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Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Olympics

Summary

Sailing at the Olympics

Field	Value
event	Sailing
games	2004 Summer
image	Sailing, Athens 2004.png
venues	Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
dates	First race:
Last race:
competitors	400 (261 male, 139 female)
teams	268
team_descriptor	Boats
nations	61
prev	2000
next	2008

Last race:

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport that has been part of the Olympic programme starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (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 in 2004 consisted of eleven disciplines divided over nine sailing classes. For each discipline multiple races were scheduled between 14 and 28 August 2004 along the coast near Athens. Athens hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having done so during the 1896 Summer Olympics. However, in 1896, the sailing competition was cancelled due to heavy storms and further bad weather conditions. This time the weather conditions were good. The sailing event was executed on the several types of Olympic courses in different course areas using the 'Fleetrace' and 'Matchrace' formats.

Venue

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 can be made for the Olympic sailing events. However the situation in Athens is very suitable for sailing. Therefore, the racing was organized at the Agios Kosmos Marina at the coastal area of Southern Attica some 14 km south of Athens city centre and close to the old airport. This harbor was built in the 1960s but for the 2004 Summer Games it was completely reconstructed to form the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre. The Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre was completed on 31 January 2004. On clear day the Acropolis could be seen from the course areas.

Competition

Overview

Continents	Countries	Disciplines	Classes	Boats	Women	Men	Sailors
6	60	11	9	268	139	261	400

Continents

Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America

Countries

During the 2004 Summer Olympics sixty one countries competed in the Olympic sailing regattas. Australia, France, Italy, Great Britain, Greece, Spain and the USA were each present in all classes with a total of eighteen sailors (7 women and 11 men) per country.

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]]

VEN

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jib/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Europe	Dinghy	[[File:Venus symbol.svg	13px]]	1	0	+	–	–	1992	4
Mistral One Design Class	Sailboard	[[File:Venus symbol.svg	13px]]	1	0	+	–	–	1996	3
Mistral One Design Class	Sailboard	[[File:Mars symbol.svg	13px]]	1	0	+	–	–	1996	3
Laser	Dinghy	[[File:Cercle noir 100%.svg	9px]]	1	0	+	–	–	1996	3
Finn	Dinghy	[[File:Cercle noir 100%.svg	9px]]	1	0	+	–	–	1952	14
470	Dinghy	[[File:Venus symbol.svg	13px]]	2	1	+	+	+	1988	5
470	Dinghy	[[File:Mars symbol.svg	13px]]	2	1	+	+	+	1976	8
49er	Dinghy	[[File:Cercle noir 100%.svg	9px]]	2	2	+	+	+	2000	2
Tornado	Multihull	[[File:Cercle noir 100%.svg	9px]]	2	2	+	+	+	1976	8
Yngling	Keelboat	[[File:Venus symbol.svg	13px]]	3	0	+	+	+	2004	1
Star	Keelboat	[[File:Mars symbol.svg	13px]]	2	0	+	+	-	1932	16

|File:Olympic Classes 2004.svg|

Race schedule

●	Opening ceremony	●	Practice races	●	Competition day	●	Last day of racing	●	Closing ceremony

Date	August	12
Thu	13
Fri	14
Sat	15
Sun	16
Mon	17
Tue	18
Wed	19
Thu	20
Fri	21
Sat	22
Sun	23
Mon	24
Tue	25
Wed	26
Thu	27
Fri	28
Sat	29
Sun	Total gold medals	1	2	3	2	2	2
Women's
Sailing Men's
Mixed	● ● ● ●
● ● ● ●
● ● ●	● ● ● ●
● ● ● ●
● ● ●	2 2
2 2
2 2 2 2
1 2 2
2	2
2
1 2 2
2
2 1	1 2 2 2
2 2 2
2 3	1 2 2 2
1 2 2
2 2	1 2
2
2 3	2
2 2
2
2
2 2	2
2 1
1 2
1
3
2
2
2
2
Women's
Finals Men's
Mixed								●
●
● ●
●
●			●
●

●
●
●
Ceremonies		●							●

Medal summary

Women's events

[[File:Yngling insigna.png	x20px]]
[[File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Great Britain]] Great Britain (GBR)
Shirley Robertson
Sarah Webb
Sarah Ayton	[[File:Flag of Ukraine.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Ukraine]] Ukraine (UKR)
Ruslana Taran
Ganna Kalinina
Svitlana Matevusheva	[[File:Flag of Denmark.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Denmark]] Denmark (DEN)
Dorte Jensen
Helle Jespersen
Christina Otzen

Men's events

[[File:NO Class insigna.png	x20px]]
[[File:Flag of Brazil.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Brazil]] Brazil (BRA)
Torben Grael
Marcelo Ferreira	[[File:Flag of Canada.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Canada]] Canada (CAN)
Ross MacDonald
Mike Wolfs	[[File:Flag of France.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	France]] France (FRA)
Pascal Rambeau
Xavier Rohart

Open events

[[File:Tornado insigna.png	x20px]]
[[File:Flag of Austria.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Austria]] Austria (AUT)
Roman Hagara
Hans-Peter Steinacher	[[File:Flag of the United States.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	United States]] United States (USA)
John Lovell
Charlie Ogletree	[[File:Flag of Argentina.svg	22x20px	border	alt=	link=	Argentina]] Argentina (ARG)
Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola

Medal table

References

"Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.

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