# Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held from 17 to 30 September 2000 at the Olympic Sailing Shore Base in the Sydney Harbour.
The quota for sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was 400, of which 124 positions were for men, 92 for women and 184 'open' to men or women. The Sailing Program of 2000 consisted of a total of eleven sailing classes (disciplines). For each class with the exception of the Soling and the 49er, eleven races were scheduled from 17 to 30 September 2000. For the Soling six fleet races were scheduled followed by a series of match races for the top twelve boats of the fleet race result. The 49er had sixteen scheduled fleet races. The sailing was done on six course areas and several types of course configurations.
The Sydney 2000 Games featured a name change for the sport, previously known as yachting.

## Venue

The choice of Sydney Harbour as the sailing venue allowed a huge number of spectators access to the action. However, there was not a great level of interest for this and only 2000 tickets had been sold one month before the start of the event.
The Olympic Sailing Shore Base was located on parts of Rushcutters Bay Park, Yarranabbe Park, the Sir David Martin Reserve and the waters of Rushcutters Bay. The shore base was used for logistic support and competition management and included temporary structures for the sailing events such as a marina for 250 boats. A new permanent public jetty for water taxis was also constructed.
Variable weather patterns necessitated a flexible competition schedule. Four course areas inside Sydney Harbour were used in combination with two offshore course areas. The Soling match racing was staged in Farm Cove at the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.

## Competition
### Overview

| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
| 5 | 78 | 10 | 312 | 307 | 95 |

### Countries

| Netherlands Antilles (AHO) | Antigua and Barbuda (ANT) | Argentina (ARG) |
| Australia (AUS) | Austria (AUT) | Barbados (BAR) |
| Belgium (BEL) | Bermuda (BER) | Belarus (BLR) |
| Brazil (BRA) | Bulgaria (BUL) | Canada (CAN) |
| Cayman Islands (CAY) | China (CHN) | Cook Islands (COK) |
| Croatia (CRO) | Cuba (CUB) | Cyprus (CYP) |
| Czech Republic (CZE) | Denmark (DEN) | Spain (ESP) |
| Estonia (EST) | Fiji (FIJ) | Finland (FIN) |
| France (FRA) | Great Britain (GBR) | Germany (GER) |
| Greece (GRE) | Guam (GUM) | Hong Kong (HKG) |
| Hungary (HUN) | Indonesia (INA) | Ireland (IRL) |
| Iceland (ISL) | Israel (ISR) | Virgin Islands (ISV) |
| Italy (ITA) | Jamaica (JAM) | Japan (JPN) |
| South Korea (KOR) | Latvia (LAT) | Lithuania (LTU) |
| Morocco (MAR) | Malaysia (MAS) | Mexico (MEX) |
| Malta (MLT) | Netherlands (NED) | Norway (NOR) |
| New Zealand (NZL) | Peru (PER) | Poland (POL) |
| Portugal (POR) | South Africa (RSA) | Russia (RUS) |
| Seychelles (SEY) | Singapore (SIN) | Slovenia (SLO) |
| Sri Lanka (SRI) | Switzerland (SUI) | Slovakia (SVK) |
| Sweden (SWE) | Thailand (THA) | Chinese Taipei (TPE) |
| Turkey (TUR) | Ukraine (UKR) | Uruguay (URU) |
| United States (USA) | Venezuela (VEN) | |

### Classes (equipment)

| Class | Type | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jibb/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
| Mistral One Design Class | Surfboard | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1996 | 2 |
| Mistral One Design Class | Surfboard | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1996 | 2 |
| Europe | Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1992 | 3 |
| Laser | Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1996 | 2 |
| Finn | Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | - | - | 1952 | 13 |
| 470 | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1988 | 4 |
| 470 | Dinghy | 2 | 1 | + | + | + | 1976 | 7 |
| 49er | Skiff | 2 | 2 | + | + | + | 2000 | 1 |
| Tornado | Multihull | 2 | 2 | + | + | + | 1976 | 7 |
| Star | Keelboat | 2 | 0 | + | + | - | 1932 | 15 |
| Soling | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1972 | 8 |

## Medal summary
### Women's Events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2000: Women's Mistral One Design details | Italy (ITA) Alessandra Sensini | Germany (GER) Amelie Lux | New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall |
| 2000: Europe details | Great Britain (GBR) Shirley Robertson | Netherlands (NED) Margriet Matthijsse | Argentina (ARG) Serena Amato |
| 2000: Women's 470 details | Australia (AUS) Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell | United States (USA) J. J. Isler Sarah Glaser | Ukraine (UKR) Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchik |

### Men's Events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2000: Men's Mistral One Design details | Austria (AUT) Christoph Sieber | Argentina (ARG) Carlos Espinola | New Zealand (NZL) Aaron McIntosh |
| 2000: Finn details | Great Britain (GBR) Iain Percy | Italy (ITA) Luca Devoti | Sweden (SWE) Fredrik Lööf |
| 2000: Men's 470 details | Australia (AUS) Tom King Mark Turnbull | United States (USA) Paul Foerster Robert Merrick | Argentina (ARG) Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente |

### Open Events

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2000: Laser details | Great Britain (GBR) Ben Ainslie | Brazil (BRA) Robert Scheidt | Australia (AUS) Michael Blackburn |
| 2000: 49er details | Finland (FIN) Thomas Johanson Jyrki Järvi | Great Britain (GBR) Ian Barker Simon Hiscocks | United States (USA) Jonathan McKee Charlie McKee |
| 2000: Tornado details | Austria (AUT) Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher | Australia (AUS) Darren Bundock John Forbes | Germany (GER) Roland Gäbler René Schwall |
| 2000: Star details | United States (USA) Mark Reynolds Magnus Liljedahl | Great Britain (GBR) Ian Walker Mark Covell | Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira |
| 2000: Soling details | Denmark (DEN) Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjær Thomas Jacobsen | Germany (GER) Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski | Norway (NOR) Herman Horn Johannessen Paul Davis Espen Stokkeland |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Finland (FIN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 entries) | Totals (15 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |