Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1980 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 of the coast of Tallinn (district of Pirita, in present-day Estonia), in that time an illegally annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
Venue
thumb|left|Olympic Yachting Centre 1980.
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 Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.
Competition
Overview
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Continents
- Europe
- Africa
- Americas
Countries
[[File:Sailingmap OG 1980.png|thumb|260px|left|Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1980 Olympic Games.
<br><span style="color:#D7EEFF;"> Blue:</span> Water
<br><span style="color:#EAEBDF;"> Gray:</span> Never participated in OG
<br><span style="color:#AAA793;"> Dark Gray:</span> Participated in earlier OG
<br><span style="color:#005E2B;"> Green:</span> Country participated for the first time
<br><span style="color:#003964;"> Dark Blue:</span> Country participated also on previous games
<br><span style="color:#C00000;"> Red:</span> Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG]]
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1980 Olympic boycott
The boycott affected the medalists in most sailing events with a number of European and World champions not participating. In the Soiling, the Canadian World champion team of Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans and [Sandy McMillan] was absent. Some British athletes participated in the Games under a neutral flag, but the sailing federation chose to join the boycott. In several classes an alternative sailing event was organized by the boycotting nations, with the Flying Dutchman class having been held Luxembourg. Other significant countries that choose not to participate included the Australian team
thumb|Canadian Olympic Boycott Party
thumb|The Flying Dutchman on a Russian stamp, issued for the Olympics in 1978
Classes (equipment)
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! Class !! Type !! Event !! Sailors !! Trapeze !! Mainsail !! Jib/Genoa !! Spinnaker !! First OG !! Olympics so far
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|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Finn || Dinghy || 9px || 1 || 0 || + || – || – || 1952 || 8
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|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| 470 || Dinghy || 9px || 2 || 1 || + || + || + || 1976 || 2
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|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Flying Dutchman || Dinghy || 9px || 2 || 1 || + || + || + || 1960 || 6
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|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Tornado || Catamaran || 9px || 2 || 1 || + || + || – || 1976 || 2
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|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Star || Keelboat || 9px || 2 || 0 || + || + || – || 1932 || 10
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|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Soling || Keelboat || 9px || 3 || 0 || + || + || + || 1972 || 3
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Medal summary
thumb|Winners of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. Sailing.
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1980: Finn <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Finland Finland <span style="font-size:90%;">(FIN)</span><br>Esko Rechardt
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Austria Austria <span style="font-size:90%;">(AUT)</span><br>Wolfgang Mayrhofer
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Soviet Union Soviet Union <span style="font-size:90%;">(URS)</span><br>Andrei Balashov
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| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
1980: 470 <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Brazil Brazil <span style="font-size:90%;">(BRA)</span><br>Marcos Soares<br>Eduardo Penido
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|East Germany East Germany <span style="font-size:90%;">(GDR)</span><br>Jörn Borowski<br>Egbert Swensson
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Finland Finland <span style="font-size:90%;">(FIN)</span><br>Jouko Lindgrén<br>Georg Tallberg
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1980: Flying Dutchman <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Spain Spain <span style="font-size:90%;">(ESP)</span><br>Alejandro Abascal<br>Miguel Noguer
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Ireland Ireland <span style="font-size:90%;">(IRL)</span><br>David Wilkins<br>James Wilkinson
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Hungary Hungary <span style="font-size:90%;">(HUN)</span><br>Szabolcs Detre<br>Zsolt Detre
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| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
1980: Tornado <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Brazil Brazil <span style="font-size:90%;">(BRA)</span><br>Lars Sigurd Björkström<br>Alexandre Welter
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Denmark Denmark <span style="font-size:90%;">(DEN)</span><br>Peter Due<br>Per Kjergard
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Sweden Sweden <span style="font-size:90%;">(SWE)</span><br>Göran Marström<br>Jörgen Ragnarsson
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1980: Star <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Soviet Union Soviet Union <span style="font-size:90%;">(URS)</span><br>Valentin Mankin<br>Aleksandr Muzychenko
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Austria Austria <span style="font-size:90%;">(AUT)</span><br>Hubert Raudaschl<br>Karl Ferstl
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Italy Italy <span style="font-size:90%;">(ITA)</span><br>Giorgio Gorla<br>Alfio Peraboni
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1980: Soling <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Denmark Denmark <span style="font-size:90%;">(DEN)</span><br>Poul Richard Høj Jensen<br>Valdemar Bandolowski<br>Erik Hansen
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Soviet Union Soviet Union <span style="font-size:90%;">(URS)</span><br>Boris Budnikov<br>Alexandr Budnikov<br>Nikolay Poliakov
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Greece Greece <span style="font-size:90%;">(GRE)</span><br>Anastasios Bountouris<br>Anastasios Gavrilis<br>Aristidis Rapanakis
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Medal table
Remarks
Sailors
thumb|left|200px|In the Finn (left): [[Mihai Butucaru]]
During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
- , Valentin Mankin, multi-medalist in the Star
- , Mihai Butucaru, later committee member of Eurosaf