Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m
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The Women's Elliott 6m was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] The competition followed a match race format. It consisted of a round-robin a quarter finals, semi-finals, petit-final and final series. The top eight crews from the round-robin were seeded into the quarter finals.[2][3]
| Women's Elliott 6m at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Line drawing of the Elliott 6m | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 July – 11 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 (boats) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Summary
A total of 98 matches were sailed:
- Sixty-seven matches were sailed in the round robin (including the rematch between FIN and POR. Finland originally won the round robin race against Portugal, but this was annulled after a protest by Portugal due to a Portuguese boat getting stuck at the turning mark. Finland won the rescheduled race as well.[4])
- The quarter finals (best 3 out of 5) 16 matches were sailed.
- Semi-finals, best 2 out of 3 (best 3 out of 5) was planned. Russia appealed the decision to stop the semi-finals after 3 matches and the results of 4th match of the petite final to CAS.[3] The appeal to the semi-finals decision was later rejected.)[5] Six matches were sailed.
- Petit-final and final series (best 3 out of 5) 4 matches.
- In the final a total of 5 matches were sailed.
Schedule
| ● | Practice race | ● | Round Robin on Nothe | ● | Knock-out on Nothe | ● | Semi-finals on Nothe | ● | Finals on Nothe |
Course areas and course configurations
Portland (P) Nothe (N) West (W) |
South (S) East (E) |
For the Elliott 6m the majority of racing took place on course area Nothe, however some racing also occurred in the Portland area. The location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area. The target time for the course was 18 minutes. All races were conducted on windward/leeward course configurations of 2 laps.[7]
Results
Source:[8]
Round Robin
 Rank |  Country |  AUS |  RUS |  ESP |  USA |  FIN |  FRA |  GBR |  NED |  NZL |  DEN |  POR |  SWE | Races | Won | Lost | Points | |
| 1 | Australia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 2 | Russia | 1 PEN | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | France | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Great Britain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 DNF | 0 | 1 | 0 DSQ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 9 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 DNF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 DNF | 0 | 0 DNF | 0 DNF | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Legend: – Qualified for next phase; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; PEN – Penalty given by the protest committee;
Knock-out and Finals
| Knock Out 7 – 8 August 2012 | Semi Finals 10 August 2012 | Finals 11 August 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Netherlands
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Australia
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia
| 0 | 1 | 1 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland
| 1 | 0 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Finland
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | United States
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | France
| 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Spain
| 1 | 1 | 1 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain
| 0 | 1 | 1 | x | x | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia
| 1 | 0 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Great Britain
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Finland
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Russia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | |||||||||||||
5th to 8th place
Sail-offs for places 5–8, scheduled for August 9, were cancelled due to low winds. The Round-robin results were used for final placement.
Final ranking
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Round Robin | Knock out | Semi Finals | Finals |
| Spain | Támara Echegoyen | Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Australia | Olivia Price | Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | Silja Lehtinen | Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia | Ekaterina Skudina | Elena Oblova Elena Syuzeva | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | United States | Anna Tunnicliffe | Deborah Capozzi Molly O'Bryan – Vandemoer | 4 | 5 | - | - |
| 6 | France | Claire Leroy | Élodie Bertrand Marie Riou | 6 | 6 | - | - |
| 7 | Great Britain | Lucy MacGregor | Annie Lush Kate MacGregor | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 8 | Netherlands | Renee Groeneveld | Annemieke Bes Marcelien Bos – de Koning | 8 | 8 | - | - |
| 9 | New Zealand | Stephanie Hazard | Jenna Hansen Susannah Pyatt | 9 | - | - | - |
| 10 | Denmark | Lotte Meldegaard Pedersen | Susanne Boidin Tina Gramkov | 10 | - | - | - |
| 11 | Portugal | Rita Gonçalves | Mariana Lobato Diana Neves | 11 | - | - | - |
| 12 | Sweden | Anna Kjellberg | Malin Källström Lotta Harrysson | 12 | - | - | - |
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- "London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.