Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Sailing at the Games of the XXII Olympiad |
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| Venues | Tallinn | |||||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: 21 July 1980 Last race: 29 July 1980 |
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| Sailors | 154 from 23 countries | |||||||||||||||
| Boats | 83 | |||||||||||||||
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| The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita | |
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Pirita Olympic Yachting Center
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| Town or city | Tallinn |
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 Estonia
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| Coordinates | 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°ECoordinates: 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°E |
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1980 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 of the coast of Tallinn (district of Pirita), in that time an annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.
The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott of the Moscow Olympics was a part of a package of actions initiated by the United States to protest the Soviet war in Afghanistan. The Tallinn boycott influenced most sailing events. e.g. In the Soling the Canadian team of: Bill Abbott jr., Bill Abbott sr. and Larry Abbott were absent. In several countries boycott parties or alternative sailing events, like a Flying Dutchman event in Luxembourg, were organized.
1980: Finn
1980: 470
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