| Date | 31 July – 8 August 1984 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Long Beach Marina, Long Beach, California (Charlie Course) | |
| Participants | 40 from 20 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best 6 of 7 scores to count for final placement. | |
The two favored helmsmen were American Randy Smyth and Australian Chris Cairns. Another featured crew was Denmark’s Paul Elvstrøm, four-time winner of the one-person dinghy event from 1948-60, who was at his first Olympics since 1972, paired with his daughter, Trine. Despite the three glamour crews, the event was easily won by New Zealand’s Rex Sellers and Chris Timms. They won two races, placed second three times, and third once, and did not need to come to the mark in the final race to win the gold medal. Smyth won the silver medal with Cairns taking bronze, while the Elvstrøms just missed the podium in fourth place. They would return and race in this class again at Busan, but placed 15th in 1988.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Net Points | Total Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Zealand |  NZL | 14.7 | 41.7 | 5.7 (3) | 3.0 (2) | .0 (1) | 3.0 (2) | .0 (1) | 3.0 (2) | – | Gold | |||||
| Chris Timms • Rex Sellers | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | United States |  USA | 37.0 | 64.0 | .0 (1) | 27.0 ( | 13.0 (7) | .0 (1) | 8.0 (4) | .0 (1) | 16.0 (10) | Silver | |||||
| Jay Glaser • Randy Smyth | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Australia |  AUS | 50.4 | 77.4 | 8.0 (4) | 22.0 (16) | 5.7 (3) | 27.0 ( | 3.0 (2) | 11.7 (6) | .0 (1) | Bronze | |||||
| Christopher Cairns • Scott Anderson | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Denmark |  DEN | 51.1 | 71.1 | 11.7 (6) | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 5.7 (3) | 20.0 (14) | 8.0 (4) | 10.0 (5) | ||||||
| Trine Elvstrøm • Paul Elvstrøm | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Bermuda |  BER | 53.5 | 67.5 | 14.0 (8) | 11.7 (6) | 8.0 (4) | 11.7 (6) | 13.0 (7) | 3.4 (3) | 5.7 (3) | ||||||
| Alan Burland • Christopher Nash | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Great Britain |  GBR | 53.7 | 67.7 | 3.0 (2) | 10.0 (5) | 3.0 (2) | 14.0 (8) | 11.7 (6) | 13.0 (7) | 13.0 (7) | ||||||
| David Campbell-James • Robert White | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Brazil |  BRA | 74.7 | 94.7 | 10.0 (5) | 14.0 (8) | 20.0 (14) | 17.0 (11) | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 18.0 (12) | ||||||
| Glenn Haynes • Lars Grael | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | France |  FRA | 81.0 | 108.0 | [27.0] ( | .0 (1) | 15.0 (9) | 16.0 (10) | 15.0 (9) | 16.0 (10) | 19.0 (13) | ||||||
| Bernard Pichery • Yves Loday | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Canada |  CAN | 83.7 | 110.7 | 13.0 (7) | 18.0 (12) | 14.0 (8) | 13.0 (7) | 14.0 (8) | 27.0 ( | 11.7 (6) | ||||||
| Brian Sweeney • Dave Sweeney | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Sweden |  SWE | 84.0 | 103.0 | 17.0 (11) | 8.0 (4) | 19.0 (13) | 8.0 (4) | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | 14.0 (8) | ||||||
| Göran Marström • Krister Söderqvist | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Netherlands |  NED | 86.0 | 113.0 | [27.0] ( | 13.0 (7) | 17.0 (11) | 10.0 (5) | 16.0 (10) | [27.0] ( | 3.0 (2) | ||||||
| Willy van Bladel • Huub Lambriex | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Austria |  AUT | 88.0 | 110.0 | 15.0 (9) | 15.0 (9) | 16.0 (10) | 22.0 (16) | 17.0 (11) | 17.0 (11) | 8.0 (4) | ||||||
| Norbert Petschel • Walter Schlagbauer | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | West Germany |  FRG | 105.0 | 127.0 | 16.0 (10) | 21.0 (15) | 21.0 (15) | 15.0 (9) | 22.0 (16) | 15.0 (9) | 17.0 (11) | ||||||
| Eckart Kaphengst • Hans-Friedrich Böse | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Switzerland |  SUI | 105.7 | 132.7 | 19.0 (13) | 16.0 (10) | 11.7 (6) | 20.0 (14) | [27.0] ( | 18.0 (12) | 21.0 (15) | ||||||
| Christoph Brüllmann • Rolf Zwicky | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Argentina |  ARG | 108.0 | 131.0 | 21.0 (15) | 20.0 (14) | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | 10.0 (5) | 20.0 (14) | 23.0 (17) | ||||||
| Martín Ferrari • Sergio Sinistri | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Finland |  FIN | 109.0 | 132.0 | 18.0 (12) | 17.0 (11) | 22.0 (16) | 18.0 (12) | 23.0 (17) | 14.0 (8) | 20.0 (14) | ||||||
| Juha Valtanen • Pekka Narko | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Norway |  NOR | 117.0 | 140.0 | 20.0 (14) | 19.0 (13) | 23.0 (17) | 21.0 (15) | 21.0 (15) | 21.0 (15) | 15.0 (9) | ||||||
| Halvor Smith • Per Ferskaug | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Puerto Rico |  PUR | 131.0 | 155.0 | 22.0 (16) | 23.0 (17) | 24.0 (18) | 23.0 (17) | 19.0 (13) | 22.0 (16) | 22.0 (16) | ||||||
| Enrique Díaz • Juan Torruella, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Fiji |  FIJ | 143.0 | 170.0 | 23.0 (17) | 24.0 (18) | 27.0 ( | 24.0 (18) | 25.0 (19) | 23.0 (17) | 24.0 (18) | ||||||
| Bruce Hewett • Colin Philp, Sr. | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Turkey |  TUR | 147.0 | 174.0 | 24.0 (18) | 25.0 (19) | 25.0 (19) | 25.0 (19) | 24.0 (18) | 24.0 (18) | 27.0 ( | ||||||
| Aleksandr Çaykovski • Ertuğrul Özkan | |||||||||||||||||
