Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star

The Star Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Ten were sailed. Each team had two discards.[1]

Star at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Star
Venue	Savannah
Dates	22 July to 2 August
Competitors	50 from 25 nations
Teams	25
Medalists
Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira  Brazil Hans Wallen Bobby Lohse  Sweden Colin Beashel David Giles  Australia

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		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
	Torben Grael  (BRA)	Marcelo Ferreira	1	1.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	41.0	25.0
	Hans Wallén  (SWE)	Bobby Lohse	4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	45.0	29.0
	Colin Beashel  (AUS)	David Giles	11	11.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	PMS	26.0	69.0	32.0
4	Anastasios Bountouris  (GRE)	Dimitrios Boukis	6	6.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	4	4.0	11	11.0	75.0	45.0
5	Rod Davis  (NZL)	Don Cowie	2	2.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	9	9.0	4	4.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	74.0	46.0
6	Enrico Chieffi  (ITA)	Roberto Sinibaldi	15	15.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	PMS	26.0	93.0	52.0
7	José Doreste  (ESP)	Javier Hermida	5	5.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	11	11.0	PMS	26.0	1	1.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	98.0	57.0
8	Mark Reynolds  (USA)	Hal Haenel	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	101.0	58.0
9	Michael Hestbæk  (DEN)	Martin Hejlsberg	7	7.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	10	10.0	6	6.0	10	10.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	89.0	64.0
10	Frank Butzmann  (GER)	Kai Falkenthal	8	8.0	13	13.0	4	4.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	15	15.0	98.0	66.0
11	Glyn Charles  (GBR)	George Skuodas	14	14.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	101.0	68.0
12	Mark Mansfield  (IRL)	David Burrows	22	22.0	PMS	26.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	16	16.0	13	13.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	123.0	75.0
13	Peter Bromby  (BER)	Lee White	9	9.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	11	11.0	19	19.0	14	14.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	120.0	81.0
14	Ross MacDonald  (CAN)	Eric Jespersen	DSQ	26.0	PMS	26.0	3	3.0	18	18.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	5	5.0	23	23.0	7	7.0	134.0	82.0
15	Hubert Raudaschl  (AUT)	Andreas Hanakamp	12	12.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	13	13.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	20	20.0	13	13.0	8	8.0	128.0	89.0
16	Guram Biganishvili  (GEO)	Vladimer Gruzdev	13	13.0	10	10.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	21	21.0	9	9.0	5	5.0	18	18.0	159.0	112.0
17	Viktor Solovyov  (RUS)	Anatoly Mikhaylin	10	10.0	16	16.0	21	21.0	DNF	26.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	168.0	121.0
18	Csaba Haranghy  (HUN)	András Komm	21	21.0	18	18.0	20	20.0	16	16.0	20	20.0	17	17.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	16	16.0	169.0	128.0
19	Mark Holowesko  (BAH)	Myles Pritchard	20	20.0	11	11.0	15	15.0	20	20.0	21	21.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	12	12.0	172.0	128.0
20	Richard Gronblom  (FIN)	Ville Kurki	16	16.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	DNF	26.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	174.0	129.0
21	Diogo Cayolla  (POR)	Miguel Costa	19	19.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	18	18.0	21	21.0	14	14.0	170.0	129.0
22	Guillermo Calegari Jr.  (ARG)	Mauro Maiola	17	17.0	17	17.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	19	19.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	191.0	146.0
23	Sergey Khoretsky  (BLR)	Vladimir Zuyev	18	18.0	21	21.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	206.0	162.0
24	Robert Lowrance  (ASA)	Fua Logo Tavui	23	23.0	23	23.0	DNF	26.0	24	24.0	25	25.0	25	25.0	23	23.0	12	12.0	25	25.0	22	22.0	228.0	177.0
25	Donald McLean  (CAY)	Carson Ebanks	24	24.0	22	22.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	PMS	26.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	237.0	187.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Star course areas

• 
  Black: Marinas
  Blue: Alpha course
  Green: Bravo course
  Yellow: Charly course
  Red: Delta course
• 
  Olympic course WX.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)
• 
  Olympic course WD.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
22 July 1996	I						Charly
23 July 1996	II	29		10	0.6	WX	Charly
23 July 1996	III	29		13	0.8	WX	Charly
24 July 1996	IV	28		11	0.7	WX	Delta
25 July 1996	V	29		13	0.7	WX	Delta
26 July 1996	VI	27		7	0.5	WD	Charly
26 July 1996	VII	27		10	0.5	WX	Charly
27 July 1996	VIII	28		5	0.6	WX	Charly
28 July 1996	IX	29		6	0.7	WD	Charly
29 July 1996	X	28		11	0.6	WX	Charly

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

References

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• The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
• The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Star". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
• "IYRU Olympic Update". ISAF. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.