Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

The men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 38 sailors, on 38 boards, from 38 nations competed. Ten boards qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points. The gold medal was won by Dorian van Rijsselberghe who already after the ninth race had accumulated sufficient results to be certain to win the gold medal, as long as he competed in the races.[2]

Men's RS:X
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Line drawing of the RS-X
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates31 July – 7 August
Competitors38 from 38 nations
Medalists
Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands
Nick Dempsey  Great Britain
Przemysław Miarczyński  Poland

Schedule[1][3]

 ● Practice race ● Race on Portland ● Race on Nothe ● Race on West ● Medal race on Nothe
Date July August
26
Thu
27
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
30
Mon
31
Tue
1
Wed
2
Thu
3
Fri
4
Sat
5
Sun
6
Mon
7
Tue
8
Wed
9
Thu
10
Fri
11
Sat
12
Sun
Men's RS:X ● 2 2 2 Spare
day
2 2 Spare
day
MR

Course areas and course configurations

Course areas

For the RS:X course areas Portland, Nothe, and West were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area and the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area. The target time for the course was 30 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.[4]

Results

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTot Pts
Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands111312121DNF 39†254.015.0
Nick Dempsey  Great Britain575110†12392651.041.0
Przemysław Miarczyński  Poland227413†3741310873.060.0
4 Toni Wilhelm  Germany3349256115†131879.064.0
5 Julien Bontemps  France23†14255417586493.070.0
6 Byron Kokkalanis  Greece4116216†15311491293.077.0
7 JP Tobin  New Zealand154378812617†1716113.096.0
8 Zachary Plavsic  Canada61212641797729†20129.0100.0
9 Ricardo Santos  Brazil1498211422†41051810135.0113.0
10 Richard Stauffacher  Switzerland1027†1415618208101214148.0127.0
11 Mariano Reutemann  Argentina161515131219520†147 136.0116.0
12 Juozas Bernotas  Lithuania913138913111727†27 147.0120.0
13 Ho Tsun Andy Leung  Hong Kong111828†1215101391621 153.0125.0
14 João Rodrigues  Portugal201691123725†22203 156.0131.0
15 Lee Tae-hoon  South Korea862117259211331†19 170.0139.0
16 Iván Pastor  Spain222420OCS 37†192582525 189.0150.0
17 Andreas Cariolou  Cyprus132610271130†16121223 180.0150.0
18 Wang Aichen  China212318193231027†2214 180.0153.0
19 Shahar Tzuberi  Israel1281710BFD 39†123534261 194.0155.0
20 Dmitry Polishchuk  Russia17519242761526DNF 39†28 206.0167.0
21 Luka Mratović  Croatia24192620221114161836† 206.0170.0
22 Robert Willis  United States7101125BFD 39†2824331130 218.0179.0
23 Maksym Oberemko  Ukraine36†35162817312314611 217.0181.0
24 Sebastian Wang-Hansen  Norway19173118182019182532† 217.0185.0
25 Áron Gádorfalvi  Hungary3433DNF 39†227211824325 226.0187.0
26 Yoan Kolev  Bulgaria2931DNE 39162035†2619198 242.0207.0
27 Mikalai Zhukavets  Belarus2622231426162721DNF 39†33 247.0208.0
28 Makoto Tomizawa  Japan25252529242634†30214 243.0209.0
29 Sebastian Fleischer  Denmark1828242329†2929152826 249.0220.0
30 Johannes Ahun  Estonia272022DPI 3131142228DNF 39†35 270.0231.0
31 Daniel Flores  Venezuela37†372931302432292316 289.0252.0
32 David Mier  Mexico32273035†282728323020 289.0254.0
33 Ek Boonsawad  Thailand2832272621323123DNF 39†34 293.0254.0
34 Federico Esposito  Italy313033303236†33352915 305.0269.0
35 Chang Hao  Chinese Taipei33363536333337†372422 326.0289.0
36 Karel Lavický  Czech Republic30293234BFD 39†343631DNF 3931 335.0296.0
37 Santiago Grillo  Colombia35343433BFD 39†373036DNF 3924 341.0302.0
38 Ahmed Habash  Egypt3838363734383838DNF 39†37 373.0334.0

    Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [5]
    Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's RS:X during the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "London 2012". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

    References

    1. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    2. "Van Rijsselberghe zeker van goud". NOS (in Dutch). 5 August 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
    3. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    4. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    5. "Men's Windsurfer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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