Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

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Women’s 470[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
470 dinghy.svg
Line drawing of the 470
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: August 18, 2008 (2008-08-18)
Competitors 38 from 19 nations
Teams 19 boats
Medalists
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1st Elise Rechichi
Tessa Parkinson		  Australia
2nd Marcelien de Koning
Lobke Berkhout		  Netherlands
3rd Fernanda Oliveira
Isabel Swan		  Brazil
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Sailing at the
 2008 Summer Olympics 
Sailing pictogram.svg
RS:X men women
Laser Radial women
Laser men
Finn open
470 men women
49er open
Tornado open
Yngling women
Star men

The Men's 470 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. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ●  Practice race  ●  Race on Yellow  ●  Race on Orange  ●  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
Women’s 470 ● 2 2 2 Spare
day		 2 2 Spare
day		 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) 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°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange 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.

  • Course Areas

  • 60 degree Trapezoid Outer 2008 Sailing Olympics.png

    60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)

  • 60 degree Trapezoid Inner 2008 Sailing Olympics.png

    60° 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 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 but the Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled.[7]

Final results[8][9]

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Rank		 Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Medalrace Total Total
–
discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st  Australia Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson 2 2.0 2 2.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 3 3.0 2 2.0 9 18.0 52.0 43.0
2nd  Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout 3 3.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 16 16.0 5 10.0 69.0 53.0
3rd  Brazil Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan 11 11.0 16 16.0 5 5.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 6 6.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 1 2.0 76.0 60.0
4  Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila 8 8.0 13 13.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 19 19.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 11 11.0 15 15.0 2 4.0 85.0 66.0
5  Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol 14 14.0 7 7.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 4 4.0 19 19.0 12 12.0 6 6.0 3 6.0 94.0 75.0
6  Great Britain Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark DSQ 20.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 4 4.0 15 15.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 15 15.0 5 5.0 4 8.0 102.0 82.0
7  Czech Republic Lenka Smidova Lenka Mrzilkova 6 6.0 4 4.0 12 12.0 11 11.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 11 11.0 11 11.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 7 14.0 95.0 83.0
8  Austria Sylvia Vogl Carolina Flatscher 9 9.0 DSQ 20.0 13 13.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 13 13.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 8 16.0 104.0 84.0
9  Germany Stefanie Rothweiler Vivien Kussatz 7 7.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 9 9.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 OCS 20.0 8 8.0 8 8.0 12 12.0 6 12.0 110.0 90.0
10  Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Laia Tutzo 4 4.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 10 10.0 13 13.0 17 17.0 2 2.0 17 17.0 10 20.0 109.0 92.0
11  France Ingrid Petitjean Gwendolyn Lemaitre 1 1.0 11 11.0 16 16.0 8 8.0 17 17.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 13 13.0 9 9.0 - - 102.0 85.0
12  United States Amanda Clark Sara Mergenthaler 12 12.0 12 12.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 4 4.0 17 17.0 7 7.0 6 6.0 17 17.0 7 7.0 - - 106.0 89.0
13  Slovenia Vesna Dekleva Klara Maucec DSQ 20.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 16 16.0 12 12.0 3 3.0 15 15.0 18 18.0 14 14.0 3 3.0 - - 112.0 92.0
14  Japan Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata 13 13.0 15 15.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 14 14.0 1 1.0 12 12.0 10 10.0 1 1.0 13 13.0 - - 108.0 93.0
15  Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Santen 10 10.0 14 14.0 18 18.0 DSQ 20.0 19 19.0 8 8.0 5 5.0 14 14.0 5 5.0 8 8.0 - - 121.0 101.0
16  Argentina Maria Fernanda Sesto Consuelo Monsegur 16 16.0 18 18.0 17 17.0 12 12.0 10 10.0 16 16.0 14 14.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 - - 131.0 113.0
17  Switzerland Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo 15 15.0 9 9.0 7 7.0 13 13.0 3 3.0 15 15.0 OCS 20.0 15 15.0 18 18.0 19 19.0 - - 134.0 114.0
18  China Wen Yimei Yu Chunyan 5 5.0 10 10.0 19 19.0 17 17.0 16 16.0 14 14.0 OCS 20.0 12 12.0 16 16.0 10 10.0 - - 139.0 119.0
19  Singapore Toh Liying Deborah Ong Huimin 17 17.0 17 17.0 15 15.0 18 18.0 18 18.0 18 18.0 OCS 20.0 16 16.0 19 19.0 18 18.0 - - 176.0 156.0

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Legend: DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
QUA – Qualified for next phase;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.


Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Women’s 470 during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Notes

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Other information

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Further reading

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References

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  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.
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