Sailing at the Summer Olympics

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Sailing (or yachting) was introduced as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, as a men's competition comprising 10 events. Absent in the 1908, it has been present at every Summer Olympics since then.

[edit] Events

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	Years
0—1⁄2 ton race 1		X		-
0—1⁄2 ton race 2		X		-
1⁄2—1 ton		X		-
1—2 ton race 1		X		-
1—2 ton race 2		X		-
2—3 ton race 1		X		-
2—3 ton race 2		X		-
3—10 ton		X		-
10—20 ton		X		-
Open class		X		-
6 metre class		-		X
7 metre class		-		X
8 metre class		-		X
12 metre class		-		X
Events	-	10	-	4
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04

[edit] Nations

Event	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	Years
Belgium				X
France				X
Great Britain				X
Norway				X
Sweden				X
Nations	-		-	5
Year	96	00	04	08	12	20	24	28	32	36	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04

[edit] Venues

Games	Venue
1896 Athens	not held
1900 Paris	Le Havre
	Meulan
1904 St. Louis	not held
1908 London	Glasgow, Firth of Clyde
	Ryde
1912 Stockholm	Nynäshamn
1920 Antwerp	Ostend
1924 Paris	Le Havre
	Meulan
1928 Amsterdam	Zuider Zee
1932 Los Angeles	Los Angeles Harbour
1936 Berlin	Kiel
1948 London	Torquay
1952 Helsinki	Helsinki - Harmaja, Liuskasaari
1956 Melbourne	Melbourne - Port Phillip Bay
1960 Rome	Naples
1964 Tokyo	Enoshima
1968 Mexico City	Acapulco
1972 Munich	Kiel
1976 Montreal	Kingston, Ontario
1980 Moscow	Tallinn
1984 Los Angeles	Long Beach, California
1988 Seoul	Busan
1992 Barcelona	Barcelona
1996 Atlanta	Savannah, Georgia
2000 Sydney	Sydney
2004 Athens	Athens
2008 Beijing	Qingdao
2012 London	Weymouth and Portland

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