Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, there were 7 events in sailing.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
470	Luis Doreste and Roberto Molina Spain (ESP)	Steve Benjamin and Hans Steinfeld United States (USA)	Thierry Peponnet and Luc Pillot France (FRA)
Finn	Russell Coutts New Zealand (NZL)	John Bertrand United States (USA)	Terry Neilsen Canada (CAN)
Flying Dutchman	Jonathan McKee and Carl Buchan United States (USA)	Terry McLaughlin and Evert Bastet Canada (CAN)	Jonathan Richards and Peter Allam Great Britain (GBR)
Sailboard	Stephan Van den Berg Netherlands (NED)	Scott Steele United States (USA)	Bruce Kendall New Zealand (NZL)
Soling	United States (USA) Robbie Haines Ed Trevalyan Rod Davis	Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	Canada (CAN) Hans Fogh John Kerr Stephen Calder
Star	Bill Buchan and Steven Erickson United States (USA)	Joachim Griese and Michael Marcour West Germany (FRG)	Giorgio Gorla and Alfio Peraboni Italy (ITA)
Tornado	Rex Sellers and Chris Timms New Zealand (NZL)	Randy Smyth and Jay Glaser United States (USA)	Christopher Cairns and John Anderson Australia (AUS)

The sailboard event was also held for women, but only as an exhibition event. Karen Morch of Canada won the competition.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	4	0	7
2	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	1	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
6	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
8	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1

Events at the 1984 Summer Olympics (Los Angeles)
Archery • Athletics • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Handball • Hockey • Judo • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Synchronized swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Sailing at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 See also: List of Olympic medalists in sailing