# Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star

The Star Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 to 29 July 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Ten were sailed. Each team had two discards.

## Results

| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | 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 | 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 | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Torben Grael (BRA) | Marcelo Ferreira | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 41.0 | 25.0 |
| | Hans Wallén (SWE) | Bobby Lohse | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 45.0 | 29.0 |
| | Colin Beashel (AUS) | David Giles | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | PMS | 26.0 | 69.0 | 32.0 |
| 4 | Anastasios Bountouris (GRE) | Dimitrios Boukis | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 75.0 | 45.0 |
| 5 | Rod Davis (NZL) | Don Cowie | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 74.0 | 46.0 |
| 6 | Enrico Chieffi (ITA) | Roberto Sinibaldi | 15 | 15.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 14 | 14.0 | PMS | 26.0 | 93.0 | 52.0 |
| 7 | José Doreste (ESP) | Javier Hermida | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | 11.0 | PMS | 26.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 98.0 | 57.0 |
| 8 | Mark Reynolds (USA) | Hal Haenel | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 101.0 | 58.0 |
| 9 | Michael Hestbæk (DEN) | Martin Hejlsberg | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 89.0 | 64.0 |
| 10 | Frank Butzmann (GER) | Kai Falkenthal | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 98.0 | 66.0 |
| 11 | Glyn Charles (GBR) | George Skuodas | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 101.0 | 68.0 |
| 12 | Mark Mansfield (IRL) | David Burrows | 22 | 22.0 | PMS | 26.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 123.0 | 75.0 |
| 13 | Peter Bromby (BER) | Lee White | 9 | 9.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 120.0 | 81.0 |
| 14 | Ross MacDonald (CAN) | Eric Jespersen | DSQ | 26.0 | PMS | 26.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 134.0 | 82.0 |
| 15 | Hubert Raudaschl (AUT) | Andreas Hanakamp | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 128.0 | 89.0 |
| 16 | Guram Biganishvili (GEO) | Vladimer Gruzdevi | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 159.0 | 112.0 |
| 17 | Viktor Solovyov (RUS) | Anatoly Mikhaylin | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 21 | 21.0 | DNF | 26.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 168.0 | 121.0 |
| 18 | Csaba Haranghy (HUN) | András Komm | 21 | 21.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 169.0 | 128.0 |
| 19 | Mark Holowesko (BAH) | Myles Pritchard | 20 | 20.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 172.0 | 128.0 |
| 20 | Richard Grönblom (FIN) | Ville Kurki | 16 | 16.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 16.0 | DNF | 26.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 174.0 | 129.0 |
| 21 | Diogo Cayolla (POR) | Miguel Costa | 19 | 19.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 170.0 | 129.0 |
| 22 | Guillermo Calegari Jr. (ARG) | Mauro Maiola | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 191.0 | 146.0 |
| 23 | Sergey Khoretsky (BLR) | Vladimir Zuyev | 18 | 18.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 206.0 | 162.0 |
| 24 | Robert Lowrance (ASA) | Fua Logo Tavui | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 23.0 | DNF | 26.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 228.0 | 177.0 |
| 25 | Donald McLean (CAY) | Carson Ebanks | 24 | 24.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | PMS | 26.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 237.0 | 187.0 |

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

* Black: Marinas Blue: Alpha course Green: Bravo course Yellow: Charly course Red: Delta course
* Olympic course WX. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)
* Olympic course WD. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)
| Date | Race | °C | Knot | Meter | Course | Course area |
| 22 July 1996 | I | | | | | Charly |
| 23 July 1996 | II | 29 | 10 | 0.6 | WX | Charly |
| 23 July 1996 | III | 29 | 13 | 0.8 | WX | Charly |
| 24 July 1996 | IV | 28 | 11 | 0.7 | WX | Delta |
| 25 July 1996 | V | 29 | 13 | 0.7 | WX | Delta |
| 26 July 1996 | VI | 27 | 7 | 0.5 | WD | Charly |
| 26 July 1996 | VII | 27 | 10 | 0.5 | WX | Charly |
| 27 July 1996 | VIII | 28 | 5 | 0.6 | WX | Charly |
| 28 July 1996 | IX | 29 | 6 | 0.7 | WD | Charly |
| 29 July 1996 | X | 28 | 11 | 0.6 | WX | Charly |