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Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.

Venue

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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. Among others, an exception is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)

The land based part of the WPNSA includes:

  • Administrative and game management center
  • Media center
  • The "Hangar" for measurement, social events and logistic center.
  • (Inter)National sailing center
  • Craning, mooring and slipway facilities

Course areas

A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone.[1]

Olympic Course Areas 2012.
Portland Harbour ( (P):) 50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W
Nothe Harbour ( (N):) 50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W
Weymouth Bay West ( (W):) 50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W
Weymouth Bay South ( (S):) 50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W
Weymouth Bay East ( (E):) 50° 36.58’ N 02° 19.70’ W

Competition

Qualification

Further information: Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating.[2] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain;[2] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.[3]

Overview

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Continents

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Oceania
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2012 Olympic Games.
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
 Argentina (ARG) Australia (AUS) Austria (AUT) Belgium (BEL)
 Bermuda (BER) Belarus (BLR) Brazil (BRA) Bulgaria (BUL)
 Canada (CAN) Chile (CHI) China (CHN) Cook Islands (COK)
 Colombia (COL) Croatia (CRO) Cyprus (CYP) Czech Republic (CZE)
 Denmark (DEN) Egypt (EGY) Spain (ESP) Estonia (EST)
 Finland (FIN) France (FRA) Great Britain (GBR) Germany (GER)
 Greece (GRE) Guatemala (GUA) Hong Kong (HKG) Hungary (HUN)
 Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA) Ireland (IRL) Israel (ISR) Virgin Islands (ISV)
 Italy (ITA) Japan (JPN) Kyrgyzstan (KGZ) South Korea (KOR)
 Saint Lucia (LCA) Lithuania (LTU) Malaysia (MAS) Mexico (MEX)
 Montenegro (MNE) Monaco (MON) Netherlands (NED) Norway (NOR)
 New Zealand (NZL) Peru (PER) Poland (POL) Portugal (POR)
 South Africa (RSA) Russia (RUS) Singapore (SIN) Slovenia (SLO)
 Switzerland (SUI) Sweden (SWE) Thailand (THA) Chinese Taipei (TPE)
 Trinidad and Tobago (TRI) Tunisia (TUN) Turkey (TUR) Ukraine (UKR)
 Uruguay (URU) United States (USA) Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

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2012 Olympic Classes designs

Race schedule [1][4]

 ● Opening ceremony ● Practice race ● Race ● Medal race ● Closing ceremony
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Medal summary [5]

Men's events

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Women's events

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Medal table

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Further reading

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

  1. [1]
    World Sailing. "2012 Summer Olympics Sailing Instructions" (PDF). World Sailing (ISAF). p. 20. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
  2. [2]
    "Nations Qualified". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  3. [3]
    "2012 Olympics: Olympic place rejection signals the end of an era". Sail World. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  4. [4]
    "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
  5. [5]
    "Sailing at the 2012 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

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