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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado

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Mixed Tornado[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Tornado
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 15 August 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: 21 August 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors30 from 15 nations
Teams15 boats
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Antón Paz
Fernando Echávarri
 Spain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby
 Australia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola
 Argentina
← 2004

The Mixed Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

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Race schedule[1][6]

 ●  Practice race  ●  Race on Yellow  ●  Race on Pink  ●  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
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Wed
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Thu
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Fri
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Sat
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Sun
Mixed Tornado 1 2 1 3 No
wind
3

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the Tornado course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Windward-leeward courses

  • W2: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W3: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W4: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 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. For the Tornado competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[8]

Final results[9][10]

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Medalrace Total Total

discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain Fernando Echávarri
Antón Paz
1 1.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 4 4.0 7 7.0 13 13.0 1 1.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 8 8.0 4 8.0 57.0 44.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Australia Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby
5 5.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 5 10.0 58.0 49.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Argentina Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola
13 13.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 6 12.0 69.0 56.0
4  Canada Oskar Johansson
Kevin Stittle
8 8.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 15 15.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 2 4.0 76.0 61.0
5  Netherlands Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis
3 3.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 11 11.0 10 10.0 3 6.0 77.0 64.0
6  Great Britain Leigh McMillan
Will Howden
6 6.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 14 14.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 12 12.0 1 2.0 82.0 68.0
7  Italy Francesco Marcolini
Edoardo Bianchi
15 15.0 9 9.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 8 8.0 6 6.0 8 16.0 89.0 74.0
8  Germany Johannes Polgar
Florian Spalteholz
10 10.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 13 13.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 22 22.0 87.0 74.0
9  Austria Roman Hagara
Hans-Peter Steinacher
12 12.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 10 10.0 11 11.0 3 3.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 5 5.0 5 5.0 7 14.0 96.0 82.0
10  Greece Iordanis Paschalidis
Konstantinos Trigkonis
2 2.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 22 22.0 95.0 82.0
11  France Xavier Revil
Christophe Espagnon
7 7.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 DNC 16.0 9 9.0 10 10.0 10 10.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 - - 85.0 69.0
12  Belgium Carolijn Brouwer
Sébastien Godefroid
11 11.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 6 6.0 DNF 16.0 9 9.0 - - 88.0 72.0
13  Ukraine Pavlo Kalynchev
Andriy Shafranyuk
4 4.0 15 15.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 15 15.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 13 13.0 11 11.0 - - 114.0 99.0
14  China Luo Youjia
Chen Xiuke
9 9.0 14 14.0 OCS 16.0 DNF 16.0 13 13.0 5 5.0 14 14.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 - - 118.0 102.0
15  United States John Lovell
Charlie Ogletree
14 14.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 15 15.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 - - 129.0 114.0

Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; OCSOn the course side of the starting line;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Further reading

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

References

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