Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling

Women's Yngling[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Yngling
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: August 9, 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: August 17, 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Teams15 boats
Medalists
   Great Britain
   Netherlands
   Greece
Sailing at the
 2008 Summer Olympics 
RS:X men women
Laser Radial women
Laser men
Finn open
470 men women
49er open
Tornado open
Yngling women
Star men

The Women's Yngling 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. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 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
Women's Yngling 2 2 2 Spare
day
1 No
wind
1 No
wind

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the Yngling course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink 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.

Outer courses

Inner courses

Windward-leeward courses

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]


Rank
Country Helmsman Crew 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, gold medalist(s) Great Britain
Sarah AytonSarah Webb
Pippa Wilson
2 2.0 3 3.0 4 4.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 1 2.031.024.0
2nd, silver medalist(s) Netherlands
Mandy MulderAnnemieke Bes
Merel Witteveen
9 9.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 13 13.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 4 8.044.031.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Greece
Sofia BekatorouVirginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou
10 10.0 12 12.0 9 9.0 3 3.0 2 2.0 OCS 16.0 3 3.0 3 3.0 3 6.064.048.0
4 Germany
Ulli SchuemannUte Höpfner
Julia Bleck
8 8.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 11 11.0 3 3.0 5 5.0 13 13.0 2 4.069.056.0
5 France
Anne Le HelleyCatherine Lepesant
Julie Gerecht
4 4.0 15 15.0 1 1.0 14 14.0 5 5.0 10 10.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 5 10.071.056.0
6 Russia
Ekaterina SkudinaDiana Krutskikh
Natalia Ivanova
3 3.0 8 8.0 12 12.0 10 10.0 15 15.0 1 1.0 6 6.0 6 6.0 5 10.071.056.0
7 United States
Sally BarkowCarrie Howe
Deborah Capozzi
14 14.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 1 1.0 10 10.0 9 18.075.061.0
8 China
Song XiaqunYu Yanli
Li Xiaoni
7 7.0 5 5.0 DSQ 16.0 4 4.0 13 13.0 6 6.0 8 8.0 4 4.0 8 16.079.063.0
9 Norway
Siren SundbyLise Birgitte Fredriksen
Alexandra Koefoed
12 12.0 13 13.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 3 3.0 13 13.0 12 12.0 11 11.0 7 14.084.071.0
10 Australia
Krystal WeirKaryn Gojnich
Angela Farrell
1 1.0 11 11.0 6 6.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 9 9.0 8 8.0 DSQ 22.083.071.0
11 Finland
Silja LehtinenMaria Klemetz
Livia Varesmaa
6 6.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 10 10.0 OCS 16.0 15 15.0 12 12.0 - -76.060.0
12 South Africa
Dominique ProvoyeurKim Rew
Penny Alison
13 13.0 10 10.0 11 11.0 2 2.0 12 12.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 7 7.0 - -76.063.0
13 Canada
Jennifer ProvanMartha Henderson
Katie Abbott
5 5.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 15 15.0 9 9.0 12 12.0 11 11.0 15 15.0 - -81.066.0
14 Spain
Monica AzonSandra Azón
Graciela Pisonero
11 11.0 9 9.0 14 14.0 6 6.0 14 14.0 4 4.0 14 14.0 9 9.0 - -81.067.0
15 Italy
Chiara CalligarisFrancesca Scognamillo
Giulia Pignolo
15 15.0 14 14.0 13 13.0 9 9.0 8 8.0 9 9.0 7 7.0 14 14.0 - -89.074.0

    Legend: DSQ – Disqualified; OCSOn 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

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Yngling during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 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. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    6. "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    7. "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    9. "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
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