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Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Coordinates: 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°E / 59.47028; 24.81833
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Sailing
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenuesTallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Tallinn, Estonia (then Soviet Union)
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 →
1980 Olympics, Sailing
Map
Alternative namesOlympic Yachting Centre in Pirita, Tallinn
General information
Town or cityTallinn
Country Estonia
Coordinates59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E / 59.47028°N 24.81833°E / 59.47028; 24.81833
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

The sailing programme of XXII Summer Olympics (Moscow 1980) consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 off the Baltic Sea coast near Tallinn in Estonia (at that time an occupied and annexed part of the former Soviet Union). The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.[1]

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 sailing venue, the 1980 Olympic Yachting Centre, in the Pirita district by the Bay of Tallinn was constructed for the Olympic Sailing event. Sailing or Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule.

1980 Olympic boycott

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The 1980 Summer Olympics boycott affected the medalists in most sailing events with a number of European and World champions not participating. In the Soling, the Canadian World champion team of Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans and Sandy MacMillan 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 in Luxembourg.[3]

Competition

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

Participating countries

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 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)

Classes (equipment)

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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
1980 Olympic Classes designs

Medal summary

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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 Björkström
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

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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


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  • The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita, Tallinn (photographed 2005)
    The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita, Tallinn (photographed 2005)
  • Canadian sailors participating in the 1980 Olympic Boycott
    Canadian sailors participating in the 1980 Olympic Boycott
  • Sailing in the Finn: Mihai Butucaru (on the left)
    Sailing in the Finn: Mihai Butucaru (on the left)
  • Plaque on the site for winners of the 1980 Olympic Games in sailing
    Plaque on the site for winners of the 1980 Olympic Games in sailing
  • The Flying Dutchman on a 1978 Soviet stamp, issued ahead of the 1980 Olympics
    The Flying Dutchman on a 1978 Soviet stamp, issued ahead of the 1980 Olympics

References

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  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.

Sources

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