Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics (original) (raw)

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Sailingat the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venues Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates 29 July – 11 August 2012
No. of events 10
Competitors 380 from 63 nations
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Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Map
General information
Status Completed
Address Osprey Quay
Town or city Portland,
Country Dorset DT5 1SA
Coordinates 50°34′19″N 2°27′21″W / 50.57194°N 2.45583°W / 50.57194; -2.45583
Elevation Sealevel
Opened 2008
Inaugurated Improvements to the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy were ready for competition by 2008. The new slipway, moorings and other facilities have already been used for several international events.
Client LOCOG
Owner Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Other information
Seating type Standing
Seating capacity 17,400

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)

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The land based part of the WPNSA includes:

A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone.[1]

Olympic Course Areas 2012.
Portland Harbour ( (P):) 50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W
Nothe Harbour ( (N):) 50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W
Weymouth Bay West ( (W):) 50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W
Weymouth Bay South ( (S):) 50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W
Weymouth Bay East ( (E):) 50° 36.58’ N 02° 19.70’ W

Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating.[2] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain;[2] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.[3]

Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
6 63 10 273 237 143

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2012 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG

Argentina (ARG) Australia (AUS) Austria (AUT) Belgium (BEL)
Bermuda (BER) Belarus (BLR) Brazil (BRA) Bulgaria (BUL)
Canada (CAN) Chile (CHI) China (CHN) Cook Islands (COK)
Colombia (COL) Croatia (CRO) Cyprus (CYP) Czech Republic (CZE)
Denmark (DEN) Egypt (EGY) Spain (ESP) Estonia (EST)
Finland (FIN) France (FRA) Great Britain (GBR) Germany (GER)
Greece (GRE) Guatemala (GUA) Hong Kong (HKG) Hungary (HUN)
Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) Ireland (IRL) Israel (ISR) Virgin Islands (ISV)
Italy (ITA) Japan (JPN) Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) South Korea (KOR)
Saint Lucia (LCA) Lithuania (LTU) Malaysia (MAS) Mexico (MEX)
Montenegro (MNE) Monaco (MON) Netherlands (NED) Norway (NOR)
New Zealand (NZL) Peru (PER) Poland (POL) Portugal (POR)
South Africa (RSA) Russia (RUS) Singapore (SIN) Slovenia (SLO)
Switzerland (SUI) Sweden (SWE) Thailand (THA) Chinese Taipei (TPE)
Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Tunisia (TUN) Turkey (TUR) Ukraine (UKR)
Uruguay (URU) United States (USA) Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

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Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
RS:X Sailboard 1 - + - - 2008 2
RS:X Sailboard 1 - + - - 2008 2
Laser Radial Dinghy 1 - + - - 2008 2
Laser Dinghy 1 - + - - 1996 5
Finn Dinghy 1 0 + – – 1952 16
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 7
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 10
49er Dinghy 2 2 + + + 2000 4
Elliott 6m Keelboat 3 0 + + + 2012 1
Star Keelboat 2 0 + + – 1932 18

2012 Olympic Classes designs

● Opening ceremony ● Practice race ● Race ● Medal race ● Closing ceremony

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | | 26Thu | 27Fri | 28Sat | 29Sun | 30Mon | 31Tue | 1Wed | 2Thu | 3Fri | 4Sat | 5Sun | 6Mon | 7Tue | 8Wed | 9Thu | 10Fri | 11Sat | 12Sun | | | Women'sMen's | ● | | ● ● ● | ● ● ● | ● ● | | ● | ● | | | | | | | | | | | | Women'sMen's | | | | R 2 2 | 2 RR 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 RR 2 2 2 | 2 RR 2 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 | 2 2 2 RR 2 2 2 | 2 2 2 2 | 2 2 | 2 KO 2 | 2 KO | KO | KO | | | | Women'sMen's | | | | | | | | | | | MR MR | MR MR | MR MR | MR | MR | MR | FP | | | Total gold medals | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | Ceremonies | ● | ● | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Legend: MatchracingRR = Round Robin phase KO = Knockout phase FP = Finals & Petite Finals FleetracingMR = Medal races | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

  1. ^ a b World Sailing. "2012 Summer Olympics Sailing Instructions" (PDF). World Sailing (ISAF). p. 20. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. ^ a b "Nations Qualified". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. ^ "2012 Olympics: Olympic place rejection signals the end of an era". Sail World. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. ^ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Sailing at the 2012 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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