Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star explained

Event:	Star
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Savannah
Dates:	22 to 29 July
Competitors:	50
Teams:	25
Nations:	25
Gold:	Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira
Goldnoc:	BRA
Silver:	Hans Wallén Bobby Lohse
Silvernoc:	SWE
Bronze:	Colin Beashel David Giles
Bronzenoc:	AUS
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The Star Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 to29 July 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Ten were sailed. Each team had two discards.^[1]

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
			1	1.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	41.0	25.0
			4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	45.0	29.0
			11	11.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	PMS	26.0	69.0	32.0
4			6	6.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	4	4.0	11	11.0	75.0	45.0
5			2	2.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	9	9.0	4	4.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	74.0	46.0
6			15	15.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	PMS	26.0	93.0	52.0
7			5	5.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	11	11.0	PMS	26.0	1	1.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	98.0	57.0
8			3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	101.0	58.0
9			7	7.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	10	10.0	6	6.0	10	10.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	89.0	64.0
10			8	8.0	13	13.0	4	4.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	15	15.0	98.0	66.0
11			14	14.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	101.0	68.0
12			22	22.0	PMS	26.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	16	16.0	13	13.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	123.0	75.0
13			9	9.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	11	11.0	19	19.0	14	14.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	120.0	81.0
14			DSQ	26.0	PMS	26.0	3	3.0	18	18.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	5	5.0	23	23.0	7	7.0	134.0	82.0
15			12	12.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	13	13.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	20	20.0	13	13.0	8	8.0	128.0	89.0
16			13	13.0	10	10.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	21	21.0	9	9.0	5	5.0	18	18.0	159.0	112.0
17			10	10.0	16	16.0	21	21.0	DNF	26.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	168.0	121.0
18			21	21.0	18	18.0	20	20.0	16	16.0	20	20.0	17	17.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	16	16.0	169.0	128.0
19			20	20.0	11	11.0	15	15.0	20	20.0	21	21.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	12	12.0	172.0	128.0
20			16	16.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	DNF	26.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	174.0	129.0
21		Miguel Costa	19	19.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	18	18.0	21	21.0	14	14.0	170.0	129.0
22			17	17.0	17	17.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	19	19.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	191.0	146.0
23			18	18.0	21	21.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	206.0	162.0
24			23	23.0	23	23.0	DNF	26.0	24	24.0	25	25.0	25	25.0	23	23.0	12	12.0	25	25.0	22	22.0	228.0	177.0
25			24	24.0	22	22.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	PMS	26.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	237.0	187.0

Daily standings

Conditions at the Star course areas

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
22 July 1996	I						Charly
23 July 1996	II	29		10	0.6	WX	Charly
23 July 1996	III	29		13	0.8	WX	Charly
24 July 1996	IV	28		11	0.7	WX	Delta
25 July 1996	V	29		13	0.7	WX	Delta
26 July 1996	VI	27		7	0.5	WD	Charly
26 July 1996	VII	27		10	0.5	WX	Charly
27 July 1996	VIII	28		5	0.6	WX	Charly
28 July 1996	IX	29		6	0.7	WD	Charly
29 July 1996	X	28		11	0.6	WX	Charly

References

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume I Planning and Organization. Peachtree Publishers. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. Atlanta. 1997. PDF. 14 September 2011.
• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games. Peachtree Publishers. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. Atlanta. 1997. PDF. 14 September 2011.
• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results. Peachtree Publishers. The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games. Atlanta. 1997. PDF. 14 September 2011.
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.
• Web site: Kubatko, Justin . Sailing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Star. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417060428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SAI/mixed-two-person-keelboat.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com . Sports Reference LLC . 14 September 2011.
• Web site: IYRU Olympic Update. ISAF. 18 September 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120402140751/http://www2.sailing.org/96olympics/. 2 April 2012.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open . Olympedia . 26 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.