Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er

The mixed 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Sixteen races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only thirteen races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Mixed 49er[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 49er
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors38 from 19 nations
Teams19 boats
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jonas Warrer
Martin Kirketerp
 Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández
 Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jan-Peter Peckolt
Hannes Peckolt
 Germany
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Race schedule

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Sources:[1][6]
 ●  Practice race  ●  Race on Yellow  ●  Race on Red  ●  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 49er 3 3 Spare
day
3 No
wind
No
wind
3

Course areas and course configurations

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Source:[7]

For the 49er course areas A (Yellow) and E (Red) 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°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Red course area. The target time for the course was about 30 minutes for all races. The race management could choose from several lengths of the course configuration.

Windward-Leeward courses

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  • 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

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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.[8]

Final results

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Sources:[9][10]
Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII MR Tot Pts
  Jonas Warrer
Martin Kirketerp
  Denmark 2 4 10 4 2 3 4 2 9 2 7 8 7 71.0 61.0
  Iker Martínez
Xabier Fernández
  Spain 1 10 17 2 OCS 20 5 7 10 3 4 1 2 1 84.0 64.0
  Jan-Peter Peckolt
Hannes Peckolt
  Germany 15 6 11 6 3 2 2 12 4 5 4 7 2 81.0 66.0
4 Pietro Sibello
Gianfranco Sibello
  Italy 3 9 1 1 6 9 3 8 12 17 3 3 4 83.0 66.0
5 Nathan Outteridge
Ben Austin
  Australia DSQ 20 1 7 3 1 1 6 4 6 12 2 18 6 93.0 73.0
6 Tim Wadlow
Chris Rast
  United States 5 14 15 16 5 10 1 1 1 3 8 4 DNF 11 105.0 89.0
7 André Fonseca
Rodrigo Duarte
  Brazil 10 5 8 9 9 4 12 5 11 1 9 13 8 112.0 99.0
8 Nico Delle Karth
Nikolaus Resch
  Austria 9 2 14 8 13 7 5 7 7 13 5 1 DNF 11 113.0 99.0
9 Stevie Morrison
Ben Rhodes
  Great Britain 4 3 5 14 14 15 OCS 20 3 2 8 11 15 3 120.0 100.0
10 Emmanuel Dyen
Yann Rocherieux
  France 7 8 4 5 11 13 11 13 14 7 6 17 5 126.0 109.0
11 Jorge Lima
Francisco Andrade
  Portugal 12 7 9 11 4 DNC 20 10 6 5 11 13 12   120.0 100.0
12 Akira Ishibashi
Yukio Makino
  Japan 8 17 3 13 8 12 8 9 17 6 14 12   120.0 103.0
13 Christopher Gundersen
Frode Bovim
  Norway 11 13 18 7 10 8 14 11 13 19 12 11   147.0 128.0
14 Gordon Cook
Ben Remocker
  Canada 13 12 13 10 7 6 16 16 10 18 15 16   152.0 134.0
15 Rodion Luka
George Leonchuk
  Ukraine 6 11 12 15 DSQ 20 OCS 20 13 15 8 15 10 14   159.0 139.0
16 Marcin Czajkowski
Krzysztof Kiekowski
  Poland 18 15 6 12 15 14 18 18 16 9 19 6   166.0 147.0
17 Pavle Kostov
Petar Cupać
  Croatia 14 16 16 18 OCS 20 11 9 19 18 10 17 10   178.0 158.0
18 Jonas Lindberg
Kalle Torlén
  Sweden 16 18 2 17 12 16 17 14 19 16 16 OCS 20   183.0 163.0
19 Li Fei
Hu Xianqiang
  China 17 19 19 19 16 17 15 17 15 14 18 9   195.0 176.0

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

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Graph showing the daily standings in the 49er during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Notes

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The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, who won the gold medal, almost failed to make it to the start of the Medal race, when their mast split shortly before the start. The Croatian team—who had not made the final race—donated their boat to the Danish team to use in the final, and the Danes subsequently went on to win Gold. The Spanish team filed a protest against the win due to the boat change, but the protest was dismissed and the race results stand. The protest was promoted to the International Olympic Committee but was again dismissed. A third protest was promoted by Italy and Spain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which was also dismissed.[11]

Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupać and their coach Ivan Bulaja were awarded the International Fair Play Committee's Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy for lending their boat.[12][13]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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: Skiff (49er), Open". 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: Mixed Skiff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
  11. ^ "Spain fails in fresh Dane protest". Sport: Olympics. BBC. 19 August 2008.
  12. ^ "Guld til 49'eren – dr.dk/Sporten/OL2008". Dr.dk. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  13. ^ "Hrvatskim jedriličarima nagrada za fair play". tportal. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.

Further reading

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