Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star

The men's Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Men’s Star[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: 21 August 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Teams16 boats
Medalists
Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson
 Great Britain
Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada
 Brazil
Fredrik Loof
Anders Ekstrom
 Sweden

Race schedule[1][6]

  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
Men's Star 1 2 1 3 No
wind
3

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the Star course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

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 lead up 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. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[8]

Final results[9][10]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTot Pts
Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson
 Great Britain71335821126558.045.0
Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada
 Brazil1011619102333364.053.0
Fredrik Lööf
Anders Ekström
 Sweden141536182171068.053.0
4 Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Dominik Życki
 Poland568210935913172.059.0
5 Flavio Marazzi
Enrico de Maria
 Switzerland97995561141270.059.0
6 Xavier Rohart
Pascal Rambeau
 France12154769982981.069.0
7 Marc Pickel
Ingo Borkowski
 Germany21418381410610484.070.0
8 Afonso Domingos
Bernardo Santos
 Portugal3310OCS 171335779689.072.0
9 Hamish Pepper
Carl Williams
 New Zealand492111121113511793.080.0
10 Diego Negri
Luigi Viale
 Italy138127117761358105.092.0
11 John Dane III
Austin Sperry
 United States8241215151616104 102.086.0
12 Hans Spitzauer
Christian Nehammer
 Austria14101161441241214 101.087.0
13 Peter O'Leary
Stephen Milne
 Ireland61271012131381112 104.091.0
14 Iain Murray
Andrew Palfrey
 Australia111513152111012148 111.096.0
15 Marin Lovrović Jr.
Siniša Mikuličić
 Croatia15514134144141515 113.098.0
16 Li Hongquan
Wang He
 China16161614161615151616 156.0140.0

    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; OCSOn the course side of the starting line; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Star 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: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Men". 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: Men's Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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