Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Finn explained

Event:	Finn class
Games:	1980 Summer
Venue:	Tallinn
Dates:	21 to 29 July
Competitors:	21
Nations:	21
Teams:	21
Gold:	Esko Rechardt
Goldnoc:	FIN
Silver:	Wolfgang Mayrhofer
Silvernoc:	AUT
Bronze:	Andrei Balashov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1976
Next:	1984

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. Seven races were scheduled; 21 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed.^[1]

Final results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
		4	8.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	DSQ	28.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	9	15.0	64.7	36.7
		1	0.0	6	11.7	7	13.0	11	17.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	10	16.0	63.7	46.7
		6	11.7	14	20.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	5	10.0	16	22.0	1	0.0	69.4	47.4
4		9	15.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	13	19.0	9	15.0	5	10.0	2	3.0	72.0	53.0
5		3	5.7	3	5.7	2	3.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	16	22.0	76.4	54.4
6		2	3.0	12	18.0	15	21.0	4	8.0	4	8.0	3	5.7	DNF	28.0	91.7	63.7
7		7	13.0	17	23.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	6	11.7	9	15.0	3	5.7	94.1	71.1
8		5	10.0	11	17.0	12	18.0	7	13.0	18	24.0	4	8.0	5	10.0	100.0	76.0
9		DSQ	28.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	5	10.0	12	18.0	12	18.0	6	11.7	111.4	83.4
10		DSQ	28.0	16	22.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	1	0.0	10	16.0	12	18.0	117.0	89.0
11		13	19.0	4	8.0	10	16.0	14	20.0	DNF	28.0	6	11.7	11	17.0	119.7	91.7
12		12	18.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	9	15.0	17	23.0	11	17.0	17	23.0	119.0	96.0
13		DSQ	28.0	2	3.0	21	27.0	2	3.0	8	14.0	18	24.0	DNF	28.0	127.0	99.0
14		DSQ	28.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	15	21.0	11	17.0	13	19.0	4	8.0	132.0	104.0
15		10	16.0	19	25.0	18	24.0	10	16.0	13	19.0	19	25.0	8	14.0	139.0	114.0
16		8	14.0	9	15.0	16	22.0	17	23.0	15	21.0	17	23.0	15	21.0	139.0	116.0
17		DSQ	28.0	DSQ	28.0	13	19.0	3	5.7	DNF	28.0	8	14.0	DNF	28.0	150.7	122.7
18		DSQ	28.0	18	24.0	11	17.0	16	22.0	14	20.0	DNF	28.0	7	13.0	152.0	124.0
19		DSQ	28.0	15	21.0	17	23.0	19	25.0	10	16.0	15	21.0	13	19.0	153.0	125.0
20		DSQ	28.0	10	16.0	19	25.0	18	24.0	16	22.0	14	20.0	14	20.0	155.0	127.0
21		11	17.0	DNS	28.0	20	26.0	20	26.0	DNF	28.0	20	26.0	18	24.0	175.0	147.0

DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature start, YMP = Yacht materially prejudiced
13px = Male, 13px = Female

Daily standings

References

• Book: Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Moscow, Tallinn, Leningrad, Kiev and Minsk. (ed.) I. T. Novikov. Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981 . PDF . 9 February 2011.
• Book: Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Organisation. (ed.) I. T. Novikov. Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981 . PDF . 9 February 2011.
• Book: Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Participants and Results. (ed.) I. T. Novikov. Fizkultura i Sport Publishers. 1981 . PDF . 9 February 2011.
• Sailing at the 1980 Montréal Summer Games: Finn. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181804/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1980/SAI/mixed-one-person-dinghy.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 January 2011 .
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open . Olympedia . 16 June 2020.
2. The 1980 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.