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Windsurfer (Windglider), Men

Date31 July – 8 August 1984
StatusOlympic
LocationLong Beach Marina, Long Beach, California (Alpha Course)
Participants38 from 38 countries
FormatPoints awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement.

This was the first time windsurfing was held at the Olympics and it was open only to men, the first time that an Olympic yachting event had not been contested as a mixed class. Men and women also had a windsurfing demonstration event in 1984. The board chosen in 1984 was the windglider. It had been designed in Europe and was chosen over the Windsurfer One, designed in America by Hoyle Schwitzer, which was used for the men’s and women’s demonstration event. The windglider would never be used again for Olympic windsurfing. The windsurfers raced over the Alpha course in the Long Beach Harbor.

The first gold medal in windsurfing went to Dutchman Stephan van den Berg, who won only one race, but was consistent, not having to count any race finish higher than fourth. Silver medalist Scott Steele of the United States was competing in his only Olympics. The bronze medalist, Bruce Kendall of New Zealand, would win this event in 1988. His sister, Barbara, was one the world’s top women windsurfers and won a full set of Olympic medals in the women’s event at the 1992-2000 Olympics, including gold in 1992.

Van Den Berg had won four world titles (1980-83) on the Windglider, the first three in the Light division, which was eliminated in 1983. He turned professional after the Olympics, but returned in 1992 when pros were allowed to compete.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCNet PointsTP
1Stephan van den BergNED27.744.7Gold
2Scott SteeleUSA46.066.0Silver
3Bruce KendallNZL46.491.4Bronze
4Gildas GuillerotFRA52.497.4
5Klaus MaranITA54.469.4
6Greg HydeAUS55.773.7
7Dirk MeyerFRG67.293.2
8Björn EyblAUT80.097.0
9Peter BonelloMLT82.7101.7
10Hans NyströmSWE84.0129.0
11Svein RasmussenNOR89.4134.4
12Eduardo BelliniESP92.0122.0
13Ken Klein, Jr.ISV93.7115.7
14Yehuda AtedjiISR111.6138.6
15Dušan PuhYUG118.0143.0
16Tsutomu SatoJPN132.0177.0
17Jorge GarcíaARG134.4165.4
18Mauricio ToscanoMEX139.0168.0
19Eric GravelineCAN140.4173.4
20Manuel DalmauPUR142.8187.8
21David HackfordGBR145.0190.0
22José Pedro MonteiroPOR152.0184.0
23Saard PanyawanTHA159.0198.0
24Marc ErzbergerSUI160.8195.8
25Tang QingcaiCHN167.0201.0
26Kelly ChanSGP178.0215.0
27Hugh WatlingtonBER180.0225.0
28Policarpio OrtegaPHI181.0226.0
29Flavio PelliccioniSMR191.0226.0
30Inigo RossANT205.0245.0
31Stelios GeorgousopoulosGRE206.0251.0
32Ken ChoiHKG207.0247.0
33Tony PhilpFIJ212.0257.0
34Jo Jin-SeopKOR229.0274.0
35Babacar WadeSEN232.0277.0
36Antonio EstebanDOM236.0281.0
37Talib Salim Al-MaiwaliOMA243.6288.6
38Thomas NisbetBAH251.0296.0