The Women's Formula Kite was a sailing event part of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics program in Marseille and took place between 4–8 August 2024. It was the first appearance of women's kiteboarding in the Olympic games. 20 sailors representing 20 countries entered in to the event.
The event began with up to 16 preliminary races in the opening series across four days. The top 10 competitors move on to the medal series. The top two competitors from the opening series advance directly to the final, while positions 3–10 move in to the semi-final.
The eight competitors in the semi-finals were split into two groups of equal strength with a goal of reaching three race victories. The top sailors in each split started the semi-finals with two race victories credited, while the second-ranked sailors started with one race victory. The winner of each semi-final moved on to the final. In the final, the goal was also to reach three race victories. The highest ranked sailor from the opening series starts the final with two race victories, while the second-ranked sailor starts with one race victory.
Schedule Sun 4 Aug Mon 5 Aug Tue 6 Aug Wed 7 Aug Thu 8 Aug Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 CancelledSemi-finalsFinal
Preliminary races Results Official results (after 6 races). Races 7 to 16 were cancelled due to inadequate wind speeds.
Medal series Medal series official results: Semi-finals Semi-final A RankHelmsmanNationEarned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes 1 Daniela Moroz 2 1 rowspan="4" colspan="5" 3 Advanced to Finals 2 Elena Lengwiler 1 2 1 3 Gal Zukerman 0 3 0 4 Breiana Whitehead 0 4 0 SCP = Scoring Penalty
Semi-final B RankHelmsmanNationEarned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes 1 Annelous Lammerts 2 1 rowspan="4" colspan="5" 3 Advanced to Finals 2 Leonie Meyer 1 2 1 3 Julia Damasiewicz 0 3 0 4 Maggie Pescetto 0 4 0
Finals RankHelmsmanNationEarned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Eleanor Aldridge 1 1 1 rowspan="4" colspan="4" 3 Lauriane Nolot 2 2 3 2 Annelous Lammerts 0 4 2 0 4 Daniela Moroz 0 3 4 0 SCP = Scoring Penalty
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