# Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

The women's 470 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. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

## Race schedule

| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Orange | ● | 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 470 | | | | ● | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day | 2 | 2 | Spare day | ● | | | | | | |

## Course areas and course configurations

For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) 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°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange 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 but the Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled.

## 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 | Race 9 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Race 10 | 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. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total | Total – discard |
| | Australia | Elise Rechichi | Tessa Parkinson | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 52.0 | 43.0 |
| | Netherlands | Marcelien de Koning | Lobke Berkhout | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 69.0 | 53.0 |
| | Brazil | Fernanda Oliveira | Isabel Swan | 11 | 11.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 76.0 | 60.0 |
| 4 | Israel | Nike Kornecki | Vered Buskila | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 85.0 | 66.0 |
| 5 | Italy | Giulia Conti | Giovanna Micol | 14 | 14.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 94.0 | 75.0 |
| 6 | Great Britain | Christina Bassadone | Saskia Clark | DSQ | 20.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 102.0 | 82.0 |
| 7 | Czech Republic | Lenka Šmídová | Lenka Mrzílková | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 95.0 | 83.0 |
| 8 | Austria | Sylvia Vogl | Carolina Flatscher | 9 | 9.0 | DSQ | 20.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 104.0 | 84.0 |
| 9 | Germany | Stefanie Rothweiler | Vivien Kussatz | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 12 | 12.0 | OCS | 20.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 110.0 | 90.0 |
| 10 | Spain | Natalia Vía Dufresne | Laia Tutzó | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 109.0 | 92.0 |
| 11 | France | Ingrid Petitjean | Gwendolyn Lemaitre | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 9.0 | - | - | 102.0 | 85.0 |
| 12 | United States | Amanda Clark | Sara Mergenthaler | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 106.0 | 89.0 |
| 13 | Slovenia | Vesna Dekleva | Klara Maučec | DSQ | 20.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 3 | 3.0 | - | - | 112.0 | 92.0 |
| 14 | Japan | Ai Kondo | Naoko Kamata | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | - | - | 108.0 | 93.0 |
| 15 | Sweden | Therese Torgersson | Vendela Zachrisson-Santén | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | DSQ | 20.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | - | - | 121.0 | 101.0 |
| 16 | Argentina | María Fernanda Sesto | Consuelo Monsegur | 16 | 16.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 131.0 | 113.0 |
| 17 | Switzerland | Emmanuelle Rol | Anne-Sophie Thilo | 15 | 15.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | OCS | 20.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 19 | 19.0 | - | - | 134.0 | 114.0 |
| 18 | China | Wen Yimei | Yu Chunyan | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | OCS | 20.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 10 | 10.0 | - | - | 139.0 | 119.0 |
| 19 | Singapore | Toh Liying | Deborah Ong | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | OCS | 20.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 18 | 18.0 | - | - | 176.0 | 156.0 |
* 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.