Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sailing
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad

Commemorative Coin "2004 Olympic Games, Athens"
Venues Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
Dates First race: 14 August 2004
Last race: 28 August 2004
Sailors 400 (261 male, 139 female) from 61 countries
Boats and Boards 268
Top ranked countries
Great Britain: 2 1st  1 2nd  2 3rd  
Brazil: 2 1st  0 2nd  0 3rd  
Spain: 1 1st  2 2nd  0 3rd  

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st 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 2004 consisted of a total of eleven disciplines divided over nine sailing classes. For each discipline multiple races were scheduled in the time period of 14–28 August 2004 of the coast of Athens. Athens hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1896 Summer Olympics. However the sailing competition was cancelled due to heavy storms and further bad weather conditions. This time the weather conditions were good. The sailing event was executed on the several types of Olympic courses in different course area's using the 'Fleetrace' and 'Matchrace' format.

Venue

Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
Ολυμπιακό Κέντρο Ιστιοπλοϊας Αγίου Κοσμά

Former names Agios Kosmos Marina
General information
Status Complete
Type Olympic harbor
Location Coastal area of Southern Attica
Address Poseidonos Avenue, 16777
Town or city Elliniko
Country  Greece
Coordinates 37°52′36″N 23°43′39″E / 37.87667°N 23.72750°ECoordinates: 37°52′36″N 23°43′39″E / 37.87667°N 23.72750°E
Elevation Sealevel
Construction started 1960's
Opening 2 August 2004
Inaugurated 13 August 2004
Renovation cost € 10,500,000
Client Greece Olympic Committee
Owner Seirios AE
Technical details
Floor area 336,289 square metres (3,619,780 sq ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
Other information
Seating type For medal ceremonies
Seating capacity 1,600 spectators

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. Among others, an exception can be made for the Olympic sailing events. However the situation in Athens is very suitable for sailing. Therefore the racing was organized from the Agios Kosmos Marina at the coastal area of Southern Attica some 14 km south of Athens city centre and close to the old airport. This harbor was build in the 1960s but for the 2004 Summer games completely reconstructed in to the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre. The Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre was completed on 31 January 2004. On clear day's Acropolis was in clear view from the course area's.

Competition

Overview

Continents Countries Disciplines Classes Boats Women Men Sailors
6 60 11 9 268 139 261 400

Continents

Countries

During the 2004 Summer Olympics sixty one countries competed in the Olympic Sailing regatta's. Australia, France, Italy, Great Britain, Greece, Spain and the USA were each present in all classes with a total of eighteen sailors (7 women and 11 men) per country.

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2004 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
 Argentina (ARG) Australia (AUS) Austria (AUT) Belgium (BEL)
 Bermuda (BER) Belarus (BLR) Brazil (BRA) Bahrain (BRN)
 Bulgaria (BUL) Canada (CAN) Chile (CHI) China (CHN)
 Croatia (CRO) Cyprus (CYP) Czech Republic (CZE) Denmark (DEN)
 Spain (ESP) Estonia (EST) Finland (FIN) France (FRA)
 Great Britain (GBR) Germany (GER) Greece (GRE) Hong Kong (HKG)
 Hungary (HUN) Indonesia (INA) India (IND) Ireland (IRL)
 Iceland (ISL) Israel (ISR) Virgin Islands (ISV) Italy (ITA)
 Japan (JPN) South Korea (KOR) Latvia (LAT) Lithuania (LTU)
 Malaysia (MAS) Mexico (MEX) Malta (MLT) Netherlands (NED)
 Norway (NOR) New Zealand (NZL) Peru (PER) Poland (POL)
 Portugal (POR) Puerto Rico (PUR) South Africa (RSA) Russia (RUS)
 Seychelles (SEY) Singapore (SIN) Slovenia (SLO) Switzerland (SUI)
 Slovakia (SVK) Sweden (SWE) Thailand (THA) Tunisia (TUN)
 Turkey (TUR) Ukraine (UKR) Uruguay (URU) United States (USA)
 Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
Europe Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1992 4
Mistral One Design Class Sailboard 1 0 + – – 1996 3
Mistral One Design Class Sailboard 1 0 + – – 1996 3
Laser Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1996 3
Finn Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1952 14
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 5
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 8
49er Dinghy 2 2 + + + 2000 2
Tornado Multihull 2 2 + + + 1976 8
Yngling Keelboat 3 0 + + + 2004 1
Star Keelboat 2 0 + + - 1932 16
2004 Olympic Classes designs
 

Race schedule

 ● Opening ceremony ● Practice races  ● Competition day  ● Last day of racing  ● Closing ceremony
Date August
12
Thu		13
Fri		14
Sat		15
Sun		16
Mon		17
Tue		18
Wed		19
Thu		20
Fri		21
Sat		22
Sun		23
Mon		24
Tue		25
Wed		26
Thu		27
Fri		28
Sat		29
Sun
Women's
Sailing     Men's
Mixed		 ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ●
● ● ●		 ● ● ● ●
● ● ● ●
● ● ●		 2 2
2 2
 		 2 2 2 2
1 2 2
2		 2
2
 		 1 2 2
2
2 1		 1 2 2 2
2 2 2
2 3		 1 2 2 2
1 2 2
2 2		 1 2
2
2 3		 2
2 2
2		  
2
2 2		 2
2 1
1 2		  
1
3		  
2
2		  
2
2
Women's
Finals     Men's
Mixed		 ●
 
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Total gold medals 1 2 3 2 2 2
Ceremonies ● ●

Medal summary

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

2004: Women's Mistral One Design

 France (FRA)
Faustine Merret 		 China (CHN)
Yin Jian 		 Italy (ITA)
Alessandra Sensini

2004: Europe

 Norway (NOR)
Siren Sundby 		 Czech Republic (CZE)
Lenka Smidova 		 Denmark (DEN)
Signe Livbjerg

2004: Women's 470

 Greece (GRE)
Sofia Bekatorou
Aimilia Tsoulfa 		 Spain (ESP)
Sandra Azón
Natalia Vía Dufresne 		 Sweden (SWE)
Therese Torgersson
Vendela Zachrisson

2004: Yngling

 Great Britain (GBR)
Shirley Robertson
Sarah Webb
Sarah Ayton 		 Ukraine (UKR)
Ruslana Taran
Ganna Kalinina
Svitlana Matevusheva 		 Denmark (DEN)
Dorte Jensen
Helle Jespersen
Christina Otzen

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

2004: Men's Mistral One Design

 Israel (ISR)
Gal Fridman 		 Greece (GRE)
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis 		 Great Britain (GBR)
Nick Dempsey

2004: Finn

 Great Britain (GBR)
Ben Ainslie 		 Spain (ESP)
Rafael Trujillo 		 Poland (POL)
Mateusz Kusznierewicz

2004: Men's 470

 United States (USA)
Paul Foerster
Kevin Burnham 		 Great Britain (GBR)
Nick Rogers
Joe Glanfield 		 Japan (JPN)
Kazuto Seki
Kenjiro Todoroki

2004: Star

 Brazil (BRA)
Torben Grael
Marcelo Ferreira 		 Canada (CAN)
Ross MacDonald
Mike Wolfs 		 France (FRA)
Pascal Rambeau
Xavier Rohart

Mixed events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

2004: Laser

 Brazil (BRA)
Robert Scheidt 		 Austria (AUT)
Andreas Geritzer 		 Slovenia (SLO)
Vasilij Žbogar

2004: 49er

 Spain (ESP)
Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández 		 Ukraine (UKR)
Rodion Luka
George Leonchuk 		 Great Britain (GBR)
Chris Draper
Simon Hiscocks

2004: Tornado

 Austria (AUT)
Roman Hagara
Hans Peter Steinacher 		 United States (USA)
John Lovell
Charlie Ogletree 		 Argentina (ARG)
Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola

Medal tables

Sailing 2004

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 2 1 2 5
2  Brazil (BRA) 2 0 0 2
3  Spain (ESP) 1 2 0 3
4  Austria (AUT) 1 1 0 2
 Greece (GRE) 1 1 0 2
 United States (USA) 1 1 0 2
7  France (FRA) 1 0 1 2
 Israel (ISR) 1 0 0 1
 Norway (NOR) 1 0 0 1
10  Ukraine (UKR) 0 2 0 2
11  China (CHN) 0 1 0 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 1 0 1
 Canada (CAN) 0 1 0 1
14  Denmark (DEN) 0 0 2 2
15  Argentina (ARG) 0 0 1 1
 Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1
 Japan (JPN) 0 0 1 1
 Poland (POL) 0 0 1 1
 Slovenia (SLO) 0 0 1 1
 Sweden (SWE) 0 0 1 1
Total 11 11 11 33

Sailing 1896 – 2004

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 20 13 20 43
2  United States (USA) 18 22 17 57
3  Norway (NOR) 17 11 3 31
4  France (FRA) 11 8 9 28
5  Denmark (DEN) 10 8 6 24
6  Spain (ESP) 10 4 1 18
7  Sweden (SWE) 9 12 10 31
8  New Zealand (NZL) 6 4 1 13
9  Brazil (BRA) 6 1 5 12
10  Netherlands (NED) 4 4 6 14
11  Soviet Union (URS) 4 4 2 10
12  Australia (AUS) 3 2 7 12
13  Greece (GRE) 3 2 1 6
14  Belgium (BEL) 2 4 2 8
15  West Germany (FRG) 2 2 3 7
16 East Germany (GDR) 2 2 2 6
 Germany (GER) 2 2 2 6
18  Italy (ITA) 2 1 7 10
19  Austria (AUT) 1 4 0 5
20  Ukraine (UKR) 1 2 1 4
21  Finland (FIN) 1 1 6 8
22 Unified Team of Germany (EUA) 1 1 1 3
 Switzerland (SUI) 1 1 1 3
24 Bahamas (BAH) 1 0 1 2
 Israel (ISR) 1 0 1 2
 Poland (POL) 1 0 1 2
27 Hong Kong (HKG) 1 0 0 1
 Mixed team (ZZX) 1 0 0 1
29  Argentina (ARG) 0 3 1 4
30  Portugal (POR) 0 2 2 4
31  China (CHN) 0 2 0 2
32  Canada (CAN) 0 1 6 7
33 Japan (JPN) 0 1 1 2
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 1 2
35 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 0 1 0 1
 Cuba (CUB) 0 1 0 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 1 0 1
 Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1
 Ireland (IRL) 0 1 0 1
40  Virgin Islands (ISV) 0 0 2 2
41 Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1
 Slovenia (SLO) 0 0 1 1
Total 42 137 128 119 389

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