The men's Star was a sailing event on the sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.
Race schedule Sources:
● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Pink ● Medal race on Yellow Date August7Thu8Fri9Sat10Sun11Mon12Tue13Wed14Thu15Fri16Sat17Sun18Mon19Tue20Wed21Thu22Fri23Sat24Sun Men's Star ● 1 2 1 3 Nowind 3 ●
Course areas and course configurations Source:
For the Star course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.
Outer courses O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
Inner courses I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
Windward-leeward courses W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
Weather conditions In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.
Final results Sources:
Daily standings
Further reading
References The 2008 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 Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.