Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad
Female 470 class printed on the 2000 Olympic stamp series of the Ukraine.
Venues	Sydney
Dates	First race: 17 September 2000 Last race: 30 September 2000
Sailors	400
Top ranked countries
Great Britain: 3   2   0    Australia: 2   1   0    Austria: 2   0   0

The quota for sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was 400, of which 124 positions were for men, 92 for women and 184 'open' to men or women. The Sailing Program of 2000 consisted of a total of eleven sailing classes (disciplines). For each class with the exception of the Soling and the 49er, eleven races were scheduled from 17–30 September 2000. For the Soling six fleet races were scheduled followed by a series of match races for the top twelve boats of the fleet race result. The 49er had sixteen scheduled fleet races. The sailing was done on six course areas and several types of course configurations.

The Sydney 2000 Games featured a name change for the sport, previously known as yachting. Sailing is considered the more popular and accurate name for the sport.

Venue

Olympic Sailing Shore Base
Coordinates: 33°52′21″S 151°14′06″E / 33.87250°S 151.23500°E

The choice of Sydney Harbour as the sailing venue allowed a huge number of spectators access to the action. However there was not a great level of interest for this and only 2000 tickets had been sold one month before the start of the event.

The Olympic Sailing Shore Base was located on parts of Rushcutters Bay Park, Yarranabbe Park, the Sir David Martin Reserve and the waters of Rushcutters Bay. The shore base was used for logistic support and competition management and included temporary structures for the sailing events such as a marina for 250 boats. A new permanent public jetty for water taxis was also constructed.

Variable weather patterns necessitated a flexible competition schedule. Four course areas inside Sydney Harbour were used in combination with two offshore course areas. The Soling match racing was staged in Farm Cove at the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.

Competition

Overview

Continents	Countries	Classes	Boats	Male	Female
5	78	10	312	361	100

Countries

Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)  Argentina (ARG)  Australia (AUS)  Austria (AUT)  Barbados (BAR)  Belgium (BEL)  Bermuda (BER)  Belarus (BLR)  Brazil (BRA)  Bulgaria (BUL)  Canada (CAN)  Cayman Islands (CAY)  China (CHN)  Cook Islands (COK)  Croatia (CRO)  Cuba (CUB)  Cyprus (CYP)  Czech Republic (CZE)  Denmark (DEN)  Spain (ESP)  Estonia (EST)  Fiji (FIJ)  Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Germany (GER)  Greece (GRE)  Guam (GUM)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Hungary (HUN)  Indonesia (INA)  Ireland (IRL)  Iceland (ISL)  Israel (ISR)  Virgin Islands (ISV)  Italy (ITA)  Jamaica (JAM)  Japan (JPN)  South Korea (KOR)  Latvia (LAT)  Lithuania (LTU)  Morocco (MAR)  Malaysia (MAS)  Mexico (MEX)  Malta (MLT)  Netherlands (NED)  Norway (NOR)  New Zealand (NZL)  Peru (PER)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)  South Africa (RSA)  Russia (RUS)  Seychelles (SEY)  Singapore (SIN)  Slovenia (SLO)  Sri Lanka (SRI)  Switzerland (SUI)  Slovakia (SVK)  Sweden (SWE)  Thailand (THA)  Chinese Taipei (TPE)  Turkey (TUR)  Ukraine (UKR)  Uruguay (URU)  United States (USA)  Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jibb/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Mistral One Design Class	Surfboard		1	0	+	-	-	1996	2
Mistral One Design Class	Surfboard		1	0	+	-	-	1996	2
Europe	Dinghy		1	0	+	-	-	1992	3
Laser	Dinghy		1	0	+	-	-	1996	2
Finn	Dinghy		1	0	+	-	-	1952	13
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1988	4
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1976	7
49er	Skiff		2	2	+	+	+	2000	1
Tornado	Multihull		2	2	+	+	+	1976	7
Star	Keelboat		2	0	+	+	-	1932	15
Soling	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	1972	8

2000 Olympic Classes designs

Medal summary

Women's Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000: Women's Mistral One Design	Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini	Germany (GER) Amelie Lux	New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall
2000: Europe	Great Britain (GBR) Shirley Robertson	Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse	Argentina (ARG) Serena Amato
2000: Women's 470	Australia (AUS) Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell	United States (USA) J. J. Isler Sarah Glaser	Ukraine (UKR) Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchik

Men's Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000: Men's Mistral One Design	Austria (AUT) Christoph Sieber	Argentina (ARG) Carlos Espinola	New Zealand (NZL) Aaron McIntosh
2000: Finn	Great Britain (GBR) Iain Percy	Italy (ITA) Luca Devoti	Sweden (SWE) Fredrik Lööf
2000: Men's 470	Australia (AUS) Tom King Mark Turnbull	United States (USA) Paul Foerster Robert Merrick	Argentina (ARG) Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente

Open Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2000: Laser	Great Britain (GBR) Ben Ainslie	Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt	Australia (AUS) Michael Blackburn
2000: 49er	Finland (FIN) Thomas Johanson Jyrki Järvi	Great Britain (GBR) Ian Barker Simon Hiscocks	United States (USA) Jonathan McKee Charlie McKee
2000: Tornado	Austria (AUT) Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher	Australia (AUS) Darren Bundock John Forbes	Germany (GER) Roland Gäbler René Schwall
2000: Star	United States (USA) Mark Reynolds Magnus Liljedahl	Great Britain (GBR) Ian Walker Mark Covell	Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira
2000: Soling	Denmark (DEN) Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjær Thomas Jacobsen	Germany (GER) Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski	Norway (NOR) Herman Horn Johannessen Paul Davis Espen Stokkeland

Medal table

Sailing 2000

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	3	2	0	5
2	Australia (AUS)	2	1	1	4
3	Austria (AUT)	2	0	0	2
4	United States (USA)	1	2	1	4
5	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
6	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	0	1
	Finland (FIN)	1	0	0	1
8	Germany (GER)	0	2	1	3
9	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	2	3
10	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	1	2
11	Netherlands (NED)	0	1	0	1
12	New Zealand (NZL)	0	0	2	2
13	Norway (NOR)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Total		11	11	11	33

Sailing 1896–2000

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	18	12	8	38
2	United States	17	21	17	55
3	Norway	16	11	3	30
4	France	10	8	8	26
5	Denmark	10	8	4	22
6	Sweden	9	12	9	30
7	Spain	9	2	1	15
8	New Zealand	6	4	1	13
9	Netherlands	4	4	6	14
10	Soviet Union	4	4	2	10
11	Brazil	4	1	5	10
12	Australia	3	2	7	12
13	Belgium	2	4	2	8
14	West Germany	2	2	3	7
15	East Germany	2	2	2	6
	Germany	2	2	2	6
17	Italy	2	1	6	9
18	Greece	2	1	1	4
19	Finland	1	1	6	8
20	Germany(EUA)	1	1	1	3
	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
22	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
24	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
	Poland	1	0	0	1
	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
27	Argentina	0	3	0	3
	Austria	0	3	0	3
29	Canada	0	2	6	8
30	Portugal	0	2	2	4
31	Russia	0	1	1	2
32	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	United States Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
	Japan	0	1	0	1
38	Estonia	0	0	2	2
39	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
Total	40	126	117	108	356

Notes

References

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