Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport that has been part of the Olympic programme starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (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 in 2004 consisted of eleven disciplines divided over nine sailing classes. For each discipline multiple races were scheduled between 14 and 28 August 2004 along the coast near Athens. Athens hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having done so during the 1896 Summer Olympics. However, in 1896, the sailing competition was cancelled due to heavy storms and further bad weather conditions. This time the weather conditions were good. The sailing event was executed on the several types of Olympic courses in different course areas using the 'Fleetrace' and 'Matchrace' formats.
Venue
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. Among others, an exception can be made for the Olympic sailing events. However the situation in Athens is very suitable for sailing. Therefore, the racing was organized at the Agios Kosmos Marina at the coastal area of Southern Attica some 14 km south of Athens city centre and close to the old airport. This harbor was built in the 1960s but for the 2004 Summer Games it was completely reconstructed to form the Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre. The Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre was completed on 31 January 2004. On clear day the Acropolis could be seen from the course areas.
Competition
Overview
{| class="wikitable"
!width=50|Continents
!width=50|Countries
!width=50|Disciplines
!width=50|Classes
!width=50|Boats
!width=50|Women
!width=50|Men
!width=50|Sailors
|-
| align="center"| 6 || align="center"| 60 || align="center"| 11 || align="center"| 9 || align="center"| 268 || align="center"| 139 || align="center"| 261 || align="center"| 400
|}
Continents
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- South America
Countries
During the 2004 Summer Olympics sixty-one countries competed in the Olympic sailing regattas. Australia, France, Italy, Great Britain, Greece, Spain and the USA were each present in all classes with a total of eighteen sailors (7 women and 11 men) per country.
[[File:Sailingmap OG 1996.png|thumb|260px|left|Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2004 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]]
{|
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|||||||
|-
|
|}
Classes (equipment)
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! Class !! Type !! Event !! Sailors !! Trapeze !! Mainsail !! Jib/Genoa !! Spinnaker !! First OG !! Olympics so far
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Europe || Dinghy || 13px || 1 || 0 || + || – || – || 1992 || 4
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Mistral One Design Class || Sailboard || 13px || 1 || 0 || + || – || – || 1996 || 3
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Mistral One Design Class || Sailboard || 13px || 1 || 0 || + || – || – || 1996 || 3
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Laser || Dinghy || 9px || 1 || 0 || + || – || – || 1996 || 3
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Finn || Dinghy || 9px || 1 || 0 || + || – || – || 1952 || 14
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| 470 || Dinghy || 13px || 2 || 1 || + || + || + || 1988 || 5
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| 470 || Dinghy || 13px || 2 || 1 || + || + || + || 1976 || 8
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| 49er || Dinghy || 9px || 2 || 2 || + || + || + || 2000 || 2
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Tornado || Multihull || 9px || 2 || 2 || + || + || + || 1976 || 8
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Yngling || Keelboat || 13px || 3 || 0 || + || + || + || 2004 || 1
|-
|architectural_style ="text-align:left"| Star || Keelboat || 13px || 2 || 0 || + || + || - || 1932 || 16
|}
Race schedule
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;"
|-
|bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center| ● ||Opening ceremony|| bgcolor=#cedff2 align=center| ● ||Practice races || bgcolor=#3399ff align=center| ● ||Competition day || bgcolor=#ffcc00 align=center| ● ||Last day of racing ||bgcolor=#ee3333| ● ||Closing ceremony
|}
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em;"
|-
!rowspan=2|Date
!colspan=18|August
|-
!12<br/>Thu!!13<br/>Fri!!14<br/>Sat!!15<br/>Sun!!16<br/>Mon!!17<br/>Tue!!18<br/>Wed!!19<br/>Thu!!20<br/>Fri!!21<br/>Sat!!22<br/>Sun!!23<br/>Mon!!24<br/>Tue!!25<br/>Wed!!26<br/>Thu!!27<br/>Fri!!28<br/>Sat!!29<br/>Sun
|- align="center"
| align="right" | <small>Women's</small><br/>Sailing <small>Men's</small><br/><small>Mixed</small>
| bgcolor=#cedff2 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">● ● ● ●<br/>● ● ● ●<br/>● ● ●</span>
| bgcolor=#cedff2 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">● ● ● ●<br/>● ● ● ●<br/>● ● ●</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">2 2<br/>2 2 <br/> </span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">2 2 2 2<br/>1 2 2 <br/>2</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">2<br/>2<br/> </span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">1 2 2<br/>2 <br/>2 1</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">1 2 2 2<br/>2 2 2 <br/>2 3</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">1 2 2 2<br/>1 2 2 <br/>2 2</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">1 2<br/>2 <br/>2 3</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">2<br/>2 2<br/>2</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;"> <br/>2<br/>2 2</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">2<br/>2 1<br/>1 2</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;"> <br/>1<br/>3</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;"> <br/>2<br/>2</span>
| bgcolor=#3399ff |<span style="line-height:0.7em;"> <br/>2<br/>2</span>
|
|
|
|- align="center"
| align="right" | <small>Women's</small><br/>Finals <small>Men's</small><br/><small>Mixed</small>
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">● <br/> <br/> </span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">● <br/>● ●<br/> </span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">●<br/> <br/>● </span>
|
|
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;">●<br/>●<br/> </span>
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;"> <br/> <br/>●</span>
|
| bgcolor=#ffcc00 |<span style="line-height:0.7em;"> <br/>●<br/>●</span>
|
|- align="center"
|-
! Total gold medals !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! !! !! 2 !! 2 !! !! 2 !!
|-
| Ceremonies || ||bgcolor=#00cc33 align=center|●|| || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||bgcolor=#ee3333 align=center|●
|-
|}
Medal summary
Women's events
{|
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Women's Mistral One Design <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|France France <span style="font-size:90%;">(FRA)</span><br>Faustine Merret
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|China China <span style="font-size:90%;">(CHN)</span><br>Yin Jian
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Italy Italy <span style="font-size:90%;">(ITA)</span><br>Alessandra Sensini
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Europe <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Norway Norway <span style="font-size:90%;">(NOR)</span><br>Siren Sundby
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Czech Republic Czech Republic <span style="font-size:90%;">(CZE)</span><br>Lenka Šmídová
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Denmark Denmark <span style="font-size:90%;">(DEN)</span><br>Signe Livbjerg
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Women's 470 <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Greece Greece <span style="font-size:90%;">(GRE)</span><br>Sofia Bekatorou<br>Aimilia Tsoulfa
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Spain Spain <span style="font-size:90%;">(ESP)</span><br>Sandra Azón<br>Natalia Vía Dufresne
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Sweden Sweden <span style="font-size:90%;">(SWE)</span><br>Therese Torgersson<br>Vendela Zachrisson
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Yngling <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Great Britain Great Britain <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span><br>Shirley Robertson<br>Sarah Webb<br>Sarah Ayton
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Ukraine Ukraine <span style="font-size:90%;">(UKR)</span><br>Ruslana Taran<br>Ganna Kalinina<br>Svitlana Matevusheva
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Denmark Denmark <span style="font-size:90%;">(DEN)</span><br>Dorte Jensen<br>Helle Jespersen<br>Christina Otzen
|}
Men's events
{|
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Men's Mistral One Design <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Israel Israel <span style="font-size:90%;">(ISR)</span><br>Gal Fridman
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Greece Greece <span style="font-size:90%;">(GRE)</span><br>Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Great Britain Great Britain <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span><br>Nick Dempsey
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Finn <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Great Britain Great Britain <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span><br>Ben Ainslie
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Spain Spain <span style="font-size:90%;">(ESP)</span><br>Rafael Trujillo
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Poland Poland <span style="font-size:90%;">(POL)</span><br>Mateusz Kusznierewicz
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Men's 470 <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|United States United States <span style="font-size:90%;">(USA)</span><br>Paul Foerster<br>Kevin Burnham
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Great Britain Great Britain <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span><br>Nick Rogers<br>Joe Glanfield
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Japan Japan <span style="font-size:90%;">(JPN)</span><br>Kazuto Seki<br>Kenjiro Todoroki
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Star <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Brazil Brazil <span style="font-size:90%;">(BRA)</span><br>Torben Grael<br>Marcelo Ferreira
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Canada Canada <span style="font-size:90%;">(CAN)</span><br>Ross MacDonald<br>Mike Wolfs
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|France France <span style="font-size:90%;">(FRA)</span><br>Pascal Rambeau<br>Xavier Rohart
|}
Open events
{|
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Laser <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Brazil Brazil <span style="font-size:90%;">(BRA)</span><br>Robert Scheidt
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Austria Austria <span style="font-size:90%;">(AUT)</span><br>Andreas Geritzer
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Slovenia Slovenia <span style="font-size:90%;">(SLO)</span><br>Vasilij Žbogar
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: 49er <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Spain Spain <span style="font-size:90%;">(ESP)</span><br>Iker Martínez<br>Xabier Fernández
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Ukraine Ukraine <span style="font-size:90%;">(UKR)</span><br>Rodion Luka<br>George Leonchuk
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Great Britain Great Britain <span style="font-size:90%;">(GBR)</span><br>Chris Draper<br>Simon Hiscocks
|-
| architectural_style ="align:center;" | x20px<br>
2004: Tornado <br>
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Austria Austria <span style="font-size:90%;">(AUT)</span><br>Roman Hagara<br>Hans-Peter Steinacher
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|United States United States <span style="font-size:90%;">(USA)</span><br>John Lovell<br>Charlie Ogletree
|architectural_style ="vertical-align:top;"|22x20px|border|alt=|link=|Argentina Argentina <span style="font-size:90%;">(ARG)</span><br>Santiago Lange<br>Carlos Espínola
|}
Medal table
Further reading
References
External links
- Official result book – Sailing