Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Olympics

Sailing
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
1992, 50 pesetas coin
VenuesBarcelona
DatesFirst race: 27 July 1992 (1992-07-27)
Last race: 4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
Competitors441 (357 male, 84 female) from 60 nations
Boats256
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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 canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1992 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class races were scheduled from 27 July 1992 to 4 August 1992 of the coast of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea.[1]

Venue

Place
41°23′03″N 02°11′55″E / 41.38417°N 2.19861°E / 41.38417; 2.19861
Barcelona Olympic Course Areas 1992.

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. The weather conditions in Barcelona were found suitable for sailing. The waterfront of Barcelona was completely restructured for the Olympics. The Olympic port became one of the key Olympic areas of Barcelona.

The Olympic sailing competition was held in the Mediterranean waters outside the Olympic Harbor. The new harbor was designed to be the base for the Olympic sailors and a key factor in the opening up of the city to the sea. This was achieved by a Special Town Plan for the “Parc de Mar” Area including a harbor which satisfy the requirements of sailors and organizers. The new harbor serves after the Games as a marina.

A total of five race areas were created on the Mediterranean Sea.

Competition

Overview

Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
6 60 10 256 357 84

Continents

  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Australian continent
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America

Countries

 Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Angola (ANG)  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)
 Argentina (ARG)  Aruba (ARU)  Australia (AUS)
 Austria (AUT)  Bahamas (BAH)  Barbados (BAR)
 Belgium (BEL)  Bermuda (BER)  Brazil (BRA)
 Canada (CAN)  Cayman Islands (CAY)  Chile (CHI)
 China (CHN)  Croatia (CRO)  Denmark (DEN)
 Djibouti (DJI)  Spain (ESP)  Estonia (EST)
 Unified Team (EUN)  Fiji (FIJ)  Finland (FIN)
 France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Germany (GER)
 Guam (GUM)  Hong Kong (HKG)  Hungary (HUN)
 Ireland (IRL)  Israel (ISR)  Virgin Islands (ISV)
 Italy (ITA)  British Virgin Islands (IVB)  Japan (JPN)
 South Korea (KOR)  Latvia (LAT)  Mexico (MEX)
 Malta (MLT)  Mauritius (MRI)  Netherlands (NED)
 Norway (NOR)  New Zealand (NZL)  Philippines (PHI)
 Papua New Guinea (PNG)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)
 Puerto Rico (PUR)  South Africa (RSA)  Seychelles (SEY)
 Slovenia (SLO)  Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)  Thailand (THA)  Tunisia (TUN)
 Turkey (TUR)  Uruguay (URU)  United States (USA)
 Lithuania (LTU)

Classes (equipment)

Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jibb/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
Lechner A390 Surfboard 1 0 + - - 1992 1
Lechner A390 Surfboard 1 0 + - - 1992 1
Europe Dinghy 1 0 + - - 1992 1
Finn Dinghy 1 0 + - - 1952 11
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1988 2
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 5
Flying Dutchman Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1960 9
Tornado Catamaran 2 1 + + - 1976 5
Star Keelboat 2 1 + + + 1932 14
Soling Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1972 6
1992 Olympic Classes designs

Medal summary

Women's Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1992: Women's Lechner A-390
details

 New Zealand (NZL)
Barbara Kendall
 China (CHN)
Zhang Xiaodong
 Netherlands (NED)
Dorien de Vries

1992: Europe
details

 Norway (NOR)
Linda Cerup-Simonsen
 Spain (ESP)
Natalia Vía Dufresne
 United States (USA)
Julia Trotman

1992: Women's 470
details

 Spain (ESP)
Theresa Zabell
Patricia Guerra
 New Zealand (NZL)
Leslie Egnot
Jan Shearer
 United States (USA)
Jennifer Isler
Pamela Healy

Men's Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1992: Men's Lechner A-390
details

 France (FRA)
Franck David
 United States (USA)
Mike Gebhardt
 Australia (AUS)
Lars Kleppich

1992: Finn
details

 Spain (ESP)
José van der Ploeg
 United States (USA)
Brian Ledbetter
 New Zealand (NZL)
Craig Monk

1992: Men's 470
details

 Spain (ESP)
Jordi Calafat
Francisco Sanchez
 United States (USA)
Morgan Reeser
Kevin Burnham
 Estonia (EST)
Tõnu Tõniste
Toomas Tõniste

Mixed Events

Event Gold Silver Bronze

1992: Flying Dutchman
details

 Spain (ESP)
Luis Doreste
Domingo Manrique
 United States (USA)
Paul Foerster
Stephen Bourdow
 Denmark (DEN)
Jørgen Bojsen-Møller
Jens Bojsen-Møller

1992: Tornado
details

 France (FRA)
Yves Loday
Nicolas Hénard
 United States (USA)
Randy Smyth
Keith Notary
 Australia (AUS)
Mitch Booth
John Forbes

1992: Star
details

 United States (USA)
Mark Reynolds
Harold Haenel
 New Zealand (NZL)
Rod Davis
Don Cowie
 Canada (CAN)
Ross MacDonald
Eric Jespersen

1992: Soling
details

 Denmark (DEN)
Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Jesper Seier
 United States (USA)
Kevin Mahaney
Jim Brady
Doug Kern
 Great Britain (GBR)
Lawrie Smith
Robert Cruikshank
Ossie Stewart

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain (ESP)*4105
2 France (FRA)2002
3 United States (USA)1629
4 New Zealand (NZL)1214
5 Denmark (DEN)1012
6 Norway (NOR)1001
7 China (CHN)0101
8 Australia (AUS)0022
9 Canada (CAN)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Great Britain (GBR)0011
 Netherlands (NED)0011
Totals (12 entries)10101030

Further information

Sailing

  • It was the first Olympic sailing contest where, besides fleet racing, a combination format of fleetracing and match racing was also used. Soling employed this latter format.

Sailors

During the sailing regattas at the 1992 Summer Olympics the following people notable outside sailing took part:

Sailors at the 1992 Olympic Games
  • In Soling: Felipe VI King of Spain
    In Soling:
    Felipe VI King of Spain

Notes

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 June 2020.

References

  • Romà Cuyàs (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume I The Challenge: From the idea to the nomination (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  • Romà Cuyàs (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume II The Means: Objectives, resources and venues (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  • Romà Cuyàs (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume III The Organisation: The preparation of the Games (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  • Romà Cuyàs (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume IV The Games: Sixteen days in summer (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  • Romà Cuyàs (1992). Official Report of the Games of the XXV Olympiad Barcelona 1992, Volume V The Results (PDF). Barcelona: COOB'92 S.A. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
  • Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2011.
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