Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Finn

Finn Men's at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Finn class dinghy
Venue	Savannah
Dates	July 22 to August 2
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Teams	31
Medalists
Mateusz Kusznierewicz   Poland   Sebastien Godefroid   Belgium   Roy Heiner   Netherlands

Sailing at the  1996 Summer Olympics
Mistral		Men		Women
Europe				Women
Laser			Open
Finn		Men
470		Men		Women
Tornado			Open
Star			Open
Soling			Open

The Finn Men's Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from July 22 to August 2, 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Ten races were sailed. Each sailor had two discards.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Total Points [1]	Total -1 [2]
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
01 !	Mateusz Kusznierewicz  (POL)	10	10.0	4	4.0	20	20.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	62.0	32.0
02 !	Sebastien Godefroid  (BEL)	13	13.0	24	24.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	85.0	45.0
03 !	Roy Heiner  (NED)	21	21.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	12	12.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	83.0	50.0
4	Hans Spitzauer  (AUT)	4	4.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	PMS	32.0	12	12.0	12	12.0	98.0	54.0
5	Fredrik Lööf  (SWE)	8	8.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	14	14.0	19	19.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	15	15.0	3	3.0	91.0	57.0
6	Paul Mckenzie  (AUS)	9	9.0	28	28.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	1	1.0	17	17.0	13	13.0	3	3.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	115.0	67.0
7	Jose Maria van der Ploeg  (ESP)	1	1.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	DNS	32.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	5	5.0	118.0	69.0
8	Ian Ainslie  (RSA)	25	25.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	10	10.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	2	2.0	26	26.0	17	17.0	123.0	72.0
9	Richard Clarke  (CAN)	14	14.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	10	10.0	PMS	32.0	28	28.0	3	3.0	17	17.0	21	21.0	1	1.0	135.0	75.0
10	Christoph Bergmann  (BRA)	19	19.0	2	2.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	5	5.0	20	20.0	8	8.0	21	21.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	120.0	79.0
11	Jali Makila  (FIN)	17	17.0	5	5.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	3	3.0	22	22.0	7	7.0	16	16.0	13	13.0	21	21.0	125.0	82.0
12	Richard Stenhouse  (GBR)	18	18.0	14	14.0	8	8.0	21	21.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	20	20.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	124.0	83.0
13	Craig Monk  (NZL)	22	22.0	9	9.0	4	4.0	13	13.0	2	2.0	13	13.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	28	28.0	25	25.0	139.0	86.0
14	Michael Maier  (CZE)	3	3.0	15	15.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	19	19.0	29	29.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	134.0	86.0
15	Philippe Presti  (FRA)	6	6.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	15	15.0	6	6.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	125.0	87.0
16	Luca Devoti  (ITA)	7	7.0	25	25.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	PMS	32.0	7	7.0	4	4.0	147.0	90.0
17	Yuriy Tokovyy  (UKR)	2	2.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	5	5.0	17	17.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	18	18.0	133.0	91.0
18	Oleg Khoperskiy  (RUS)	27	27.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	10	10.0	4	4.0	14	14.0	161.0	107.0
19	Karlo Kuret  (CRO)	DSQ	32.0	11	11.0	2	2.0	19	19.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	18	18.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	165.0	109.0
20	Michael Fellmann  (GER)	15	15.0	12	12.0	11	11.0	17	17.0	15	15.0	26	26.0	26	26.0	15	15.0	14	14.0	22	22.0	173.0	121.0
21	Bjoern Westergaard  (DEN)	12	12.0	16	16.0	25	25.0	8	8.0	23	23.0	14	14.0	4	4.0	PMS	32.0	22	22.0	23	23.0	179.0	122.0
22	Vasco Batista  (POR)	16	16.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	26	26.0	7	7.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	178.0	129.0
23	Will Martin  (USA)	PMS	32.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	21	21.0	2	2.0	PMS	32.0	25	25.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	200.0	136.0
24	John Driscoll  (IRL)	23	23.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	24	24.0	20	20.0	21	21.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	24	24.0	20	20.0	190.0	142.0
25	Marek Valasek  (SVK)	5	5.0	17	17.0	26	26.0	28	28.0	27	27.0	6	6.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	203.0	148.0
26	Farkas Litkey  (HUN)	11	11.0	29	29.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	25	25.0	19	19.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	24	24.0	219.0	165.0
27	Aimilios Papathanasiou  (GRE)	26	26.0	21	21.0	DNF	32.0	27	27.0	PMS	32.0	16	16.0	21	21.0	23	23.0	29	29.0	DNF	32.0	259.0	195.0
28	Dumitru Fratila  (ROM)	20	20.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	27	27.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	254.0	199.0
29	Mark Clarke  (CAY)	28	28.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	26	26.0	25	25.0	18	18.0	28	28.0	PMS	32.0	23	23.0	27	27.0	262.0	202.0
30	Manuel Mendez  (PUR)	24	24.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	29	29.0	28	28.0	30	30.0	29	29.0	DSQ	32.0	31	31.0	29	29.0	292.0	229.0
31	Geoffrey Taylor  (FIJ)	29	29.0	31	31.0	29	29.0	30	30.0	DNF	32.0	31	31.0	30	30.0	24	24.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	296.0	233.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Finn course area's

Black: Marinas Blue: Alpha course Green: Bravo course Yellow: Charly course Red: Delta course  Olympic course ZU. S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
22-JUL-1996	I	30		7	0.4	ZU	Charly
23-JUL-1996	II	29		10	0.8	ZU	Charly
23-JUL-1996	III	29		13	0.8	ZU	Charly
24-JUL-1996	IV	28		11	0.7	ZU	Delta
25-JUL-1996	V	29		13	0.7	ZU	Delta
26-JUL-1996	VI	28		4	0.4	ZU	Charly
26-JUL-1996	VII	27		10	0.5	ZU	Charly
27-JUL-1996	VIII	28		5	0.6	ZU	Charly
28-JUL-1996	IX	29		6	0.7	ZU	Charly
29-JUL-1996	X	28		11	0.6	ZU	Charly

Notes

References

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