Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado

Mixed Tornado[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Tornado
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: 21 August 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Teams15 boats
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Antón Paz
Fernando Echávarri		  Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby		  Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola		  Argentina
← 2004
Sailing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
RS:Xmenwomen
Laser Radialwomen
Lasermen
Finnopen
470menwomen
49eropen
Tornadoopen
Ynglingwomen
Starmen

The Mixed Tornado 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. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Race schedule[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
Mixed Tornado ● 1 2 1 3 No
wind 		3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the Tornado 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
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)
    Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Windward-leeward courses

  • W2: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W3: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W4: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 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 Tornado competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[8]

Final results[9][10]

Rank Country Helmsman Crew 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 place, gold medalist(s)  Spain Fernando Echávarri Antón Paz 1 1.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 4 4.0 7 7.0 13 13.0 1 1.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 8 8.0 4 8.0 57.0 44.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby 5 5.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 5 10.0 58.0 49.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola 13 13.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 6 12.0 69.0 56.0
4  Canada Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle 8 8.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 15 15.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 2 4.0 76.0 61.0
5  Netherlands Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis 3 3.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 11 11.0 10 10.0 3 6.0 77.0 64.0
6  Great Britain Leigh McMillan Will Howden 6 6.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 14 14.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 12 12.0 1 2.0 82.0 68.0
7  Italy Francesco Marcolini Edoardo Bianchi 15 15.0 9 9.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 8 8.0 6 6.0 8 16.0 89.0 74.0
8  Germany Johannes Polgar Florian Spalteholz 10 10.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 13 13.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 22 22.0 87.0 74.0
9  Austria Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher 12 12.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 10 10.0 11 11.0 3 3.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 5 5.0 5 5.0 7 14.0 96.0 82.0
10  Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigkonis 2 2.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 22 22.0 95.0 82.0
11  France Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon 7 7.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 DNC 16.0 9 9.0 10 10.0 10 10.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 - - 85.0 69.0
12  Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid 11 11.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 6 6.0 DNF 16.0 9 9.0 - - 88.0 72.0
13  Ukraine Pavlo Kalynchev Andriy Shafranyuk 4 4.0 15 15.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 15 15.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 13 13.0 11 11.0 - - 114.0 99.0
14  China Luo Youjia Chen Xiuke 9 9.0 14 14.0 OCS 16.0 DNF 16.0 13 13.0 5 5.0 14 14.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 - - 118.0 102.0
15  United States John Lovell Charlie Ogletree 14 14.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 15 15.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 - - 129.0 114.0

Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado 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: Multihull (Tornado), Open". 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: Mixed Multihull". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.