Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics
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Symbol of Busan | ||||||||||||||||
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Busan 부산 | |||||||||||||||
| Dates |
First race: 20 September 1988 Last race: 27 September 1988 | |||||||||||||||
| Sailors | 360 (327 male, 43 female) from 60 countries | |||||||||||||||
| Boats and Boards | 214 | |||||||||||||||
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Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1988 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from September 20, 1988 to September 27, 1988 of the coast of Busan and was the first time that a separate event was allocated exclusively for women (sailed in the 470 class). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
Venue
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. Since the sailing conditions of the coast near Seoul are not very suitable for Olympic sailing Busan was chosen for the 1988 Sailing event. A total of two race areas were created of the coast of Busan.
Busan in Korea was reportedly a light wind venue but no one realised until too late that this information came from the airport which was located in a sheltered valley. It turned out to be that the 1988 Olympic Games were one of the windiest ever with one day of racing postponed due to too much wind. One day of racing saw around 30 knots of wind with 5 knots of current going against the wind. There was a lot of equipment damage and rescues for many classes resulting in many sailors did not finish and requests for redress.
Competition
Overview
| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
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| 5 | 60 | 8 | 214 | 360 | 43 |
Continents
Countries
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
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Classes (equipment)
| Class | Type | Event | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jib/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
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| Division II | Surfboard |  | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1988 | 1 |
| Finn | Dinghy | | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1952 | 10 |
| 470 | Dinghy |  | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1988 | 1 |
| 470 | Dinghy | | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1976 | 4 |
| Flying Dutchman | Dinghy |  | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1960 | 7 |
| Tornado | Catamaran | | 2 | 1 | + | + | - | 1976 | 4 |
| Star | Keelboat | | 2 | 0 | + | + | - | 1932 | 12 |
| Soling | Keelboat | | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1972 | 5 |
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Medal summary
Women's event
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 1988: Women's 470 |
 United States (USA)Allison Jolly Lynne Jewell |
 Sweden (SWE)Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson |
 Soviet Union (URS)Larisa Moskalenko Iryna Chunykhovska |
Men's event
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 1988: Men's Division II |
 New Zealand (NZL)Bruce Kendall |
.svg.png){kind=small} Netherlands Antilles (AHO)Jan Boersma |
United States (USA) Mike Gebhardt |
 1988: Finn |
 Spain (ESP)Jose Doreste |
 Virgin Islands (ISV)Peter Holmberg |
New Zealand (NZL) John Cutler |
| 1988: Men's 470 |
 France (FRA)Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot |
Soviet Union (URS) Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste |
United States (USA) John Shadden Charles McKee |
Open events
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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 1988: Flying Dutchman |
 Denmark (DEN)Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg |
 Norway (NOR)Ole Pollen Erik Björkum |
 Canada (CAN)Frank McLaughlin John Millen |
 1988: Tornado |
France (FRA) Jean Le Deroff Nicolas Hénard |
New Zealand (NZL) Chris Timms Rex Sellers |
.svg.png){kind=small} Brazil (BRA)Lars Grael Clinio Freitas |
 1988: Star |
 Great Britain (GBR)Michael McIntyre Bryn Vaile |
United States (USA) Mark Reynolds Harold Haenel |
Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Nelson Falcão |
 1988: Soling |
 East Germany (GDR)Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel |
United States (USA) John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham |
Denmark (DEN) Jesper Bank Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | France (FRA) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 | Soviet Union (URS) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Virgin Islands (ISV) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 |
Remarks
Sailing
- Finally after 92 years Olympic history, a specific female event 470 female was on the program.
Sailors
During the Sailing regattas at the 1988 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
- Denmark (DEN), Paul Elvstrøm
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References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2006-12-29.
Coordinates: 35°9′32″N 129°8′18″E / 35.15889°N 129.13833°E
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