Olympic sailing classes

The eight Olympic classes scheduled in London 2012.

The Olympic sailing classes have been used in the sport of Sailing/Yachting during the Olympic Summer Games since 1896. Since then, 46 different classes have been used.

History

Over a period of more than 112 years, in a sport that uses complex technical equipment, classes will be discontinued for use at the Olympics. Reasons for discontinuation of a class varied from economical, logistical and technological to emotional and even political. Some of the discontinued classes remain very strong International - or National classes. Others filled a niche in a specific area like sailing schools or local club racing. Some faded away.

The “Former Olympic Sailing Classes”, together with their crews form an important and significant part of the history of sailing in general and Olympic Sailing in particular. These tables give an overview of the classes and when they were used for Olympic sailing.

Current Olympic Classes

Category	Class	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016
Dinghy	Finn	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	H	H	•H	HM	HM	HM
	470							•	•	•	M&F	M&F	M&F	M&F	M&F	M&F	M&F	M&F
	49er													P	P	P	P	M
	49erFX																	F
	Laser												M	M	M	M	M	M
	Laser Radial														F	F	F	F

Multihull	Nacra 17																	Mix

Sailboard	RS:X															M&F	M&F	M&F

Discontinued Olympic Classes

Pre-WWII games (1900–1936)

Category	Class	1900	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936
Ton classes	½ Ton	•
	½–1 Ton	•
	1–2 Ton	•
	2–3 Ton	•
	3–10 Ton	•
	10–20 Ton	•
	Open	•

Square Meter {{nowrap\|Skerry Cruiser classes}}	30m²				•
Square Meter {{nowrap\|Skerry Cruiser classes}}	40m²				•

Jauge chemin de fer classes	6.5 Metre				•
Jauge chemin de fer classes	8.5 Metre				•

Metre classes	6 Metre		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	7 Metre		•		•
	8 Metre		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	9 Metre				•
	10 Metre			•	•
	12 Metre		•	•	•
	15 Metre				•

Monotype classes	12’ Dinghy				•		•
	18’ Dinghy				•
	French National Monotype 1924					•
	Snowbird							•
	O-Jolle								•

Keelboat	Star							•	•

Post-WWII games (1948—2012)

Category	Class	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012
Dinghy	Firefly	•
	12m² Sharpie			•
	Flying Dutchman				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Europe												F	F	F	F

Keelboat	6 Metre	•
	Swallow	•
	5.5 Metre		•	•	•	•	•
	Dragon	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
	Elliott 6																	Fm
	Soling							•	•	•	•	•	C	C	C
	Star	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	M	M	M
	Tempest							•	•
	Yngling															F	F

Multihull	Tornado								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•

Sailboard	Windglider										M
	Division II											M
	Lechner A–390												M+F
	Mistral One Design Class													M+F	M+F	M+F
	RS:X																M+F	M+F

Legend

( • ) Open Class event (Male and Female)
( M ) Male event
( F ) Female event
( Fm ) Female Matchrace event
( Of ) Open with a minimum of one female
( C ) Combined open event (Fleetrace and Matchrace)
( Mix ) Mixed (e.g. One Male & One Female Crew)
( H ) Heavyweight Dinghy event
( P ) High Performance Dinghy event
( VIP ) Vintage Inter Pares event (sailoff between the winners of each Vintage Yachting event)

References

International Sailing Federation
ISBN 978-90-78440-23-9

External links

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Olympic sailing classes

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

Former 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

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 2008 2012 2016

List of medalists by discipline by class List of venues Scoring systems Classes

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