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Skiff (49er), Men

Date12 – 18 August 2016
StatusOlympic
LocationMarina da Glória, Glória, Rio de Janeiro
Participants40 from 20 countries
FormatPoints awarded for placement in each race. Best 11 of 12 scores to count for final placement, and advancement to the medal race.. Medal race points count double.

After claiming silver in 2012, New Zealand’s Peter Burling and Blair Tuke became the top crew in the 49er class winning 27 consecutive regattas, including all four World Championships between the Games. With three race wins, and a lowest placing of sixth in the preliminaries, the Kiwis secured the gold medal before sailing the medal race. But unlike other classes, where the guaranteed winners tried not to take any chances, Burling and Tuke dominated the medal race with a perfect performance. With this final victory they increased their lead to an incredible 43-point margin. Burling was only 25 years old at the Rio Olympics, and both sailors are among Team New Zealand for the 2017 America’s Cup with Burling as skipper. They were named Sailors of the Year in 2015 and were nominated again in 2016. Prior to the medal race, only two boats could win the other two medals: Germany with Erik Heil and Thomas Plößel on 67 points after the preliminaries, and the 2012 gold medalists Nathan Outteridge and Iain Jensen of Australia just three points behind. All other teams were out of reach. Australia finished fourth in the medal race while Germany could only finish eighth and the Australians took silver, while Germany’s bronze was their only sailing medal in Rio. Jensen and Outteridge, as Skipper, will also take part in the 2017 America’s Cup, as part of Sweden’s team. In 2015, Erik Heil contracted an infection, probably from the polluted water in Guanabara Bay, but after their bronze medal success both German sailors jumped into the water to celebrate, with Heil claiming that it: “Was much better this year”.

PosBoatNOCPointsRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10Race 11Race 12Medal Race
1Peter Burling / Blair TukeNZL351152762313542Gold
2Nathan Outteridge / Iain JensenAUS781382510134582778Silver
3Erik Heil / Thomas PlößelGER83631341414451041816Bronze
4Jonas Warrer / Christian LübeckDEN9889[21]15156131418126
5Julien d'Ortoli / Noé DelpechFRA1002012161229113179144
6Dylan Fletcher-Scott / Alain SignGBR100151072014456916320
7Yago Lange / Klaus LangeARG1111176161217[21]221131114
8Łukasz Przybytek / Paweł KołodzińskiPOL118.32139959.3181171618910
9Diego Botín Sanz de Sautuola / Iago LópezESP1201653136111315181221312
10Ryan Seaton / Matt McGovernIRL121142411318127131920118
11Marco Grael / Gabriel BorgesBRA1091011871971017108156
12Nico Delle Karth / Niko ReschAUT11617610183153142141116
13Sébastien Schneiter / Lucien CujeanSUI12051612417161510165175
14Ruggero Tita / Pietro ZucchettiITA120720191115899671019
15Pavle Kostov / Petar CupaćCRO122917111011117181513810
16Jorge Lima / José CostaPOR1224418616[21]1119491912
17Yannick Lefèbvre / Tom PelsmaekersBEL1251914131793881220148
18Yukio Makino / Kenji TakahashiJPN13231517882191217151620
19Thomas Barrows / Joe MorrisUSA15518191414[21]1216161161317
20Benjamín Grez / Cristóbal GrezCHI1711218151918[21]72021141215