# Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics program in Tallinn, USSR. The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. Seven races were scheduled; 21 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed.

## Final results

| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Total Points | Total -1 |
| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Esko Rechardt (FIN) | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.0 | DSQ | 28.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 64.7 | 36.7 |
| | Wolfgang Mayrhofer (AUT) | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 63.7 | 46.7 |
| | Andrei Balashov (URS) | 6 | 11.7 | 14 | 20.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 69.4 | 47.4 |
| 4 | Cláudio Biekarck (BRA) | 9 | 15.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 72.0 | 53.0 |
| 5 | Jochen Schümann (GDR) | 3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 76.4 | 54.4 |
| 6 | Kent Carlson (SWE) | 2 | 3.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | DNF | 28.0 | 91.7 | 63.7 |
| 7 | Ryszard Skarbiński (POL) | 7 | 13.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 6 | 11.7 | 9 | 15.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 94.1 | 71.1 |
| 8 | Mark Neeleman (NED) | 5 | 10.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 100.0 | 76.0 |
| 9 | István Ruják (HUN) | DSQ | 28.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 111.4 | 83.4 |
| 10 | Ilias Hatzipavlis (GRE) | DSQ | 28.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 117.0 | 89.0 |
| 11 | Minski Fabris (YUG) | 13 | 19.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 14 | 20.0 | DNF | 28.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 11 | 17.0 | 119.7 | 91.7 |
| 12 | Ivor Ganahl (SUI) | 12 | 18.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 119.0 | 96.0 |
| 13 | Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN) | DSQ | 28.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 18 | 24.0 | DNF | 28.0 | 127.0 | 99.0 |
| 14 | Josef Šenkýř (TCH) | DSQ | 28.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 132.0 | 104.0 |
| 15 | Mihai Butucaru (ROM) | 10 | 16.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 139.0 | 114.0 |
| 16 | Peter Wilson (ZIM) | 8 | 14.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 139.0 | 116.0 |
| 17 | José Luis Doreste (ESP) | DSQ | 28.0 | DSQ | 28.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 3 | 5.7 | DNF | 28.0 | 8 | 14.0 | DNF | 28.0 | 150.7 | 122.7 |
| 18 | Nikolay Vasilev (BUL) | DSQ | 28.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 14 | 20.0 | DNF | 28.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 152.0 | 124.0 |
| 19 | Juan Maegli (GUA) | DSQ | 28.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 153.0 | 125.0 |
| 20 | Alberto Gallardo (CUB) | DSQ | 28.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 155.0 | 127.0 |
| 21 | Panikos Rimis (CYP) | 11 | 17.0 | DNS | 28.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 20 | 26.0 | DNF | 28.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 175.0 | 147.0 |
DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature start, YMP = Yacht materially prejudiced
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