The Men's Formula Kite is a sailing event part of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics program in Marseille and takes place between 4–9 August 2024. It is the first appearance of men's kiteboarding in the Olympic games. 20 sailors from 20 countries competed in the event.

The event began with up to 16 preliminary races in the opening series across four days. The top 10 competitors moved on to the medal series; the top two competitors from the opening series advanced directly to the final, while positions 3–10 moved to the semifinal. The eight competitors in the semifinals were split into two groups of equal strength with a goal of reaching three race victories. The top sailors in each split started the semifinals with two race victories credited, while the second-ranked sailors started with one race victory. The winner of each semifinal moved on to the final.

In the final, the goal was to reach three race victories. The highest ranked sailor from the opening series started the final with two race victories, while the second-ranked sailor started with one race victory.

Schedule Sun 4 Aug Mon 5 Aug Tue 6 Aug Wed 7 Aug Thu 8 Aug Fri 9 Aug Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4 Race 5 Race 6Race 7 Race 8CancelledSemifinalsFinal Final

Preliminary races Results Official results (after race 7). Races 8 to 16 were cancelled due to inadequate wind speeds.

Top 2 = Final

3 to 10 = Semifinal

Medal series Semifinals Semifinal A RankHelmsmanNationEarned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes 1 Riccardo Pianosi 2 2 1 rowspan="4" colspan="4" 3 Advanced to Finals 2 Axel Mazella 1 3 2 1 3 Bruno Lobo 0 1 3 1 4 Huang Qibin 0 4 4 0

SCP = Scoring Penalty

Semifinal B RankHelmsmanNationEarned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes 1 Valentin Bontus 2 1 rowspan="4" colspan="5" 3 Advanced to Finals 2 Jannis Maus 1 2 1 3 Connor Bainbridge 0 3 0 4 Markus Edegran 0 4 0

Finals The Finals began on 8 August. One race was completed, but inadequate winds postponed remaining races until 9 August.

RankHelmsmanNationEarned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Valentin Bontus 0 1 1 1 colspan="3" rowspan="4" 3 Toni Vodišek 2 4 4 4 2 Maximilian Maeder 1 2 2 3 1 4 Riccardo Pianosi 0 3 3 2 0

DPI = Discretionary penalty imposed SCP = Scoring Penalty

References