Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 explained

Event:	470 Men's
Games:	1996 Summer
Venue:	Savannah
Dates:	24 July to 1 August
Competitors:	72
Teams:	36
Nations:	36
Gold:	Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko
Goldnoc:	UKR
Silver:	John Merricks Ian Walker
Silvernoc:	GBR
Bronze:	Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto
Bronzenoc:	POR
Prev:	1992
Next:	2000

The Men's 470 Class Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 24 July to 1 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 II		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Race XI		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	Rank	Points
			2	2.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	5	5.0	1	1.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	DNC	37.0	93.0	40.0
			15	15.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	27	27.0	DSQ	37.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	11	11.0	124.0	60.0
			5	5.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	9	9.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	94.0	62.0
4			PMS	37.0	14	14.0	19	19.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	121.0	65.0
5			13	13.0	25	25.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	11	11.0	20	20.0	19	19.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	111.0	66.0
6			16	16.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	28	28.0	15	15.0	23	23.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	17	17.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	123.0	72.0
7			12	12.0	23	23.0	1	1.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	118.0	73.0
8			20	20.0	9	9.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	11	11.0	DSQ	37.0	4	4.0	PMS	37.0	1	1.0	13	13.0	148.0	74.0
9			1	1.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	2	2.0	19	19.0	5	5.0	PMS	37.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	2	2.0	133.0	76.0
10			7	7.0	16	16.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	19	19.0	PMS	37.0	30	30.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	162.0	95.0
11			11	11.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	10	10.0	24	24.0	140.0	97.0
12			PMS	37.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	10	10.0	22	22.0	9	9.0	22	22.0	11	11.0	14	14.0	29	29.0	6	6.0	170.0	104.0
13			3	3.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	21	21.0	11	11.0	12	12.0	31	31.0	22	22.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	169.0	116.0
14			14	14.0	20	20.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	8	8.0	PMS	37.0	16	16.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	25	25.0	10	10.0	178.0	116.0
15			9	9.0	4	4.0	25	25.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	PMS	37.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	31	31.0	DSQ	37.0	5	5.0	194.0	120.0
16			PMS	37.0	18	18.0	22	22.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	13	13.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	17	17.0	184.0	125.0
17			PMS	37.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	25	25.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	28	28.0	14	14.0	21	21.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	192.0	127.0
18			6	6.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	PMS	37.0	6	6.0	PMS	37.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	203.0	129.0
19			17	17.0	13	13.0	29	29.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	26	26.0	19	19.0	PMS	37.0	22	22.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	198.0	132.0
20			10	10.0	21	21.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	21	21.0	29	29.0	20	20.0	PMS	37.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	201.0	135.0
21			4	4.0	26	26.0	30	30.0	16	16.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	22	22.0	DSQ	37.0	204.0	137.0
22			8	8.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	25	25.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	10	10.0	27	27.0	27	27.0	21	21.0	193.0	139.0
23			19	19.0	12	12.0	20	20.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	PMS	37.0	25	25.0	17	17.0	7	7.0	213.0	149.0
24			DNS	37.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	32	32.0	24	24.0	10	10.0	24	24.0	8	8.0	30	30.0	20	20.0	DSQ	37.0	238.0	164.0
25			24	24.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	12	12.0	35	35.0	15	15.0	14	14.0	24	24.0	4	4.0	26	26.0	26	26.0	235.0	172.0
26			22	22.0	29	29.0	26	26.0	17	17.0	9	9.0	27	27.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	PMS	37.0	21	21.0	DSQ	37.0	257.0	183.0
27			23	23.0	31	31.0	24	24.0	35	35.0	23	23.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	26	26.0	11	11.0	28	28.0	19	19.0	249.0	183.0
28			18	18.0	28	28.0	7	7.0	29	29.0	31	31.0	28	28.0	26	26.0	16	16.0	26	26.0	23	23.0	28	28.0	260.0	200.0
29			26	26.0	32	32.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	18	18.0	PMS	37.0	25	25.0	25	25.0	12	12.0	18	18.0	29	29.0	269.0	200.0
30			21	21.0	22	22.0	27	27.0	18	18.0	26	26.0	30	30.0	27	27.0	21	21.0	29	29.0	19	19.0	20	20.0	260.0	201.0
31			25	25.0	24	24.0	33	33.0	15	15.0	32	32.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	32	32.0	25	25.0	276.0	211.0
32			28	28.0	36	36.0	31	31.0	31	31.0	29	29.0	20	20.0	34	34.0	29	29.0	23	23.0	31	31.0	32	32.0	324.0	254.0
33			27	27.0	33	33.0	34	34.0	34	34.0	33	33.0	18	18.0	33	33.0	30	30.0	32	32.0	34	34.0	27	27.0	335.0	267.0
34			29	29.0	30	30.0	36	36.0	DNF	37.0	34	34.0	21	21.0	29	29.0	28	28.0	33	33.0	33	33.0	30	30.0	340.0	267.0
35			PMS	37.0	35	35.0	32	32.0	33	33.0	28	28.0	31	31.0	32	32.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	30	30.0	31	31.0	344.0	272.0
36			PMS	37.0	34	34.0	35	35.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	25	25.0	35	35.0	31	31.0	34	34.0	35	35.0	22	22.0	348.0	276.0

Daily standings

Conditions at the 470 course areas

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
24 July 1996	I	28		11	0.7		Charly
25 July 1996	II	29		13	0.7	XI	Charly
26 July 1996	III	28		10	0.5	ZO	Bravo
26 July 1996	IV	27		10	0.5	XO	Bravo
27 July 1996	V	28		7	0.5	ZI	Bravo
27 July 1996	VI	29		8	0.6	XI	Bravo
28 July 1996	VII	29		6	0.7	ZO	Bravo
29 July 1996	VIII	29		14	0.5	XO	Charly
30 July 1996	IX	28		8	0.4	ZI	Charly
30 July 1996	X	28		9	0.5	ZI	Charly
1 August 1996	XI	28		7	0.5	ZI	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: 470 Men. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417185253/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1996/SAI/mens-two-person-dinghy.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 Dinghy (470), Men . Olympedia . 25 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.