# Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Qualification

75% of the qualification places for Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics were awarded based on results at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, and the remaining 25% at the World Championships for each boat class.

## Qualification timeline

| Event | Date | Venue |
| 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships | Dec 3–18, 2011 | Perth |
| 2012 Elliott 6m Qualification Event | February 1 – 5, 2012 | Key Biscayne |
| 2012 RS:X World Championships | Mar 20–28, 2012 | Cádiz |
| 2012 Laser World Championship | May 4 – 10, 2012 | Boltenhagen |
| 2012 49er World Championship | May 4 – 13, 2012 | Zadar |
| 2012 Star World Championships | May 5 – 11, 2012 | Hyères |
| 2012 470 World Championships | May 10 – 19, 2012 | Barcelona |
| 2012 Finn Gold Cup | May 11 – 18, 2012 | Falmouth |
| 2012 Laser Radial World Championship | May 15 – 20, 2012 | Boltenhagen |

## Qualification progress

| Event | 2011 ISAF World Championships | 2012 Class Championships | Host country | Total |
| Men | 2011 ISAF World Championships | 2012 Class Championships | Host country | Total |
| Windsurfer (RS:X) | 28 | 9 | Great Britain | 38 |
| One-person dinghy (Laser) | 35 | 12 | Great Britain | 48 |
| Heavyweight one-person dinghy (Finn) | 18 | 6 | Great Britain | 25 |
| Two-person dinghy (470) | 19 | 7 | Great Britain | 27 |
| Skiff (49er) | 14 | 5 | Great Britain | 20 |
| Keelboat (Star) | 11 | 4 | Great Britain | 16 |
| Event | 2011 ISAF World Championships | 2012 Class Championships | Host Country | Total |
| Women | 2011 ISAF World Championships | 2012 Class Championships | Host Country | Total |
| Windsurfer (RS:X) | 20 | 7 | Great Britain | 28 |
| One-person dinghy (Laser Radial) | 29 | 9 | Great Britain | 39 |
| Two-person dinghy (470) | 14 | 5 | Great Britain | 20 |
| Match racing (Elliott 6m) | 8 | 3 | Great Britain | 12 |

## Summary

| Nation | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Total | Total |
| Nation | RS:X | Laser | Finn | 470 | 49er | Star | RS:X | Laser Radial | 470 | Elliott 6m | Boats | Athletes |
| Argentina | X | X | | X | | | X | X | X | | 6 | 8 |
| Australia | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | 8 | 13 |
| Austria | | X | X | X | X | | | | X | | 5 | 8 |
| Belarus | X | | | | | | | X | | | 2 | 2 |
| Belgium | | X | | | | | X | X | | | 3 | 3 |
| Bermuda | | | | | X | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Brazil | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | X | | 7 | 9 |
| Bulgaria | X | | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Canada | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | 8 | 11 |
| Chile | | X | | X | | | | | | | 2 | 3 |
| China | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | X | | 7 | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Colombia | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Cook Islands | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | 8 | 12 |
| Cyprus | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | X | X | X | | | | | X | | | 4 | 4 |
| Denmark | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | X | X | 8 | 13 |
| Egypt | X | | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Estonia | X | X | X | | | | X | X | | | 5 | 5 |
| Finland | | X | X | X | X | | X | X | | X | 7 | 11 |
| France | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 16 |
| Germany | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | X | | 8 | 12 |
| Great Britain | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 16 |
| Greece | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | | | 8 | 11 |
| Guatemala | | X | | | | | | X | | | 2 | 2 |
| Hong Kong | X | | | | | | X | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Hungary | X | X | | | | | X | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Independent Olympic Athletes | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 | 1 |
| Ireland | | X | | X | X | X | | X | | | 5 | 8 |
| Israel | X | | | X | | | X | X | X | | 5 | 7 |
| Italy | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | | 8 | 11 |
| Japan | X | | | X | X | | X | X | X | | 6 | 9 |
| South Korea | X | X | | X | | | | | | | 3 | 4 |
| Kyrgyzstan | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Lithuania | X | X | | | | | | X | | | 3 | 3 |
| Malaysia | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | X | X | | | | | | X | | | 3 | 3 |
| Monaco | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Montenegro | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | X | X | X | X | | | | X | X | X | 7 | 11 |
| New Zealand | X | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | 9 | 15 |
| Norway | X | X | | | | X | X | X | | | 5 | 6 |
| Peru | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | 8 | 11 |
| Portugal | X | X | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | 8 | 13 |
| Russia | X | X | X | X | | | X | X | | X | 7 | 10 |
| Saint Lucia | | | | | | | | X | | | 1 | 1 |
| Singapore | | X | | | | | | X | | | 2 | 2 |
| Slovenia | | X | X | | | | | | X | | 3 | 4 |
| South Africa | | | | X | | | | | | | 1 | 2 |
| Spain | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | X | 9 | 14 |
| Sweden | | X | X | X | X | X | | X | X | X | 8 | 14 |
| Switzerland | X | | | X | | X | | X | | | 4 | 6 |
| Thailand | X | X | | | | | X | | | | 3 | 3 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Tunisia | | X | | | | | | | | | 1 | 1 |
| Turkey | | X | X | X | | | | X | | | 4 | 5 |
| Ukraine | X | X | X | | | | X | | | | 4 | 4 |
| Uruguay | | X | | | | | | X | | | 2 | 2 |
| United States | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | 10 | 16 |
| Venezuela | X | X | | | | | | | | | 2 | 2 |
| Virgin Islands | | X | | | | | | X | | | 2 | 2 |
| Total: 63 NOCs | 38 | 49 | 24 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 26 | 41 | 20 | 12 | 277 | 388 |

## Men's events
### Windsurfer – RS:X

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Nick Dempsey |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Dorian van Rijsselberghe | Dorian van Rijsselberghe |
| 3 | Poland | 2011 Worlds | 2 | Piotr Myszka | Przemysław Miarczyński |
| 4 | Israel | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Nimrod Mashiah | Shahar Tzuberi |
| 5 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Tom Ashley | Jon-Paul Tobin |
| 6 | Greece | 2011 Worlds | 7 | Byron Kokkalanis | Byron Kokkalanis |
| 7 | France | 2011 Worlds | 8 | Julien Bontemps | Julien Bontemps |
| 8 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Iván Pastor | Iván Pastor |
| 9 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds | 10 | João Rodrigues | João Rodrigues |
| 10 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 11 | Ricardo Santos | Ricardo Santos |
| 11 | Canada | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Zachary Plavsic | Zachary Plavsic |
| 12 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 15 | Toni Wilhelm | Toni Wilhelm |
| 13 | Cyprus | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Andreas Cariolou | Andreas Cariolou |
| 14 | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Richard Stauffacher | Richard Stauffacher |
| 15 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds | 22 | Maksym Oberemko | Maksym Oberemko |
| 16 | Argentina | 2011 Worlds | 23 | Mariano Reutemann | Mariano Reutemann |
| 17 | China | 2011 Worlds | 24 | Wang Aichen | Wang Aichen |
| 18 | South Korea | 2011 Worlds | 25 | Lee Tae-hoon | Lee Tae-hoon |
| 19 | Japan | 2011 Worlds | 26 | Makoto Tomizawa | Makoto Tomizawa |
| 20 | Hungary | 2011 Worlds | 28 | Áron Gádorfalvi | Áron Gádorfalvi |
| 21 | Hong Kong | 2011 Worlds | 29 | Ho Tsun Andy Leung | Ho Tsun Andy Leung |
| 22 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds | 30 | Luka Mratović | Luka Mratović |
| 23 | Norway | 2011 Worlds | 33 | Sebastian Wang-Hansen | Sebastian Wang-Hansen |
| 24 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 36 | Federico Esposito | Federico Esposito |
| 25 | Lithuania | 2011 Worlds | 37 | Juozas Bernotas | Juozas Bernotas |
| 26 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 38 | Robert Willis | Robert Willis |
| 27 | Russia | 2011 Worlds | 39 | Dmitry Polishchuk | Dmitry Polishchuk |
| 28 | Mexico | 2011 Worlds | 42 | David Mier | David Mier |
| – | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 43 | Tim Gourlay | |
| 29 | Belarus | 2012 Worlds | 41 | Mikalai Zhukavets | Mikalai Zhukavets |
| 30 | Czech Republic | 2012 Worlds | 52 | Karel Lavický | Karel Lavický |
| 31 | Colombia | 2012 Worlds | 53 | Santiago Grillo | Santiago Grillo |
| 32 | Thailand | 2012 Worlds | 56 | Ek Boonsawad | Ek Boonsawad |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 2012 Worlds | 59 | Yoan Kolev | Yoan Kolev |
| 34 | Venezuela | 2012 Worlds | 61 | Daniel Flores | Daniel Flores |
| 35 | Estonia | 2012 Worlds | 62 | Johannes Ahun | Johannes Ahun |
| 36 | Denmark | 2012 Worlds | 66 | Sebastian Fleischer | Sebastian Fleischer |
| 37 | Chinese Taipei | 2012 Worlds | 70 | Chang Hao | Chang Hao |
| 38 | Egypt | Unused Quotas | — | — | Ahmed Habash |

### One-person dinghy – Laser

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Paul Goodison |
| 2 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Tom Slingsby | Tom Slingsby |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Andrew Murdoch | Andrew Murdoch |
| 4 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Simon Grotelüschen | Simon Grotelüschen |
| 5 | Austria | 2011 Worlds | 6 | Andreas Geritzer | Andreas Geritzer |
| 6 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 8 | Johan Wigforss | Rasmus Myrgren |
| 7 | Cyprus | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Pavlos Kontides | Pavlos Kontides |
| 8 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds | 11 | Tonči Stipanović | Tonči Stipanović |
| 9 | France | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz |
| 10 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 14 | Clayton Johnson | Rob Crane |
| 11 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 15 | Bruno Fontes | Bruno Fontes |
| 15 | Argentina | 2011 Worlds | 18 | Julio Alsogaray | Julio Alsogaray |
| 19 | South Korea | 2011 Worlds | 20 | Ha Jee-min | Ha Jee-min |
| 14 | Canada | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Chris Dold | David Wright |
| 12 | Poland | 2011 Worlds | 25 | Karol Porozyński | Kacper Ziemiński |
| 13 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 26 | Rutger van Schaardenburg | Rutger van Schaardenburg |
| 17 | Greece | 2011 Worlds | 29 | Antonios Bougiouris | Evangelos Cheimonas |
| 23 | Guatemala | 2011 Worlds | 32 | Juan Ignacio Maegli | Juan Ignacio Maegli |
| – | Israel | 2011 Worlds | 38 | Yuval Botzer | |
| 16 | Hungary | 2011 Worlds | 39 | Zsombor Berecz | Zsombor Berecz |
| 21 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 40 | Javier Hernández | Javier Hernández |
| 18 | Chile | 2011 Worlds | 41 | Matías del Solar | Matías del Solar |
| 20 | Estonia | 2011 Worlds | 42 | Karl-Martin Rammo | Karl-Martin Rammo |
| 22 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 45 | Marco Gallo | Michele Regolo |
| 24 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds | 49 | Thorbjørn Schierup | Thorbjørn Schierup |
| – | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds | 51 | Guillaume Girod | |
| 25 | Uruguay | 2011 Worlds | 52 | Alejandro Foglia | Alejandro Foglia |
| 26 | Virgin Islands | 2011 Worlds | 56 | Cy Thompson | Cy Thompson |
| 27 | Russia | 2011 Worlds | 57 | Igor Lisovenko | Igor Lisovenko |
| 28 | Belgium | 2011 Worlds | 62 | Wannes Van Laer | Wannes Van Laer |
| 29 | Norway | 2011 Worlds | 64 | Kristian Ruth | Kristian Ruth |
| 30 | Slovenia | 2011 Worlds | 67 | Karlo Hmeljak | Karlo Hmeljak |
| 31 | Singapore | 2011 Worlds | 68 | Scott Sydney | Colin Cheng |
| 32 | Finland | 2011 Worlds | 70 | Fredrik Westman | Mattias Lindfors |
| 33 | Turkey | 2011 Worlds | 73 | Mustafa Çakır | Mustafa Çakır |
| 34 | China | 2011 Worlds | 75 | Shi Jian | Shi Jian |
| 35 | Portugal | 2012 Worlds | 22 | Gustavo Lima | Gustavo Lima |
| 36 | Ireland | 2012 Worlds | 37 | James Espey | James Espey |
| 37 | Lithuania | 2012 Worlds | 47 | Rokas Milevičius | Rokas Milevičius |
| 38 | Tunisia | 2012 Worlds | 48 | Youssef Akrout | Youssef Akrout |
| 39 | Ukraine | 2012 Worlds | 49 | Valeriy Kudryashov | Valeriy Kudryashov |
| 40 | Thailand | 2012 Worlds | 51 | Keerati Bualong | Keerati Bualong |
| 41 | Colombia | 2012 Worlds | 81 | Andrey Quintero | Andrey Quintero |
| 42 | Venezuela | 2012 Worlds | 88 | José Ruiz | José Ruiz |
| 43 | Czech Republic | 2012 Worlds | 89 | Martin Trčka | Viktor Teplý |
| 44 | Malaysia | 2012 Worlds | 91 | Khairulnizam Afendy | Khairulnizam Afendy |
| 45 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2012 Worlds | 92 | Andrew Lewis | Andrew Lewis |
| 46 | Mexico | 2012 Worlds | 94 | Ricardo Montemayor | Ricardo Montemayor |
| 47 | Monaco | Tripartite | — | — | Damien Desprat |
| 48 | Montenegro | Tripartite | — | — | Milivoj Dukić |
| 49 | Kyrgyzstan | Unused Quotas | — | — | Ilya Ignatiev |

### Heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Ben Ainslie |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 2 | Pieter-Jan Postma | Pieter-Jan Postma |
| 3 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Jonas Høgh Christensen | Jonas Høgh Christensen |
| 4 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Rafael Trujillo | Rafael Trujillo |
| 5 | France | 2011 Worlds | 6 | Jonathan Lobert | Jonathan Lobert |
| 6 | Estonia | 2011 Worlds | 8 | Deniss Karpak | Deniss Karpak |
| 7 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Zach Railey | Zach Railey |
| 8 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić |
| 9 | Finland | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Tapio Nirkko | Tapio Nirkko |
| 10 | Slovenia | 2011 Worlds | 13 | Vasilij Žbogar | Vasilij Žbogar |
| 11 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 14 | Daniel Birgmark | Daniel Birgmark |
| 12 | Canada | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Chris Cook | Greg Douglas |
| 13 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 19 | Brendan Casey | Brendan Casey |
| 14 | Greece | 2011 Worlds | 20 | Ioannis Mitakis | Ioannis Mitakis |
| 15 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Dan Slater | Dan Slater |
| 16 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds | 22 | Oleksiy Borysov | Oleksiy Borysov |
| 17 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 24 | Filippo Baldassari | Filippo Baldassari |
| 18 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 32 | Jorge Zarif | Jorge Zarif |
| 19 | Russia | 2011 Worlds | 33 | Eduard Skornyakov | Eduard Skornyakov |
| 20 | Poland | 2012 Worlds | 6 | Piotr Kula | Piotr Kula |
| – | Germany | 2012 Worlds | 20 | Matthias Miller | |
| 21 | Austria | 2012 Worlds | 23 | Florian Raudaschl | Florian Raudaschl |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 2012 Worlds | 24 | Michael Maier | Michael Maier |
| 23 | Turkey | 2012 Worlds | 29 | Alican Kaynar | Alican Kaynar |
| 24 | China | 2012 Worlds | 30 | Gong Lei | Gong Lei |

### Two-person dinghy – 470

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailors | Sailors at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Luke Patience Stuart Bithell |
| 2 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page |
| 3 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | Šime Fantela Igor Marenić |
| 4 | Israel | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Gideon Kliger Eran Sela | Gideon Kliger Eran Sela |
| 5 | France | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Nicolas Charbonnier Jérémie Mion | Pierre Leboucher Vincent Garos |
| 6 | Greece | 2011 Worlds | 7 | Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis | Panagiotis Kampouridis Efstathios Papadopoulos |
| 7 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 8 | Paul Snow-Hansen Jason Saunders | Paul Snow-Hansen Jason Saunders |
| 8 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento | Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento |
| 9 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 11 | Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling | Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling |
| 10 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 13 | Stuart McNay Graham Biehl | Stuart McNay Graham Biehl |
| 11 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 15 | Ferdinand Gerz Patrick Follmann | Ferdinand Gerz Patrick Follmann |
| 12 | Japan | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Tetsuya Matsunaga Kimihiko Imamura | Ryunosuke Harada Yugo Yoshida |
| 13 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds | 17 | Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes | Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes |
| 14 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 18 | Sven Coster Kalle Coster | Sven Coster Kalle Coster |
| 15 | Argentina | 2011 Worlds | 20 | Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente | Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente |
| 16 | Austria | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Matthias Schmid Florian Reichstädter | Matthias Schmid Florian Reichstädter |
| 17 | Finland | 2011 Worlds | 22 | Joonas Lindgren Niklas Lindgren | Joonas Lindgren Niklas Lindgren |
| 18 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 24 | Gabrio Zandonà Pietro Zucchetti | Gabrio Zandonà Pietro Zucchetti |
| 19 | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds | 26 | Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser | Yannick Brauchli Romuald Hausser |
| 20 | China | 2011 Worlds | 28 | Wang Weidong Deng Daokun | Wang Weidong Deng Daokun |
| 21 | Russia | 2012 Worlds | 15 | Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev | Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev |
| 22 | South Korea | 2012 Worlds | 20 | Park Gun-Woo Cho Sung-min | Park Gun-woo Cho Sung-Min |
| 23 | Canada | 2012 Worlds | 22 | Luke Ramsay Mike Leigh | Luke Ramsay Mike Leigh |
| 24 | Turkey | 2012 Worlds | 23 | Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar | Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar |
| 25 | Ireland | 2012 Worlds | 24 | Gerald Owens Scott Flanigan | Gerald Owens Scott Flanigan |
| 26 | Chile | 2012 Worlds | 31 | Benjamín Grez Diego González | Benjamín Grez Diego González |
| 27 | South Africa | 2012 Worlds | 32 | Asenathi Jim Roger Hudson | Asenathi Jim Roger Hudson |

### Skiff – 49er

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place at Event | Sailors | Sailors at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes |
| 2 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen | Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 2 | Peter Burling Blair Tuke | Peter Burling Blair Tuke |
| 4 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Emil Toft Nielsen Simon Toft Nielsen | Allan Nørregaard Peter Lang |
| 5 | Austria | 2011 Worlds | 7 | Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch | Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch |
| 6 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Erik Storck Trevor Moore | Erik Storck Trevor Moore |
| 7 | Ireland | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Ryan Seaton Matt McGovern | Ryan Seaton Matt McGovern |
| 8 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 11 | Tobias Schadewaldt Hannes Baumann | Tobias Schadewaldt Hannes Baumann |
| 9 | Poland | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Marcin Czajkowski Jacek Piasecki | Łukasz Przybytek Pawel Kolodzinski |
| 10 | France | 2011 Worlds | 15 | Stéphane Christidis Emmanuel Dyen | Stéphane Christidis Emmanuel Dyen |
| 11 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Federico Alonso Arturo Alonso | Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández |
| 12 | Finland | 2011 Worlds | 19 | Lauri Lehtinen Kalle Bask | Lauri Lehtinen Kalle Bask |
| 13 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Charlie Enlund Ekberg Kalle Torlén | Niclas Düring Jonas von Geijer |
| 14 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds | 23 | Bernardo Freitas Francisco Andrade | Bernardo Freitas Francisco Andrade |
| 15 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds | 25 | Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać | Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać |
| 16 | Bermuda | 2012 Worlds | 9 | Jesse Kirkland Alexander Kirkland | Jesse Kirkland Alexander Kirkland |
| 17 | Italy | 2012 Worlds | 16 | Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello | Giuseppe Angilella Gianfranco Sibello |
| 18 | Canada | 2012 Worlds | 21 | Gordon Cook Hunter Lowden | Gordon Cook Hunter Lowden |
| 19 | Greece | 2012 Worlds | 22 | Dionisios Dimou Michail Pateniotis | Dionisios Dimou Michail Pateniotis |
| 20 | Japan | 2012 Worlds | 23 | Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi | Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi |

### Keelboat – Star

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailors | Sailors at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
| 2 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada | Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada |
| 3 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 2 | Robert Stanjek Frithjof Kleen | Robert Stanjek Frithjof Kleen |
| 4 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Mark Mendelblatt Brian Fatih | Mark Mendelblatt Brian Fatih |
| 5 | Poland | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Życki | Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Życki |
| 6 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen | Fredrik Lööf Max Salminen |
| 7 | Norway | 2011 Worlds | 6 | Eivind Melleby Petter Mørland Pedersen | Eivind Melleby Petter Mørland Pedersen |
| 8 | France | 2011 Worlds | 7 | Xavier Rohart Pierre-Alexis Ponsot | Xavier Rohart Pierre-Alexis Ponsot |
| 9 | Canada | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Richard Clarke Tyler Bjorn | Richard Clarke Tyler Bjorn |
| 10 | Ireland | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Peter O'Leary David Burrows | Peter O'Leary David Burrows |
| 11 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds | 13 | Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo | Afonso Domingos Frederico Melo |
| 12 | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria | Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria |
| 13 | Denmark | 2012 Worlds | 3 | Michael Hestbæk Claus Olesen | Michael Hestbæk Claus Olesen |
| 14 | New Zealand | 2012 Worlds | 7 | Hamish Pepper Jim Turner | Hamish Pepper Jim Turner |
| 15 | Greece | 2012 Worlds | 8 | Aimilios Papathanasiou Antonis Tsotras | Aimilios Papathanasiou Antonis Tsotras |
| 16 | Croatia | 2012 Worlds | 12 | Marin Lovrović Jr. Dan Lovrović | Marin Lovrović Jr. Dan Lovrović |

## Women's events
### Windsurfer – RS:X

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Bryony Shaw |
| 2 | Israel | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Lee Korzits | Lee Korzits |
| 3 | Poland | 2011 Worlds | 2 | Zofia Noceti-Klepacka | Zofia Noceti-Klepacka |
| 4 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Marina Alabau | Marina Alabau |
| 5 | China | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Huang Yue | Li Ling |
| 6 | France | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Charline Picon | Charline Picon |
| 7 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Laura Linares | Alessandra Sensini |
| 8 | Ukraine | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Olha Maslivets | Olha Maslivets |
| 9 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 14 | Moana Delle | Moana Delle |
| 10 | Canada | 2011 Worlds | 15 | Nikola Girke | Nikola Girke |
| 14 | Finland | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Tuuli Petäjä | Tuuli Petäjä |
| 10 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 17 | Jessica Crisp | Jessica Crisp |
| 15 | Hong Kong | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Hei Man Hayley Chan | Hei Man Hayley Chan |
| 11 | Norway | 2011 Worlds | 23 | Jannicke Stålstrøm | Jannicke Stålstrøm |
| – | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 26 | Steff Williams | |
| 17 | Bulgaria | 2011 Worlds | 28 | Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps | Irina Konstantinova-Bontemps |
| 13 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 29 | Patrícia Freitas | Patrícia Freitas |
| 16 | Belgium | 2011 Worlds | 30 | Sigrid Rondelez | Sigrid Rondelez |
| 18 | Japan | 2011 Worlds | 33 | Yuki Sunaga | Yuki Sunaga |
| 19 | Greece | 2011 Worlds | 36 | Angeliki Skarlatou | Angeliki Skarlatou |
| 20 | Hungary | 2011 Worlds | 39 | Diána Detre | Diána Detre |
| – | Netherlands | 2012 Worlds | 32 | Lilian De Geus | |
| 21 | United States | 2012 Worlds | 40 | Farrah Hall | Farrah Hall |
| 22 | Argentina | 2012 Worlds | 42 | Jazmín López Becker | Jazmín López Becker |
| 23 | Russia | 2012 Worlds | 44 | Tatiana Bazyuk | Tatiana Bazyuk |
| 24 | Estonia | 2012 Worlds | 48 | Ingrid Puusta | Ingrid Puusta |
| 25 | Thailand | 2012 Worlds | 49 | Napalai Tansai | Napalai Tansai |
| 26 | Portugal | 2012 Worlds | 52 | Carolina Mendelblatt | Carolina Mendelblatt |

### One-person dinghy – Laser Radial

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Sailor | Sailor at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Alison Young |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Marit Bouwmeester | Marit Bouwmeester |
| 3 | Belgium | 2011 Worlds | 2 | Evi Van Acker | Evi Van Acker |
| 4 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Paige Railey | Paige Railey |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Veronika Fenclová | Veronika Fenclová |
| 6 | Lithuania | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Gintarė Scheidt | Gintarė Scheidt |
| 7 | Ireland | 2011 Worlds | 6 | Annalise Murphy | Annalise Murphy |
| 8 | Belarus | 2011 Worlds | 8 | Tatiana Drozdovskaya | Tatiana Drozdovskaya |
| 9 | Finland | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Sari Multala | Sari Multala |
| 10 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Sara Winther | Sara Winther |
| 11 | Switzerland | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Nathalie Brugger | Nathalie Brugger |
| 12 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 13 | Josefin Olsson | Josefin Olsson |
| 13 | Denmark | 2011 Worlds | 14 | Anne-Marie Rindom | Anne-Marie Rindom |
| 14 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 18 | Lisa Fasselt | Franziska Goltz |
| 15 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 19 | Krystal Weir | Krystal Weir |
| 16 | France | 2011 Worlds | 21 | Sophie de Turckheim | Sarah Steyaert |
| 17 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 24 | Francesca Clapcich | Francesca Clapcich |
| 18 | China | 2011 Worlds | 25 | Xu Lijia | Xu Lijia |
| 19 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 27 | Alicia Cebrián | Alicia Cebrián |
| 20 | Argentina | 2011 Worlds | 31 | Cecilia Carranza Saroli | Cecilia Carranza Saroli |
| 21 | Croatia | 2011 Worlds | 32 | Tina Mihelić | Tina Mihelić |
| 22 | Mexico | 2011 Worlds | 35 | Tania Elías Calles | Tania Elías Calles |
| 23 | Canada | 2011 Worlds | 36 | Isabella Bertold | Danielle Dube |
| 24 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 41 | Adriana Kostiw | Adriana Kostiw |
| 25 | Israel | 2011 Worlds | 43 | Nufar Edelman | Nufar Edelman |
| 26 | Turkey | 2011 Worlds | 44 | Nazli Çagla Dönertas | Nazli Çagla Dönertas |
| 27 | Singapore | 2011 Worlds | 53 | Elizabeth Yue Ling Yin | Elizabeth Yue Ling Yin |
| 28 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds | 54 | Sara Carmo | Sara Carmo |
| 29 | Japan | 2011 Worlds | 57 | Kanako Hiruta | Manami Doi |
| 30 | Norway | 2011 Worlds | 58 | Marthe Enger Eide | Marthe Enger Eide |
| 31 | Russia | 2012 Worlds | 25 | Svetlana Shnitko | Svetlana Shnitko |
| 32 | Poland | 2012 Worlds | 32 | Anna Weinzieher | Anna Weinzieher |
| 33 | Independent Olympic Athletes | 2012 Worlds | 37 | Philipine van Aanholt | Philipine van Aanholt |
| 34 | Guatemala | 2012 Worlds | 46 | Andrea Aldana | Andrea Aldana |
| 35 | Uruguay | 2012 Worlds | 57 | Andrea Foglia | Andrea Foglia |
| 36 | Greece | 2012 Worlds | 65 | Anna Agrafioti | Anna Agrafioti |
| 37 | Estonia | 2012 Worlds | 71 | Anna Pohlak | Anna Pohlak |
| 38 | Virgin Islands | 2012 Worlds | 73 | Mayumi Roller | Mayumi Roller |
| 39 | Peru | 2012 Worlds | 74 | Paloma Schmidt | Paloma Schmidt |
| 40 | Cook Islands | Tripartite | — | — | Helema Williams |
| 41 | Saint Lucia | Tripartite | — | — | Beth Lygoe |

### Two-person dinghy – 470

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in Event | Sailors | Sailors at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Hannah Mills Saskia Clark |
| 2 | Spain | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos | Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos |
| 3 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Jo Aleh Polly Powrie |
| 4 | Israel | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Gil Cohen Vered Buskila | Gil Cohen Vered Buskila |
| 5 | Italy | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol | Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol |
| 6 | Japan | 2011 Worlds | 6 | Ai Kondo Wakako Tabata | Ai Kondo Wakako Tabata |
| 7 | Brazil | 2011 Worlds | 8 | Martine Soffiatti Grael Isabel Swan | Fernanda Oliveira Ana Barbachan |
| 8 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Elise Rechichi Belinda Stowell | Elise Rechichi Belinda Stowell |
| 9 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 10 | Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout | Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout |
| 10 | France | 2011 Worlds | 11 | Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux | Camille Lecointre Mathilde Géron |
| 11 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 12 | Amanda Clark Sarah Lihan | Amanda Clark Sarah Lihan |
| 12 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 16 | Lisa Ericson Astrid Gabrielsson | Lisa Ericson Astrid Gabrielsson |
| 13 | Argentina | 2011 Worlds | 17 | María Fernanda Sesto Consuelo Monsegur | María Fernanda Sesto Consuelo Monsegur |
| 14 | Slovenia | 2011 Worlds | 19 | Tina Mrak Teja Černe | Tina Mrak Teja Černe |
| 15 | Germany | 2011 Worlds | 20 | Tina Lutz Susann Beucke | Kathrin Kadelbach Friederike Belcher |
| 16 | Denmark | 2012 Worlds | 7 | Henriette Koch Lene Sommer | Henriette Koch Lene Sommer |
| 17 | China | 2012 Worlds | 15 | Wang Xiaoli Huang Xufeng | Wang Xiaoli Huang Xufeng |
| 18 | Poland | 2012 Worlds | 21 | Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar | Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar |
| 19 | Croatia | 2012 Worlds | 24 | Enia Ninčević Romana Župan | Enia Ninčević Romana Župan |
| 20 | Austria | 2012 Worlds | 25 | Lara Vadlau Eva-Maria Schimak | Lara Vadlau Eva-Maria Schimak |

### Match racing – Elliott 6m

| # | Nation | Qualification Tournament | Place in QT | Sailors | Sailors at Games |
| 1 | Great Britain | Host Country | — | — | Lucy MacGregor Annie Lush Kate MacGregor |
| 2 | United States | 2011 Worlds | 1 | Anna Tunnicliffe Deborah Capozzi Molly Vandemoer | Anna Tunnicliffe Deborah Capozzi Molly Vandemoer |
| 3 | France | 2011 Worlds | 3 | Claire Leroy Élodie Bertrand Marie Riou | Claire Leroy Élodie Bertrand Marie Riou |
| 4 | Russia | 2011 Worlds | 4 | Ekaterina Skudina Elena Siuzeva Elena Oblova | Ekaterina Skudina Elena Siuzeva Elena Oblova |
| 5 | Australia | 2011 Worlds | 5 | Olivia Price Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty | Olivia Price Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty |
| 6 | Sweden | 2011 Worlds | 6 | Anna Kjellberg Malin Källström Lotta Harrysson | Anna Kjellberg Malin Källström Lotta Harrysson |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2011 Worlds | 7 | Mandy Mulder Merel Witteveen Annemiek Bekkering | Annemieke Bes Marcelien de Koning Renee Groeneveld |
| 8 | New Zealand | 2011 Worlds | 9 | Stephanie Hazard Jenna Hansen Susannah Pyatt | Stephanie Hazard Jenna Hansen Susannah Pyatt |
| 9 | Portugal | 2011 Worlds | 11 | Rita Gonvalves Diana Neves Mariana Lobato | Rita Gonvalves Diana Neves Mariana Lobato |
| 10 | Finland | 2012 Qualifier | 1 | Silja Lehtinen Mikaela Wulff Silja Kanerva | Silja Lehtinen Mikaela Wulff Silja Kanerva |
| 11 | Spain | 2012 Qualifier | 2 | Támara Echegoyen Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro | Támara Echegoyen Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro |
| 12 | Denmark | 2012 Qualifier | 3 | Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt Gramkov | Lotte Meldgaard Pedersen Susanne Boidin Tina Schmidt Gramkov |