Event: | Women's RS:X |
Games: | 2008 Summer |
Dates: | First race: Last race: |
Competitors: | 27 |
Nations: | 27 |
Goldnoc: | CHN |
Silvernoc: | ITA |
Bronzenoc: | GBR |
Next: | 2012 |
The Women's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 27 sailors, on 27 boards, from 27 nations competed. Ten boards qualified for the medal race.[1]
bgcolor=LightBlue align=center | ● | Practice race | bgcolor=Yellow align=center | ● | Race on Yellow | bgcolor=Red align=center | ● | Race on Red | bgcolor=Gold align=center | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
For the RS:X course areas A
(Yellow) and B (Red) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Red course area. The target time for the course was about 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) two racing days had to be postponed.