Sailing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XXIV Olympiad
Venues	Busan 부산
Dates	First race: 20 September 1988 (1988-09-20) Last race: 27 September 1988 (1988-09-27)
Competitors	375 (331 male, 44 female) from 60 nations
Boats	214

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1988 consisted of a total of eight sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 September 1988 to 27 September 1988 of the coast of Busan and was the first time that a separate event was allocated exclusively for women (sailed in the 470 class). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.

Venue

Main article: Busan Yachting Center

Busan Yachting Center

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since the sailing conditions of the coast near Seoul are not very suitable for Olympic sailing Busan was chosen for the 1988 Sailing event. A total of two race areas were created of the coast of Busan.

Busan in Korea was reportedly a light wind venue but no one realised until too late that this information came from the airport which was located in a sheltered valley. It turned out to be that the 1988 Olympic Games were one of the windiest ever with one day of racing postponed due to too much wind. One day of racing saw around 30 knots of wind with 5 knots of current going against the wind. There was a lot of equipment damage and rescues for many classes resulting in many sailors did not finish and requests for redress.

Competition

Overview

Continents	Countries	Classes	Boats	Male	Female
5	60	8	214	331	44

Continents

• Africa
• Asia
• Oceania
• Europe
• Americas

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1988 Olympic Games. Blue: Water Gray: Never participated in OG Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG Green: Country participated for the first time Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG

Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)  Argentina (ARG)  Australia (AUS)  Austria (AUT)  Bahamas (BAH)  Barbados (BAR)  Bermuda (BER)  Brazil (BRA)  Canada (CAN)  Chile (CHI)  China (CHN)  Cyprus (CYP)  Denmark (DEN)  Djibouti (DJI)  Spain (ESP)  Fiji (FIJ)  Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  West Germany (FRG)  Great Britain (GBR)  East Germany (GDR)  Greece (GRE)  Guam (GUM)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Hungary (HUN)  Indonesia (INA)  India (IND)  Ireland (IRL)  Iceland (ISL)  Israel (ISR)  Virgin Islands (ISV)  Italy (ITA)  British Virgin Islands (IVB)  Japan (JPN)  South Korea (KOR)  Mexico (MEX)  Malta (MLT)  Monaco (MON)  Netherlands (NED)  Norway (NOR)  New Zealand (NZL)  Pakistan (PAK)  Philippines (PHI)  Papua New Guinea (PNG)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)  Puerto Rico (PUR)  Qatar (QAT)  Singapore (SIN)  San Marino (SMR)  Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)  Thailand (THA)  Turkey (TUR)  Soviet Union (URS)  Uruguay (URU)  United States (USA)  Venezuela (VEN)  Zimbabwe (ZIM)

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jib/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Division II	Surfboard		1	0	+	-	-	1988	1
Finn	Dinghy		1	0	+	-	-	1952	10
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1988	1
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1976	4
Flying Dutchman	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1960	7
Tornado	Catamaran		2	1	+	+	-	1976	4
Star	Keelboat		2	0	+	+	-	1932	12
Soling	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	1972	5

1988 Olympic Classes designs

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Medal summary

Women's event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988: Women's 470	United States (USA) Allison Jolly Lynne Jewell	Sweden (SWE) Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson	Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Moskalenko Iryna Chunykhovska

Men's event

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988: Men's Division II	New Zealand (NZL) Bruce Kendall	Netherlands Antilles (AHO) Jan Boersma	United States (USA) Mike Gebhardt
1988: Finn	Spain (ESP) Jose Doreste	Virgin Islands (ISV) Peter Holmberg	New Zealand (NZL) John Cutler
1988: Men's 470	France (FRA) Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot	Soviet Union (URS) Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste	United States (USA) John Shadden Charles McKee

Open events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1988: Flying Dutchman	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Christian Grønborg	Norway (NOR) Ole Pollen Erik Bjørkum	Canada (CAN) Frank McLaughlin John Millen
1988: Tornado	France (FRA) Jean Le Deroff Nicolas Hénard	New Zealand (NZL) Chris Timms Rex Sellers	Brazil (BRA) Lars Grael Clinio Freitas
1988: Star	Great Britain (GBR) Michael McIntyre Bryn Vaile	United States (USA) Mark Reynolds Harold Haenel	Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Nelson Falcão
1988: Soling	East Germany (GDR) Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	United States (USA) John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham	Denmark (DEN) Jesper Bank Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
2	United States (USA)	1	2	2	5
3	New Zealand (NZL)	1	1	1	3
4	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
5	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
8	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
9	Netherlands Antilles (AHO)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	0	1
	Virgin Islands (ISV)	0	1	0	1
13	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	2	2
14	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (14 entries)		8	8	8	24

Remarks

Sailing

For the first time, a female-specific event, Women's 470, was on the program. Prior to this, all events were open to both men and women. Allison Jolly and Lynne Jewell of the USA won the event.

Sailors

During the Sailing regattas at the 1988 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

•  Denmark (DEN), Paul Elvstrøm

Sailors at the 1988 Olympic Games

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  In 470:
  Luis Doreste.

Sources

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 December 2006.