Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

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Sailing
at the XIII Paralympic Games
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Paralympic Sailing
Venue Hillcrest Park
Dates 8–13 September 2008
Competitors 80 from 25 nations
«2004 2012»

Eighty athletes representing 25 countries in three keelboat classes - the 2.4mR, the SKUD 18, and the Sonar, took part in sailing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Sailing was held in 2 designated areas on the Yellow Sea, Qingdao, Shandong province, from September 8 to September 13.

Competitors had a wide range of physical disabilities including degenerative nerve disease, blindness, missing limbs and polio.

Boats were prepared and launched from the docks of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre, which also included the accessible Qingdao Paralympic Village, a 5-star hotel which previously housed the Olympic Sailing athletes.

Events

Three sailing events were held. All were mixed events, meaning that men and women could compete together.

International disability classification in sailing is done by a committee, which gives each competitor a number score with lower numbers corresponding to more severe disability. Sailors were classified under the IFDS Functional Classification System 2005 (FCS 2005). To take part in Paralympic sailing, an athlete must have a score of 7 or less. Functional Classification System full details: [1]

Event Boat Classifications
Single-Person Keelboat 2.4mR All sailors are required to have a minimal disability or a higher level of disability as defined in the FCS 2005.
Two-Person Keelboat SKUD 18 Crew shall include a female and one severely disabled sailor with a 1 point classification.
Three-Person Keelboat Sonar The total Sonar crew points shall not exceed 14 points.

The 2-person keelboat (SKUD18) made its official début in the Paralympics. The only Paralympic class keelboat with a spinnaker, emblazoned with the national flag of each country. Of the 11 countries competing in the SKUD event, 7 had female crew.

Results

Eighty athletes represented twenty-five countries in the three event classes. Qualification full details

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their sailors (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Canada (CAN) 1 0 1 2
1  United States (USA) 1 0 1 2
3  Germany (GER) 1 0 0 1
4  France (FRA) 0 2 0 2
5  Australia (AUS) 0 1 1 2
Total 3 3 3 9

Medallists

In the 2-person keelboat event, all three of the medal-winning teams were composed of one man and one woman. Those three women were the first women to win Paralympic medals in sailing.[1] Sailing competition athletes and full results.[2]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
1-person keelboat 2.4mR
  Paul Tingley
Canada (CAN)		  Damien Seguin
France (FRA)		  John Ruf
United States (USA)
2-person keelboat SKUD 18
  United States (USA)
Nick Scandone
Maureen McKinnon-Tucker		  Australia (AUS)
Daniel Fitzgibbon
Rachael Cox		  Canada (CAN)
John McRoberts
Stacie Louttit
3-person keelboat Sonar
  Germany (GER)
Jens Kroker
Robert Prem
Siegmund Mainka		  France (FRA)
Bruno Jourdren
Herve Larhant
Nicolas Vimont-Vicary		  Australia (AUS)
Colin Harrison
Russell Boaden
Graeme Martin

One Person Keelboat - 2.4 Metre

Rank Athlete Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Tot Net
Gold medal icon.svg  Paul Tingley (CAN) 1 1 5 2 (9) (9) 2 4 5 1 39 21
Silver medal icon.svg  Damien Seguin (FRA) 4 4 3 4 6 (17)
OCS		 (11) 1 1 2 39 21
Bronze medal icon.svg  John Ruf (USA) 2 6 1 (9) 1 7 (10) 3 4 4 47 28
4  Heiko Kroeger (GER) 3 2 (11) 6 4 3 1 (11) 2 7 50 28
5  Thierry Schmitter (NED) 5 3 2 (10) 7 1 5 (12) 6 3 54 32
6  Jens Als Andersen (DEN) (9) 7 6 1 2 6 3 5 (9) 9 57 39
7  Helena Lucas (GBR) (10) 5 7 7 3 4 (12) 2 8 5 63 41
8  Bjørnar Erikstad (NOR) 6 8 (16) (13) 8 2 9 6 13 12 93 64
9  Julio Reguero (PUR) 7 (17)
OCS		 13 5 5 8 (15) 7 7 13 97 65
10  Fabrizio Olmi (ITA) 8 9 8 (16) 12 11 13 (16) 3 6 102 70
11  Jens Als Andersen (DEN) 11 11 4 (15) (15) 5 4 13 14 10 102 72
12  Aaron Hill (AUS) (12) 10 10 8 10 (13) 6 8 10 11 98 73
13  George Delikouras (GRE) (15) 13 9 3 13 (14) 7 14 12 8 106 79
14  Zoltan Pegan (HUN) 13 (15) 12 11 14 (15) 8 10 11 14 123 93
15  Emilio Fernandez (ESP) 14 12 15 12 11 10 (16) 9 (16) 5 130 98
16  Juhani Mattila (FIN) (16) 14 14 14 (16) 12 14 15 15 16 146 114

Two Person Keelboat - SKUD 18

Rank Nation (skipper first) Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Cancelled Tot Net
Gold medal icon.svg  Nick Scandone and
Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (USA)		 2 1 1 1 (3) 2 1 1 2 (12)
DNS		 26 11
Silver medal icon.svg  Dan Fitzgibbon and
Rachel Cox (AUS)		 (4) 2 2 2 2 4 (9) 3 1 2 31 18
Bronze medal icon.svg  John McRoberts and
Stacie Louttit (CAN)		 3 3 3 3 1 3 2 (8) (4) 3 33 21
4  Hailiang Jia and
Xiujuan Yang (CHN)		 1 4 7 7 5 6 (8) 4 (8) 1 51 35
5  Alexandra Rickham and
Niki Birrell (GBR)		 5 5 (8) (8) 4 1 4 7 7 4 53 37
6  Al Mustakim Matrin and
Nurul Amilin Balawi (MAS)		 (10) 6 (12)
DSQ		 5 6 5 6 2 3 6 61 39
7  Carl-Gustad Fresk and
Birgitta Jacobsson Nilen (SWE)		 6 (9) 4 4 7 (12)
RAF		 3 5 9 7 66 45
8  Wei Qiang Jovin Tan and
Kok Liang Desiree Lim (SIN)		 7 7 5 6 (8) 7 7 (11) 5 5 68 49
9  Bento Amaral and
Luisa Silvano (POR)		 8 8 6 (9) (9) 8 5 6 6 8 73 55
10  Amy Kelehan and
John Twomey (IRL)		 9 (10) 9 (10) 10 9 10 9 10 9 95 75
11  Pedro Sollique and
Cherry Pinpin (PHI)		 (11) (11) 10 11 11 10 11 10 11 10 106 84

Open Three-Person Keelboat - Sonar

Rank Nation (skipper first) Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tot Net
Gold medal icon.svg  Jens Kroker,
Robert Prem and
Siegmund Mainka (GER)		 5 6 3 1 4 (11) 5 2 (9) 4 5 55 35
Silver medal icon.svg  Bruno Jourdren,
Herve Larhant and
Nicolas Vimont-Vicary (FRA)		 4 1 1 2 7 1 (10) 5 8 7 (15)
DNF		 61 36
Bronze medal icon.svg  Colin Harrison,
Jonathan Harris and
Graeme Martin (AUS)		 8 4 2 3 3 3 1 (10) (15)
OCS		 5 7 61 36
4  Aleksander Wang-Hansen,
Marie Solberg and
Per Eugen Kristiansen (NOR)		 6 2 5 8 1 (15)
OCS		 (9) 1 5 3 6 61 37
5  Dor Cohen,
Amon Efrati and
Benny Vexler (ISR)		 3 (15)
DSQ		 4 (15)
DSQ		 2 6 6 12 1 1 3 69 38
6  John Robertson,
Hannah Stodel and
Stephen Thomas (GBR)		 59 41
7  Vasilis Christoforou,
Thodoris Alexas and
Nikolaos Paterakis (GRE)		 58 41
8  Rick Doerr,
Tim Angle and
Bill Donohue (USA)		 69 47
9  Paul Ryan and
Martin Richard Whealey (IRL)		 96 72
10  Ke Li,
Tao Wang and
Jungkun Xu (CHN)		 101 75
11  Ken Kelly,
Don Terlson and
Marc Shaw (CAN)		 114 86
12  Marco Collinetti,
Massimo Veturini and
Antonio Squizzato (ITA)		 115 87

References

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