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Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

Men's RS:X
at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
RS-X linedrawing.svg
Line drawing of the RS:X
Venue Marina da Glória
Dates First race: 8 August 2016 (2016-08-08)
Last race: 14 August 2016 (2016-08-14)
Competitors 36 from 36 nations
Winning total 25.0 points
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Nick Dempsey  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Le Coq  France
2012
2020
1st, gold medalist(s) Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands
2nd, silver medalist(s) Nick Dempsey  Great Britain
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Pierre Le Coq  France

The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics program in Rio de Janeiro that took place between 8–14 August at Marina da Glória. 13 races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. As in the previous Olympics, the Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberghe dominated and had won the gold medal before the medal race was held, as long as he competed in it. As it happened, he won the medal race as well. Britain's Nick Dempsey was likewise guaranteed the silver medal before the medal race, a medal he also won in 2012. In contrast, the race for the bronze medal was very tight, with Pierre Le Coq edging out Piotr Myszka by one position in the medal race.

The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall, IOC member, New Zealand and Nazli Imre, Vice President of World Sailing.

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;
QUA
– Qualified for next phase;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.



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