Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling

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. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Women's Yngling[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Yngling
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 9 August 2008 (2008-08-09)
Last race: 17 August 2008 (2008-08-17)
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Teams15 boats
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sarah Ayton
Sarah Webb
Pippa Wilson
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Mandy Mulder
Annemieke Bes
Merel Witteveen
 Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sofia Bekatorou
Virginia Kravarioti
Sofia Papadopoulou
 Greece
← 2004

Race schedule[1][6]

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 ●  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 [7]

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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

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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

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 was cancelled and the medal race was postponed to the next day.[8]

Final results[9][10]

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Rank Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Medalrace Total Total

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Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
    Great Britain Sarah Ayton Sarah 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 2.0 31.0 24.0
    Netherlands Mandy Mulder Annemieke 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 8.0 44.0 31.0
    Greece Sofia Bekatorou Virginia 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 6.0 64.0 48.0
4   Germany Ulrike Schümann Ute 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 4.0 69.0 56.0
5   France Anne le Helley Catherine 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 10.0 71.0 56.0
6   Russia Ekaterina Skudina Diana 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 10.0 71.0 56.0
7   United States Sally Barkow Carrie 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 18.0 75.0 61.0
8   China Song Xiaqun Yu 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 16.0 79.0 63.0
9   Norway Siren Sundby Lise 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 14.0 84.0 71.0
10   Australia Krystal Weir Karyn 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 22.0 83.0 71.0
11   Finland Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz
Livia Väresmaa
6 6.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 10 10.0 OCS 16.0 15 15.0 12 12.0 - - 76.0 60.0
12   South Africa Dominique Provoyeur Kim 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 - - 76.0 63.0
13   Canada Jennifer Provan Martha 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 - - 81.0 66.0
14   Spain Mónica Azón Sandra 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 - - 81.0 67.0
15   Italy Chiara Calligaris Francesca 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 - - 89.0 74.0

Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DSQ – Disqualified; OCSOn the course side of the starting line;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Yngling 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: Three Person Keelboat (Yngling), Women". 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: Women's Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.