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Sailing
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venues Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR
DatesFirst race: 21 July 1980 (1980-07-21)
Last race: 29 July 1980 (1980-07-29)
Competitors156 (all male) from 23 nations
Boats83
←  1976
1984 →

Sailing has been included as an event at every Summer Olympics since 1896 except the 1904 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics sailing events were organised into six classes. In each class seven races in a particular sailing discipline were contested between the 19 and 29 July 1980. The Olympic city in 1980 was Moscow, but all sailing events took place in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Pirita, in Tallinn in present-day Estonia. At the time Tallinn was part of the Soviet Union. Events at this olympiad used triangular-type Olympic courses. [1]

Venue

The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita (pictured in 2005)
Pirita Olympic Yachting Center
General information
Town or city Tallinn
Country  Estonia
Coordinates 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°E / 59.47028; 24.81833
Olympic Yachting Centre 1980.

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.

Competition

Overview

Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
3 23 6 83 156 0

Continents

  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Americas

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1980 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
  Austria (AUT)   Brazil (BRA)   Bulgaria (BUL)
  Cuba (CUB)   Cyprus (CYP)   Denmark (DEN)
  Spain (ESP)   Finland (FIN)   East Germany (GDR)
  Greece (GRE)   Guatemala (GUA)   Hungary (HUN)
  Ireland (IRL)   Italy (ITA)   Netherlands (NED)
  Poland (POL)   Romania (ROM)   Switzerland (SUI)
  Sweden (SWE)   Czechoslovakia (TCH)   Soviet Union (URS)
  Yugoslavia (YUG)   Zimbabwe (ZIM)

1980 Olympic boycott

The boycott affected the medalists in most sailing events with a number of European and World champions not participating. In the Soiling, the Canadian World champion team of Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans and [Sandy McMillan] was absent. Some British athletes participated in the Games under a neutral flag, but the sailing federation chose to join the boycott. [2] In several classes an alternative sailing event was organized by the boycotting nations, with the Flying Dutchman class having been held Luxembourg. [3]

Canadian Olympic Boycott Party
The Flying Dutchman on a Russian stamp, issued for the Olympics in 1978

Classes (equipment)

Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
Finn Dinghy 1 0 + 1952 8
470 Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1976 2
Flying Dutchman Dinghy 2 1 + + + 1960 6
Tornado Catamaran 2 1 + + 1976 2
Star Keelboat 2 0 + + 1932 10
Soling Keelboat 3 0 + + + 1972 3

Medal summary

Winners of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. Sailing.
Event Gold Silver Bronze

1980: Finn
details

  Finland (FIN)
Esko Rechardt
  Austria (AUT)
Wolfgang Mayrhofer
  Soviet Union (URS)
Andrei Balashov

1980: 470
details

  Brazil (BRA)
Marcos Soares
Eduardo Penido
  East Germany (GDR)
Jörn Borowski
Egbert Swensson
  Finland (FIN)
Jouko Lindgrén
Georg Tallberg

1980: Flying Dutchman
details

  Spain (ESP)
Alejandro Abascal
Miguel Noguer
  Ireland (IRL)
David Wilkins
James Wilkinson
  Hungary (HUN)
Szabolcs Detre
Zsolt Detre

1980: Tornado
details

  Brazil (BRA)
Lars Sigurd Bjorkström
Alexandre Welter
  Denmark (DEN)
Peter Due
Per Kjergard
  Sweden (SWE)
Göran Marström
Jörgen Ragnarsson

1980: Star
details

  Soviet Union (URS)
Valentin Mankin
Aleksandr Muzychenko
  Austria (AUT)
Hubert Raudaschl
Karl Ferstl
  Italy (ITA)
Giorgio Gorla
Alfio Peraboni

1980: Soling
details

  Denmark (DEN)
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Valdemar Bandolowski
Erik Hansen
  Soviet Union (URS)
Boris Budnikov
Alexandr Budnikov
Nikolay Poliakov
  Greece (GRE)
Anastasios Bountouris
Anastasios Gavrilis
Aristidis Rapanakis

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Brazil2002
2  Soviet Union1113
3  Denmark1102
4  Finland1012
5  Spain1001
6  Austria0202
7  East Germany0101
  Ireland0101
9  Greece0011
  Hungary0011
  Italy0011
  Sweden0011
Totals (12 entries)66618

Remarks

Sailors

In the Finn (left): Mihai Butucaru

During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

References

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. ^ "Sailing 1980 Olympic Team". 5 December 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. ^ Smothers, Ronald (19 July 1996). "OLYMPICS; Boycott". The New York Times.
  4. ^ Eurosaf

Sources