Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Star
| Men’s Star at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
.svg.png) Line drawing of the Star | ||||||||||
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | |||||||||
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| Dates | First race: July 29, 2012 Last race: August 5, 2012 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 32 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 (boats) | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men’s Star 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. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.[2] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[3]
Race schedule[1][4]
| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on West | ● | Race on South | ● | 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 Star | ● | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day |
2 | 2 | Spare day |
MR | |||||||||
Stars during the 2012 Summer Olympics
| 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 [5]
Course Areas
For the Star course areas N (Nothe), W (West) and S (South) were used. The location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area, the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area and the location (50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W) points to the center of the South course area. The target time for the course was 60 – 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.
Further information: Sailing courses at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Final results[2][6]
| 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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 Sweden |
Fredrik Lööf | Max Salminen | | | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 42.0 | 32.0 |
 |
 Great Britain |
Iain Percy | Andrew Simpson | | | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | DSQ | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 45.0 | 34.0 |
 |
 Brazil |
Robert Scheidt | Bruno Prada | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | | | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 49.0 | 40.0 |
| 4 |  Norway |
Eivind Melleby | Petter Morland Pedersen | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | | | 11 | 11.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 79.0 | 63.0 |
| 5 |  New Zealand |
Hamish Pepper | Jim Turner | | | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 85.0 | 70.0 |
| 6 |  Germany |
Robert Stanjek | Frithjof Kleen | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | | | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 87.0 | 70.0 |
| 7 |  United States |
Mark Mendelblatt | Brian Fatih | 5 | 5.0 | | | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 85.0 | 71.0 |
| 8 |  Poland |
Mateusz Kusznierewicz | Dominik Życki | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 9.0 | | | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 85.0 | 72.0 |
| 9 |  France |
Xavier Rohart | Pierre-Alexis Ponsot | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | | | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 100.0 | 86.0 |
| 10 |  Ireland |
Peter O'Leary | David Burrows | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | | | 7 | 7.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 112.0 | 95.0 |
| 11 |  Denmark |
Michael Hestbæk | Claus Olesen | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 13 | 13.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | - | - | 103.0 | 89.0 |
| 12 |  Canada |
Richard Clarke | Tyler Bjorn | 16 | 16.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 13 | 13.0 | - | - | 110.0 | 93.0 |
| 13 |  Switzerland |
Flavio Marazzi | Enrico de Maria | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | | | - | - | 118.0 | 102.0 |
| 14 |  Greece |
Aimilios Papathanasiou | Antonis Tsotras | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 15 | 15.0 | | | DSQ | 17.0 | OCS | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | - | - | 123.0 | 106.0 |
| 15 |  Portugal |
Afonso Domingos | Frederico Melo | 14 | 14.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | | | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 124.0 | 108.0 |
| 16 |  Croatia |
Marin Lovrović, Jr. | Dan Lovrović | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | | | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | - | - | 132.0 | 116.0 |
Legend: DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; |
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the men’s Star 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.
- ↑ "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 Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 3 April 2014.
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