Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 470

The Men's 470 Class Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 24 July to 1 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each team had two discards.[1]

470 Men's at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
470
Venue	Savannah
Dates	24 July to 1 August
Competitors	72 from 36 nations
Teams	36
Medalists
Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko  Ukraine John Merricks Ian Walker  Great Britain Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto  Portugal

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Race XI		Total Points [2]	Total -1 [3]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Yevhen Braslavets  (UKR)	Ihor Matviyenko	2	2.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	5	5.0	1	1.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	DNC	37.0	93.0	40.0
	John Merricks  (GBR)	Ian Walker	15	15.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	27	27.0	DSQ	37.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	11	11.0	124.0	60.0
	Hugo Rocha  (POR)	Nuno Barreto	5	5.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	9	9.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	94.0	62.0
4	Petri Leskinen  (FIN)	Mika Aarnikka	PMS	37.0	14	14.0	19	19.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	121.0	65.0
5	Dmitry Berezkin  (RUS)	Yevgeniy Burmatnov	13	13.0	25	25.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	11	11.0	20	20.0	19	19.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	111.0	66.0
6	Jean-Francois Berthet  (FRA)	Gwenaël Berthet	16	16.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	28	28.0	15	15.0	23	23.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	17	17.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	123.0	72.0
7	Martín Billoch  (ARG)	Martín Rodríguez	12	12.0	23	23.0	1	1.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	118.0	73.0
8	Morgan Reeser  (USA)	Kevin Burnham	20	20.0	9	9.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	11	11.0	DSQ	37.0	4	4.0	PMS	37.0	1	1.0	13	13.0	148.0	74.0
9	Jordi Calafat  (ESP)	Francisco Sánchez	1	1.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	2	2.0	19	19.0	5	5.0	PMS	37.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	2	2.0	133.0	76.0
10	Tõnu Tõniste  (EST)	Toomas Tõniste	7	7.0	16	16.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	19	19.0	PMS	37.0	30	30.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	162.0	95.0
11	Andreas Kosmatopoulos  (GRE)	Konstantinos Trigkonis	11	11.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	10	10.0	24	24.0	140.0	97.0
12	Ronald Rensch  (GER)	Torsten Haverland	PMS	37.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	10	10.0	22	22.0	9	9.0	22	22.0	11	11.0	14	14.0	29	29.0	6	6.0	170.0	104.0
13	Ivan Kuret  (CRO)	Marko Mišura	3	3.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	21	21.0	11	11.0	12	12.0	31	31.0	22	22.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	169.0	116.0
14	Tomaž Čopi  (SLO)	Mitja Margon	14	14.0	20	20.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	8	8.0	PMS	37.0	16	16.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	25	25.0	10	10.0	178.0	116.0
15	Matteo Ivaldi  (ITA)	Michele Ivaldi	9	9.0	4	4.0	25	25.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	PMS	37.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	31	31.0	DSQ	37.0	5	5.0	194.0	120.0
16	Marek Chocian  (POL)	Zdzisław Staniul	PMS	37.0	18	18.0	22	22.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	13	13.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	17	17.0	184.0	125.0
17	Kenji Nakamura  (JPN)	Masato Takaki	PMS	37.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	25	25.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	28	28.0	14	14.0	21	21.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	192.0	127.0
18	Marcus Westerlind  (SWE)	Henrik Wallin	6	6.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	PMS	37.0	6	6.0	PMS	37.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	203.0	129.0
19	Nir Shental  (ISR)	Ran Shental	17	17.0	13	13.0	29	29.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	26	26.0	19	19.0	PMS	37.0	22	22.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	198.0	132.0
20	Paul Hannam  (CAN)	Brian Storey	10	10.0	21	21.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	21	21.0	29	29.0	20	20.0	PMS	37.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	201.0	135.0
21	Botond Litkey  (HUN)	Zsolt Nyári	4	4.0	26	26.0	30	30.0	16	16.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	22	22.0	DSQ	37.0	204.0	137.0
22	Rohan Cooke  (NZL)	Andrew Stone	8	8.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	25	25.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	10	10.0	27	27.0	27	27.0	21	21.0	193.0	139.0
23	Tom King  (AUS)	Owen McMahon	19	19.0	12	12.0	20	20.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	PMS	37.0	25	25.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	213.0	149.0
24	Ben Kouwenhoven  (NED)	Jan Kouwenhoven	DNS	37.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	32	32.0	24	24.0	10	10.0	24	24.0	8	8.0	30	30.0	20	20.0	DSQ	37.0	238.0	164.0
25	Brady Sih  (TPE)	Bryant Sih	24	24.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	12	12.0	35	35.0	15	15.0	14	14.0	24	24.0	4	4.0	26	26.0	26	26.0	235.0	172.0
26	Pedro Fernández  (CUB)	Ángel Jiménez	22	22.0	29	29.0	26	26.0	17	17.0	9	9.0	27	27.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	PMS	37.0	21	21.0	DSQ	37.0	257.0	183.0
27	David Ramón  (AND)	Oscar Ramón	23	23.0	31	31.0	24	24.0	35	35.0	23	23.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	26	26.0	11	11.0	28	28.0	19	19.0	249.0	183.0
28	Kim Dae-yeong  (KOR)	Jung Sung-ahn	18	18.0	28	28.0	7	7.0	29	29.0	31	31.0	28	28.0	26	26.0	16	16.0	26	26.0	23	23.0	28	28.0	260.0	200.0
29	Rodrigo Amado  (BRA)	Leonardo Santos	26	26.0	32	32.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	18	18.0	PMS	37.0	25	25.0	25	25.0	12	12.0	18	18.0	29	29.0	269.0	200.0
30	Chris Rast  (SUI)	Jean-Pierre Ziegert	21	21.0	22	22.0	27	27.0	18	18.0	26	26.0	30	30.0	27	27.0	21	21.0	29	29.0	19	19.0	20	20.0	260.0	201.0
31	Nicolas Epiphaniou  (CYP)	Peter Elton	25	25.0	24	24.0	33	33.0	15	15.0	32	32.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	32	32.0	25	25.0	276.0	211.0
32	Igor Karvaš  (SVK)	Jaroslav Ferianec	28	28.0	36	36.0	31	31.0	31	31.0	29	29.0	20	20.0	34	34.0	29	29.0	23	23.0	31	31.0	32	32.0	324.0	254.0
33	Andrew Gooding  (JAM)	Joseph Stockhausen	27	27.0	33	33.0	34	34.0	34	34.0	33	33.0	18	18.0	33	33.0	30	30.0	32	32.0	34	34.0	27	27.0	335.0	267.0
34	Şükrü Sanus  (TUR)	Kerem Özkan	29	29.0	30	30.0	36	36.0	DNF	37.0	34	34.0	21	21.0	29	29.0	28	28.0	33	33.0	33	33.0	30	30.0	340.0	267.0
35	Siew Shaw Her  (SIN)	Charles Lim	PMS	37.0	35	35.0	32	32.0	33	33.0	28	28.0	31	31.0	32	32.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	30	30.0	31	31.0	344.0	272.0
36	Chan Yuk Wah  (HKG)	Andrew Service	PMS	37.0	34	34.0	35	35.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	25	25.0	35	35.0	31	31.0	34	34.0	35	35.0	22	22.0	348.0	276.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 470 Men during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the 470 course areas

• 
  Black: Marinas
  Blue: Alpha course
  Green: Bravo course
  Yellow: Charly course
  Red: Delta course
• 
  Olympic course ZI.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
• 
  Olympic course XI.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
• 
  Olympic course ZO.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
• 
  Olympic course XO.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
24 July 1996	I	28		11	0.7		Charly
25 July 1996	II	29		13	0.7	XI	Charly
26 July 1996	III	28		10	0.5	ZO	Bravo
26 July 1996	IV	27		10	0.5	XO	Bravo
27 July 1996	V	28		7	0.5	ZI	Bravo
27 July 1996	VI	29		8	0.6	XI	Bravo
28 July 1996	VII	29		6	0.7	ZO	Bravo
29 July 1996	VIII	29		14	0.5	XO	Charly
30 July 1996	IX	28		8	0.4	ZI	Charly
30 July 1996	X	28		9	0.5	ZI	Charly
1 August 1996	XI	28		7	0.5	ZI	Charly

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Two Person Dinghy (470), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

References

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