Sailing at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Special stamp Germany, Olympic Windsurfing 1984
Venues	Long Beach
Dates	First race: 31 July 1984 (1984-07-31) Last race: 8 August 1984 (1984-08-08)
Competitors	300 from 60 nations
Boats and Boards	172
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Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1984 consisted of a total of seven sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 31 July 1984 to 8 August 1984 of the coast of Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California at the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1932 Summer Olympics. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.^[1]

Long Beach Olympic Harbour
Coordinates: 33°45′35″N 118°11′2″W / 33.75972°N 118.18389°W / 33.75972; -118.18389

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. The sailing conditions off the coast of Los Angeles are very suitable for Olympic sailing. A total of four race areas were created in the Pacific off the coast of Long Beach.

For the media a number of 40 boats was reserved. All boats were fully booked.

• Africa
• Asia
• Oceania
• Europe
• Americas

Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)	Argentina (ARG)	Australia (AUS)
Austria (AUT)	Bahamas (BAH)	Barbados (BAR)
Belgium (BEL)	Bermuda (BER)	Botswana (BOT)
Brazil (BRA)	Canada (CAN)	Cayman Islands (CAY)
Chile (CHI)	China (CHN)	Denmark (DEN)
Dominican Republic (DOM)	Egypt (EGY)	Spain (ESP)
Fiji (FIJ)	Finland (FIN)	France (FRA)
West Germany (FRG)	Great Britain (GBR)	Greece (GRE)
Guatemala (GUA)	Hong Kong (HKG)	India (IND)
Ireland (IRL)	Iceland (ISL)	Israel (ISR)
Virgin Islands (ISV)	Italy (ITA)	British Virgin Islands (IVB)
Japan (JPN)	South Korea (KOR)	Mexico (MEX)
Malta (MLT)	Netherlands (NED)	Norway (NOR)
New Zealand (NZL)	Oman (OMA)	Pakistan (PAK)
Philippines (PHI)	Portugal (POR)	Puerto Rico (PUR)
Senegal (SEN)	Singapore (SIN)	San Marino (SMR)
Sri Lanka (SRI)	Switzerland (SUI)	Sweden (SWE)
Thailand (THA)	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	Trinidad and Tobago (TRI)
Turkey (TUR)	Uruguay (URU)	United States (USA)
Venezuela (VEN)	Yugoslavia (YUG)	Zimbabwe (ZIM)

The Los Angeles boycott by the Soviet Union and its satellites influenced some sailing events. In the Soling the silver and bronze medalists of the 1984 worlds were missing (SR33, Boris Budnikov, Gennadi Strakh and Oleg Miron and DDR4, Helmar Nauck, Norbert Helriegel and Sven Diedering).^[2] In the Flying Dutchman the Soviet team of Sergey Borodinov and Vladyslav Akimenko were absent.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1984: Windglider details	Netherlands (NED) Stephan van den Berg	United States (USA) Scott Steele	New Zealand (NZL) Bruce Kendall
1984: Finn details	New Zealand (NZL) Russell Coutts	United States (USA) John Bertrand	Canada (CAN) Terry Neilson
1984: 470 details	Spain (ESP) Luis Doreste Roberto Molina	United States (USA) Steve Benjamin Chris Steinfeld	France (FRA) Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot
1984: Flying Dutchman details	United States (USA) Jonathan McKee William Carl Buchan	Canada (CAN) Terry McLaughlin Evert Bastet	Great Britain (GBR) Jonathan Richards Peter Allam
1984: Tornado details	New Zealand (NZL) Rex Sellers Chris Timms	United States (USA) Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Australia (AUS) Christopher Cairns Scott Anderson
1984: Star details	United States (USA) William Earl Buchan Steven Erickson	West Germany (FRG) Joachim Griese Michael Marcour	Italy (ITA) Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni
1984: Soling details	United States (USA) Robbie Haines Rod Davis Ed Trevalyan	Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	Canada (CAN) Hans Fogh Stephen Calder John Kerr

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	4	0	7
2	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	1	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
6	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
8	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 entries)		7	7	7	21

• The Windglider event was held for men and women. The women's event was the first women-only sailing event in Olympic history. Karen Morch of Canada won the gold medal. In the men's event, the gold medal was won by the Australian Bruce Wylie.^[3]

During the sailing regattas at the 1984 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

•  Fiji (FIJ), Tony Philp The youngest competitor:(15 years, 48 days)
•  Denmark (DEN), Paul Elvstrøm The oldest participant: (56 years, 158 days)
•  New Zealand (NZL), Russell Coutts

• Sailing at the Friendship Games

• Richard B. Perelman, ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning (PDF). Los Angeles: 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
• Richard B. Perelman, ed. (1985). Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results (PDF). Los Angeles: 1984 Olympic Organizing Committee. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Los Angeles 1984". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.