Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er

The mixed 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Sixteen races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only thirteen races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Mixed 49er[1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the 49er
Venue	Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates	First race: 9 August 2008 Last race: 17 August 2008
Competitors	38 from 19 nations
Teams	19 boats
Medalists
Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp Ibsen  Denmark Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández  Spain Jan Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt  Germany

Race schedule[1][6]

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Practice race

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Race on Yellow

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Race on Red

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Medal race on Yellow

Date	August
	7 Thu	8 Fri	9 Sat	10 Sun	11 Mon	12 Tue	13 Wed	14 Thu	15 Fri	16 Sat	17 Sun	18 Mon	19 Tue	20 Wed	21 Thu	22 Fri	23 Sat	24 Sun
Mixed 49er	●			3	3	Spare day	3	No wind	No wind	3	●

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the 49er course areas A (Yellow) and E (Red) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Red course area. The target time for the course was about 30 minutes for all races. The race management could choose from several lengths of the course configuration.

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  Course Areas
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  Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Windward-Leeward courses

• W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
• W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
• W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

Weather conditions

In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[8]

Final results[9][10]

Results of individual races

Pos	Helmsman	Country	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	XI	XII	MR	Tot	Pts
	Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp Ibsen	Denmark	2	4	10^†	4	2	3	4	2	9	2	7	8	7	71.0	61.0
	Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández	Spain	1	10	17	2	OCS 20^†	5	7	10	3	4	1	2	1	84.0	64.0
	Jan Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt	Germany	15^†	6	11	6	3	2	2	12	4	5	4	7	2	81.0	66.0
4	Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello	Italy	3	9	1	1	6	9	3	8	12	17^†	3	3	4	83.0	66.0
5	Nathan Outteridge Ben Austin	Australia	DSQ 20^†	1	7	3	1	1	6	4	6	12	2	18	6	93.0	73.0
6	Tim Wadlow Chris Rast	United States	5	14	15	16^†	5	10	1	1	1	3	8	4	DNF 11	105.0	89.0
7	André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte	Brazil	10	5	8	9	9	4	12	5	11	1	9	13^†	8	112.0	99.0
8	Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch	Austria	9	2	14^†	8	13	7	5	7	7	13	5	1	DNF 11	113.0	99.0
9	Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes	Great Britain	4	3	5	14	14	15	OCS 20^†	3	2	8	11	15	3	120.0	100.0
10	Emmanuel Dyen Yann Rocherieux	France	7	8	4	5	11	13	11	13	14	7	6	17^†	5	126.0	109.0
11	Jorge Lima Francisco Andrade	Portugal	12	7	9	11	4	DNC 20^†	10	6	5	11	13	12		120.0	100.0
12	Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino	Japan	8	17^†	3	13	8	12	8	9	17	6	14	12		120.0	103.0
13	Christopher Gundersen Frode Bovim	Norway	11	13	18	7	10	8	14	11	13	19^†	12	11		147.0	128.0
14	Gordon Cook Ben Remocker	Canada	13	12	13	10	7	6	16	16	10	18^†	15	16		152.0	134.0
15	Rodion Luka George Leonchuk	Ukraine	6	11	12	15	DSQ 20^†	OCS 20	13	15	8	15	10	14		159.0	139.0
16	Marcin Czajkowski Krzysztof Kiekowski	Poland	18	15	6	12	15	14	18	18	16	9	19^†	6		166.0	147.0
17	Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać	Croatia	14	16	16	18	OCS 20^†	11	9	19	18	10	17	10		178.0	158.0
18	Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlén	Sweden	16	18	2	17	12	16	17	14	19	16	16	OCS 20^†		183.0	163.0
19	Li Fei Hu Xianqiang	China	17	19^†	19	19	16	17	15	17	15	14	18	9		195.0	176.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 49er during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Notes

The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, who won the gold medal, almost failed to make it to the start of the Medal race, when their mast split shortly before the start. The Croatian team—who had not made the final race—donated their boat to the Danish team to use in the final, and the Danes subsequently went on to win Gold. The Spanish team filed a protest against the win due to the boat change, but the protest was dismissed and the race results stand. The protest was promoted to the International Olympic Committee but was again dismissed. A third protest was promoted by Italy and Spain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which was also dismissed.[11]

Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupać and their coach Ivan Bulaja were rewarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for lending their boat.[12][13]

Further reading

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

References

1. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
2. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
3. The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
4. For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
5. "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: Skiff (49er), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
6. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
7. "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
8. "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
9. Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
10. "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Mixed Skiff". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2014.
11. "Spain fails in fresh Dane protest". Sport: Olympics. BBC. 19 August 2008.
12. "Guld til 49'eren - dr.dk/Sporten/OL2008". Dr.dk. 17 August 2008. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
13. "Hrvatskim jedriličarima nagrada za fair play". tportal. 19 November 2008. Retrieved 1 January 2012.