Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's RS:X

The Women's RS:X 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. 27 sailors, on 27 boards, from 27 nations competed.[3] Ten boards qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Women's RS:X[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the RS-X
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 11 August 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: 20 August 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors27 from 27 nations
Medalists
Yin Jian  China
Alessandra Sensini  Italy
Bryony Shaw  Great Britain
Sailing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
RS:Xmenwomen
Laser Radialwomen
Lasermen
Finnopen
470menwomen
49eropen
Tornadoopen
Ynglingwomen
Starmen

Race schedule[1][6]
 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Red ● 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
Women's RS:X ● 2 2 Spare
day 		No
wind 		1 No
wind 		2 2 1 ●

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the RS:X course areas A (Yellow) and B (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 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

  • Course Areas
  • 70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
  • 70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (WS)

Outer courses
  • O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses
  • I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

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

Windward-Leeward Slalom courses
  • WS1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
  • WS2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH
  • WS3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – 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) two racing days had to be postponed.[8]

Final results[9][10]
RankCountryHelmsman Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
 China Yin Jian11.011.011.033.033.0 13 13.077.088.088.011.036.052.039.0
 Italy Alessandra Sensini66.022.099.011.0 DSQ 28.033.022.022.055.088.012.068.040.0
 Great Britain Bryony Shaw44.033.01111.066.0 OCS 28.066.055.033.011.022.024.073.045.0
4  Spain Marina Alabau33.055.055.022.055.0 11 11.088.055.044.099.048.065.054.0
5  Australia Jessica Crisp22.044.033.088.011.088.099.0 14 14.066.055.01020.080.066.0
6  New Zealand Barbara Kendall1212.077.01212.044.022.044.033.066.01313.0 21 21.0612.096.075.0
7  Poland Zofia Noceti-Klepacka 17 17.01616.01717.055.044.022.011.011.033.01717.0816.099.082.0
8  Ukraine Olha Maslivets55.066.0 14 14.01111.01010.011.044.01212.01212.01212.0510.097.083.0
9  Hong Kong Wai Kei Chan1010.01010.066.01313.077.01212.066.077.0 14 14.044.0918.0107.093.0
10  Israel Maayan Davidovich1313.099.0 20 20.099.01313.01414.01616.044.099.01010.0714.0131.0111.0
11  France Faustine Merret88.0 DSQ 28.01010.077.01111.01919.01717.01818.077.033.0--128.0100.0
12  Bulgaria Irina Konstantinova 18 18.088.088.01515.01818.01717.01010.01010.022.01313.0--119.0101.0
13  Japan Yasuko Kosuge99.01212.044.01717.01414.0 18 18.01818.01111.01010.077.0--120.0102.0
14  Norway Jannicke Stålstrøm77.0 DSQ 28.022.01212.099.01010.01515.01313.02121.01818.0--135.0107.0
15  Greece Athina Frai1515.01515.01616.01010.0 19 19.055.01111.099.01515.01111.0--126.0107.0
16  Finland Tuuli Petäjä1414.01111.077.0 16 16.01616.01616.01212.01616.01111.01414.0--133.0117.0
17  Canada Nikola Girke1111.01414.01313.01414.01212.01515.01313.0 DNF 28.01818.01515.0--153.0125.0
18  Brazil Patrícia Freitas2020.01313.01515.0 23 23.066.077.02121.01717.01616.02020.0--158.0135.0
19  Denmark Bettina Honore2121.01818.02121.01818.02020.099.01414.01515.0 22 22.066.0--164.0142.0
20  Thailand Napalai Tansai1616.01717.01818.0 24 24.088.02222.01919.02323.02323.02323.0--193.0169.0
21  Cyprus Gavriella Chatzidamianou1919.02222.02323.02222.01515.02323.0 25 25.02222.02020.01616.0--207.0182.0
22  Hungary Diána Detre2222.02020.01919.02121.02222.02525.0 26 26.02020.01717.01919.0--211.0185.0
23  Mexico Demita Vega2323.02121.02525.02525.01717.02121.02020.01919.01919.0 26 26.0--216.0190.0
24  Russia Tatiana Bazyuk2424.02323.02424.01919.02121.02020.02222.02121.0 25 25.02424.0--223.0198.0
25  Argentina Florencia Gutiérrez2727.01919.02727.02020.02323.02626.02323.0 DNF 28.02424.02727.0--244.0216.0
26  United States Nancy Rios2525.02424.02222.02626.02424.02727.0 DNF 28.0DNF28.02626.02222.0--252.0224.0
27  Turkey Sedef Köktentürk2626.02525.02626.02727.0 OCS 28.02424.02424.0DNF28.02727.02525.0--260.0232.0

    Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On 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 Women's RS:X 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". 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: Windsurfer (Neil Pryde RS:X), Women". 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: Women's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
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