# Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

The men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics program in Rio de Janeiro that took place between 8–14 August at Marina da Glória. 13 races (the last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. As in the previous Olympics, the Dutch sailor Dorian van Rijsselberghe dominated and had won the gold medal before the medal race was held, as long as he competed in it. As it happened, he won the medal race as well. Britain's Nick Dempsey was likewise guaranteed the silver medal before the medal race, a medal he also won in 2012. In contrast, the race for the bronze medal was very tight, with Pierre Le Coq edging out Piotr Myszka by one position in the medal race.
The medals were presented by Barbara Kendall, IOC member, New Zealand and Nazli Imre, Vice President of World Sailing.

## Schedule

| Mon 8 Aug | Tue 9 Aug | Wed 10 Aug | Thu 11 Aug | Fri 12 Aug | Sat 13 Aug | Sun 14 Aug |
| Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 | Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 | Rest day | Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 | Race 10 Race 11 Race 12 | Rest day | Medal race |

## Results

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | MR | Tot | Pts |
| | Dorian van Rijsselberghe | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6$^†$ | 2 | 31.0 | 25.0 |
| | Nick Dempsey | Great Britain | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | RDG 8$^†$ | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 60.0 | 52.0 |
| | Pierre Le Coq | France | 7 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 17$^†$ | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 103.0 | 86.0 |
| 4 | Piotr Myszka | Poland | 4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 16$^†$ | 16 | 18 | 104.0 | 88.0 |
| 5 | Byron Kokkalanis | Greece | 2 | 2 | 6 | 13$^†$ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 10 | DPI 18 | 109.0 | 96.0 |
| 6 | Toni Wilhelm | Germany | 8 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 19$^†$ | 7 | 8 | 19 | 10 | 119.0 | 100.0 |
| 7 | Ricardo Santos | Brazil | 6 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 30$^†$ | 21 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 148.0 | 118.0 |
| 8 | Michael Cheng | Hong Kong | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 21 | 17 | 26$^†$ | 6 | 152.0 | 126.0 |
| 9 | Iván Pastor | Spain | 17 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 7 | UFD 37$^†$ | 11 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 164.0 | 127.0 |
| 10 | Mattia Camboni | Italy | 11 | 13 | 4 | UFD 37$^†$ | DNF 37 | 9 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 174.0 | 137.0 |
| 11 | João Rodrigues | Portugal | 21 | 10 | 23$^†$ | 15 | 15 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | | 148.0 | 125.0 |
| 12 | Sebastian Fleischer | Denmark | 15 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 22$^†$ | 11 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 18 | | 157.0 | 135.0 |
| 13 | Wang Aichen | China | 16 | 18 | 8 | 18 | 19$^†$ | 15 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 15 | | 154.0 | 135.0 |
| 14 | Mateo Sanz Lanz | Switzerland | 24$^†$ | 15 | 21 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 5 | | 160.0 | 136.0 |
| 15 | Makoto Tomizawa | Japan | 10 | 8 | 18 | 19 | 13 | 22$^†$ | 7 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 14 | 2 | | 160.0 | 138.0 |
| 16 | Maksym Oberemko | Russia | 27$^†$ | 25 | 14 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 9 | | 166.0 | 139.0 |
| 17 | Shahar Tzuberi | Israel | 9 | 17 | 20 | 22 | DNF 37$^†$ | 18 | 19 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 4 | | 197.0 | 160.0 |
| 18 | Lee Tae-hoon | South Korea | 14 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 7 | 33$^†$ | 17 | 27 | 14 | 22 | 14 | | 198.0 | 165.0 |
| 19 | Andreas Cariolou | Cyprus | 12 | 12 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 27$^†$ | 23 | 22 | 19 | 20 | | 208.0 | 181.0 |
| 20 | David Mier | Mexico | 28 | 21 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 17 | 32$^†$ | 15 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 21 | | 239.0 | 207.0 |
| 21 | Bautista Saubidet Birkner | Argentina | 20 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 29$^†$ | 22 | | 239.0 | 210.0 |
| 22 | Mikita Tsirkun | Belarus | 23 | 27 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 32$^†$ | 16 | 19 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 17 | | 247.0 | 215.0 |
| 23 | Oleksandr Tugaryev | Ukraine | 22 | 31 | 27 | 11 | DNF 37$^†$ | 12 | 13 | 16 | 30 | 20 | 30 | 13 | | 262.0 | 225.0 |
| 24 | Luka Mratović | Croatia | 13 | 11 | 15 | 21 | DNF 37$^†$ | 19 | 27 | 18 | 34 | 26 | 31 | 30 | | 282.0 | 245.0 |
| 25 | Áron Gádorfalvi | Hungary | 30 | 28 | 29 | 25 | 20 | 20 | 25 | DNF 37$^†$ | 26 | 27 | 24 | 23 | | 314.0 | 277.0 |
| 26 | Juozas Bernotas | Lithuania | 19 | 23 | 17 | 29 | DNF 37$^†$ | 14 | 26 | DNF 37 | 21 | UFD 37 | 26 | 29 | | 315.0 | 278.0 |
| 27 | Daniel Flores | Venezuela | 18 | 22 | 26 | 20 | 11 | 33 | 34 | DNF 37$^†$ | 32 | UFD 37 | 23 | 25 | | 318.0 | 281.0 |
| 28 | Pedro Pascual | United States | 25 | 26 | 28 | 28 | DNF 37$^†$ | 28 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 20 | 32 | | 323.0 | 286.0 |
| 29 | Natthaphong Phonoppharat | Thailand | 32 | 29 | 32 | 14 | DNF 37$^†$ | 21 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 27 | | 324.0 | 287.0 |
| 30 | Santiago Grillo | Colombia | 29 | 24 | 24 | 32 | DNF 37$^†$ | 24 | 28 | 23 | 14 | 29 | 35 | DNF 37 | | 336.0 | 299.0 |
| 31 | Karel Lavický | Czech Republic | 26 | 30 | 30 | 30 | DNF 37$^†$ | 25 | 24 | DNF 37 | 29 | DNF 37 | 25 | 31 | | 361.0 | 324.0 |
| 32 | Chang Hao | Chinese Taipei | 34 | 34 | 31 | 27 | DNF 37$^†$ | 34 | 35 | DNF 37 | 31 | 28 | 27 | 28 | | 383.0 | 346.0 |
| 33 | Jean-Marc Gardette | Seychelles | 36 | 35 | 33 | 31 | 23 | 31 | 29 | DNF 37$^†$ | 35 | DNF 37 | 32 | 33 | | 392.0 | 355.0 |
| 34 | Leonard Ong | Singapore | 33 | 33 | 35 | 33 | DNF 37$^†$ | 27 | 36 | DNF 37 | 20 | DNF 37 | 34 | DNF 37 | | 399.0 | 362.0 |
| 35 | Onur Cavit Biriz | Turkey | 31 | 32 | UFD 37$^†$ | 34 | DNF 37 | 29 | 23 | DNF 37 | 33 | DNF 37 | 33 | DNF 37 | | 400.0 | 363.0 |
| 36 | Hamza Bouras | Algeria | 35 | 36 | 34 | 35 | DNF 37$^†$ | 26 | 31 | DNF 37 | 36 | DNF 37 | 36 | 24 | | 404.0 | 367.0 |
Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;