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

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Men's RS:X[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
RS-X linedrawing.svg
Line drawing of the RS-X
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: August 20, 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors 35 from 35 nations
Medalists
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1st Tom Ashley  New Zealand
2nd Julien Bontemps  France
3rd Shahar Zubari  Israel
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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 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]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ●  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 [6]

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

  • 70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)

  • 70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)

  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)

  • Windward Leeward Slalom 2008 Sailing Olympics.png

    Windward-Leeward Slalom Course (WS)

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

Windward-Leeward Slalom courses

  • 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

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.[7]

Final results[8][9]

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Rank		 Country Helmsman Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Medalrace Total Total
–
discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st  New Zealand Tom Ashley 4 4.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 5 5.0 3 3.0 6 6.0 8 8.0 32 32.0 3 6.0 84.0 52.0
2nd  France Julien Bontemps 13 13.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 8 8.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 4 8.0 66.0 53.0
3rd  Israel Shahar Zubari 1 1.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 3 3.0 17 17.0 6 6.0 19 19.0 18 18.0 1 1.0 4 4.0 2 4.0 77.0 58.0
4  Great Britain Nick Dempsey 11 11.0 9 9.0 3 3.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 7 7.0 17 17.0 5 5.0 3 3.0 5 5.0 7 14.0 77.0 60.0
5  Brazil Ricardo Santos 12 12.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 7 7.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 6 6.0 7 7.0 5 5.0 33 33.0 6 12.0 110.0 77.0
6  Hong Kong King Yin Chan 5 5.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 3 3.0 33 33.0 21 21.0 27 27.0 7 7.0 8 8.0 1 2.0 117.0 84.0
7  China Wang Aichen 2 2.0 8 8.0 9 9.0 16 16.0 2 2.0 14 14.0 22 22.0 14 14.0 19 19.0 1 1.0 5 10.0 117.0 95.0
8  Greece Nikos Kaklamanakis 10 10.0 2 2.0 12 12.0 11 11.0 8 8.0 10 10.0 5 5.0 15 15.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 OCS 22.0 112.0 97.0
9  Spain Iván Pastor 8 8.0 13 13.0 18 18.0 18 18.0 16 16.0 9 9.0 4 4.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 15 15.0 8 16.0 127.0 109.0
10  Japan Makoto Tomizawa 6 6.0 20 20.0 6 6.0 14 14.0 7 7.0 23 23.0 8 8.0 DSQ 36.0 12 12.0 2 2.0 9 18.0 152.0 116.0
11  Portugal João Rodrigues 18 18.0 10 10.0 10 10.0 8 8.0 14 14.0 16 16.0 9 9.0 3 3.0 13 13.0 19 19.0 - - 120.0 101.0
12  Ukraine Maksym Oberemko 3 3.0 16 16.0 4 4.0 9 9.0 13 13.0 11 11.0 24 24.0 DSQ 36.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 - - 139.0 103.0
13  Cyprus Andreas Cariolou 7 7.0 17 17.0 14 14.0 10 10.0 11 11.0 17 17.0 11 11.0 19 19.0 14 14.0 10 10.0 - - 130.0 111.0
14  Switzerland Richard Stauffacher 9 9.0 11 11.0 11 11.0 13 13.0 9 9.0 18 18.0 15 15.0 8 8.0 17 17.0 22 22.0 - - 133.0 111.0
15  Netherlands Casper Bouman 20 20.0 27 27.0 21 21.0 22 22.0 4 4.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 20 20.0 21 21.0 - - 139.0 112.0
16  Poland Przemysław Miarczyński 17 17.0 21 21.0 27 27.0 20 20.0 15 15.0 2 2.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 15 15.0 18 18.0 - - 143.0 116.0
17  Mexico David Mier 16 16.0 5 5.0 17 17.0 6 6.0 12 12.0 29 29.0 23 23.0 21 21.0 4 4.0 25 25.0 - - 158.0 129.0
18 23x15px South Korea Lee Tae-hoon 22 22.0 14 14.0 20 20.0 15 15.0 20 20.0 25 25.0 13 13.0 11 11.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 - - 158.0 133.0
19  Hungary Áron Gádorfalvi 15 15.0 19 19.0 16 16.0 12 12.0 24 24.0 26 26.0 10 10.0 9 9.0 18 18.0 13 13.0 - - 162.0 136.0
20  Italy Fabian Heidegger 14 14.0 12 12.0 8 8.0 17 17.0 18 18.0 13 13.0 18 18.0 24 24.0 21 21.0 17 17.0 - - 162.0 138.0
21  Argentina Mariano Reutemann 25 25.0 18 18.0 19 19.0 23 23.0 25 25.0 15 15.0 16 16.0 16 16.0 16 16.0 20 20.0 - - 193.0 168.0
22  Turkey Ertuğrul İçingir DSQ 36.0 28 28.0 15 15.0 19 19.0 27 27.0 19 19.0 12 12.0 23 23.0 23 23.0 6 6.0 - - 208.0 172.0
23  Canada Zac Plavsic 23 23.0 25 25.0 22 22.0 21 21.0 30 30.0 12 12.0 26 26.0 12 12.0 29 29.0 11 11.0 - - 211.0 181.0
24  Denmark Jonas Kældsø Poulsen 28 28.0 26 26.0 30 30.0 29 29.0 35 35.0 4 4.0 14 14.0 13 13.0 34 34.0 23 23.0 - - 236.0 201.0
25  Thailand Ek Boonsawad 19 19.0 15 15.0 28 28.0 25 25.0 19 19.0 24 24.0 33 33.0 20 20.0 27 27.0 26 26.0 - - 236.0 203.0
26  United States Ben Barger 21 21.0 22 22.0 24 24.0 26 26.0 26 26.0 32 32.0 25 25.0 17 17.0 25 25.0 31 31.0 - - 249.0 217.0
27  Indonesia Oka Sulaksana 24 24.0 24 24.0 23 23.0 27 27.0 22 22.0 31 31.0 28 28.0 30 30.0 DNF 36.0 16 16.0 - - 261.0 225.0
28  Belarus Mikalai Zhukavets 27 27.0 23 23.0 26 26.0 24 24.0 29 29.0 21 21.0 32 32.0 26 26.0 26 26.0 27 27.0 - - 261.0 229.0
29  Venezuela Carlos Julio Flores 32 32.0 33 33.0 33 33.0 35 35.0 21 21.0 22 22.0 27 27.0 28 28.0 22 22.0 14 14.0 - - 267.0 232.0
30  Slovakia Patrik Pollák 26 26.0 30 30.0 25 25.0 30 30.0 23 23.0 28 28.0 31 31.0 29 29.0 28 28.0 24 24.0 - - 274.0 243.0
31  Chinese Taipei Chang Hao 31 31.0 29 29.0 31 31.0 28 28.0 28 28.0 20 20.0 34 34.0 DNF 36.0 24 24.0 35 35.0 - - 296.0 260.0
32  Croatia Luka Mratović 29 29.0 32 32.0 34 34.0 33 33.0 34 34.0 34 34.0 20 20.0 22 22.0 32 32.0 29 29.0 - - 299.0 265.0
33  Estonia Johannes Ahun 34 34.0 34 34.0 32 32.0 34 34.0 31 31.0 30 30.0 29 29.0 25 25.0 30 30.0 28 28.0 - - 307.0 273.0
34  Russia Aleksey Tokarev 33 33.0 31 31.0 35 35.0 32 32.0 32 32.0 27 27.0 30 30.0 31 31.0 33 33.0 30 30.0 - - 314.0 279.0
35  Colombia Santiago Grillo 30 30.0 35 35.0 29 29.0 31 31.0 33 33.0 35 35.0 35 35.0 DNF 36.0 31 31.0 34 34.0 - - 329.0 293.0

Legend: 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.


Daily standings

File:2008 Men's RS-X Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's RS:X 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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  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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