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Skiff (49er), Open

Date10 – 17 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationQingdao Aolinpike Fanchuan Zhongxin, Qingdao
Participants38 from 19 countries
FormatPoints awarded for placement in each race. Best 12 of 13 scores to count for final placement. Medal race points count double.

From 1900-1980 all Olympic sailing (yachting) events had been mixed. From 1984-2008 some of the events were mixed, but in 2012 all events would be fully segregated by gender, although the Nacra 17 class at Rio de Janeiro in 2016 is scheduled to be a mixed event. There were 19 boats and 38 sailors in the 2008 Skiff event, but no women. Scheduled for 16 races, 14-15 August had no wind at all, and a full day of racing, consisting of three races, was skipped, giving the event only 13 races, including the medal race.

Denmark’s Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp led entering the medal race, but broke their mast shortly before the start. They were able to borrow a boat from the Croatians, who had finished 17th and were not in the medal race. Denmark placed seventh in the medal race, which was sailed in strong winds and heavy rain, but that was enough for them to claim the gold medal. They could only claim it, however, as the Spanish and Italian officials lodged protests and the final result was not announced for 24 hours, but no protests were upheld and Denmark had the gold. Spain’s Iker Martínez and Xabier Fernández had won the gold medal in this class in 2004.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCNet PointsTPMRP
1DenmarkDEN61 71 Gold
Jonas WarrerMartin Kirketerp
2SpainESP64 84 Silver
Iker MartínezXabier Fernández
3GermanyGER66 81 2 Bronze
Jan Peter PeckoltHannes Peckolt
4ItalyITA66 83 4
Piero SibelloGianfranco Sibello
5AustraliaAUS73 93
Nathan OutteridgeBen Austin
6United StatesUSA89 105
Tim WadlowChris Rast
7BrazilBRA99 112
Bochecha Leiteiro
8AustriaAUT99 113
Nico Delle KarthNiko Resch
9Great BritainGBR100 120
Stevie MorrisonBen Rhodes
10FranceFRA109 126
Emmanuel DyenYann Rocherieux
11PortugalPOR100 120
Jorge LimaFrancisco Andrade
12JapanJPN103 120
Akira IshibashiYukio Makino
13NorwayNOR128 147
Christopher GundersenFrode Bovim
14CanadaCAN134 152
Gordon CookBen Remocker
15UkraineUKR139 159
Rodion LukaHeorhiy Leonchuk
16PolandPOL147 166
Marcin CzajkowskiKrzysztof Kierkowski
17CroatiaCRO158 178
Pavle KostovPetar Cupać
18SwedenSWE163 183
Jonas LindbergKarl Torlén
19People's Republic of ChinaCHN176 195
Li FeiHu Xianqiang