# Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Europe

The Women's Europe Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards.

## Results

Courtenay Becker-Dey placed third and earned the United States its first-ever Olympic medal in sailing. After the race, she said, "This is always what I've wanted and I made it happen."
| 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 | Race VIII | Race VIII | Race IX | Race IX | Race X | Race X | Race XI | Race XI | Total Points | Total -1 |
| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Kristine Roug (DEN) | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 24.0 |
| | Margriet Matthijsse (NED) | PMS | 29.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 71.0 | 30.0 |
| | Courtenay Becker-Dey (USA) | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 62.0 | 39.0 |
| 4 | Shirley Robertson (GBR) | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 81.0 | 41.0 |
| 5 | Sharon Ferris (NZL) | 7 | 7.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 110.0 | 73.0 |
| 6 | Sibylle Powarzynski (GER) | 18 | 18.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 121.0 | 75.0 |
| 7 | Linda Konttorp (NOR) | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 122.0 | 81.0 |
| 8 | Serena Amato (ARG) | 8 | 8.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 114.0 | 81.0 |
| 9 | Malin Millbourn (SWE) | 5 | 5.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 117.0 | 82.0 |
| 10 | Aisling Bowman (IRL) | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 123.0 | 82.0 |
| 11 | Christine Bridge (AUS) | 16 | 16.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 124.0 | 86.0 |
| 12 | Arianna Bogatec (ITA) | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 130.0 | 93.0 |
| 13 | Tine Moberg-Parker (CAN) | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 12 | 12.0 | DSQ | 29.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 145.0 | 94.0 |
| 14 | Paula Lewin (BER) | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 131.0 | 94.0 |
| 15 | Nicole Meylan-Levecque (SUI) | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 25 | 25.0 | DNF | 29.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 154.0 | 100.0 |
| 16 | Márcia Pellicano (BRA) | 19 | 19.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 146.0 | 107.0 |
| 17 | Helen Montilla (ESP) | 6 | 6.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 21 | 21.0 | PMS | 29.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 161.0 | 111.0 |
| 18 | Vesna Dekleva (SLO) | 17 | 17.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 156.0 | 114.0 |
| 19 | Chita Smedberg (FIN) | 12 | 12.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 173.0 | 128.0 |
| 20 | Weronika Gunkiewicz (POL) | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 16 | 16.0 | DNF | 29.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 191.0 | 138.0 |
| 21 | Ingrid Bellemans (BEL) | 21 | 21.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 196.0 | 148.0 |
| 22 | Maria Mylona (GRE) | 13 | 13.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 200.0 | 152.0 |
| 23 | Aiko Saito (JPN) | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 243.0 | 191.0 |
| 24 | Krista Kruuv (EST) | 22 | 22.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 249.0 | 197.0 |
| 25 | Joana Pratas (POR) | 25 | 25.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 262.0 | 209.0 |
| 26 | Anastasiya Podobed (BLR) | 24 | 24.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 272.0 | 219.0 |
| 27 | Tracey Tan (SIN) | 26 | 26.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 278.0 | 224.0 |
| 28 | Roberta Lepper (FIJ) | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 28.0 | DNC | 29.0 | 301.0 | 244.0 |

### Daily standings
## Conditions at the Europe course areas

* Black: Marinas Blue: Alpha course Green: Bravo course Yellow: Charly course Red: Delta course
* Olympic course ZO. S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
* Olympic course ZI. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
* Olympic course XO. S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
| Date | Race | Celsius | Knot | Meter | Course | Course area |
| 23 July 1996 | I | 29 | 10 | 0.8 | | Bravo |
| 23 July 1996 | II | 29 | 13 | 0.8 | | Bravo |
| 24 July 1996 | III | 28 | 11 | 0.7 | | Bravo |
| 24 July 1996 | IV | 29 | 14 | 0.8 | | Bravo |
| 25 July 1996 | V | 29 | 13 | 0.7 | ZO | Bravo |
| 25 July 1996 | VI | 29 | 19 | 0.1 | ZO | Bravo |
| 26 July 1996 | VII | 27 | 7 | 0.5 | ZI | Bravo |
| 26 July 1996 | VIII | 27 | 10 | 0.5 | ZO | Bravo |
| 29 July 1996 | IX | 28 | 11 | 0.6 | XO | Bravo |
| 29 July 1996 | X | 28 | 11 | 0.4 | XO | Bravo |
| 31 July 1996 | XI | 28 | 15 | 0.5 | ZI | Bravo |