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Competitors 58 from 29 nations Teams 29 (boats)		Start date 2008
Dates First race: August 11, 2008 (2008-08-11) Last race: August 18, 2008 (2008-08-18) Location Qingdao International Sailing Centre, Qingdao, China Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre

The Men's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre, in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 58 sailors, on 29 boats, from 29 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

Course areas and course configurations
Outer courses
Inner courses
Windward Leeward courses
Weather conditions
Final results
References

Course areas and course configurations

For the 470 course areas A (Yellow) and D (Orange) 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°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange 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.

Outer courses

O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses

I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Windward-Leeward courses

W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 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 but the Men's 470 competition was executed as scheduled.

Final results

Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DSQ – Disqualified; 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.

References

Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470 Wikipedia

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Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 470

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