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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's RS:X

Women's RS:X
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
RS-X linedrawing.svg
Line drawing of the RS-X
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11)
Last race: August 20, 2008 (2008-08-20)
Competitors 27 from 27 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Yin Jian  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alessandra Sensini  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bryony Shaw  Great Britain
2012 →
1st, gold medalist(s) Yin Jian  China
2nd, silver medalist(s) Alessandra Sensini  Italy
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bryony Shaw  Great Britain


The Women's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 27 sailors, on 27 boards, from 27 nations competed. Ten boards qualified for the medal race.

For the RS:X course areas A (Yellow) and B (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 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Course Areas

70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)

70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)

Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Windward - Leeward Course (WS)

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) two racing days had to be postponed.

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; OCSOn 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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