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 the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1980 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 of the coast of Tallinn (district of Pirita, in present-day Estonia), in that time an illegally annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. 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 Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.
Competition Overview ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsMaleFemale 3 23 6 83 156 0
Continents Europe Africa Americas
Countries
1980 Olympic boycott The boycott affected the medalists in most sailing events with a number of European and World champions not participating. In the Soiling, the Canadian World champion team of Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans and [Sandy McMillan] was absent. Some British athletes participated in the Games under a neutral flag, but the sailing federation chose to join the boycott. In several classes an alternative sailing event was organized by the boycotting nations, with the Flying Dutchman class having been held Luxembourg. Other significant countries that choose not to participate included the Australian team.
Classes (equipment) Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far Finn Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1952 8 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 2 Flying Dutchman Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1960 6 Tornado Catamaran 2 1 + + – 1976 2 Star Keelboat 2 0 + + – 1932 10 Soling Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1972 3
Medal summary
1980: Finn Finland (FIN)Esko Rechardt Austria (AUT)Wolfgang Mayrhofer Soviet Union (URS)Andrei Balashov
1980: 470 Brazil (BRA)Marcos SoaresEduardo Penido East Germany (GDR)Jörn BorowskiEgbert Swensson Finland (FIN)Jouko LindgrénGeorg Tallberg
1980: Flying Dutchman Spain (ESP)Alejandro AbascalMiguel Noguer Ireland (IRL)David WilkinsJames Wilkinson Hungary (HUN)Szabolcs DetreZsolt Detre
1980: Tornado Brazil (BRA)Lars Sigurd BjörkströmAlexandre Welter Denmark (DEN)Peter DuePer Kjergard Sweden (SWE)Göran MarströmJörgen Ragnarsson
1980: Star Soviet Union (URS)Valentin MankinAleksandr Muzychenko Austria (AUT)Hubert RaudaschlKarl Ferstl Italy (ITA)Giorgio GorlaAlfio Peraboni
1980: Soling Denmark (DEN)Poul Richard Høj JensenValdemar BandolowskiErik Hansen Soviet Union (URS)Boris BudnikovAlexandr BudnikovNikolay Poliakov Greece (GRE)Anastasios BountourisAnastasios GavrilisAristidis Rapanakis
Medal table
Remarks Sailors
During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: , Valentin Mankin, multi-medalist in the Star , Mihai Butucaru, later committee member of EurosafEurosaf
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