008-08-18)
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Teams19 boats
Quick facts Women’s 470 at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Venue ...
Women’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)
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Teams19 boats
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Elise Rechichi
Tessa Parkinson		  Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcelien de Koning
Lobke Berkhout		  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fernanda Oliveira
Isabel Swan		  Brazil
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Race schedule

 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Orange ● Medal race on Yellow
More information Date, August ...
Date[1][6] 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
Women’s 470 ● 2 2 2 Spare
day 		2 2 Spare
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Course areas and course configurations

Source:[7]

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.

  • Course Areas
    Course Areas
  • 60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
    60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
  • 60° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
    60° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)
    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 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 Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled.[8]

Final results

Sources:[9][10]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10MedalraceTotalTotal
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Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Australia Elise RechichiTessa Parkinson22.022.044.011.0 9 9.044.022.055.033.022.0918.052.043.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands Marcelien de KoningLobke Berkhout33.011.099.055.022.022.01010.077.044.0 16 16.0510.069.053.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Brazil Fernanda OliveiraIsabel Swan1111.0 16 16.055.01010.077.066.066.022.077.044.012.076.060.0
4  Israel Nike KorneckiVered Buskila88.01313.011.022.088.0 19 19.033.011.01111.01515.024.085.066.0
5  Italy Giulia ContiGiovanna Micol1414.077.066.033.066.01111.044.0 19 19.01212.066.036.094.075.0
6  Great Britain Christina BassadoneSaskia Clark DSQ 20.088.033.044.01515.01313.088.033.01515.055.048.0102.082.0
7  Czech Republic Lenka ŠmídováLenka Mrzílková66.044.0 12 12.01111.01111.055.01111.01111.099.011.0714.095.083.0
8  Austria Sylvia VoglCarolina Flatscher99.0 DSQ 20.01313.077.011.077.011.01313.066.01111.0816.0104.084.0
9  Germany Stefanie RothweilerVivien Kussatz77.066.01111.099.055.01212.0 OCS 20.088.088.01212.0612.0110.090.0
10  Spain Natalia Vía DufresneLaia Tutzó44.055.022.066.01313.01010.01313.0 17 17.022.01717.01020.0109.092.0
11  France Ingrid PetitjeanGwendolyn Lemaitre11.01111.01616.088.0 17 17.099.099.099.01313.099.0--102.085.0
12  United States Amanda ClarkSara Mergenthaler1212.01212.01010.01414.044.0 17 17.077.066.01717.077.0--106.089.0
13  Slovenia Vesna DeklevaKlara Maučec DSQ 20.033.088.01616.01212.033.01515.01818.01414.033.0--112.092.0
14  Japan Ai KondoNaoko Kamata1313.0 15 15.01414.01515.01414.011.01212.01010.011.01313.0--108.093.0
15  Sweden Therese TorgerssonVendela Zachrisson-Santén1010.01414.01818.0 DSQ 20.01919.088.055.01414.055.088.0--121.0101.0
16  Argentina María Fernanda SestoConsuelo Monsegur1616.0 18 18.01717.01212.01010.01616.01414.044.01010.01414.0--131.0113.0
17  Switzerland Emmanuelle RolAnne-Sophie Thilo1515.099.077.01313.033.01515.0 OCS 20.01515.01818.01919.0--134.0114.0
18  China Wen YimeiYu Chunyan55.01010.01919.01717.01616.01414.0 OCS 20.01212.01616.01010.0--139.0119.0
19  Singapore Toh LiyingDeborah Ong1717.01717.01515.01818.01818.01818.0 OCS 20.01616.01919.01818.0--176.0156.0

Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Women’s 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics

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.

References

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