Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

The men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 38 sailors, on 38 boards, from 38 nations competed. Ten boards qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points. The gold medal was won by Dorian van Rijsselberghe who already after the ninth race had accumulated sufficient results to be certain to win the gold medal, as long as he competed in the races.[2]

Men's RS:X
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Line drawing of the RS-X
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates31 July – 7 August
Competitors38 from 38 nations
Medalists
Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands
Nick Dempsey  Great Britain
Przemysław Miarczyński  Poland

Schedule[1][3]

  Practice race  Race on Portland  Race on Nothe  Race on West  Medal race on Nothe
Date July August
26
Thu
27
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
30
Mon
31
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sun
6
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thu
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
Sun
Men's RS:X 2 2 2 Spare
day
2 2 Spare
day
MR

Course areas and course configurations

Course areas

For the RS:X course areas Portland, Nothe, and West were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area and the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area. The target time for the course was 30 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.[4]

Results

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTot Pts
Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands111312121DNF 39254.015.0
Nick Dempsey  Great Britain57511012392651.041.0
Przemysław Miarczyński  Poland2274133741310873.060.0
4 Toni Wilhelm  Germany3349256115131879.064.0
5 Julien Bontemps  France2314255417586493.070.0
6 Byron Kokkalanis  Greece411621615311491293.077.0
7 JP Tobin  New Zealand1543788126171716113.096.0
8 Zachary Plavsic  Canada6121264179772920129.0100.0
9 Ricardo Santos  Brazil149821142241051810135.0113.0
10 Richard Stauffacher  Switzerland10271415618208101214148.0127.0
11 Mariano Reutemann  Argentina161515131219520147 136.0116.0
12 Juozas Bernotas  Lithuania91313891311172727 147.0120.0
13 Ho Tsun Andy Leung  Hong Kong1118281215101391621 153.0125.0
14 João Rodrigues  Portugal20169112372522203 156.0131.0
15 Lee Tae-hoon  South Korea86211725921133119 170.0139.0
16 Iván Pastor  Spain222420OCS 37192582525 189.0150.0
17 Andreas Cariolou  Cyprus13261027113016121223 180.0150.0
18 Wang Aichen  China2123181932310272214 180.0153.0
19 Shahar Tzuberi  Israel1281710BFD 39123534261 194.0155.0
20 Dmitry Polishchuk  Russia17519242761526DNF 3928 206.0167.0
21 Luka Mratović  Croatia24192620221114161836 206.0170.0
22 Robert Willis  United States7101125BFD 392824331130 218.0179.0
23 Maksym Oberemko  Ukraine3635162817312314611 217.0181.0
24 Sebastian Wang-Hansen  Norway19173118182019182532 217.0185.0
25 Áron Gádorfalvi  Hungary3433DNF 39227211824325 226.0187.0
26 Yoan Kolev  Bulgaria2931DNE 391620352619198 242.0207.0
27 Mikalai Zhukavets  Belarus2622231426162721DNF 3933 247.0208.0
28 Makoto Tomizawa  Japan2525252924263430214 243.0209.0
29 Sebastian Fleischer  Denmark18282423292929152826 249.0220.0
30 Johannes Ahun  Estonia272022DPI 3131142228DNF 3935 270.0231.0
31 Daniel Flores  Venezuela37372931302432292316 289.0252.0
32 David Mier  Mexico32273035282728323020 289.0254.0
33 Ek Boonsawad  Thailand2832272621323123DNF 3934 293.0254.0
34 Federico Esposito  Italy31303330323633352915 305.0269.0
35 Chang Hao  Chinese Taipei33363536333337372422 326.0289.0
36 Karel Lavický  Czech Republic30293234BFD 39343631DNF 3931 335.0296.0
37 Santiago Grillo  Colombia35343433BFD 39373036DNF 3924 341.0302.0
38 Ahmed Habash  Egypt3838363734383838DNF 3937 373.0334.0

    Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [5]
    Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); 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 Men's RS:X during the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "London 2012". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

    References

    1. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    2. "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
    3. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    4. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    5. "Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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