Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1992 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class races were scheduled from 27 July 1992 to 4 August 1992 of the coast of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea.
Venue
According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. The weather conditions in Barcelona were found suitable for sailing. The waterfront of Barcelona was completely restructured for the Olympics. The Olympic port became one of the key Olympic areas of Barcelona.
The Olympic sailing competition was held in the Mediterranean waters outside the Olympic Harbor. The new harbor was designed to be the base for the Olympic sailors and a key factor in the opening up of the city to the sea. This was achieved by a Special Town Plan for the “Parc de Mar” Area including a harbor which satisfy the requirements of sailors and organizers. The new harbor serves after the Games as a marina.
A total of five race areas were created on the Mediterranean Sea.
Classes (equipment)
Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jibb/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far Lechner A390 windsurf 1 0 + - - 1992 1 Lechner A390 windsurf 1 0 + - - 1992 1 Europe Dinghy 1 0 + - - 1992 1 Finn Dinghy 1 0 + - - 1952 11 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 2 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 5 Flying Dutchman Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1960 9 Tornado Catamaran 2 1 + + - 1976 5 Star Keelboat 2 1 + + + 1932 14 Soling Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1972 6
Participating nations
Medal summary
Women's Events
1992: Women's Lechner A-390 New Zealand (NZL)Barbara Kendall China (CHN)Zhang Xiaodong Netherlands (NED)Dorien de Vries
1992: Europe Norway (NOR)Linda Cerup-Simonsen Spain (ESP)Natalia Vía Dufresne United States (USA)Julia Trotman
1992: Women's 470 Spain (ESP)Theresa ZabellPatricia Guerra New Zealand (NZL)Leslie EgnotJan Shearer United States (USA)Jennifer IslerPamela Healy
Men's Events
1992: Men's Lechner A-390 France (FRA)Franck David United States (USA)Mike Gebhardt Australia (AUS)Lars Kleppich
1992: Finn Spain (ESP)José van der Ploeg United States (USA)Brian Ledbetter New Zealand (NZL)Craig Monk
1992: Men's 470 Spain (ESP)Jordi CalafatFrancisco Sanchez United States (USA)Morgan ReeserKevin Burnham Estonia (EST)Tõnu TõnisteToomas Tõniste
Mixed Events
1992: Flying Dutchman Spain (ESP)Luis DoresteDomingo Manrique United States (USA)Paul FoersterStephen Bourdow Denmark (DEN)Jørgen Bojsen-MøllerJens Bojsen-Møller
1992: Tornado France (FRA)Yves LodayNicolas Hénard United States (USA)Randy SmythKeith Notary Australia (AUS)Mitch BoothJohn Forbes
1992: Star United States (USA)Mark ReynoldsHarold Haenel New Zealand (NZL)Rod DavisDon Cowie Canada (CAN)Ross MacDonaldEric Jespersen
1992: Soling Denmark (DEN)Jesper BankSteen SecherJesper Seier United States (USA)Kevin MahaneyJim BradyDoug Kern Great Britain (GBR)Lawrie SmithRobert CruikshankOssie Stewart
Medal table
Further information
Sailing It was the first Olympic sailing contest where, besides fleet racing, a combination format of fleetracing and match racing was also used. Soling employed this latter format.
Sailors During the sailing regattas at the 1992 Summer Olympics the following people notable outside sailing took part: Royalty , Prince Felipe of Spain (later King Felipe VI), as midperson in the Soling
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