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 cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of 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. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)
The land based part of the WPNSA includes: Administrative and game management center Media center The "Hangar" for measurement, social events and logistic center. (Inter)National sailing center Craning, mooring and slipway facilities
Course areas A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone.
Competition
Qualification
Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating. The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain; New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.
Overview ContinentsCountriesClassesBoatsMaleFemale 6 63 10 273 237 143
Continents Africa Asia Oceania Europe North America South America
Countries
Classes (equipment) Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far RS:X Sailboard 1 - + - - 2008 2 RS:X Sailboard 1 - + - - 2008 2 Laser Radial Dinghy 1 - + - - 2008 2 Laser Dinghy 1 - + - - 1996 5 Finn Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1952 16 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 7 470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 10 49er Dinghy 2 2 + + + 2000 4 Elliott 6m Keelboat 3 0 + + + 2012 1 Star Keelboat 2 0 + + – 1932 18
Race schedule ● Opening ceremony ● Practice race ● Race ● Medal race ● Closing ceremony Date JulyAugust26Thu27Fri28Sat29Sun30Mon31Tue1Wed2Thu3Fri4Sat5Sun6Mon7Tue8Wed9Thu10Fri11Sat12Sun Women'sMen's ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Women'sMen's R 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 KO 2 2 KO KO KO Women'sMen's MR MR MR MR MR MR MR MR MR FP Total gold medals 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 Ceremonies ● ● Legend: Matchracing RR = Round Robin phase KO = Knockout phase FP = Finals & Petite Finals Fleetracing MR = Medal races
Medal summary Source:
Men's events RS:X Laser Finn470Mathew BelcherMalcolm PageLuke PatienceStuart BithellLucas CalabreseJuan de la FuenteStarFredrik LööfMax SalminenIain PercyAndrew SimpsonRobert ScheidtBruno Prada49erNathan OutteridgeIain JensenPeter BurlingBlair TukeAllan NørregaardPeter Lang
Women's events RS:XLaser Radial470Jo AlehPolly PowrieHannah MillsSaskia ClarkLisa WesterhofLobke BerkhoutElliott 6mTámara EchegoyenÁngela PumariegaSofía ToroOlivia PriceNina CurtisLucinda WhittySilja LehtinenSilja KanervaMikaela Wulff
Medal table
Further reading
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