Sailing at the Summer Olympics

Governing body

Events

0 (mixed)

Games

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	•	2008	•	2012	•	2016

Medalists

Sailing (also known as yachting until 1996) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions. Apart from the 1904 Summer Olympics, sailing has been present in every edition of the Olympic Games.

For the scoring system used for sailing events during the Olympics look at: Scoring systems for Sailing at the Summer Olympics
A directory page to all Olympic sailors is given at: List of sailors at the Summer Olympics
Information about the Sailing at specific Summer Olympics or the used equipment can be found using the table below:
Over time, different classes of boat featured at the Olympics. Initially, the classes were specified in tons, then later in meters, feet or generic names. For the discontinued classes, the Vintage Yachting Games were introduced in 2008.
Until 1988, sailing was a gender-independent sport. Even in 1900, several women participated at the Olympic sailing regattas. In 1988, the first exclusive women's sailing event was introduced.^[1]
Most of the Olympic sailing competitions were done in what is called a fleet race format. At some Olympics, however, was also the match race format, or a mixed fleet/match race format. Great Britain leads the Olympic sailing medal ranking table.

Introduction

Over the years Olympic Sailing can be categorized into several periods:^[2]

Periode	Type	Examples
1896 – 1912:	The Gentlemen	Hermann de Pourtalès (SUI)	Édouard Alphonse James de Rothschild (FRA)
1920 – 1936:	The Yachtsmen	Virginie Hériot (FRA)	Johan Anker (NOR)
1948 – 1964:	The Innovators	Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)	Keith Musto (GBR)
1968 – 1984:	The Sailors	Rodney Pattisson (GBR)	Valentin Mankin (URS)
1992 – 2000:	The Athletes	Jochen Schümann (GDR)	Theresa Zabell (ESP)
2004 – 2020:	The Performers	Ben Ainslie (GBR)	Yin Jian (CHN)

The Gentlemen years

1896: A regatta of sailing boats was on the program for 31 March 1896 (1896-03-31) in Athens. However this event had to be given up since there were no boats available from Greece and no foreign entries.
1900: Two venues were used to host the 1900 Sailing events. One in Meulan 20 May 1900 (1900-05-20) till 27 May 1900 (1900-05-27) for the inshore races on the river Seine. And one in Le Havre 1 August 1900 (1900-08-01) till 5 August 1900 (1900-08-05) for the Offshore races on the English Channel. In Meulan six classes were used over several days. About 55 boats and a little less than 150 sailors are documented, included the first female gold medalist Hélène de Pourtalès. In Le Havre two classes were used for the offshore event. About 10 boats made the competition. Crewmembers were are not documented, just the owners and/or helmsmen.
1904: Sailing was not a part of the Olympic program.
1908: At the 1907 The Hague Conference of the IOC Ryde at the Isle of Wight was appointed to host the sailing regattas, for all classes, of the games of the IVth Olympiad. However when there were only two British entries for the 12 Metre matches, and both yacht were located at the Firth of Clyde, the decision was made to use Hunters Quay as a second venue. In 1906 international meetings were organize to solve the problem of the differences in the performance of the different yachts. Finally in Paris, October 1907 the first International Rule was ratified. During the meeting in 1907 the IOC made the decision to use the International Rule classes for the Olympic regattas (6, 7, 8 and 12 Metre).
1912: When Sweden was assigned to host the 1912 Olympic Games two cities wanted to be the venue for the sailing program. Gothenburg and Stockholm. Gothenburg claimed that it was a much shorter passage for the oversees entries (about 525 nautical miles (972 km) less) than it was to Stockholm. Stockholm however got the sailing program because of then all Olympic events should be in the same vicinity. As specific location Nynäshamn, about 60 kilometres (37 mi) from Stockholm was chosen. Also the decision was made to use the International Rule classes again for the Olympic regattas (6, 8, 10 and 12 Metre).

The Yachtsmen years 1920 – 1936

1920: When Antwerp was assigned to host the 1920 Olympic Games, Ostend was appointed for the sailing contests. Ostend - "The Queen of the Belgian sea-side resorts" - offers fair condition for sailing on the North Sea. However there are tidal conditions the current is reasonable predictable. Local knowledge does not have too much influence of the races. The wind conditions are also good for sailing. In the case of the 1920 Summer Olympic regatta's the prevailing breeze did not show. Most races had to be sailed under light air conditions. The competition was open for a total of sixteen classes. Two classes had a "No show".
1924: After the massive amount of classes used four years earlier only three classes were selected for the 1924 Olympics. Again there was a one design class. The two other classes were construction classes of the International Metre type. Two locations were used: Meulan was the venue for the Olympic regatta's in the French National Monotype. The host club for the 1924 Olympic Sailing at Meulan was the Cercle de la Voile de Paris. The race conditions at Meulan during the Olympic regatta were not ideal. The light breeze during the first elimination series could hardly make the sailing interesting. Le Havre was the venue for the Olympic regattas for the 6 and 8 Metre. The host club for the 1924 Olympic Sailing at Le Havre was the Société des Régates du Havre. Due to the Easterly winds the courses at Le Havre were mostly reaches. Sailing a windward leg was not really tested. This however was more or less custom for that era. Furthermore this was the first Olympic regatta were just one competing team per class per country was allowed.
1928: Like in the 1924 Olympics only three classes were chosen. There was the revival of the 12' Dinghy from the 1920 Olympics and again the proven 6 and 8 Metre classes. This Olympic sailing regatta can be considered as the first Olympic regatta with a high quality of racing since there were: Well selected classes that represented sailing; Sufficient competitors per class and Good and fair sailing conditions. The only disadvantage was the daily passing of the Oranjesluizen.

The Innovators years 1948 – 1964

The Sailors years 1968 – 1984

The Athletes years 1968 – 1984

The Performers years 2004 – 1920

Olympic classes (equipment)

Over the years the classes used in the Olympic Sailing Program were replaced from time to time. This table shows this development:

Olympic discipline		96^[3]	00^[4]	04^[5]	08	12	16^[6]	20	24	28	32	36	40^[7]	44^[8]	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	Sailed Events
Boats of the Royal Navy		•																															0
½ ton			•																														1
½–1 ton			•																														1
1–2 ton			•																														1
2–3 ton			•																														1
3–10 ton			•																														1
10–20 ton			•																														1
Open class			•																														1
6 Metre	1907				•	•		•																									11
	1919							•	•	•	•
	1933											•	•		•	•
7 Metre	1907				•			•																									2
8 Metre	1907				•	•		•																									8
	1919							•	•	•	•
	1933											•
12 Metre	1907				•	•		•																									4
12 Metre	1919							•																									4
15 Metre	1907				•																												0
10 Metre	1907					•		•																									3
10 Metre	1919							•																									3
9 Metre	1907							•																									0
12 foot dinghy								•		•			•																				2
18 foot dinghy								•																									1
6,5 Metre								•																									1
8.5 Metre								•																									0
30m² class								•																									1
40m² class								•																									1
French National Monotype 1924									•																								1
Snowbird											•																						1
Star											•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•					19
Star																													•	•	•		19
O-Jolle												•																					1
Dragon															•	•	•	•	•	•	•												7
Swallow															•																		1
Firefly															•																		1
Finn																•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•						•			17
Finn																									•	•	•	•	•		•	•	17
5,5 Metre																•	•	•	•	•													5
Sharpie 12m²																	•																1
Flying Dutchman																		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•							9
Soling																					•	•	•	•	•								8
Soling	c																									•	•	•					8
Tempest																					•	•											2
Tornado																						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•			9
470																						•	•	•									17
																									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
																									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Windglider																								•									1
Division II																									•								1
Lechner																										•							2
Lechner																										•							2
Europe																										•	•	•	•				4
Mistral																											•	•	•				6
Mistral																											•	•	•				6
Laser																											•	•	•				6
Laser																															•	•	6
49er																												•	•				5
49er																														•	•	•	5
Yngling																													•	•			2
RS:X																														•	•	•	6
RS:X																														•	•	•	6
Laser Radial																														•	•	•	3
Elliott 6m	m																														•		1
49erFX																																•	1
Nacra 17																																•	1
47	total	1	7	0	5	4		16	3	3	4	4	3		5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	11	11	11	10	10	181
Olympiads		I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	XIII	XIV	XV	XVI	XVII	XVIII	XIX	XX	XXI	XXII	XXIII	XXIV	XXV	XXVI	XXVII	XXVIII	XXIX	XXX	XXXI	Total

= Male
= Female
m = Female matchrace
= Mixed
= Open class
c = Open class fleet/matchrace
1907 = Open 1907 rule
1919 = Open 1919 rule
1933 = Open 1933 rule

Olympic sailing venues

Main article: List of Olympic venues in sailing

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Games	Year	Host	City	Sailing venue	Opening	Closing	Classes
I	1896	(GRE)	Athens	Piraeus	1-APR	1-APR	Cancelled
II	1900	(FRA)	Paris	Meulan	20-MAY	27-MAY	All, except ...
II	1900	(FRA)	Paris	Le Havre	1-AUG	5-AUG	10–20 ton
III	1904	(USA)	St. Louis	Not programmed
IV	1908	(GBR)	London	Ryde	27-JUL	29-JUL	6 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre
IV	1908	(GBR)	London	Hunter's Quay	11-AUG	12-AUG	12 Metre
V	1912	(SWE)	Stockholm	Nynäshamn	19-JUL	22-JUL	All
VI	1916	(GER)	Berlin	Probably not programmed
VII	1920	(BEL)	Antwerp	Ostend	7-JUL	10-JUL	All, except...
VII	1920	(BEL)	Antwerp	The Netherlands	SEP	SEP	Finals 12 foot dinghy
VIII	1924	(FRA)	Paris	Meulan	10-JUL	13-JUL	French National Monotype 1924
VIII	1924	(FRA)	Paris	Le Havre	21-JUL	26-JUL	6 Metre 8 Metre
IX	1928	(NED)	Amsterdam	Durgerdam	2-AUG	9-AUG	All
X	1932	(USA)	Los Angeles	Port of Los Angeles	5-AUG^[9]	12-AUG	All
XI	1936	(GER)	Berlin	Kiel	4-AUG	16-AUG	All
XII	1940	(JPN)	Tokyo	Yokohama harbour	21-SEP	6-OCT	All Cancelled
XII	1940	(FIN)	Helsinki	Program not made			Cancelled
XIII	1944	Olympics suspended
XIV	1948	(GBR)	London	Torquay	4-AUG	12-AUG	All
XV	1952	(FIN)	Helsinki	Harmaja	20-JUL	28-JUL	All
XVI	1956	(AUS)	Melbourne	Port Phillip Bay	26-NOV	5-DEC	All
XVII	1960	(ITA)	Rome	Naples	29-AUG	7-SEP	All
XVIII	1964	(JPN)	Tokyo	Enoshima	12-OCT	23-OCT	All
XIX	1968	(MEX)	Mexico City	Acapulco	13-OCT	25-OCT	All
XX	1972	(FRG)	Munich	Kiel	29-AUG	8-SEP	All
XXI	1976	(CAN)	Montreal	Kingston, Ontario	18-JUL	31-JUL	All
XXII	1980	(URS)	Moscow	Tallinn	21-JUL	29-JUL	All
XXIII	1984	(USA)	Los Angeles	Long Beach, California	31-JUL	8-AUG	All
XXIV	1988	(KOR)	Seoul	Busan	20-SEP	27-SEP	All
XXV	1992	(ESP)	Barcelona	Barcelona	27-JUL	4-AUG	All
XXVI	1996	(USA)	Atlanta	Savannah, Georgia	22-JUL	2-AUG	All
XXVII	2000	(AUS)	Sydney	Sydney	17-SEP	30-SEP	All
XXVIII	2004	(GRE)	Athens	Athens	14-AUG	28-AUG	All
XXVIX	2008	(CHN)	Beijing	Qingdao	9-AUG	21-AUG	All
XXX	2012	(GBR)	London	Weymouth and Portland	28-JUL	11-AUG	All

Medal table

This list includes Olympic medals in years up to and including 2012.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	25	18	11	54
2	United States (USA)	19	23	17	59
3	Norway (NOR)	17	11	3	31
4	Spain (ESP)	13	5	1	19
5	France (FRA)	12	11	15	38
6	Denmark (DEN)	12	9	7	28
7	Sweden (SWE)	10	12	13	35
8	Australia (AUS)	10	5	8	23
9	New Zealand (NZL)	8	5	5	18
10	Brazil (BRA)	6	3	8	17
11	Netherlands (NED)	5	8	7	20
12	Soviet Union (URS)	4	5	3	12
13	Germany (GER)	3	4	3	10
14	Austria (AUT)	3	4	0	7
15	Italy (ITA)	3	3	8	14
16	Greece (GRE)	3	2	2	7
17	Belgium (BEL)	2	4	3	9
18	Finland (FIN)	2	2	7	11
19	West Germany (FRG)	2	2	3	7
20	East Germany (GDR)	2	2	2	6
21	China (CHN)	2	2	1	5
22	Mixed team (ZZX)	2	0	0	2
23	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	2	5
24	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	1	3
24	Unified Team of Germany (EUA)	1	1	1	3
26	Poland (POL)	1	0	3	4
27	Israel (ISR)	1	0	2	3
28	Bahamas (BAH)	1	0	1	2
29	Hong Kong (HKG)	1	0	0	1
30	Argentina (ARG)	0	4	5	9
31	Canada (CAN)	0	3	6	9
32	Portugal (POR)	0	2	2	4
33	Japan (JPN)	0	1	1	2
	Russia (RUS)	0	1	1	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	1	2
36	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Cyprus (CYP)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
	Ireland (IRL)	0	1	0	1
	Lithuania (LTU)	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	0	1
	Virgin Islands (ISV)	0	1	0	1
43	Estonia (EST)	0	0	2	2
44	Hungary (HUN)	0	0	1	1
Total		162	153	146	461

Statistics

This table is based upon the names of the sailors who are documented in the Official Olympic Reports. The table is currently being built and is complete up until 1956.

Nation	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	08	12	Years
Netherlands Antilles (AHO)																					1	2	2	1				6
Andorra (AND)																						2	3					5
Angola (ANG)																						3						3
Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)																				1	1	7	1	3				13
Argentina (ARG)							5	6		11	18	14	6	9	6	8	9	4		5	11	7	10	11	13	10	8	171
Aruba (ARU)															3							1						4
American Samoa (ASA)																							2					2
Australia (AUS)											3	6	11	13	8	9	13	12		13	13	13	16	14	18	17	13	192
Austria (AUT)								2	1	1	5	3	1	7	3	3	12	9	5	10	8	11	6	3	5	11	8	114
Bahamas (BAH)												7	3	11	6	6	5	1		3	2	5	3			1		53
Barbados (BAR)															2					2	4	4	2	1				15
Belgium (BEL)				3		14	8	7		3	12	4	1	3	1	3	7	3		1		7	3	4	4	3	3	94
Bermuda (BER)													3	9	4	4	7	6		3	2	3	4	3	2		2	52
Burma (BIR)													3	3								2						8
Belarus (BLR)																						1	6	4	1	4	2	18
Botswana (BOT)																				1								1
Brazil (BRA)										1	7	6	3	5	5	5	10	8	12	1	15	14	14	12	14	12	9	153
Bahrain (BRN)																				11			4					15
Bulgaria (BUL)																			5					1	3	1	2	12
British West Indies (BWI)														2														2
Cambodia (CAM)															3													3
Canada (CAN)							1		13	1	5	11	8	11	11	11	10	10		13	15	16	16	9	11	14	11	197
Cayman Islands (CAY)																		2		2		3	7	1				15
Ceylon (CEY)																1												1
Chile (CHI)										1										5	3	1	1		1	1	3	16
China (CHN)																				4	5	2	5	4	4	18	9	51
Colombia (COL)																		2								1	2	5
Cook Islands (COK)																							1	1			1	3
Croatia (CRO)																						3	3	4	4	10	12	36
Cuba (CUB)							3				2	3	2	2					5				2	2				21
Cyprus (CYP)																			3		2	2	3	2	3	4	2	21
Czech Republic (CZE)																							2	2	4	4	4	16
Denmark (DEN)					3		6	6		7	13	7	4	9	9	11	11	8	9	8	14	16	11	12	14	6	13	197
Djibouti (DJI)																					1	1	2					4
Dominican Republic (DOM)																				1		2				1		4
Ecuador (ECU)																							1					1
Egypt (EGY)																				1							1	2
El Salvador (ESA)																3												3
Spain (ESP)							3	7	1		3	1		11	1	8	4	8	7	8	15	15	16	17	18	16	14	173
Estonia (EST)								6		1							3					4	4	4	1	2	5	30
Unified Team of Germany (EUA)														11	11													22
Unified Team (EUN)																						14						14
Fiji (FIJ)													1							4	5	4	6	2				22
Finland (FIN)					28		1	1		12	12	14	3	9	5	3	7	8	7	5	5	8	8	9	4	9	11	169
France (FRA)		66		3	3	3	9	13	3	14	16	9	8	11	3	9	11	10		11	13	17	13	12	18	18	16	309
West Germany (FRG)																11	13	9		13	15	1						62
Great Britain (GBR)		8		41		6	5	7	2	14	13	14	12	11	9	5	13	12		13	15	16	16	16	18	18	16	300
Georgia (GEO)																3							2					5
East Germany (GDR)																11	11	6	12		9							49
Germany (GER)		5						6	1	14		14	9					3				15	15	17	17	12	12	140
Greece (GRE)											4	3	2	8	4	6	6	6	4	7	7	11	14	11	18	12	11	134
Guatemala (GUA)																		2	1	1		2	1			1	2	10
Guam (GUM)																					2	2	3	1				8
Hong Kong (HKG)															4	2	4		2	1	4	4	7	2	2	2	2	36
Hungary (HUN)								6		1				5	1	7	5	1	5		3	8	12	6	7	3	3	73
Independent Olympic Participants (IOP)																											1	1
India (IND)														2			3			2	2	2				1		12
Indonesia (INA)														3		3					2		1	1	3	1		14
Ireland (IRL)											5	1	1	6	4		8	6	2	1	5	5	10	4	9	6	8	81
Iceland (ISL)																				2	2					6	8	18
Israel (ISR)																	4	2		5	4	5	5	7	7	7	7	53
Virgin Islands (ISV)																3	8	6		9	6	5	2	2	1	1	2	45
Italy (ITA)							3	12	1	14	15	14	12	11	10	8	8	12	6	11	15	11	16	18	18	18	11	244
British Virgin Islands (IVB)																				5	1	3	1					10
Jamaica (JAM)															3	5	3			2		2	2	2				19
Japan (JPN)										3		1		6	11		2	5		6	13	7	10	10	10	9	9	102
Kenya (KEN)														3	1													4
Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)																	1						1				1	3
South Korea (KOR)																				1	7	3	5	5	4	4	4	33
Latvia (LAT)								1													1	2	2	4	1			11
Lebanon (LIB)														3														3
Lithuania (LTU)																						2		1	1	1	3	8
Luxembourg (LUX)														1												1		2
Morocco (MAR)																								1				1
Malaysia (MAS)																								1	1	1	1	4
Mexico (MEX)														2	11	11	6	3		6	4	3	2	2	3	3	3	59
Malta (MLT)														3						1	1	2	2	1	1			11
Montenegro (MNE)																											1	1
Monaco (MON)							1	1				2		3				3			2						1	13
Mauritius (MRI)																						1						1
Netherlands (NED)		3				8	2	16	2	8	12	9		6	6	6	5	9	12	8	12	14	12	9	14	12	11	196
Norway (NOR)				5	18	59	9	10		14	13	12	6	9	9	11	13	6		7	7	13	16	9	8	9	6	269
New Zealand (NZL)													5	3	3	3	9	8		11	13	17	8	18	12	9	15	134
Oman (OMA)																				1								1
Pakistan (PAK)																				6	2	2						10
Paraguay (PAR)																							1			1		2
Peru (PER)																								1	3	1	1	6
Philippines (PHI)														3	3	1	3	3		1	2	4						20
Papua New Guinea (PNG)																					1	1						2
Poland (POL)							1	2		6						3	11	1	12		2	4	6	9	9	11	11	88
Portugal (POR)							1	4		3	9	9	5	11	6	8	6	2		3	3	8	9	9	6	8	13	123
Puerto Rico (PUR)															1	6	5	9		6	3	4	3	2	1			40
Qatar (QAT)																					1		1					2
Rhodesia (RHO)														2	3													5
Republic of China (ROC)																	1											1
Romania (ROM)																			5				2					7
South Africa (RSA)							1	1	2		1	4	6	3								11	4	2	1	3	2	41
Russia (RUS)					17																		12	12	13	10	10	74
Saint Lucia (LCA)																							1				1	2
Senegal (SEN)																				1								1
Seychelles (SEY)																						1	2	3	1	1		8
Singapore (SIN)													5	3						1	2	2	4	3	1	6	2	29
Slovenia (SLO)																						3	5	5	3	6	4	26
San Marino (SMR)																				1	1		1					3
Sri Lanka (SRI)																				2				1				3
Switzerland (SUI)		3					1	2		6	13	11		11	7	9	10	6	8	9	9	10	5	8	8	9	6	151
Slovakia (SVK)															2								4	1	4	1		12
Sweden (SWE)				13	41	12	11	5	7	14	15	14	7	11	9	8	13	12	10	13	15	15	15	17	10	11	14	312
Czechoslovakia (TCH)							1	2		1					1		1		3			3			1			13
Thailand (THA)													2	2	4	4	3	2		1	1	2	1	3	1	2	3	31
Chinese Taipei (TPE)																				2			3	1		1	1	8
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)															2		2			1							1	6
Tunisia (TUN)																						1			1		1	3
Turkey (TUR)										3				1	3					2	2	2	5	4	5	6	5	38
United Arab Emirates (UAE)																										1		1
Ukraine (UKR)																							12	11	10	6	4	43
Soviet Union (URS)												14	11	11	11	11	13	12	12		15							110
Uruguay (URU)										1	4	1		3		1		12		3	5	3	2	1	2	1	2	41
United States (USA)								11	21	14	16	16	13	10	11	11	13			13	15	17	16	18	18	18	16	267
Venezuela (VEN)														2	3	4				2	1		1	1	1	3	2	20
Yugoslavia (YUG)										1		3		3		2	3	1	3	1								17
Zimbabwe (ZIM)										1		3		0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0			9
Mixed team (ZZX)		3																										3

Sailors		88		65	110	102	72	134	54	169	216	227	153	287	223	247	315	250	153	295	368	439	457	398	396	406	388	6012
Male		1		63	110	101	71	131	54	167	216	224	153	287	223	247	315	250	153	294	327	358	357	306	261		237	4906
Female		87		2	0	1	1	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	41	81	100	92	135		151	700
First Olympic		88		65	101	98	64	119	50	150	190	169																1094
Continents		2		1	1	1	4	4	3	4	5	6	6															37
Countries		6		5	6	6	19	23	11	26	23	29	29	47	43	41	44	41	24	62	61	73	78	68	57			822
New countries		6		3	3	0	10	5	0	6	3	2	6															44
Classes		7		4	4	14	3	3	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	8	10	10	10	11	11	10	168
First use		7		5	1	7	1	0	2	1	3	2	1															30
Boats		70		13	24	24	31	41	23	59	75	93	71	138	109	123	151	127	83	170	213	268	311	271	263			2751
Average class size		10		3.3	6	1.7	10.3	13.7	5.8	14.8	15	18.6	14.2	27.6	21.8	24.6	25.2	21.2	13.8	24.3	26.625	26.8	31.1	27.1	23.9			407.4
Average team size		1.3		5	4.6	4.3	2.3	3.3	2.3	2.9	2.9	2.4	2.2	6.1	5.2	6.0	7.2	6.1	6.375	4.8	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	6.9			105.9
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	08	12	24

Sailing medal leaders (by Summer Olympiad)

Games of	Leader	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
France, 1900 Paris	Great Britain (GBR)	3	0	1	4
United Kingdom, 1908 London	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	1	6
Sweden, 1912 Stockholm	Norway (NOR)	2	0	0	2
Belgium, 1920 Antwerp	Norway (NOR)	7	3	1	11
France, 1924 Paris	Norway (NOR)	2	1	0	3
Netherlands, 1928 Amsterdam	Norway (NOR)	1	1	0	2
United States, 1932 Los Angeles	United States (USA)	2	1	0	3
Germany, 1936 Berlin	Germany (GER)	1	1	1	3
United Kingdom, 1948 London	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
Finland, 1952 Helsinki	United States (USA)	2	1	0	3
Australia, 1956 Melbourne	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
Italy, 1960 Rome	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
Japan, 1964 Tokyo	Germany (EUA)	1	1	0	2
Mexico, 1968 Mexico City	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
West Germany, 1972 Munich	Australia (AUS)	2	0	0	2
Canada, 1976 Montreal	West Germany (FRG)	2	0	1	3
Soviet Union, 1980 Moscow	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	0	2
United States, 1984 Los Angeles	United States (USA)	3	4	0	7
South Korea, 1988 Seoul	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
Spain, 1992 Barcelona	Spain (ESP)	4	1	0	5
United States, 1996 Atlanta	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	1	3
Australia, 2000 Sydney	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	0	5
Greece, 2004 Athens	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	2	5
China, 2008 Beijing	Great Britain (GBR)	4	1	1	6
United Kingdom, 2012 London	Australia (AUS)	3	1	0	4

Multiple medalists

Brazilians Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt and Briton Ben Ainslie are the only Olympic sailors with five Olympic medals. The most successful sailor is Ainslie with four gold medals and one silver, one of only four athletes to win four consecutive gold medals in individual events.

Four or more medals
Position	Sailor	Country	Period	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Classes
1	Ben Ainslie	Great Britain (GBR)	1996–2012	4	1	0	5	Laser/Finn
2	Paul Elvstrøm	Denmark (DEN)	1948–1960	4	0	0	4	Firefly/Finn
3	Jochen Schümann	Germany (GER)	1976–2000	3	1	0	4	Finn/Soling
3	Valentin Mankin	Soviet Union (URS)	1968–1980	3	1	0	4	Finn/Tempest/Star
5	Robert Scheidt	Brazil (BRA)	1996–2012	2	2	1	5	Laser/Star
6	Torben Grael	Brazil (BRA)	1984–2004	2	1	2	5	Soling/Star
7	Magnus Konow	Norway (NOR)	1912–1936	2	1	0	3	12 Metre/8 Metre/6 Metre
	Rodney Pattisson	Great Britain (GBR)	1968–1976	2	1	0	3	Flying Dutchman
	Mark Reynolds	United States (USA)	1988–2000	2	1	0	3	Star
	Iain Percy	Great Britain (GBR)	2000–2012	2	1	0	3	Finn/Star
11	Tore Holm	Sweden (SWE)	1920–1948	2	0	2	4	40m² class/8 Metre/6 Metre
	Alessandra Sensini	Italy (ITA)	1996–2008	1	1	2	4	Mistral/RS:X
	Carlos Espínola	Argentina (ARG)	1996–2008	0	2	2	4	Mistral/Tornado

Notes

↑ http://www.sailing.org/olympics/london2012/about/history/
↑ ISBN 978-90-78440-23-9 Olympic Classes
↑ It is unclear in what classes the races were scheduled.
↑ In 1900 two races were held in the ½-ton, 1–2 Ton and 2–3 Ton classes. After each race, trophies were handed out, in addition to the ultimate winners receiving their Olympic medals.
↑ Sailing was not included in the 1904 Olympic program.
↑ It is not known in what classes the races were scheduled.
↑ Program Tokio announced.
↑ No program created.
↑ This is the first time all Olympic events took place in one periode.

External links

Sailing at the Summer Olympics from Sports-Reference.com

Sports at the Olympic Games

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See also: Paralympic sports

Sailing at the Summer Olympics

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List of multiple medalists Table of competing nations List of medalists by class List of venues

Olympic class sailboats

2016 Olympic classes	470 49er 49erFX Finn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 RS:X

Former Olympic classes	10 Metre 12' Dinghy 12 Metre 12m² Sharpie 15 Metre 18' Dinghy 30m² Skerry cruiser 40m² Skerry cruiser 5.5 Metre 6 Metre 6.5 Metre 7 Metre 8 Metre 8.5 Metre 9 Metre Division II Dragon Elliott 6m Europe Firefly Flying Dutchman French National Monotype 1924 Lechner A-390 Mistral One Design Class O-Jolle Snowbird Soling Star Swallow Tempest Ton classes (0–½, ½–1, 1–2, 2–3, 3–10, 10–20, 20⁺ & Open) Tornado Windglider Yngling