Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the 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 1988 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 September 1988 to 27 September 1988 of the coast of Busan and was the first time that a separate event was allocated exclusively for women (sailed in the 470 class). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
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. Since the sailing conditions of the coast near Seoul are not very suitable for Olympic sailing Busan was chosen for the 1988 Sailing event. A total of two race areas were created of the coast of Busan.
Busan in Korea was reportedly a light wind venue but no one realised until too late that this information came from the airport which was located in a sheltered valley. It turned out to be that the 1988 Olympic Games were one of the windiest ever with one day of racing postponed due to too much wind. One day of racing saw around 30 knots of wind with 5 knots of current going against the wind. There was a lot of equipment damage and rescues for many classes resulting in many sailors did not finish and requests for redress.
Competition
Overview ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsMaleFemale 5 60 8 214 331 44
Continents Africa Asia Oceania Europe Americas
Countries
Classes (equipment) Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far Division II Surfboard 1 0 + - - 1988 1 Finn Dinghy 1 0 + - - 1952 10 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 1 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 4 Flying Dutchman Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1960 7 Tornado Catamaran 2 1 + + - 1976 4 Star Keelboat 2 0 + + - 1932 12 Soling Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1972 5
Medal summary
Women's event
1988: Women's 470 United States (USA)Allison Jolly Lynne Jewell Sweden (SWE)Marit SöderströmBirgitta Bengtsson Soviet Union (URS)Larisa MoskalenkoIryna Chunykhovska
Men's event
1988: Men's Division II New Zealand (NZL)Bruce Kendall Netherlands Antilles (AHO)Jan Boersma United States (USA)Mike Gebhardt
1988: Finn Spain (ESP)Jose Doreste Virgin Islands (ISV)Peter Holmberg New Zealand (NZL)John Cutler
1988: Men's 470 France (FRA)Thierry PeponnetLuc Pillot Soviet Union (URS)Tõnu TõnisteToomas Tõniste United States (USA)John ShaddenCharles McKee
Open events
1988: Flying Dutchman Denmark (DEN)Jørgen Bojsen-MøllerChristian Grønborg Norway (NOR)Ole PollenErik Bjørkum Canada (CAN)Frank McLaughlinJohn Millen
1988: Tornado France (FRA)Jean Le DeroffNicolas Hénard New Zealand (NZL)Chris TimmsRex Sellers Brazil (BRA)Lars GraelClinio Freitas
1988: Star Great Britain (GBR)Michael McIntyreBryn Vaile United States (USA)Mark ReynoldsHarold Haenel Brazil (BRA)Torben GraelNelson Falcão
1988: Soling East Germany (GDR)Jochen SchümannThomas FlachBernd Jäkel United States (USA)John KosteckiWilliam BaylisRobert Billingham Denmark (DEN)Jesper BankJan MathiasenSteen Secher
Medal table
Remarks
Sailing For the first time, a female-specific event, Women's 470, was on the program. Prior to this, all events were open to both men and women. Allison Jolly and Lynne Jewell of the USA won the event.
Sailors During the Sailing regattas at the 1988 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: , Paul Elvstrøm
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