Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Venues	Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
Dates	First race: 14 August 2004 (2004-08-14) Last race: 28 August 2004 (2004-08-28)
Competitors	400 (261 male, 139 female) from 61 nations
Boats	268

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

Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
Ολυμπιακό Κέντρο Ιστιοπλοϊας Αγίου Κοσμά
Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
Former names	Agios Kosmos Marina
General information
Status	Completed
Type	Olympic harbor
Location	Coastal area of Southern Attica
Address	Poseidonos Avenue, 16777
Town or city	Elliniko
Country	Greece
Coordinates	37°52′36″N 23°43′39″E
Elevation	Sealevel
Construction started	1960's
Completed	31 January 2004
Opened	2 August 2004
Inaugurated	13 August 2004
Renovation cost	€ 10,500,000
Client	Greece Olympic Committee
Owner	Seirios AE
Technical details
Floor area	336,289 square metres (3,619,780 sq ft)
Design and construction
Main contractor	Ministry for the Environment, Physical Planning and Public Works.
Other information
Seating type	For medal ceremonies
Seating capacity	1,600 spectators

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

Continents	Countries	Disciplines	Classes	Boats	Women	Men	Sailors
6	60	11	9	268	139	261	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.

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 2004 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG

Argentina (ARG)	Australia (AUS)	Austria (AUT)	Belgium (BEL)
Bermuda (BER)	Belarus (BLR)	Brazil (BRA)	Bahrain (BRN)
Bulgaria (BUL)	Canada (CAN)	Chile (CHI)	China (CHN)
Croatia (CRO)	Cyprus (CYP)	Czech Republic (CZE)	Denmark (DEN)
Spain (ESP)	Estonia (EST)	Finland (FIN)	France (FRA)
Great Britain (GBR)	Germany (GER)	Greece (GRE)	Hong Kong (HKG)
Hungary (HUN)	Indonesia (INA)	India (IND)	Ireland (IRL)
Iceland (ISL)	Israel (ISR)	Virgin Islands (ISV)	Italy (ITA)
Japan (JPN)	South Korea (KOR)	Latvia (LAT)	Lithuania (LTU)
Malaysia (MAS)	Mexico (MEX)	Malta (MLT)	Netherlands (NED)
Norway (NOR)	New Zealand (NZL)	Peru (PER)	Poland (POL)
Portugal (POR)	Puerto Rico (PUR)	South Africa (RSA)	Russia (RUS)
Seychelles (SEY)	Singapore (SIN)	Slovenia (SLO)	Switzerland (SUI)
Slovakia (SVK)	Sweden (SWE)	Thailand (THA)	Tunisia (TUN)
Turkey (TUR)	Ukraine (UKR)	Uruguay (URU)	United States (USA)
Venezuela (VEN)

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jib/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Europe	Dinghy		1	0	+	–	–	1992	4
Mistral One Design Class	Sailboard		1	0	+	–	–	1996	3
Mistral One Design Class	Sailboard		1	0	+	–	–	1996	3
Laser	Dinghy		1	0	+	–	–	1996	3
Finn	Dinghy		1	0	+	–	–	1952	14
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1988	5
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1976	8
49er	Dinghy		2	2	+	+	+	2000	2
Tornado	Multihull		2	2	+	+	+	1976	8
Yngling	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	2004	1
Star	Keelboat		2	0	+	+	-	1932	16

2004 Olympic Classes designs

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Race schedule

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Opening ceremony

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Practice races

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Competition day

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Last day of racing

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Closing ceremony

Date	August
	12 Thu	13 Fri	14 Sat	15 Sun	16 Mon	17 Tue	18 Wed	19 Thu	20 Fri	21 Sat	22 Sun	23 Mon	24 Tue	25 Wed	26 Thu	27 Fri	28 Sat	29 Sun
Women's Sailing     Men's Mixed	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●	● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●	2 2 2 2	2 2 2 2 1 2 2 2	2 2	1 2 2 2 2 1	1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3	1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2	1 2 2 2 3	2 2 2 2	2 2 2	2 2 1 1 2	1 3	2 2	2 2
Women's Finals     Men's Mixed									●	● ● ●	●   ●			● ●	●		● ●
Total gold medals									1	2	3			2	2		2
Ceremonies		●																●

Medal summary

Women's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004: Women's Mistral One Design	France (FRA) Faustine Merret	China (CHN) Yin Jian	Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini
2004: Europe	Norway (NOR) Siren Sundby	Czech Republic (CZE) Lenka Šmídová	Denmark (DEN) Signe Livbjerg
2004: Women's 470	Greece (GRE) Sofia Bekatorou Aimilia Tsoulfa	Spain (ESP) Sandra Azón Natalia Vía Dufresne	Sweden (SWE) Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson
2004: Yngling	Great Britain (GBR) Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb Sarah Ayton	Ukraine (UKR) Ruslana Taran Ganna Kalinina Svitlana Matevusheva	Denmark (DEN) Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen

Men's events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004: Men's Mistral One Design	Israel (ISR) Gal Fridman	Greece (GRE) Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Great Britain (GBR) Nick Dempsey
2004: Finn	Great Britain (GBR) Ben Ainslie	Spain (ESP) Rafael Trujillo	Poland (POL) Mateusz Kusznierewicz
2004: Men's 470	United States (USA) Paul Foerster Kevin Burnham	Great Britain (GBR) Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield	Japan (JPN) Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki
2004: Star	Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira	Canada (CAN) Ross MacDonald Mike Wolfs	France (FRA) Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart

Open events

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2004: Laser	Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt	Austria (AUT) Andreas Geritzer	Slovenia (SLO) Vasilij Žbogar
2004: 49er	Spain (ESP) Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández	Ukraine (UKR) Rodion Luka George Leonchuk	Great Britain (GBR) Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks
2004: Tornado	Austria (AUT) Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	United States (USA) John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	Argentina (ARG) Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain (GBR)	2	1	2	5
2	Brazil (BRA)	2	0	0	2
3	Spain (ESP)	1	2	0	3
4	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
	Greece (GRE)	1	1	0	2
	United States (USA)	1	1	0	2
7	France (FRA)	1	0	1	2
8	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
10	Ukraine (UKR)	0	2	0	2
11	Canada (CAN)	0	1	0	1
	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
	Czech Republic (CZE)	0	1	0	1
14	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	2	2
15	Argentina (ARG)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	Poland (POL)	0	0	1	1
	Slovenia (SLO)	0	0	1	1
	Sweden (SWE)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 entries)		11	11	11	33

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.

External links

• Official result book – Sailing