Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn

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Mixed Finn[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Finn dinghy.svg
Line drawing of the Finn
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: August 16, 2008 (2008-08-16)
Competitors 26 from 26 nations
Medalists
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1st Ben Ainslie  Great Britain
2nd Zach Railey  United States
3rd Guillaume Florent  France
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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 Finn 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. 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]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ●  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		 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

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.

  • 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 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. 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.[7]

Final results[8][9]

Finn insigna.png
Rank		 Country Helmsman Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Medalrace Total Total
–
discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st  Great Britain Ben Ainslie Mars symbol.svg 10 10.0 1 1.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 1 2.0 33.0 23.0
2nd  United States Zach Railey Mars symbol.svg 2 2.0 5 5.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 7 7.0 8 8.0 7 7.0 19 19.0 6 12.0 64.0 45.0
3rd  France Guillaume Florent Mars symbol.svg 5 5.0 8 8.0 20 20.0 3 3.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 4 4.0 21 21.0 4 8.0 79.0 58.0
4  Sweden Daniel Birgmark Mars symbol.svg 14 14.0 17 17.0 1 1.0 6 6.0 12 12.0 3 3.0 3 3.0 5 5.0 7 14.0 75.0 58.0
5  Canada Christopher Cook Mars symbol.svg 8 8.0 3 3.0 7 7.0 10 10.0 23 23.0 5 5.0 15 15.0 3 3.0 8 16.0 90.0 67.0
6  Denmark Jonas Høgh-Christensen Mars symbol.svg 16 16.0 6 6.0 12 12.0 16 16.0 25 25.0 4 4.0 5 5.0 7 7.0 2 4.0 95.0 70.0
7  Slovenia Gašper Vinčec Mars symbol.svg 9 9.0 11 11.0 6 6.0 5 5.0 3 3.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 10 10.0 10 20.0 85.0 72.0
8  Croatia Ivan Kljaković-Gašpić Mars symbol.svg 7 7.0 10 10.0 10 10.0 8 8.0 16 16.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 13 13.0 9 18.0 92.0 76.0
9  Spain Rafa Trujillo Mars symbol.svg 12 12.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 14 14.0 20 20.0 20 20.0 OCS 27.0 1 1.0 3 6.0 107.0 80.0
10  Poland Rafal Szukiel Mars symbol.svg 3 3.0 2 2.0 19 19.0 12 12.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 22 22.0 12 12.0 5 10.0 104.0 82.0
11  Italy Giorgio Poggi Mars symbol.svg 17 17.0 7 7.0 14 14.0 21 21.0 6 6.0 12 12.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 - - 95.0 74.0
12  New Zealand Dan Slater Mars symbol.svg 21 21.0 19 19.0 18 18.0 4 4.0 9 9.0 7 7.0 13 13.0 6 6.0 - - 97.0 76.0
13  Brazil Eduardo Couto Mars symbol.svg 6 6.0 16 16.0 DNF 27.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 17 17.0 14 14.0 OCS 27.0 - - 116.0 89.0
14  Netherlands Pieter-Jan Postma Mars symbol.svg 19 19.0 15 15.0 16 16.0 22 22.0 15 15.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 16 16.0 - - 115.0 93.0
15  Greece Emilios Papathanasiou Mars symbol.svg 1 1.0 DNF 27.0 5 5.0 DNE 27.0 18 18.0 15 15.0 DNE 27.0 8 8.0 - - 128.0 101.0
16  Australia Anthony Nossiter Mars symbol.svg 11 11.0 22 22.0 8 8.0 17 17.0 13 13.0 21 21.0 11 11.0 20 20.0 - - 123.0 101.0
17  Russia Eduard Skornyakov Mars symbol.svg 24 24.0 20 20.0 17 17.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 18 18.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 - - 126.0 102.0
18  Finland Tapio Nirkko Mars symbol.svg 18 18.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 19 19.0 22 22.0 16 16.0 22 22.0 - - 124.0 102.0
19  Norway Peer Moberg Mars symbol.svg 23 23.0 DSQ 27.0 11 11.0 19 19.0 22 22.0 1 1.0 DSQ 27.0 4 4.0 - - 134.0 107.0
20  Turkey Ali Kemal Tufekc Mars symbol.svg 20 20.0 21 21.0 13 13.0 18 18.0 14 14.0 19 19.0 6 6.0 17 17.0 - - 128.0 107.0
21  Ireland Tim Goodbody Mars symbol.svg 22 22.0 13 13.0 15 15.0 15 15.0 17 17.0 16 16.0 21 21.0 15 15.0 - - 134.0 112.0
22  Cyprus Haris Papadopoulos Mars symbol.svg 13 13.0 18 18.0 21 21.0 11 11.0 24 24.0 11 11.0 17 17.0 OCS 27.0 - - 142.0 115.0
23  India Nachhatar Singh Johal Mars symbol.svg 4 4.0 24 24.0 23 23.0 24 24.0 11 11.0 24 24.0 18 18.0 24 24.0 - - 152.0 128.0
24  China Zhang Peng Mars symbol.svg 25 25.0 23 23.0 24 24.0 20 20.0 5 5.0 26 26.0 23 23.0 11 11.0 - - 157.0 131.0
25  Czech Republic Michael Maier Mars symbol.svg 15 15.0 14 14.0 22 22.0 25 25.0 21 21.0 23 23.0 19 19.0 23 23.0 - - 162.0 137.0
26  Venezuela Johnny Senen Bilbao Bande Mars symbol.svg 26 26.0 12 12.0 25 25.0 23 23.0 26 26.0 25 25.0 20 20.0 18 18.0 - - 175.0 149.0

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Legend: DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; 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.
Gender: Mars symbol.svg – male; Venus symbol.svg – female;


Daily standings

File:2008 FINN Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn 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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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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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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