Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Olympics

Sailing

at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad

Venues| Busan

Dates| First race: 20 September 1988 (1988-09-20)
Last race: 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
Competitors| 375 (331 male, 44 female) from 60 nations
Boats| 214

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Sailing at the
1988 Summer Olympics

Division II| Men| |
Finn| Men| |
470| Men| | Women
Flying Dutchman| | Open|
Tornado| | Open|
Star| | Open|
Soling| | Open|

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Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the 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. The Sailing program of 1988 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 September 1988 to 27 September 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.[1]

## Venue

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Main article: Busan Yachting Center

Busan Yachting Center

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

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### Overview

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Continents  | Countries  | Classes  | Boats  | Male  | Female

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5 | 60 | 8 | 214 | 331 | 44

### Continents

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* Africa
* Asia
* Oceania
* Europe
* Americas

### Countries

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Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1988 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 |  |  Netherlands Antilles (AHO) |  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) |  Argentina (ARG)

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Australia (AUS) |  Austria (AUT) |  Bahamas (BAH)
Barbados (BAR) |  Bermuda (BER) |  Brazil (BRA)
Canada (CAN) |  Chile (CHI) |  China (CHN)
Cyprus (CYP) |  Denmark (DEN) |  Djibouti (DJI)
Spain (ESP) |  Fiji (FIJ) |  Finland (FIN)
France (FRA) |  West Germany (FRG) |  Great Britain (GBR)
East Germany (GDR) |  Greece (GRE) |  Guam (GUM)
Hong Kong (HKG) |  Hungary (HUN) |  Indonesia (INA)
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) |  Monaco (MON)
Netherlands (NED) |  Norway (NOR) |  New Zealand (NZL)
Pakistan (PAK) |  Philippines (PHI) |  Papua New Guinea (PNG)
Poland (POL) |  Portugal (POR) |  Puerto Rico (PUR)
Qatar (QAT) |  Singapore (SIN) |  San Marino (SMR)
Switzerland (SUI) |  Sweden (SWE) |  Thailand (THA)
Turkey (TUR) |  Soviet Union (URS) |  Uruguay (URU)
United States (USA) |  Venezuela (VEN) |  Zimbabwe (ZIM)

### Classes (equipment)

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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

1988 Olympic Classes designs

## Medal summary

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### Women's event

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1988: Women's 470
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|  United States (USA)
Allison Jolly
Lynne Jewell |  Sweden (SWE)
Marit Söderström
Birgitta Bengtsson |  Soviet Union (URS)
Larisa Moskalenko
Iryna Chunykhovska

### Men's event

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1988: Men's Division II
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|  New Zealand (NZL)
Bruce Kendall |  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)
Jan Boersma |  United States (USA)
Mike Gebhardt

1988: Finn
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|  Spain (ESP)
Jose Doreste |  Virgin Islands (ISV)
Peter Holmberg |  New Zealand (NZL)
John Cutler

1988: Men's 470
details

|  France (FRA)
Thierry Peponnet
Luc Pillot |  Soviet Union (URS)
Tõnu Tõniste
Toomas Tõniste |  United States (USA)
John Shadden
Charles McKee

### Open events

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Games  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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1988: Flying Dutchman
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|  Denmark (DEN)
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Christian Grønborg |  Norway (NOR)
Ole Pollen
Erik Bjørkum |  Canada (CAN)
Frank McLaughlin
John Millen

1988: Tornado
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|  France (FRA)
Jean Le Deroff
Nicolas Hénard |  New Zealand (NZL)
Chris Timms
Rex Sellers |  Brazil (BRA)
Lars Grael
Clinio Freitas

1988: Star
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|  Great Britain (GBR)
Michael McIntyre
Bryn Vaile |  United States (USA)
Mark Reynolds
Harold Haenel |  Brazil (BRA)
Torben Grael
Nelson Falcão

1988: Soling
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|  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

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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|  East Germany (GDR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Great Britain (GBR)| 1| 0| 0| 1
Spain (ESP)| 1| 0| 0| 1
8|  Soviet Union (URS)| 0| 1| 1| 2
9|  Netherlands Antilles (AHO)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Norway (NOR)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Sweden (SWE)| 0| 1| 0| 1
Virgin Islands (ISV)| 0| 1| 0| 1
13|  Brazil (BRA)| 0| 0| 2| 2
14|  Canada (CAN)| 0| 0| 1| 1
Totals (14 entries)| 8| 8| 8| 24

## Remarks

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### Sailing

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For the first time, a female-specific event, Women's 470, was on the program. Prior to this, all events were open to both men and women. Allison Jolly and Lynne Jewell of the USA won the event.

### Sailors

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During the Sailing regattas at the 1988 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

* Denmark (DEN), Paul Elvstrøm

Sailors at the 1988 Olympic Games

* In 470:
Luis Doreste.

## References

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1. ^ "Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

## Sources

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* "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 December 2006.

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Olympic venues in sailing

20th century|

* 1900: Meulan, Le Havre
* 1908: Ryde, Hunters Quay
* 1912: Nynäshamn
* 1920: Ostend, Buiten Y
* 1924: Le Havre, Meulan
* 1928: Buiten Y, Zuiderzee
* 1932: Los Angeles Harbor
* 1936: Kiel Bay
* 1948: Torbay
* 1952: Harmaja, Liuskasaari
* 1956: Port Phillip
* 1960: Gulf of Naples
* 1964: Enoshima
* 1968: Club de Yates de Acapulco
* 1972: Bay of Kiel
* 1976: Portsmouth Olympic Harbour
* 1980: Olympic Regatta in Tallinn
* 1984: Long Beach Shoreline Marina
* 1988: Busan Yachting Center
* 1992: Olympic Harbour
* 1996: Wassaw Sound

21st century|

* 2000: Rushcutters Bay
* 2004: Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
* 2008: Qingdao International Sailing Centre
* 2012: Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
* 2016: Marina da Glória
* 2020: Enoshima
* 2024: Old Port of Marseille
* 2028: Belmont Veterans Memorial Pier
* 2032: Alexandra Headland, Queensland, Manly, Queensland

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