Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X
| Men's RS:X at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Line drawing of the RS-X | ||||||||||
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | |||||||||
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| Dates | First race: July 31, 2012 Last race: August 7, 2012 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 38 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 38 sailors, on 38 boards, from 38 nations competed.[2] Ten boards qualified for the medal race.[3] The gold medal was won by Dorian van Rijsselberghe who already after the ninth race had accumulated sufficient results to be certain to win the gold medal, as long as he competed in the races.[4]
Race schedule[1][5]
| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Portland | ● | Race on Nothe | ● | Race on West | ● | Medal race on Nothe |
| Date | July | August | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | 29 Sun | 30 Mon | 31 Tue | 1 Wed | 2 Thu | 3 Fri | 4 Sat | 5 Sun | 6 Mon | 7 Tue | 8 Wed | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun | |
| Men's RS:X | ● | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day |
2 | 2 | Spare day |
MR | |||||||||
| Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS:X | men | women | |||
| Laser Radial | women | ||||
| Laser | men | ||||
| Finn | men | ||||
| 470 | men | women | |||
| 49er | men | ||||
| Elliott 6m | women | ||||
| Star | men | ||||
Course areas and course configurations
Further information: Sailing courses at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Course Areas
For the RS:X course areas P (Portland), N (Nothe) and W (West) were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area and the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area. The target time for the course was 30 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.[6]
Final results[2][7]
 Rank | Country | Helmsman | 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. | |||||
 |
 Netherlands |
Dorian van Rijsselberghe | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | | | 1 | 2.0 | 54.0 | 15.0 |
 |
 Great Britain |
Nick Dempsey | 5 | 5.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | | | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 51.0 | 41.0 |
 |
 Poland |
Przemysław Miarczyński | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | | | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 73.0 | 60.0 |
| 4 |  Germany |
Toni Wilhelm | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 79.0 | 64.0 |
| 5 |  France |
Julien Bontemps | | | 14 | 14.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 93.0 | 70.0 |
| 6 |  Greece |
Byron Kokkalanis | 4 | 4.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | | | 15 | 15.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 93.0 | 77.0 |
| 7 |  New Zealand |
JP Tobin | 15 | 15.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 6.0 | | | 17 | 17.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 113.0 | 96.0 |
| 8 |  Canada |
Zachary Plavsic | 6 | 6.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | | | 10 | 20.0 | 129.0 | 100.0 |
| 9 |  Brazil |
Ricardo Santos | 14 | 14.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 14 | 14.0 | | | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 135.0 | 113.0 |
| 10 |  Switzerland |
Richard Stauffacher | 10 | 10.0 | | | 14 | 14.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 148.0 | 127.0 |
| 11 |  Argentina |
Mariano Reutemann | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 5 | 5.0 | | | 14 | 14.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 136.0 | 116.0 |
| 12 |  Lithuania |
Juozas Bernotas | 9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 17 | 17.0 | | | 27 | 27.0 | - | - | 147.0 | 120.0 |
| 13 |  Hong Kong |
Ho Tsun Andy Leung | 11 | 11.0 | 18 | 18.0 | | | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 21 | 21.0 | - | - | 153.0 | 125.0 |
| 14 |  Portugal |
João Rodrigues | 20 | 20.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 7 | 7.0 | | | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 3 | 3.0 | - | - | 156.0 | 131.0 |
| 15 |  South Korea |
Lee Tae-hoon | 8 | 8.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 13 | 13.0 | | | 19 | 19.0 | - | - | 170.0 | 139.0 |
| 16 |  Spain |
Iván Pastor | 22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 20 | 20.0 | | | 19 | 19.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | - | - | 189.0 | 150.0 |
| 17 |  Cyprus |
Andreas Cariolou | 13 | 13.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 11 | 11.0 | | | 16 | 16.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 23 | 23.0 | - | - | 180.0 | 150.0 |
| 18 |  China |
Wang Aichen | 21 | 21.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 22 | 22.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 180.0 | 153.0 |
| 19 |  Israel |
Shahar Tzuberi | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 12 | 12.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 1 | 1.0 | - | - | 194.0 | 155.0 |
| 20 |  Russia |
Dmitry Polishchuk | 17 | 17.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 26 | 26.0 | | | 28 | 28.0 | - | - | 206.0 | 167.0 |
| 21 |  Croatia |
Luka Mratović | 24 | 24.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 18 | 18.0 | | | - | - | 206.0 | 170.0 |
| 22 |  United States |
Robert Willis | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 25 | 25.0 | | | 28 | 28.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 30 | 30.0 | - | - | 218.0 | 179.0 |
| 23 |  Ukraine |
Maksym Oberemko | | | 35 | 35.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | - | - | 217.0 | 181.0 |
| 24 |  Norway |
Sebastian Wang-Hansen | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 25 | 25.0 | | | - | - | 217.0 | 185.0 |
| 25 |  Hungary |
Áron Gádorfalvi | 34 | 34.0 | 33 | 33.0 | | | 22 | 22.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 25 | 25.0 | - | - | 226.0 | 187.0 |
| 26 |  Bulgaria |
Yoan Kolev | 29 | 29.0 | 31 | 31.0 | DNE | 39.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 20 | 20.0 | | | 26 | 26.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 8 | 8.0 | - | - | 242.0 | 207.0 |
| 27 |  Belarus |
Mikalai Zhukavets | 26 | 26.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 21 | 21.0 | | | 33 | 33.0 | - | - | 247.0 | 208.0 |
| 28 |  Japan |
Makoto Tomizawa | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 26 | 26.0 | | | 30 | 30.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 4 | 4.0 | - | - | 243.0 | 209.0 |
| 29 |  Denmark |
Sebastian Fleischer | 18 | 18.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | | | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 26 | 26.0 | - | - | 249.0 | 220.0 |
| 30 |  Estonia |
Johannes Ahun | 27 | 27.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 22 | 22.0 | DPI | 31.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 28 | 28.0 | | | 35 | 35.0 | - | - | 270.0 | 231.0 |
| 31 |  Venezuela |
Daniel Flores | | | 37 | 37.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 16 | 16.0 | - | - | 289.0 | 252.0 |
| 32 |  Mexico |
David Mier | 32 | 32.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 30 | 30.0 | | | 28 | 28.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 20 | 20.0 | - | - | 289.0 | 254.0 |
| 33 |  Thailand |
Ek Boonsawad | 28 | 28.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 23 | 23.0 | | | 34 | 34.0 | - | - | 293.0 | 254.0 |
| 34 |  Italy |
Federico Esposito | 31 | 31.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 32 | 32.0 | | | 33 | 33.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 15 | 15.0 | - | - | 305.0 | 269.0 |
| 35 |  Chinese Taipei |
Chang Hao | 33 | 33.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 33.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 22 | 22.0 | - | - | 326.0 | 289.0 |
| 36 |  Czech Republic |
Karel Lavický | 30 | 30.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 34 | 34.0 | | | 34 | 34.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 31 | 31.0 | DNF | 39.0 | 31 | 31.0 | - | - | 335.0 | 296.0 |
| 37 |  Colombia |
Santiago Grillo | 35 | 35.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 33 | 33.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 36 | 36.0 | DNF | 39.0 | 24 | 24.0 | - | - | 341.0 | 302.0 |
| 38 |  Egypt |
Ahmed Habash | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 38.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | - | - | 373.0 | 334.0 |
Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; |
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's RS:X during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "Olympic Games". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
References
- 1 2 "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- 1 2 The 2012 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 Nothe in front of Weymouth.
- ↑ "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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