2008 Summer Paralympics / Sailing

Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
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venue	Beijing People's Republic of China
Competition venue	Qingdao Sailing Center
Athletes	80
date	September 13, 2008
decisions	3
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At the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing , medals were awarded in a total of three sailing competitions. The decisions were made on September 13, 2008 at the Qingdao International Sailing Center .

Classes

At the Paralympic sailing competitions, a distinction was only made between classes in order to ensure the team's balance. The athletes were classified according to the degree of disability with up to seven points, with seven points being awarded to the less disabled athletes. Three sailors were not allowed to exceed a total of 14 points. There had to be a minimal disability in the one, otherwise there were no further distinctions.

Results

A total of 80 athletes took part in the Paralympic sailing competitions. Women and men started mixed in the three trips.

One-man keelboat ( 2.4mR )

space	country	athlete	Points (total / weight) 1
1	Canada	Paul Tingley	39/21
2	France	Damien Seguin	53/25
3	United States	John reputation	47/28
4th	Germany	Heiko Kroeger	50/28
5	Netherlands	Thierry Schmitter	54/32
6th	Denmark	Jens As Andersen	57/39
7th	United Kingdom	Helena Lucas	63/41
8th	Norway	Bjornar Erikstad	93/64

Date: September 13, 2008, 1:40 p.m.

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The placement corresponded to the number of points that the sailors received for a race. The two worst placements were deleted, the rest added, so that the final value was created.

Two-man keelboat (Skud18)

space	country	athlete	Points (total / weight) 1
1	United States	Nick Scandone Maureen McKinnon Tucker	26/11
2	Australia	Daniel Fitzgibbon Rachael Cox	31/18
3	Canada	John Scott McRoberts Stacie Louttit	33/21
4th	People's Republic of China	Jia Hailiang Yang Xiujan	51/35
5	United Kingdom	Niki Birrell Alexandra Rickham	53/37
6th	Malaysia	Sin Ying Loke Al Mustakim Matrin	61/39
7th	Sweden	Carl-Gustaf Fresco Birgitta Jacobsson Nile	66/45
8th	Singapore	Wei Qiang Jovin Tan Kok Liang Desiree Lim	68/49

Date: September 13, 2008, 1:30 p.m.

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total = total,
weighted without deletion results. = evaluated, with results deleted

The placement corresponded to the number of points that the sailors received for a race. The two worst placements were deleted, the rest added, so that the final value was created.

Three-man keelboat ( sonar )

space	country	athlete	Points (total / weight) 1
1	Germany	Jens Kroker Robert Prem Siegmund Mainka	55/35
2	France	Bruno Jourdren Herve Larhant Nicolas Vimont-Vicary	61/36
3	Australia	Colin Harrison Russell Boaden Graeme Martin	61/36
4th	Norway	Jostein Stordahl Per Eugen Kristiansen Aleksander Wang-Hansen	61/37
5	Israel	Dror Cohen Arnon Efrati Benny Vexler	68/38
6th	United Kingdom	John Robertson Stephen Thomas Hannah Stodel	59/41
7th	Greece	Vasileios Christoforou Theodoros Alexas Nikolaos Paterakis	58/41
8th	United States	Rick Doerr Tim Angle Bill Donohue	73/47

Date: September 13, 2008, 1:30 p.m.

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total = total,
weighted without deletion results. = evaluated, with results deleted

The placement corresponded to the number of points that the sailors received for a race. The two worst placements were deleted, the rest added, so that the final value was created.

Medal table sailing

Medal table sailing
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	Canada	1	-	1	2
	United States	1	-	1	2
03	Germany	1	-	-	1
04th	France	-	2	-	2
05	Australia	-	1	1	2

Web links

• Results ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )