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 possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races were scheduled off the coast at Weymouth Bay for each event, except for the 49er and the Elliott 6m classes. For the 49er class, a total of 16 races were scheduled. Of the 11 (16) races, 10 (15) were scheduled as opening races and the last one as medal race. For the Elliott 6m a series of match races was scheduled. The sailing was done on different types of courses.
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 is made for the Olympic sailing events, which customarily must be staged on the open sea. On account of this principle, Weymouth and Portland was selected for the honor to carry out the Olympic yachting regattas. For that purpose the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy was reconstructed.
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA)
The land based part of the WPNSA includes:
Administrative and game management center
Media center
The "Hangar" for measurement, social events and logistic center.
(Inter)National sailing center
Craning, mooring and slipway facilities
Course areas
A total of five race areas were set on Weymouth Bay of the coast of the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. The exclusion area was limited by a fictive line between Portland and the mainland. All racing took place within this exclusion zone. The five course areas were positioned according to the table below the map but could be moved anywhere within the exclusion zone.[1]
Competition
Qualification
Fifty-seven nations qualified for the sailing events and a further six were allocated places not taken up by qualified nations to give a total of 63 nations participating.[2] The only countries to have qualified in all events were France, New Zealand, the US and the hosts, Great Britain;[2] New Zealand declined to take up their place in the Women's RS-X.[3]
Overview
Continents
Africa
Asia
Oceania
Europe
North America
South America
Countries
Classes (equipment)
2012 Olympic Classes designs
Race schedule [1][4]
Medal summary [5]
Men's events
Women's events
Medal table
Further reading
"Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
"London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
References
^ a bWorld Sailing. "2012 Summer Olympics Sailing Instructions" (PDF). World Sailing (ISAF). p. 20. Retrieved 20 February 2018.
^ "2012 Olympics: Olympic place rejection signals the end of an era". Sail World. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
^ "Sailing at the 2012 London Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
External links
Media related to Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics at Wikimedia Commons
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics. London2012.com. at the UK Government Web Archive (archived 28 February 2013)
Official results book – Sailing. London2012.com. at the Wayback Machine (archived 11 May 2013)
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics at SR/Olympics (archived)