# Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Sailing competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place from 25 July to 4 August 2021 at the Enoshima Yacht Harbor in Enoshima. The venue was also used for the 1964 Olympic Games although significantly regenerated, the IOC now encouraging regeneration, cost reductions and sustainability. The RS:X, Laser, Laser Radial, Finn, 470, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra17 are all returning for 2020; there are no significant changes to the Olympic programme from 2016.

## Competition format
### Qualification

The number of sailors competing has been reduced from 380 to 350, with an equal numbers of male and female athletes for the first time ever.
The qualification period commenced at the 2018 Sailing World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. There, 101 places, about forty percent of the total quota, will be awarded to the highest finishing nations. Six places will be available in the men's Laser and women's Laser Radial classes at the 2018 Asian Games and 2019 Pan American Games, whereas sixty-one more will be distributed to the sailors at the World Championships for all boats in 2019. Continental qualification regattas were held to decide the remainder of the total quota, while two spots each in the one-person dinghy classes were granted to eligible NOCs through the Tripartite Commission Invitation.
As hosts, Japan has been guaranteed one quota place in each of the ten classes.

### Classes (equipment)

The events remained unchanged for 2020 which was unusual with the only significant change being the Nacra 17 changing to a foiling configuration.

### Scoring

The format for the 2020 Olympics is fleet racing, where all competitors start and sail the course together. They are scored according to the low-point system, where first place is scored 1, second place is scored 2, etc. There is a series of preliminary races followed by the final Medal Race. The RS:X, 49er, 49erFX, and Nacra 17 classes have 12 preliminary races, other classes have 10.
At the end of the preliminary races, the top ten boats in each class (i.e. those with the lowest total scores) advance to the Medal Race. Each boat might exclude one race from their total. The Medal Race cannot be excluded from the series score and counts double. The boat with the lowest overall total after all races is the winner. Any ties in the final rankings are broken in favour of the competitor/crew finishing higher in the Medal Race.

## Competition schedule
### Actual Schedule

| S | Series Race | MR | Medal Race (Top 10 Double Scoring) |
Schedule :
| Date | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | July 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 |
| Men's RS:X | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | | |
| Men's Laser | S | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | |
| Men's Finn | | | S | S | S | | S | S | MR | |
| Men's 470 | | | | S | S | S | | S | S | MR |
| Men's 49er | | | S | S | S | S | S | | MR | |
| Women's RS:X | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | | |
| Women's Laser Radial | S | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | |
| Women's 470 | | | | S | S | S | | S | H | MR |
| Women's 49erFX | | | S | S | | S | S | | MR | |
| Nacra 17 | | | | S | S | | S | S | MR | |

### Original Schedule

| S | Series Race | MR | Medal Race (Top 10 Double Scoring) |
Schedule :
| Date | Jul 25 | Jul 26 | Jul 27 | Jul 28 | Jul 29 | Jul 30 | July 31 | Aug 1 | Aug 2 | Aug 3 | Aug 4 |
| Men's RS:X | S1,S2,S3 | S4,S5,S6 | | S7,S8,S9 | S10,S11,S12 | MR | | | | |
| Men's Laser | S | S | S | | H | H | | MR | | | |
| Men's Finn | | | S | S | S | | S | S | | MR | |
| Men's 470 | | | | S | S | S | | S | S | | MR |
| Men's 49er | | | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | |
| Women's RS:X | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | | | |
| Women's Laser Radial | S | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | | |
| Women's 470 | | | | S | S | S | | S | S | | MR |
| Women's 49erFX | | | S | S | | S | S | | MR | | |
| Nacra 17 | | | | S | S | | S | S | | MR | |

## Participating nations

* Algeria (2)
* Angola (2)
* Antigua and Barbuda (1)
* Argentina (11)
* American Samoa (1)
* Australia (13)
* Austria (6)
* Belarus (2)
* Belgium (4)
* Brazil (13)
* Canada (9)
* Chile (1)
* China (12)
* Croatia (4)
* Cyprus (4)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (8)
* El Salvador (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Estonia (2)
* Fiji (1)
* Finland (5)
* France (14)
* Germany (10)
* Great Britain (15)
* Greece (8)
* Guatemala (2)
* Hong Kong (3)
* Hungary (4)
* India (4)
* Ireland (3)
* Israel (5)
* Italy (9)
* Japan (15)
* Lithuania (2)
* Malaysia (4)
* Mexico (4)
* Montenegro (1)
* Mozambique (3)
* Netherlands (10)
* New Zealand (10)
* Norway (8)
* Papua New Guinea (2)
* Peru (5)
* Poland (9)
* Portugal (5)
* Puerto Rico (2)
* ROC (6)
* Saint Lucia (2)
* Samoa (1)
* Seychelles (1)
* Singapore (3)
* Slovenia (3)
* South Africa (3)
* South Korea (4)
* Spain (15)
* Sweden (9)
* Switzerland (6)
* Thailand (3)
* Trinidad and Tobago (1)
* Tunisia (4)
* Turkey (8)
* United States (13)
* Uruguay (3)
* Venezuela (1)

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Japan)
| Rank | NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | France | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 16 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (16 entries) | Totals (16 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Men's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| RS:X details | Kiran Badloe Netherlands | Thomas Goyard France | Bi Kun China |
| Laser details | Matthew Wearn Australia | Tonči Stipanović Croatia | Hermann Tomasgaard Norway |
| Finn details | Giles Scott Great Britain | Zsombor Berecz Hungary | Joan Cardona Méndez Spain |
| 470 details | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström | Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez |
| 49er details | Great Britain Dylan Fletcher Stuart Bithell | New Zealand Peter Burling Blair Tuke | Germany Erik Heil Thomas Plößel |

### Women's events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| RS:X details | Lu Yunxiu China | Charline Picon France | Emma Wilson Great Britain |
| Laser Radial details | Anne-Marie Rindom Denmark | Josefin Olsson Sweden | Marit Bouwmeester Netherlands |
| 470 details | Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre | Poland Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar | France Camille Lecointre Aloïse Retornaz |
| 49erFX details | Brazil Martine Grael Kahena Kunze | Germany Tina Lutz Susann Beucke | Netherlands Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz |

### Mixed events

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Nacra 17 details | Italy Ruggero Tita Caterina Banti | Great Britain John Gimson Anna Burnet | Germany Paul Kohlhoff Alica Stuhlemmer |