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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 470
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The women's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 38 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]
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Race schedule[1][6]
● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Orange | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
Course areas and course configurations [7]
For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.
- Course Areas
- 60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
- 60° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
- Windward - Leeward Course (W)
Outer courses
- O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
Inner courses
- I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
- I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
Windward-Leeward courses
- W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
- W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
- W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
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Weather conditions
In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable but the Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled.[8]
Final results[9][10]
Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Medalrace | Total | Total – discard | |||||||||||
Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | ||||||
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Elise Rechichi | Tessa Parkinson | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 52.0 | 43.0 | ||
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Marcelien de Koning | Lobke Berkhout | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 69.0 | 53.0 | ||
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Fernanda Oliveira | Isabel Swan | 11 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 76.0 | 60.0 | ||
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Nike Kornecki | Vered Buskila | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 85.0 | 66.0 | ||
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Giulia Conti | Giovanna Micol | 14 | 14.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 94.0 | 75.0 | ||
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Christina Bassadone | Saskia Clark | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 102.0 | 82.0 | ||
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Lenka Šmídová | Lenka Mrzílková | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 95.0 | 83.0 | ||
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Sylvia Vogl | Carolina Flatscher | 9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 104.0 | 84.0 | ||
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Stefanie Rothweiler | Vivien Kussatz | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 110.0 | 90.0 | ||
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Natalia Vía Dufresne | Laia Tutzó | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 109.0 | 92.0 | ||
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Ingrid Petitjean | Gwendolyn Lemaitre | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 9 | 9.0 | - | - | 102.0 | 85.0 | ||
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Amanda Clark | Sara Mergenthaler | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 106.0 | 89.0 | ||
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Vesna Dekleva | Klara Maučec | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 3 | 3.0 | - | - | 112.0 | 92.0 | ||
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Ai Kondo | Naoko Kamata | 13 | 13.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 13 | 13.0 | - | - | 108.0 | 93.0 | ||
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Therese Torgersson | Vendela Zachrisson-Santén | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | - | - | 121.0 | 101.0 | ||
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María Fernanda Sesto | Consuelo Monsegur | 16 | 16.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 131.0 | 113.0 | ||
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Emmanuelle Rol | Anne-Sophie Thilo | 15 | 15.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 19 | 19.0 | - | - | 134.0 | 114.0 | ||
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Wen Yimei | Yu Chunyan | 5 | 5.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 10 | 10.0 | - | - | 139.0 | 119.0 | ||
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Toh Liying | Deborah Ong | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 18 | 18.0 | - | - | 176.0 | 156.0 |
Legend: – Qualified for next phase; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; |
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Daily standings

Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.[permanent dead link]
- "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
References
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