Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star

Men’s Star[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Star
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: 21 August 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors32 from 16 nations
Teams16 boats
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson		  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada		  Brazil
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Fredrik Lööf
Anders Ekström		  Sweden
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The men's Star 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. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Race schedule

Sources: [1][6]

 ●  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
Men's Star ● 1 2 1 3 No
wind 		3 ●

Course areas and course configurations

Source: [7]

For the Star 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.

  • 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)

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

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. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[8]

Final results

Sources: [9][10]

Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X MR Tot Pts
Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson		  Great Britain 7 13† 3 5 8 2 1 1 2 6 5 58.0 45.0
Robert Scheidt
Bruno Prada		  Brazil 10 11† 6 1 9 10 2 3 3 3 3 64.0 53.0
Fredrik Lööf
Anders Ekström		  Sweden 1 4 15† 3 6 1 8 2 1 7 10 68.0 53.0
4 Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Dominik Życki		  Poland 5 6 8 2 10 9 3 5 9 13† 1 72.0 59.0
5 Flavio Marazzi
Enrico De Maria		  Switzerland 9 7 9 9 5 5 6 11† 4 1 2 70.0 59.0
6 Xavier Rohart
Pascal Rambeau		  France 12† 1 5 4 7 6 9 9 8 2 9 81.0 69.0
7 Marc Pickel
Ingo Borkowski		  Germany 2 14† 1 8 3 8 14 10 6 10 4 84.0 70.0
8 Afonso Domingos
Bernardo Santos		  Portugal 3 3 10 OCS 17† 13 3 5 7 7 9 6 89.0 72.0
9 Hamish Pepper
Carl Williams		  New Zealand 4 9 2 11 1 12 11 13† 5 11 7 93.0 80.0
10 Diego Negri
Luigi Viale		  Italy 13† 8 12 7 11 7 7 6 13 5 8 105.0 92.0
11 John Dane III
Austin Sperry		  United States 8 2 4 12 15 15 16† 16 10 4   102.0 86.0
12 Hans Spitzauer
Christian Nehammer		  Austria 14† 10 11 6 14 4 12 4 12 14   101.0 87.0
13 Peter O'Leary
Stephen Milne		  Ireland 6 12 7 10 12 13† 13 8 11 12   104.0 91.0
14 Iain Murray
Andrew Palfrey		  Australia 11 15† 13 15 2 11 10 12 14 8   111.0 96.0
15 Marin Lovrović Jr.
Siniša Mikuličić		  Croatia 15† 5 14 13 4 14 4 14 15 15   113.0 98.0
16 Li Hongquan
Wang He		  China 16† 16 16 14 16 16 15 15 16 16   156.0 140.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; 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

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

Further reading

  • "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

  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: Two Person Keelboat (Star), 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 Two Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.