# Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 470

The Men's 470 Class Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 24 July to 1 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded based on placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each team had two discards, meaning each team was allowed to discard their two worst results.

## Results

| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race II | Race II | 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) | Crew | 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 |
| | Yevhen Braslavets (UKR) | Ihor Matviyenko | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | DNC | 37.0 | 93.0 | 40.0 |
| | John Merricks (GBR) | Ian Walker | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 27 | 27.0 | DSQ | 37.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 124.0 | 60.0 |
| | Hugo Rocha (POR) | Nuno Barreto | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 94.0 | 62.0 |
| 4 | Petri Leskinen (FIN) | Mika Aarnikka | PMS | 37.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 121.0 | 65.0 |
| 5 | Dmitry Berezkin (RUS) | Yevgeniy Burmatnov | 13 | 13.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 111.0 | 66.0 |
| 6 | Jean-François Berthet (FRA) | Gwenaël Berthet | 16 | 16.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 123.0 | 72.0 |
| 7 | Martín Billoch (ARG) | Martín Rodríguez | 12 | 12.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 118.0 | 73.0 |
| 8 | Morgan Reeser (USA) | Kevin Burnham | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | DSQ | 37.0 | 4 | 4.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 148.0 | 74.0 |
| 9 | Jordi Calafat (ESP) | Kiko Sánchez | 1 | 1.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 5 | 5.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 133.0 | 76.0 |
| 10 | Tõnu Tõniste (EST) | Toomas Tõniste | 7 | 7.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 19 | 19.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 162.0 | 95.0 |
| 11 | Andreas Kosmatopoulos (GRE) | Konstantinos Trigkonis | 11 | 11.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 140.0 | 97.0 |
| 12 | Ronald Rensch (GER) | Torsten Haverland | PMS | 37.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 170.0 | 104.0 |
| 13 | Ivan Kuret (CRO) | Marko Mišura | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 169.0 | 116.0 |
| 14 | Tomaž Čopi (SLO) | Mitja Margon | 14 | 14.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 8 | 8.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 178.0 | 116.0 |
| 15 | Matteo Ivaldi (ITA) | Michele Ivaldi | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 14 | 14.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 31 | 31.0 | DSQ | 37.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 194.0 | 120.0 |
| 16 | Marek Chocian (POL) | Zdzisław Staniul | PMS | 37.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 184.0 | 125.0 |
| 17 | Kenji Nakamura (JPN) | Masato Takaki | PMS | 37.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 192.0 | 127.0 |
| 18 | Marcus Westerlind (SWE) | Henrik Wallin | 6 | 6.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 13 | 13.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 6 | 6.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 203.0 | 129.0 |
| 19 | Nir Shental (ISR) | Ran Shental | 17 | 17.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 19 | 19.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 198.0 | 132.0 |
| 20 | Paul Hannam (CAN) | Brian Storey | 10 | 10.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 20 | 20.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 201.0 | 135.0 |
| 21 | Botond Litkey (HUN) | Zsolt Nyári | 4 | 4.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 22 | 22.0 | DSQ | 37.0 | 204.0 | 137.0 |
| 22 | Rohan Cooke (NZL) | Andrew Stone | 8 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 193.0 | 139.0 |
| 23 | Tom King (AUS) | Owen McMahon | 19 | 19.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 7 | 7.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 213.0 | 149.0 |
| 24 | Ben Kouwenhoven (NED) | Jan Kouwenhoven | DNS | 37.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 20 | 20.0 | DSQ | 37.0 | 238.0 | 164.0 |
| 25 | Brady Sih (TPE) | Bryant Sih | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 235.0 | 172.0 |
| 26 | Pedro Fernández (CUB) | Ángel Jiménez | 22 | 22.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 19 | 19.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 21 | 21.0 | DSQ | 37.0 | 257.0 | 183.0 |
| 27 | David Ramón (AND) | Oscar Ramón | 23 | 23.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 249.0 | 183.0 |
| 28 | Kim Dae-yeong (KOR) | Jung Sung-ahn | 18 | 18.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 260.0 | 200.0 |
| 29 | Rodrigo Amado (BRA) | Leonardo Santos | 26 | 26.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 18 | 18.0 | PMS | 37.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 269.0 | 200.0 |
| 30 | Chris Rast (SUI) | Jean-Pierre Ziegert | 21 | 21.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 260.0 | 201.0 |
| 31 | Nicolas Epiphaniou (CYP) | Peter Elton | 25 | 25.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 276.0 | 211.0 |
| 32 | Igor Karvaš (SVK) | Jaroslav Ferianec | 28 | 28.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 324.0 | 254.0 |
| 33 | Andrew Gooding (JAM) | Joseph Stockhausen | 27 | 27.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 335.0 | 267.0 |
| 34 | Şükrü Sanus (TUR) | Kerem Özkan | 29 | 29.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 36 | 36.0 | DNF | 37.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 340.0 | 267.0 |
| 35 | Siew Shaw Her (SIN) | Charles Lim | PMS | 37.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 344.0 | 272.0 |
| 36 | Chan Yuk Wah (HKG) | Andrew Service | PMS | 37.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 348.0 | 276.0 |

### Daily standings
## Conditions at the 470 course areas

* Black: Marinas Blue: Alpha course Green: Bravo course Yellow: Charly course Red: Delta course
* Olympic course ZI. S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
* Olympic course XI. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
* Olympic course ZO. S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
* Olympic course XO. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
| Date | Race | °C | Knot | Meter | Course | Course area |
| 24 July 1996 | I | 28 | 11 | 0.7 | | Charly |
| 25 July 1996 | II | 29 | 13 | 0.7 | XI | Charly |
| 26 July 1996 | III | 28 | 10 | 0.5 | ZO | Bravo |
| 26 July 1996 | IV | 27 | 10 | 0.5 | XO | Bravo |
| 27 July 1996 | V | 28 | 7 | 0.5 | ZI | Bravo |
| 27 July 1996 | VI | 29 | 8 | 0.6 | XI | Bravo |
| 28 July 1996 | VII | 29 | 6 | 0.7 | ZO | Bravo |
| 29 July 1996 | VIII | 29 | 14 | 0.5 | XO | Charly |
| 30 July 1996 | IX | 28 | 8 | 0.4 | ZI | Charly |
| 30 July 1996 | X | 28 | 9 | 0.5 | ZI | Charly |
| 1 August 1996 | XI | 28 | 7 | 0.5 | ZI | Charly |