Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

Men's RS:X[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the RS-X
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: 20 August 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors35 from 35 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tom Ashley  New Zealand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Julien Bontemps  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shahar Tzuberi  Israel
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The Men's RS:X 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. 35 sailors, on 35 boards, from 35 nations competed.[3] Ten boards qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Race schedule[1][6]

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 ●  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
Men's RS:X ● 2 2 Spare
day 		No
wind 		1 No
wind 		2 2 1 ●

Course areas and course configurations [7]

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For the RS:X course areas A (Yellow) and B (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 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

  • Course Areas
    Course Areas
  • 70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
    70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
  • 70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
    70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)
    Windward - Leeward Course (W)
  • Windward-Leeward Slalom Course (WS)
    Windward-Leeward Slalom Course (WS)

Outer courses

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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

Windward-Leeward Slalom courses

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  • WS1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
  • WS2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
  • WS3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – 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) two racing days had to be postponed.[8]

Final results[9][10]

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Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X MR Tot Pts
Tom Ashley  New Zealand 4 7 7 1 5 5 3 6 8 32† 3 84.0 52.0
Julien Bontemps  France 13† 1 5 4 10 8 2 10 2 3 4 66.0 53.0
Shahar Tzuberi  Israel 1 3 1 3 17 6 19† 18 1 4 2 77.0 58.0
4 Nick Dempsey  Great Britain 11 9 3 2 1 7 17† 5 3 5 7 77.0 66.0
5 Ricardo Santos  Brazil 12 6 13 7 6 3 6 7 5 33† 6 110.0 77.0
6 Chan King Yin  Hong Kong 5 4 2 5 3 33† 21 27 7 8 1 117.0 84.0
7 Wang Aichen  China 2 8 9 16 2 14 22† 14 7 8 1 117.0 95.0
8 Nikolaos Kaklamanakis  Greece 10 2 12 11 8 10 5 15 10 7 OCS 22 112.0 97.0
9 Iván Pastor  Spain 8 13 18† 18 16 9 4 4 6 15 8 127.0 109.0
10 Makoto Tomizawa  Japan 6 20 6 14 7 23 8 DSQ 36† 12 2 9 152.0 116.0
11 João Rodrigues  Portugal 18 10 10 8 14 16 9 3 13 19†   120.0 101.0
12 Maksym Oberemko  Ukraine 3 16 4 9 13 11 24 DSQ 36† 11 12   139.0 103.0
13 Andreas Cariolou  Cyprus 7 17 14 10 11 17 11 19† 14 10   130.0 111.0
14 Richard Stauffacher  Switzerland 9 11 11 13 9 18 15 8 17 22†   133.0 111.0
15 Casper Bouman  Netherlands 20 27† 21 22 4 1 1 2 20 21   139.0 112.0
16 Przemysław Miarczyński  Poland 17 21 27† 20 15 2 7 1 15 18   143.0 116.0
17 David Mier  Mexico 16 5 17 6 12 29† 23 21 4 25   158.0 129.0
18 Lee Tae-hoon  South Korea 22† 14 20 15 20 25 13 11 9 9   158.0 133.0
19 Áron Gádorfalvi  Hungary 15 19 16 12 24 26† 10 9 18 13   162.0 136.0
20 Fabian Heidegger  Italy 14 12 8 17 18 13 18 24† 21 17   162.0 138.0
21 Mariano Reutemann  Argentina 25 18 19 23† 25 15 16 16 16 20   193.0 168.0
22 Ertuğrul İçingir  Turkey DSQ 36† 28 15 19 27 19 12 23 23 6   208.0 172.0
23 Zachary Plavsic  Canada 23 25 22 21 30† 12 26 12 29 11   211.0 181.0
24 Jonas Kældsø Poulsen  Denmark 28 26 30 29 35† 4 14 13 34 23   236.0 201.0
25 Ek Boonsawad  Thailand 19 15 28 25 19 24 33† 20 27 26   236.0 203.0
26 Benjamin Barger  United States 21 22 24 26 26 32 25 17 25 31†   249.0 217.0
27 Oka Sulaksana  Indonesia 24 24 23 27 22 31 28 30 DNF 36† 16   261.0 225.0
28 Mikalai Zhukavets  Belarus 27 23 26 24 29 21 32† 26 26 27   261.0 229.0
29 Carlos Julio Flores  Venezuela 32 33 33 35† 21 22 27 28 22 14   267.0 232.0
30 Patrik Pollák  Slovakia 26 30 25 30 23 28 31† 29 28 24   274.0 243.0
31 Chang Hao  Chinese Taipei 31 29 31 28 28 20 34 DNF 36† 24 35   296.0 260.0
32 Luka Mratović  Croatia 29 32 34† 33 34 34 20 22 32 29   299.0 265.0
33 Johannes Ahun  Estonia 34† 34 32 34 31 30 29 25 30 28   307.0 273.0
34 Alexey Tokarev  Russia 33 31 35† 32 32 27 30 31 33 30   314.0 279.0
35 Santiago Grillo  Colombia 30 35 29 31 33 35 35 DNF 36† 31 34   314.0 279.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On 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 Men's RS:X during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Further reading

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

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: Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X), Men". 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: Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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