Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1^st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens  Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1992 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class races were scheduled from July 27, 1992 to August 4, 1992 of the coast of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea

Venue

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. The weather conditions in Barcelona were found suitable for sailing. The waterfront of Barcelona was completely restructured for the Olympics. The Olympic port became one of the key Olympic areas of Barcelona.

The Olympic sailing competition was held in the Mediterranean waters outside the Olympic Harbor. The new harbor was designed to be the base for the Olympic sailors and a key factor in the opening up of the city to the sea. This was achieved by a Special Town Plan for the “Parc de Mar” Area including a harbor which satisfy the requirements of sailors and organizers. The new harbor serves after the Games as a marina.

A total of five race areas were created on the Mediterranean Sea.

Competition

Overview

Continents

• Africa
• Asia
• Australian continent
• Europe
• North America
• South America

Countries

Classes (equipment)

Medal summary

Men's Events

Women's Events

Open Events

Medal table

Sailing 1992

Sailing 1896–1992

Remarks

Sailing

• It was the first Olympic sailing contest were besides fleet racing also a combination format of fleetracing and match racing was used. The Soling was utilized for this format.

Sailors

During the Sailing regatta's at the 1992 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

• Royalties
  •  Spain (ESP), Prince Felipe of Spain, as midperson in the Soling

Notes

References

• Romà Cuyàs (1992) (PDF). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination. Plaça de la Font Màgica, s/n 08038 Barcelonal: COOB'92 S.A.. http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s1.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
• Romà Cuyàs (1992) (PDF). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues. Plaça de la Font Màgica, s/n 08038 Barcelonal: COOB'92 S.A.. http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s2.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
• Romà Cuyàs (1992) (PDF). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games. Plaça de la Font Màgica, s/n 08038 Barcelonal: COOB'92 S.A.. http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s3.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
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• Romà Cuyàs (1992) (PDF). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results. Plaça de la Font Màgica, s/n 08038 Barcelonal: COOB'92 S.A.. http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1992/1992s5.pdf. Retrieved 2011-08-26. 
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• Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1992/SAI. Retrieved 2011-08-26.