Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star
| Men’s Star[1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
.svg.png) Line drawing of the Star | ||||||||||
| Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | |||||||||
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| Dates | First race: August 15, 2008 Last race: August 21, 2008 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 boats | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| RS:X | Men | Women | |||
| Laser Radial | Women | ||||
| Laser | Men | ||||
| Finn | Open | ||||
| 470 | Men | Women | |||
| 49er | Open | ||||
| Tornado | Open | ||||
| Yngling | Women | ||||
| Star | Men | ||||
The Men's Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]
Race schedule[1][5]
| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Pink | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
| Date | August | |||||||||||||||||
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| 7 Thu | 8 Fri | 9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 23 Sat | 24 Sun | |
| Men's Star | ● | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | No wind |
3 | ● | ||||||||||
Course areas and course configurations [6]
For the Star course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.
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Course Areas
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70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
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70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
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Windward - Leeward Course (W)
Outer courses
- O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
- O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
- O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
Inner courses
- I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
- I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
- I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
Windward-leeward courses
- W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
- W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
- W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
Weather conditions
In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[7]
Final results[8][9]
 Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Medalrace | Total | Total – discard | |||||||||||
| Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||
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 Great Britain |
Iain Percy | Andrew Simpson | 7 | 7.0 | | | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 58.0 | 45.0 |
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 Brazil |
Robert Scheidt | Bruno Prada | 10 | 10.0 | | | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 64.0 | 53.0 |
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 Sweden |
Fredrik Loof | Anders Ekstrom | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | | | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 68.0 | 53.0 |
| 4 |  Poland |
Mateusz Kusznierewicz | Dominik Zycki | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.0 | | | 1 | 2.0 | 72.0 | 59.0 |
| 5 |  Switzerland |
Flavio Marazzi | Enrico De Maria | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | | | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 70.0 | 59.0 |
| 6 |  France |
Xavier Rohart | Pascal Rambeau | | | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 81.0 | 69.0 |
| 7 |  Germany |
Marc Pickel | Ingo Borkowski | 2 | 2.0 | | | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 84.0 | 70.0 |
| 8 |  Portugal |
Afonso Domingos | Bernardo Santos | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 89.0 | 72.0 |
| 9 |  New Zealand |
Hamish Pepper | Carl Williams | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | | | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 93.0 | 80.0 |
| 10 |  Italy |
Diego Negri | Luigi Viale | | | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 105.0 | 92.0 |
| 11 |  United States |
John Dane III | Austin Sperry | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | | | 16 | 16.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 4.0 | - | - | 102.0 | 86.0 |
| 12 |  Austria |
Hans Spitzauer | Christian Nehammer | | | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 101.0 | 87.0 |
| 13 |  Ireland |
Peter O'Leary | Stephen Milne | 6 | 6.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 12 | 12.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | - | - | 104.0 | 91.0 |
| 14 |  Australia |
Iain Murray | Andrew Palfrey | 11 | 11.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 8 | 8.0 | - | - | 111.0 | 96.0 |
| 15 |  Croatia |
Marin Lovrovic Jr | Sinisa Mikulicic | | | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | - | - | 113.0 | 98.0 |
| 16 |  China |
Li Hongquan | Wang He | | | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 16.0 | - | - | 156.0 | 140.0 |
Legend: OCS – On the course side of the starting line; |
Daily standings
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "Beijing 2008". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ↑ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
- ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.