Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

Men's RS:X
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad

Line drawing of the RS-X
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
DatesFirst race: July 31, 2012 (2012-07-31)
Last race: August 7, 2012 (2012-08-07)
Competitors38 from 38 nations
Medalists
   Netherlands
   Great Britain
   Poland

The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 38 sailors, on 38 boards, from 38 nations competed.[2] Ten boards qualified for the medal race.[3] The gold medal was won by Dorian van Rijsselberghe who already after the ninth race had accumulated sufficient results to be certain to win the gold medal, as long as he competed in the races.[4]

Race schedule[1][5]

  Practice race   Race on Portland   Race on Nothe   Race on West   Medal race on Nothe
Date July August
26
Thu
27
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
30
Mon
31
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sun
6
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thu
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
Sun
Men's RS:X 2 2 2 Spare
day
2 2 Spare
day
MR
Sailing at the
2012 Summer Olympics
 
RS:X men women
Laser Radial women
Laser men
Finn men
470 men women
49er men
Elliott 6m women
Star men

Course areas and course configurations

Course Areas

For the RS:X course areas P (Portland), N (Nothe) and W (West) were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area and the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area. The target time for the course was 30 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.[6]

Final results[2][7]


Rank
Country Helmsman Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Race 10 Medalrace Total Total

discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st Netherlands Dorian van Rijsselberghe 1 1.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 DNF 39.0 1 2.054.015.0
2nd Great Britain Nick Dempsey 5 5.0 7 7.0 5 5.0 1 1.0 10 10.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 3 6.051.041.0
3rd Poland Przemysław Miarczyński 2 2.0 2 2.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 13 13.0 3 3.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 13 13.0 10 10.0 4 8.073.060.0
4 Germany Toni Wilhelm 3 3.0 3 3.0 4 4.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 15 15.0 13 13.0 9 18.079.064.0
5 France Julien Bontemps 23 23.0 14 14.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 5 5.0 4 4.0 17 17.0 5 5.0 8 8.0 6 6.0 2 4.093.070.0
6 Greece Byron Kokkalanis 4 4.0 11 11.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 16 16.0 15 15.0 3 3.0 11 11.0 4 4.0 9 9.0 6 12.093.077.0
7 New Zealand JP Tobin 15 15.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 7 7.0 8 8.0 8 8.0 12 12.0 6 6.0 17 17.0 17 17.0 8 16.0113.096.0
8 Canada Zachary Plavsic 6 6.0 12 12.0 12 12.0 6 6.0 4 4.0 17 17.0 9 9.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 29 29.0 10 20.0129.0100.0
9 Brazil Ricardo Santos 14 14.0 9 9.0 8 8.0 21 21.0 14 14.0 22 22.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 5 5.0 18 18.0 5 10.0135.0113.0
10 Switzerland Richard Stauffacher 10 10.0 21 21.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 6 6.0 18 18.0 20 20.0 8 8.0 10 10.0 12 12.0 7 14.0148.0127.0
11 Argentina Mariano Reutemann 16 16.0 15 15.0 15 15.0 13 13.0 12 12.0 19 19.0 5 5.0 20 20.0 14 14.0 7 7.0 - -136.0116.0
12 Lithuania Juozas Bernotas 9 9.0 13 13.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 9 9.0 13 13.0 11 11.0 17 17.0 27 27.0 27 27.0 - -147.0120.0
13 Hong Kong Ho Tsun Andy Leung 11 11.0 18 18.0 28 28.0 12 12.0 15 15.0 10 10.0 13 13.0 9 9.0 16 16.0 21 21.0 - -153.0125.0
14 Portugal João Rodrigues 20 20.0 16 16.0 9 9.0 11 11.0 23 23.0 7 7.0 25 25.0 22 22.0 20 20.0 3 3.0 - -156.0131.0
15 South Korea Lee Tae-hoon 8 8.0 6 6.0 21 21.0 17 17.0 25 25.0 9 9.0 21 21.0 13 13.0 31 31.0 19 19.0 - -170.0139.0
16 Spain Iván Pastor 22 22.0 24 24.0 20 20.0 OCS 37.0 19 19.0 25 25.0 8 8.0 25 25.0 2 2.0 5 5.0 - -189.0150.0
17 Cyprus Andreas Cariolou 13 13.0 26 26.0 10 10.0 27 27.0 11 11.0 30 30.0 16 16.0 12 12.0 12 12.0 23 23.0 - -180.0150.0
18 China Wang Aichen 21 21.0 23 23.0 18 18.0 19 19.0 3 3.0 23 23.0 10 10.0 27 27.0 22 22.0 14 14.0 - -180.0153.0
19 Israel Shahar Tzuberi 12 12.0 8 8.0 17 17.0 10 10.0 BFD 39.0 12 12.0 35 35.0 34 34.0 26 26.0 1 1.0 - -194.0155.0
20 Russia Dmitry Polishchuk 17 17.0 5 5.0 19 19.0 24 24.0 27 27.0 6 6.0 15 15.0 26 26.0 DNF 39.0 28 28.0 - -206.0167.0
21 Croatia Luka Mratović 24 24.0 19 19.0 26 26.0 20 20.0 22 22.0 11 11.0 14 14.0 16 16.0 18 18.0 36 36.0 - -206.0170.0
22 United States Robert Willis 7 7.0 10 10.0 11 11.0 25 25.0 BFD 39.0 28 28.0 24 24.0 33 33.0 11 11.0 30 30.0 - -218.0179.0
23 Ukraine Maksym Oberemko 36 36.0 35 35.0 16 16.0 28 28.0 17 17.0 31 31.0 23 23.0 14 14.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 - -217.0181.0
24 Norway Sebastian Wang-Hansen 19 19.0 17 17.0 31 31.0 18 18.0 18 18.0 20 20.0 19 19.0 18 18.0 25 25.0 32 32.0 - -217.0185.0
25 Hungary Áron Gádorfalvi 34 34.0 33 33.0 DNF 39.0 22 22.0 7 7.0 21 21.0 18 18.0 24 24.0 3 3.0 25 25.0 - -226.0187.0
26 Bulgaria Yoan Kolev 29 29.0 31 31.0 DNE 39.0 16 16.0 20 20.0 35 35.0 26 26.0 19 19.0 19 19.0 8 8.0 - -242.0207.0
27 Belarus Mikalai Zhukavets 26 26.0 22 22.0 23 23.0 14 14.0 26 26.0 16 16.0 27 27.0 21 21.0 DNF 39.0 33 33.0 - -247.0208.0
28 Japan Makoto Tomizawa 25 25.0 25 25.0 25 25.0 29 29.0 24 24.0 26 26.0 34 34.0 30 30.0 21 21.0 4 4.0 - -243.0209.0
29 Denmark Sebastian Fleischer 18 18.0 28 28.0 24 24.0 23 23.0 29 29.0 29 29.0 29 29.0 15 15.0 28 28.0 26 26.0 - -249.0220.0
30 Estonia Johannes Ahun 27 27.0 20 20.0 22 22.0 DPI 31.0 31 31.0 14 14.0 22 22.0 28 28.0 DNF 39.0 35 35.0 - -270.0231.0
31 Venezuela Daniel Flores 37 37.0 37 37.0 29 29.0 31 31.0 30 30.0 24 24.0 32 32.0 29 29.0 23 23.0 16 16.0 - -289.0252.0
32 Mexico David Mier 32 32.0 27 27.0 30 30.0 35 35.0 28 28.0 27 27.0 28 28.0 32 32.0 30 30.0 20 20.0 - -289.0254.0
33 Thailand Ek Boonsawad 28 28.0 32 32.0 27 27.0 26 26.0 21 21.0 32 32.0 31 31.0 23 23.0 DNF 39.0 34 34.0 - -293.0254.0
34 Italy Federico Esposito 31 31.0 30 30.0 33 33.0 30 30.0 32 32.0 36 36.0 33 33.0 35 35.0 29 29.0 15 15.0 - -305.0269.0
35 Chinese Taipei Chang Hao 33 33.0 36 36.0 35 35.0 36 36.0 33 33.0 33 33.0 37 37.0 37 37.0 24 24.0 22 22.0 - -326.0289.0
36 Czech Republic Karel Lavický 30 30.0 29 29.0 32 32.0 34 34.0 BFD 39.0 34 34.0 36 36.0 31 31.0 DNF 39.0 31 31.0 - -335.0296.0
37 Colombia Santiago Grillo 35 35.0 34 34.0 34 34.0 33 33.0 BFD 39.0 37 37.0 30 30.0 36 36.0 DNF 39.0 24 24.0 - -341.0302.0
38 Egypt Ahmed Habash 38 38.0 38 38.0 36 36.0 37 37.0 34 34.0 38 38.0 38 38.0 38 38.0 DNF 39.0 37 37.0 - -373.0334.0

    Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCSOn the course side of the starting line;
    QUA
    – Qualified for next phase;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's RS:X during the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    2. 1 2 The 2012 Olympic scoring system was used.
    3. For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth.
    4. "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
    5. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    6. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    7. "Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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