Finn class competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

 in Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

 took place between August 9 and 17 in Qingdao

Qingdao

' also known in the West by its postal map spelling Tsingtao, is a major city with a population of over 8.715 million in eastern Shandong province, Eastern China. Its built up area, made of 7 urban districts plus Jimo city, is home to about 4,346,000 inhabitants in 2010.It borders Yantai to the...

, at the Qingdao International Marina.

26 sailors competed in this Finn dinghy

Finn (dinghy)

The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. It was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki...

 competition.

Points were assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points were totaled from the top 9 results of the first 10 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 27 points were assigned for that race (one more than the number of boats). The top 10 sailors then competed in the final race, with placings counting double for that race. The sailor with the lowest total score won.

Medalists

Results

Race M is the medal race in which only the top 10 competitors took part.

Rank	Athlete	Race										Net Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	M	Tot
		10	1	4	1	1	10	2	2	2	33.0	23
		2	5	2	2	7	8	7	19	12	64.0	45
		5	8	20	3	4	6	4	21	8	79.0	58
4		14	17	1	6	12	3	3	5	14	75.0	58
5		8	3	7	10	23	5	15	3	16	90.0	67
6		16	6	12	16	25	4	5	7	4	95.0	70
7		9	11	6	5	3	13	8	10	20	85.0	72
8		7	10	10	8	16	9	1	13	18	92.0	76
9		12	4	3	14	20	20	OCS	1	6	107.0	80
10		3	2	19	12	10	14	22	12	10	104.0	82
11		17	7	14	21	6	12	9	9	*	95.0	74
12		21	19	18	4	9	7	13	6	*	97.0	76
13		6	16	DNF	7	2	17	14	OCS	*	116.0	89
14		19	15	16	22	15	2	10	16	*	115.0	93
15		1	DNF	5	DNE	18	15	DNE	8	*	128.0	101
16		11	22	8	17	13	21	11	20	*	123.0	101
17		24	20	17	13	8	18	12	14	*	126.0	102
18		18	9	9	9	19	22	16	22	*	124.0	102
19		23	DSQ	11	19	22	1	DSQ	4	*	134.0	107
20		20	21	13	18	14	19	6	17	*	128.0	107
21		22	13	15	15	17	16	21	15	*	134.0	112
22		13	18	21	11	24	11	17	OCS	*	142.0	115
23		4	24	23	24	11	24	18	24	*	152.0	128
24		25	23	24	20	5	26	23	11	*	157.0	131
25		15	14	22	25	21	23	19	23	*	162.0	137
26		26	12	25	23	26	25	20	18	*	175.0	149

• (*) Only the top 10 competitors participated in the final medal race.