# Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed, including the medal race, due to lack of wind. 26 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 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 |
| Mixed Finn | ● | | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day | 1 | No wind | 1 | No wind | ● | | | | | | | |

## Course areas and course configurations

For the Finn course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location (36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E) points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75 nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 75 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.
* Course areas
* 70° trapezoid outer course (O)
* 70° 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 leadup 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 had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.

## Final results

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | MR | Tot | Pts |
| | Ben Ainslie | Great Britain | 10$^†$ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 33.0 | 23.0 |
| | Zach Railey | United States | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 19$^†$ | 6 | 64.0 | 45.0 |
| | Guillaume Florent | France | 5 | 8 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 21$^†$ | 4 | 79.0 | 58.0 |
| 4 | Daniel Birgmark | Sweden | 14 | 17$^†$ | 1 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 75.0 | 58.0 |
| 5 | Christopher Cook | Canada | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23$^†$ | 5 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 90.0 | 67.0 |
| 6 | Jonas Høgh-Christensen | Denmark | 16 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 25$^†$ | 4 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 95.0 | 70.0 |
| 7 | Gašper Vinčec | Slovenia | 9 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13$^†$ | 8 | 10 | 10 | 85.0 | 72.0 |
| 8 | Ivan Kljaković Gašpić | Croatia | 7 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 16$^†$ | 9 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 92.0 | 76.0 |
| 9 | Rafael Trujillo | Spain | 12 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 20 | OCS 27$^†$ | 1 | 3 | 107.0 | 80.0 |
| 10 | Rafał Szukiel | Poland | 3 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 22$^†$ | 12 | 5 | 104.0 | 82.0 |
| 11 | Giorgio Poggi | Italy | 17 | 7 | 14 | 21$^†$ | 6 | 12 | 9 | 9 | | 95.0 | 74.0 |
| 12 | Dan Slater | New Zealand | 21$^†$ | 19 | 18 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 13 | 6 | | 97.0 | 76.0 |
| 13 | Eduardo Couto | Brazil | 6 | 16 | DNF 27$^†$ | 7 | 2 | 17 | 14 | OCS 27 | | 116.0 | 89.0 |
| 14 | Pieter-Jan Postma | Netherlands | 19 | 15 | 16 | 22$^†$ | 15 | 2 | 10 | 16 | | 115.0 | 93.0 |
| 15 | Aimilios Papathanasiou | Greece | 1 | DNF 27$^†$ | 5 | DNE 27 | 18 | 15 | DNE 27 | 8 | | 128.0 | 101.0 |
| 16 | Anthony Nossiter | Australia | 11 | 22$^†$ | 8 | 17 | 13 | 21 | 11 | 20 | | 123.0 | 101.0 |
| 17 | Eduard Skornyakov | Russia | 24$^†$ | 20 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 14 | | 126.0 | 102.0 |
| 18 | Tapio Nirkko | Finland | 18 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 19 | 22$^†$ | 16 | 22 | | 124.0 | 102.0 |
| 19 | Peer Moberg | Norway | 23 | DSQ 27$^†$ | 11 | 19 | 22 | 1 | DSQ 27 | 4 | | 134.0 | 107.0 |
| 20 | Ali Kemal Tüfekçi | Turkey | 20 | 21$^†$ | 13 | 18 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 17 | | 128.0 | 107.0 |
| 21 | Tim Goodbody | Ireland | 22$^†$ | 13 | 15 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 15 | | 134.0 | 112.0 |
| 22 | Haris Papadopoulos | Cyprus | 13 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 24 | 11 | 17 | OCS 27$^†$ | | 142.0 | 115.0 |
| 23 | Nachhatar Singh Johal | India | 4 | 24$^†$ | 23 | 24 | 11 | 24 | 18 | 24 | | 152.0 | 128.0 |
| 24 | Zhang Peng | China | 25 | 23 | 24 | 20 | 5 | 26$^†$ | 23 | 11 | | 157.0 | 131.0 |
| 25 | Michael Maier | Czech Republic | 15 | 14 | 22 | 25$^†$ | 21 | 23 | 19 | 23 | | 162.0 | 137.0 |
| 26 | Jhonny Senen Bilbao Bande | Venezuela | 26$^†$ | 12 | 25 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 18 | | 175.0 | 149.0 |
Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;