Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
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 annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.[1]
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| Venues | Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Tallinn, Estonian SSR |
| Dates | First race: 21 July 1980 Last race: 29 July 1980 |
| Competitors | 156 (all male) from 23 nations |
| Boats | 83 |
Venue
| The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita | |
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 Pirita Olympic Yachting Center | |
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| General information | |
| Town or city | Tallinn |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Coordinates | 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E |
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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
| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 23 | 6 | 83 | 156 | 0 |
Continents
- Europe
- Africa
- Americas
Countries
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
 Austria (AUT) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria (BUL) |
 Cuba (CUB) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus (CYP) |  Denmark (DEN) |
| Spain (ESP) |  Finland (FIN) |  East Germany (GDR) |
 Greece (GRE) |  Guatemala (GUA) |  Hungary (HUN) |
| Ireland (IRL) | Italy (ITA) | Netherlands (NED) |
 Poland (POL) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania (ROM) | Switzerland (SUI) |
 Sweden (SWE) |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |  Soviet Union (URS) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | |
1980 Olympic boycott
[2] The boycott influenced most sailing events. For example, in the Soling, the Canadian world champion team of Bill Abbott, Jr., Bill Abbott, Sr. and Larry Abbott were absent. In several countries alternative sailing events, like a Flying Dutchman event in Luxembourg, were organized.
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 1980: Finn |
Finland (FIN) Esko Rechardt |
Austria (AUT) Wolfgang Mayrhofer |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS)Andrei Balashov |
 1980: 470 |
Brazil (BRA) Marcos Soares Eduardo Penido |
East Germany (GDR) Jörn Borowski Egbert Swensson |
Finland (FIN) Jouko Lindgrén Georg Tallberg |
 1980: Flying Dutchman |
Spain (ESP) Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer |
Ireland (IRL) David Wilkins James Wilkinson |
Hungary (HUN) Szabolcs Detre Zsolt Detre |
 1980: Tornado |
Brazil (BRA) Lars Sigurd Bjorkström Alexandre Welter |
Denmark (DEN) Peter Due Per Kjergard |
Sweden (SWE) Göran Marström Jörgen Ragnarsson |
 1980: Star |
Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Mankin Aleksandr Muzychenko |
Austria (AUT) Hubert Raudaschl Karl Ferstl |
Italy (ITA) Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni |
 1980: Soling |
Denmark (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen |
Soviet Union (URS) Boris Budnikov Alexandr Budnikov Nikolay Poliakov |
Greece (GRE) Anastasios Bountouris Anastasios Gavrilis Aristidis Rapanakis |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 nations) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Remarks
Sailors
During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
- Soviet Union (URS), Valentin Mankin multi medalist in the Star
- Romania (ROM), Mihai Butucaru later committee member of Eurosaf[3]
References
- "Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- Smothers, Ronald (19 July 1996). "OLYMPICS; Boycott". The New York Times.
- Eurosaf
Sources
- I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Organization (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Facilities (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Results (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Sailing". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
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