Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Star explained

Event:	Men’s Star
Games:	2008 Summer
Dates:	First race: Last race:
Competitors:	32
Nations:	16
Teams:	16 boats
Goldnoc:	GBR
Silvernoc:	BRA
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Next:	2012

The men's Star 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. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.^[1]

Race schedule

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●	Practice race	●	Race on Yellow	●	Race on Pink	●	Medal race on Yellow

Course areas and course configurations

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For the Star course areas A

(Yellow) and E (Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Outer courses

O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish

Inner courses

I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish

Windward-leeward courses

W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish

Weather conditions

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. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.

Final results