# Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Yngling

The Women's Yngling 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. Only nine races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

## Race schedule

| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Pink | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August |
| Date | 7 Thu | 8 Fri | 9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 23 Sat | 24 Sun |
| Women's Yngling | ● | | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day | 1 | No wind | 1 | No wind | ● | | | | | | | |

## Course areas and course configurations

For the Yngling course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink 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)

### Outer courses

* O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
* O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish
* O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish

### Inner courses

* I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
* I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish
* I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish

### Windward-leeward courses

* W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
* W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish
* W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish

## Weather conditions

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) one racing day was cancelled and the medal race was postponed to the next day.

## Final results

| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 8 | Medalrace | Medalrace | Total | Total – discard |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total | Total – discard |
| | Great Britain | Sarah Ayton | Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 31.0 | 24.0 |
| | Netherlands | Mandy Mulder | Annemieke Bes Merel Witteveen | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 44.0 | 31.0 |
| | Greece | Sofia Bekatorou | Virginia Kravarioti Sofia Papadopoulou | 10 | 10.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | OCS | 16.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 64.0 | 48.0 |
| 4 | Germany | Ulrike Schümann | Ute Höpfner Julia Bleck | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 69.0 | 56.0 |
| 5 | France | Anne le Helley | Catherine Lepesant Julie Gerecht | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 71.0 | 56.0 |
| 6 | Russia | Ekaterina Skudina | Diana Krutskikh Natalia Ivanova | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 71.0 | 56.0 |
| 7 | United States | Sally Barkow | Carrie Howe Deborah Capozzi | 14 | 14.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 75.0 | 61.0 |
| 8 | China | Song Xiaqun | Yu Yanli Li Xiaoni | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | DSQ | 16.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 79.0 | 63.0 |
| 9 | Norway | Siren Sundby | Lise Birgitte Fredriksen Alexandra Koefoed | 12 | 12.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 84.0 | 71.0 |
| 10 | Australia | Krystal Weir | Karyn Gojnich Angela Farrell | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | DSQ | 22.0 | 83.0 | 71.0 |
| 11 | Finland | Silja Lehtinen | Maria Klemetz Livia Väresmaa | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 10 | 10.0 | OCS | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 12 | 12.0 | - | - | 76.0 | 60.0 |
| 12 | South Africa | Dominique Provoyeur | Kim Rew Penny Alison | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 76.0 | 63.0 |
| 13 | Canada | Jennifer Provan | Martha Henderson Katie Abbott | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 15 | 15.0 | - | - | 81.0 | 66.0 |
| 14 | Spain | Mónica Azón | Sandra Azón Graciela Pisonero | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 9 | 9.0 | - | - | 81.0 | 67.0 |
| 15 | Italy | Chiara Calligaris | Francesca Scognamillo Giulia Pignolo | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 89.0 | 74.0 |
* Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.