Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – 49er class
| Mixed 49er at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Line drawing of the 49er
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| Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: August 9, 2008 Last race: August 17, 2008 |
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| Competitors | 38 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 19 boats | ||||||||||||
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Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp Ibsen |
 Denmark
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Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández |
 Spain
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Jan Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt |
 Germany
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The Mixed 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Sixteen races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only thirteen races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.
For the 49er course areas A (Yellow) and E (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 minutes for all races. The race management could choose from several lengths of the course configuration.
Course Areas
Windward - Leeward Course (W)
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) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.
Legend: DNC – Did not compete; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
QUA – Qualified for next phase;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.
The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, who won the gold medal, almost failed to make it to the start of the Medal race, when their mast split shortly before the start. The Croatian team—who had not made the final race—donated their boat to the Danish team to use in the final, and the Danes subsequently went on to win Gold. The Spanish team filed a protest against the win due to the boat change, but the protest was dismissed and the race results stand. The protest was promoted to the International Olympic Committee but was again dismissed. A third protest was promoted by Italy and Spain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which was also dismissed.
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