Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Tornado explained

Event:	Tornado
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Savannah
Dates:	22 July to 2 August
Competitors:	38
Teams:	19
Nations:	19
Gold:	Fernando Leon Jose Luis Ballester
Goldnoc:	ESP
Silver:	Mitch Booth Andrew Landenberger
Silvernoc:	AUS
Bronze:	Lars Grael Henrique Pellicano
Bronzenoc:	BRA
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The Tornado Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and 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		Race XI		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
			Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts
			2	2.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	PMS	20.0	3	3.0	DNC	20.0	70.0	30.0
			1	1.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	14	14.0	17	17.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	PMS	20.0	2	2.0	10	10.0	79.0	42.0
			12	12.0	16	16.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	6	6.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	71.0	43.0
4			4	4.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	7	7.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	7	7.0	13	13.0	1	1.0	70.0	44.0
5			16	16.0	12	12.0	PMS	20.0	3	3.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	80.0	44.0
6			8	8.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	66.0	46.0
7			15	15.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	5	5.0	75.0	48.0
8			3	3.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	4	4.0	4	4.0	11	11.0	3	3.0	12	12.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	12	12.0	72.0	48.0
9			13	13.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	17	17.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	PMS	20.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	93.0	56.0
10			7	7.0	9	9.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	1	1.0	11	11.0	7	7.0	10	10.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	103.0	77.0
11			17	17.0	11	11.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	12	12.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	8	8.0	117.0	83.0
12			11	11.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	12	12.0	18	18.0	3	3.0	15	15.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	17	17.0	11	11.0	122.0	87.0
13			5	5.0	7	7.0	12	12.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	DSQ	20.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	6	6.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	121.0	87.0
14			9	9.0	15	15.0	PMS	20.0	16	16.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	16	16.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	137.0	101.0
15			14	14.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	12	12.0	16	16.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	4	4.0	140.0	107.0
16			10	10.0	PMS	20.0	16	16.0	14	14.0	7	7.0	16	16.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	17	17.0	151.0	114.0
17			6	6.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	13	13.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	153.0	118.0
18			18	18.0	17	17.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	18	18.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	15	15.0	183.0	147.0
19			19	19.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	PMS	20.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	203.0	164.0

Daily standings

Conditions at the Tornado course areas

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
23 July 1996	I	29		10	0.8		Delta
23 July 1996	II	29		13	0.8	WX	Delta
26 July 1996	III	27		7	0.5	WX	Delta
26 July 1996	IV	27		10	0.5	WX	Delta
27 July 1996	V	28		7	0.5	WX	Delta
27 July 1996	VI	28		8	0.6	WX	Delta
28 July 1996	VII	29		6	0.7	WX	Delta
28 July 1996	VIII	29		9	0.6	WX	Delta
29 July 1996	IX	29		11	0.6	WX	Delta
29 July 1996	X	28		11	0.4	WX	Delta
30 July 1996	XI	28		8	0.4	WX	Delta

Sources

• 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. 16 June 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120616041701/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v1.pdf. deviated.
• 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. 15 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120715195716/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v2.pdf. deviated.
• 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. 16 July 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120716071036/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf. deviated.
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.
• Sailing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Tornado. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185243/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SAI/mixed-multihull.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . 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: Multihull (Tornado), Open . Olympedia . 27 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.