| Date | 20 – 27 September 1988 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Busan Yachting Center, Busan (Course Alpha) | |
| Participants | 47 from 23 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best 6 of 7 scores to count for final placement. | |
The defending gold medalists, New Zealand’s Chris Timms and Rex Sellars, who had dominated the 1984 class, were back and were expected to contend again. They were no match, however, for the French crew of Jean-Yves le Déroff and Nicolas Hénard who won three of the first five races and finished second in the other two, and did not even start the final race, their gold medal assured. Timms and Sellars comfortably won the silver medal over Brazil’s Lars Grael and Clinio Freitas.
With a different partner, Lars Grael would return in 1996 and win another bronze in this class. He was the brother of Torben Grael, bronze medalist in the Star class in Busan, who would eventually win five Olympic sailing medals. The Danish boat in 15th class was skippered by Paul Elvstrøm, competing in his eighth Olympics, and looking for his fifth gold medal, after winning the one-person dinghy class at four consecutive Olympics, 1948-60. This was the end of his remarkable Olympic career.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Net Points | Total Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |  FRA | 16.0 | 46.0 | .0 (1) | 3.0 (2) | 3.0 (2) | .0 (1) | .0 (1) | 10.0 (5) | – | Gold | |||||
| Jean-Yves Le Déroff • Nicolas Hénard | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | New Zealand |  NZL | 35.4 | 51.4 | 16.0 (10) | 5.7 (3) | .0 (1) | 8.0 (4) | 11.7 (6) | .0 (1) | 10.0 (5) | Silver | |||||
| Chris Timms • Rex Sellers | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Brazil |  BRA | 40.1 | 54.1 | 14.0 (8) | .0 (1) | 11.7 (6) | 5.7 (3) | 5.7 (3) | 14.0 (8) | 3.0 (2) | Bronze | |||||
| Clinio Freitas • Lars Grael | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Austria |  AUT | 46.0 | 63.0 | 3.0 (2) | 17.0 (11) | 14.0 (8) | 10.0 (5) | 8.0 (4) | 3.0 (2) | 8.0 (4) | ||||||
| Christian Claus • Norbert Petschel | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Italy |  ITA | 60.1 | 81.1 | 15.0 (9) | 11.7 (6) | 5.7 (3) | 13.0 (7) | 3.0 (2) | 21.0 (15) | 11.7 (6) | ||||||
| Giorgio Zuccoli • Luca Santella | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Norway |  NOR | 67.7 | 97.7 | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 16.0 (=10) | 18.0 (12) | – | 18.0 (12) | .0 (1) | ||||||
| Carl Erik Johannessen • Per Arne Nilsen | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Soviet Union |  URS | 70.0 | 100.0 | 19.0 (13) | 8.0 (4) | 8.0 (4) | 3.0 (2) | 30.0 ( | 13.0 (7) | 19.0 (13) | ||||||
| Siarhei Krautsou • Yury Konovalov | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Great Britain |  GBR | 70.1 | 100.1 | 18.0 (12) | 13.0 (7) | 10.0 (5) | 11.7 (6) | 30.0 ( | 11.7 (6) | 5.7 (3) | ||||||
| Jeremy Newman • Robert White | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Netherlands |  NED | 82.7 | 112.7 | 8.0 (4) | 22.0 (16) | 19.0 (13) | 15.0 (9) | 13.0 (7) | 5.7 (3) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Cees van Bladel • Willy van Bladel | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Canada |  CAN | 83.0 | 100.0 | 17.0 (11) | 15.0 (9) | 16.0 (=10) | 14.0 (8) | 15.0 (9) | 8.0 (4) | 15.0 (9) | ||||||
| Dave Sweeney • Kevin Smith | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Australia |  AUS | 97.0 | 127.0 | 13.0 (7) | 19.0 (13) | 13.0 (7) | 16.0 (10) | 19.0 (13) | 17.0 (11) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Bradley Schafferius • Roger Colman | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Sweden |  SWE | 98.0 | 128.0 | 10.0 (5) | 23.0 (17) | 15.0 (9) | 17.0 (11) | 17.0 (11) | 16.0 (10) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Göran Marström • Karl Strandman | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Puerto Rico |  PUR | 104.0 | 124.0 | 20.0 (14) | 18.0 (12) | 18.0 (12) | 19.0 (13) | 16.0 (10) | 19.0 (13) | 14.0 (8) | ||||||
| Quique Figueroa • Óscar Mercado | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | United States |  USA | 110.7 | 140.7 | 11.7 (6) | 16.0 (10) | 30.0 ( | 20.0 (14) | [30.0] ( | 15.0 (9) | 18.0 (12) | ||||||
| Pete Melvin • Patrick Muglia | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Denmark |  DEN | 112.0 | 142.0 | 22.0 (16) | 20.0 (14) | 30.0 ( | 22.0 (16) | 10.0 (5) | 25.0 (19) | 13.0 (7) | ||||||
| Trine Myralf • Paul Elvstrøm | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | 118.0 | 148.0 | 30.0 ( | 24.0 (18) | 20.0 (14) | 23.0 (17) | 14.0 (8) | 20.0 (14) | 17.0 (11) | ||||||
| Park Byeong-Gi • Sim Gyu-Hae | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Switzerland |  SUI | 129.0 | 159.0 | 24.0 (18) | 25.0 (19) | 21.0 (15) | 21.0 (15) | 30.0 ( | 22.0 (16) | 16.0 (10) | ||||||
| Edgar Röthlisberger • Raymond Cattin | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Bermuda |  BER | 135.0 | 165.0 | 23.0 (17) | 21.0 (15) | 24.0 (18) | 26.0 (20) | 18.0 (12) | 23.0 (17) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Eddie Bardgett • Glenn Astwood | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | West Germany |  FRG | 142.0 | 172.0 | 21.0 (15) | 14.0 (8) | 17.0 (11) | 30.0 ( | – | – | – | ||||||
| Hans-Jürgen Pfohe • Roland Gäbler | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Spain |  ESP | 154.0 | 184.0 | 25.0 (19) | 26.0 (20) | 25.0 (19) | 24.0 (18) | 30.0 ( | 24.0 (18) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Cristina, Infanta de Borbón • Francisco García • Luis López | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Japan |  JPN | 158.0 | 188.0 | 26.0 (20) | 28.0 (22) | 23.0 (17) | 25.0 (19) | 30.0 ( | 26.0 (20) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Naoyuki Ogawa • Takashi Tamura | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 | United States Virgin Islands |  ISV | 166.0 | 196.0 | 27.0 (21) | 29.0 (23) | 26.0 (20) | 27.0 (21) | – | 27.0 (21) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Hans Reiter • Jean Braure | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Argentina |  ARG | 169.0 | 199.0 | 30.0 ( | 27.0 (21) | 22.0 (16) | 30.0 ( | – | – | – | ||||||
| Diego Minguens • Fernando García | |||||||||||||||||
