Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Finn explained

Event:	Finn class
Games:	1984 Summer
Venue:	Long Beach
Dates:	31 July to 8 August
Competitors:	28
Nations:	28
Teams:	28
Gold:	Russell Coutts
Goldnoc:	NZL
Silver:	John Bertrand
Silvernoc:	USA
Bronze:	Terry Neilson
Bronzenoc:	CAN
Prev:	1980
Next:	1988

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California . Seven races were scheduled. 28 sailors, on 28 boats, from 28 nations competed.^[1]

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
		1	0.0	7	13.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	21	27.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	61.7	34.7
		DSQ	35.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	5	10.0	8	14.0	72.0	37.0
		2	3.0	2	3.0	5	10.0	14	20.0	5	10.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	57.7	37.7
4		DSQ	35.0	8	14.0	18	24.0	4	8.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	1	0.0	95.7	60.7
5		5	10.0	6	11.7	8	14.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	DNF	35.0	101.1	66.1
6		7	13.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	9	15.0	1	0.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	86.0	68.0
7		13	19.0	15	21.0	4	8.0	6	11.7	4	8.0	10	16.0	4	8.0	91.7	70.7
8		8	14.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	19	25.0	11	17.0	15	21.0	9	15.0	103.7	78.7
9		9	15.0	9	15.0	7	13.0	DSQ	35.0	10	16.0	11	17.0	3	5.7	116.7	81.7
10		10	16.0	22	28.0	10	16.0	23	29.0	7	13.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	113.0	84.0
11		11	17.0	19	25.0	3	5.7	15	21.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	10	16.0	111.7	86.7
12		19	25.0	11	17.0	13	19.0	3	5.7	13	19.0	14	20.0	7	13.0	118.7	93.7
13		4	8.0	10	16.0	9	15.0	8	14.0	22	28.0	19	25.0	12	18.0	124.0	96.0
14		6	11.7	12	18.0	16	22.0	12	18.0	9	15.0	DNF	35.0	15	21.0	140.7	105.7
15		3	5.7	26	32.0	15	21.0	10	16.0	20	26.0	13	19.0	13	19.0	138.7	106.7
16		14	20.0	3	5.7	14	20.0	13	19.0	15	21.0	17	23.0	DNF	35.0	143.7	108.7
17		12	18.0	21	27.0	22	28.0	17	23.0	12	18.0	12	18.0	14	20.0	152.0	124.0
18		18	24.0	20	26.0	11	17.0	11	17.0	14	20.0	16	22.0	22	28.0	154.0	126.0
19		16	22.0	16	22.0	20	26.0	20	26.0	16	22.0	8	14.0	17	23.0	155.0	129.0
20		21	27.0	14	20.0	17	23.0	5	10.0	24	30.0	20	26.0	19	25.0	161.0	131.0
21		15	21.0	13	19.0	DSQ	35.0	16	22.0	17	23.0	18	24.0	18	24.0	168	133.0
22		17	23.0	17	23.0	19	25.0	18	24.0	18	24.0	PMS	35.0	16	22.0	176.0	141.0
23		20	26.0	18	24.0	21	27.0	22	28.0	19	25.0	21	27.0	20	26.0	183.0	155.0
24		22	28.0	24	30.0	23	29.0	21	27.0	23	29.0	22	28.0	21	27.0	198.0	168.0
25		23	29.0	23	29.0	24	30.0	24	30.0	25	31.0	PMS	35.0	23	29.0	213.0	178.0
26		25	31.0	25	31.0	26	32.0	25	31.0	26	32.0	23	29.0	25	31.0	217.0	185.0
27		24	30.0	27	33.0	25	31.0	26	32.0	27	33.0	DNF	35.0	24	30.0	224.0	189.0
28		DNF	35.0	28	34.0	27	33.0	27	33.0	28	34.0	24	30.0	DNF	35.0	234.0	199.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start
Crossed out results did not count for the total result.
13px = Male, 13px = Female

Daily standings

References

• Book: Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 1: Organization and Planning. (ed.) Richard B. Perelman. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Los Angeles . 1985 . PDF . 24 January 2011.
• Book: Official Report Los Angeles 1984,Volume 2: Competition and Summary and Results. (ed.) Richard B. Perelman. Los Angeles Olympic Organizing Committee. Los Angeles . 1985 . PDF . 24 January 2011.
• Web site: Kubatko, Justin . Sailing at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Finn. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181807/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/SAI/mixed-one-person-dinghy.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . 24 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 1984 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Finn), Open . Olympedia . 17 June 2020.
2. The 1984 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.