Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Tornado

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Mixed Tornado[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Tornado catamaran.svg
Line drawing of the Tornado
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 15, 2008 (2008-08-15)
Last race: August 21, 2008 (2008-08-21)
Competitors 30 from 15 nations
Teams 15 boats
Medalists
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1st Antón Paz
Fernando Echavarri		  Spain
2nd Darren Bundock
Glenn Ashby		  Australia
3rd Santiago Lange
Carlos Espínola		  Argentina
← 2004
Sailing at the
 2008 Summer Olympics 
Sailing pictogram.svg
RS:X men women
Laser Radial women
Laser men
Finn open
470 men women
49er open
Tornado open
Yngling women
Star men

The Mixed Tornado 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. 30 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ●  Practice race  ●  Race on Yellow  ●  Race on Pink  ●  Medal race on Yellow
Date August
7
Thu		 8
Fri		 9
Sat		 10
Sun		 11
Mon		 12
Tue		 13
Wed		 14
Thu		 15
Fri		 16
Sat		 17
Sun		 18
Mon		 19
Tue		 20
Wed		 21
Thu		 22
Fri		 23
Sat		 24
Sun
Mixed Tornado ● 1 2 1 3 No
wind		 3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [6]

For the Tornado course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) 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°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink 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

  • Windward Leeward Tornado 2008 Sailing Olympics.png

    Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Windward-leeward courses

  • W2: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W3: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish
  • W4: Start – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – 4s/4p – 1 – 1a – Finish

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. For the Tornado competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used.[7]

Final results[8][9]

Tornado insigna.png
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.
1st  Spain Fernando Echavarri Mars symbol.svg Antón Paz Mars symbol.svg 1 1.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 4 4.0 7 7.0 13 13.0 1 1.0 7 7.0 1 1.0 8 8.0 4 8.0 57.0 44.0
2nd  Australia Darren Bundock Mars symbol.svg Glenn Ashby Mars symbol.svg 5 5.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 9 9.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 7 7.0 4 4.0 5 10.0 58.0 49.0
3rd  Argentina Santiago Lange Mars symbol.svg Carlos Espínola Mars symbol.svg 13 13.0 1 1.0 1 1.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 6 12.0 69.0 56.0
4  Canada Oskar Johansson Mars symbol.svg Kevin Stittle Mars symbol.svg 8 8.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 9 9.0 1 1.0 15 15.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 2 2.0 2 2.0 2 4.0 76.0 61.0
5  Netherlands Mitch Booth Mars symbol.svg Pim Nieuwenhuis Mars symbol.svg 3 3.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 10 10.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 3 3.0 11 11.0 10 10.0 3 6.0 77.0 64.0
6  Great Britain Leigh McMillan Mars symbol.svg Will Howden Mars symbol.svg 6 6.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 8 8.0 14 14.0 7 7.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 3 3.0 12 12.0 1 2.0 82.0 68.0
7  Italy Francesco Marcolini Mars symbol.svg Edoardo Bianchi Mars symbol.svg 15 15.0 9 9.0 4 4.0 2 2.0 8 8.0 4 4.0 6 6.0 11 11.0 8 8.0 6 6.0 8 16.0 89.0 74.0
8  Germany Johannes Polgar Mars symbol.svg Florian Spalteholz Mars symbol.svg 10 10.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 1 1.0 5 5.0 13 13.0 4 4.0 3 3.0 22 22.0 87.0 74.0
9  Austria Roman Hagara Mars symbol.svg Hans Peter Steinacher Mars symbol.svg 12 12.0 10 10.0 14 14.0 10 10.0 11 11.0 3 3.0 3 3.0 9 9.0 5 5.0 5 5.0 7 14.0 96.0 82.0
10  Greece Iordanis Paschalidis Mars symbol.svg Konstantinos Trigonis Mars symbol.svg 2 2.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 2 2.0 12 12.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 22 22.0 95.0 82.0
11  France Xavier Revil Mars symbol.svg Christophe Espagnon Mars symbol.svg 7 7.0 2 2.0 10 10.0 DNC 16.0 9 9.0 10 10.0 10 10.0 4 4.0 10 10.0 7 7.0 - - 85.0 69.0
12  Belgium Carolijn Brouwer Venus symbol.svg Sébastien Godefroid Mars symbol.svg 11 11.0 11 11.0 5 5.0 6 6.0 3 3.0 8 8.0 13 13.0 6 6.0 DNF 16.0 9 9.0 - - 88.0 72.0
13  Ukraine Pavlo Kalynchev Mars symbol.svg Andriy Shafranyuk Mars symbol.svg 4 4.0 15 15.0 6 6.0 13 13.0 15 15.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 13 13.0 11 11.0 - - 114.0 99.0
14  China Luo Youjia Mars symbol.svg Chen Xiuke Mars symbol.svg 9 9.0 14 14.0 OCS 16.0 DNF 16.0 13 13.0 5 5.0 14 14.0 5 5.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 - - 118.0 102.0
15  United States John Lovell Mars symbol.svg Charlie Ogletree Mars symbol.svg 14 14.0 12 12.0 7 7.0 11 11.0 12 12.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 15 15.0 14 14.0 15 15.0 - - 129.0 114.0

Legend: DNC – Did not compete; DNF – Did not finish; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
QUA – Qualified for next phase;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.


Daily standings

File:2008 TORNADO Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Notes

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Other information

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Further reading

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References

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  3. ↑ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
  4. ↑ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
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