page_title: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
section_title: Course areas
hierarchical_section_title: Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics / Venue / Course areas
caption_attribution_description: Qingdao Olympic Course Area's 2008 This map was created from OpenStreetMap project data, collected by the community. This map may be incomplete, and may contain errors. Don't rely solely on it for navigation.
context_page_description: Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 2008 consisted of a total of nine sailing classes. Eleven races are scheduled for each event except for the 49er class, for which 16 races are scheduled from 9 August 2008 to 21 August 2008 of the coast of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre facing the Yellow Sea. Of the 11 races, 10 are scheduled as opening races and one as a medal race. The sailing was done on four different types of courses.
context_section_description: A total of five race areas were set on the Yellow Sea of the coast of Qingdao.
  The location points to the center of the 0.6 nm radius circle for course area A & B and to a 0.75 nm radius circle for course area's C D and E.
caption: Olympic Course Area's 2008.
  A ( Yellow): 36°2'23"N, 120°23'12"E (49er)
  B ( Red): 36°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E(RS:X)
  C ( Green): 36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E (Laser & Laser Radial)
  D ( Orange): 36°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E (470)
  E ( Pink): 36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E (Finn, Yngling, Tornado & Star)
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