Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed, including the medal race, due to lack of wind. 26 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Mixed Finn[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 16 August 2008 (2008-08-16)
Competitors26 from 26 nations
Medalists
Ben Ainslie  Great Britain
Zach Railey  United States
Guillaume Florent  France
Sailing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
RS:Xmenwomen
Laser Radialwomen
Lasermen
Finnopen
470menwomen
49eropen
Tornadoopen
Ynglingwomen
Starmen

Race schedule
 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Pink ● Medal race on Yellow
Date August
7
Thu		8
Fri		9
Sat		10
Sun		11
Mon		12
Tue		13
Wed		14
Thu		15
Fri		16
Sat		17
Sun		18
Mon		19
Tue		20
Wed		21
Thu		22
Fri		23
Sat		24
Sun
Mixed Finn ● 2 2 2 Spare
day 		1 No
wind 		1 No
wind 		●

[1][6]

Course areas and course configurations

For the Finn course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E) points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75 nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.[7]

  • Course areas
  • 70° trapezoid outer course (O)
  • 70° trapezoid inner course (I)
  • Windward-leeward course (W)

Outer courses
  • O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses
  • I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Windward-leeward courses
  • W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
  • W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
  • W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

Weather conditions

In the leadup to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[8]

Final results[9][10]
Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIMRTot Pts
Ben Ainslie  Great Britain10†14111022133.023.0
Zach Railey  United States252278719†664.045.0
Guillaume Florent  France5820346421†479.058.0
4 Daniel Birgmark  Sweden1417†1612335775.058.0
5 Christopher Cook  Canada8371023†5153890.067.0
6 Jonas Høgh-Christensen  Denmark166121625†457295.070.0
7 Gašper Vinčec  Slovenia91165313†8101085.072.0
8 Ivan Kljaković Gašpić  Croatia71010816†9113992.076.0
9 Rafael Trujillo  Spain1243142020OCS 27†13107.080.0
10 Rafał Szukiel  Poland321912101422†125104.082.0
11 Giorgio Poggi  Italy1771421†61299 95.074.0
12 Dan Slater  New Zealand21†1918497136 97.076.0
13 Eduardo Couto  Brazil616DNF 27†721714OCS 27 116.089.0
14 Pieter-Jan Postma  Netherlands19151622†1521016 115.093.0
15 Aimilios Papathanasiou  Greece1DNF 27†5DNE 271815DNE 278 128.0101.0
16 Anthony Nossiter  Australia1122†81713211120 123.0101.0
17 Eduard Skornyakov  Russia24†2017138181214 126.0102.0
18 Tapio Nirkko  Finland189991922†1622 124.0102.0
19 Peer Moberg  Norway23DSQ 27†1119221DSQ 274 134.0107.0
20 Ali Kemal Tüfekçi  Turkey2021†13181419617 128.0107.0
21 Tim Goodbody  Ireland22†13151517162115 134.0112.0
22 Haris Papadopoulos  Cyprus13182111241117OCS 27† 142.0115.0
23 Nachhatar Singh Johal  India424†232411241824 152.0128.0
24 Zhang Peng  China25232420526†2311 157.0131.0
25 Michael Maier  Czech Republic15142225†21231923 162.0137.0
26 Jhonny Senen Bilbao Bande  Venezuela26†12252326252018 175.0149.0

    Scoring system: low-point system;
    Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Daily standings
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Further reading
    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "Beijing 2008". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

    References
    1. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    2. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    3. The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
    4. For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
    5. "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
    6. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    7. "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    9. Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    10. "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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