Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 class
| Men's 470 at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
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Line drawing of the 470
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| Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: August 11, 2008 Last race: August 18, 2008 |
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| Competitors | 58 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 29 (boats) | ||||||||||||
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Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page |
 Australia
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Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield |
 Great Britain
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Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset |
 France
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The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre, in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.
For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) 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°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange 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.
Course Areas
60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
60° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
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 but the Men's 470 competition was executed as scheduled.
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; 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.
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