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Sailing at the Summer Olympics
Sailing
Governing body ISAF
Events 11 (men: 4; women: 4; mixed: 3)
Games
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920
1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952
1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976
1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000
2004 • 2008
Medalists

Sailing (or yachting) was introduced as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, as a men's competition comprising 10 events. Absent in 1904, it has been present at every Summer Olympics since then. Reportedly, it was to be included in the original 1896 games, but light winds forced the event to be canceled.

A Sailboard Class for Windsurfers was introduced for men from the 1984 Summer Olympics, and from the 1992 Summer Olympics for women also.

Contents

Medal table

This list includes Olympic medals in years up to and including 2004.

See also: List of Olympic medalists in sailing
 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Great Britain (GBR) 24 14 11 49
2  United States (USA) 19 23 17 59
3  Norway (NOR) 17 11 4 32
4  France (FRA) 12 11 14 37
5  Denmark (DEN) 12 8 6 26
6  Spain (ESP) 11 5 1 17
7  Sweden (SWE) 10 12 12 34
8  Australia (AUS) 7 4 8 19
9  New Zealand (NZL) 7 4 5 16
10  Brazil (BRA) 6 3 7 16
11  Netherlands (NED) 4 7 5 16
12  Soviet Union (URS) 4 5 2 11
13  Germany (GER) 3 4 3 10
14  Austria (AUT) 3 4 0 7
15  Italy (ITA) 3 3 8 14
16  Belgium (BEL) 2 4 2 8
17  West Germany (FRG) 2 2 4 8
18  East Germany (GDR) 2 2 2 6
19  Finland (FIN) 2 1 6 9
20  Greece (GRE) 2 1 2 5
21  Mixed team (ZZX) 2 0 0 2
22  Ukraine (UKR) 1 2 2 5
23  China (CHN) 1 2 1 4
 Switzerland (SUI) 1 2 1 4
25  Germany (EUA) 1 1 1 3
26  Israel (ISR) 1 0 3 4
27  Bahamas (BAH) 1 0 1 2
 Poland (POL) 1 0 1 2
29  Hong Kong (HKG) 1 0 0 1
30  Argentina (ARG) 0 4 4 8
31  Canada (CAN) 0 3 6 9
32  Portugal (POR) 0 2 2 4
33  Japan (JPN) 0 1 1 2
 Russia (RUS) 0 1 1 2
 Slovenia (SLO) 0 1 1 2
36  Cuba (CUB) 0 1 0 1
 Czech Republic (CZE) 0 1 0 1
 Ireland (IRL) 0 1 0 1
 Lithuania (LTU) 0 1 0 1
 Netherlands Antilles (AHO) 0 1 0 1
 Virgin Islands (ISV) 0 1 0 1
42  Estonia (EST) 0 0 2 2
43  Hungary (HUN) 0 0 1 1

Events

Note: table is incomplete. • = mixed, m = men and w = women

Event 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years
0–1⁄2 ton •• 1
1⁄2–1 ton • 1
1–2 ton •• 1
2–3 ton •• 1
3–10 ton • 1
10–20 ton • 1
Open class • 1
7 metre class • • 2
10 metre class • •• 2
12 metre class • • •• 3
8 metre class • • •• • • • • 7
6 metre class • • ••• • • • • • • 9
12 foot dinghy • 1
18 foot dinghy • 1
30 m² class • 1
40 m² class • 1
Olympic monotype • 1
Star class • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • m m 17
Dragon class • • • • • • • 7
5.5 metre class • • • • • 5
Finn class m m m m m m m m m m m m m m • 15
Flying Dutchman • • • • • • • • • 9
Tempest class • • 2
Soling class • • • • • • • • 8
Tornado class • • • • • • • • • 9
470 class m m m mw mw mw mw mw mw 9
Windsurfing m m mw mw mw mw mw 7
Europe class w w w w 4
Laser class • • • mw 4
49er class • • • 3
Yngling class w w 2
Events 0 10 0 4 4 14 3 2 3 3 3 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 10 10 11 11 11 31

Nations

Nation 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 Years
 Argentina (ARG)     5 5 11
 Austria (AUT)     1 1 1
 Belgium (BEL)     3 14 8 6 3
 Brazil (BRA)     1
 Canada (CAN)     1 13 1
 Chile (CHI)     1
 Cuba (CUB)     3
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)     1 1 2
 Denmark (DEN)     3 4 6 7
 Estonia (EST)     5 1
 Finland (FIN)     27 1 1 12
 France (FRA)   131   3 3 3 9 13 3 14
 Germany (GER)   4   6 1 14
 Great Britain (GBR)   24   40 6 5 7 3 14
 Hungary (HUN)     6 1
 Italy (ITA)     3 12 1 14
 Japan (JPN)     3
 Latvia (LAT)     1
 Monaco (MON)     1 1
 Netherlands (NED)   3   8 4 11 3 8
 Norway (NOR)     5 18 59 9 9 14
 Poland (POL)     1 2 7
 Portugal (POR)     1 4 3
 Russia (RUS)     17
 South Africa (RSA)     1 1 3
 Spain (ESP)     3 6 1
 Sweden (SWE)     13 41 11 4 11 7 14
 Switzerland (SUI)   3   1 1 6
 Turkey (TUR)     3
 United States (USA)   11   11 22 17
 Uruguay (URU)     1
 Yugoslavia (YUG)     1
Nations - 6 - 5 6 6 19 23 11 26
Sailors - 176 - 64 109 101 65 127 58 174
Year 96 00 04 08 12 20 24 28 32 36 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 23

Venues

Games Venue
1896 Athens not held
1900 Paris Le Havre
Meulan
1904 St. Louis not held
1908 London Glasgow, Firth of Clyde
Ryde
1912 Stockholm Nynäshamn
1920 Antwerp Ostend
1924 Paris Le Havre
Meulan
1928 Amsterdam Zuider Zee
1932 Los Angeles Los Angeles Harbour
1936 Berlin Kiel
1948 London Torquay
1952 Helsinki Helsinki - Harmaja, Liuskasaari
1956 Melbourne Melbourne - Port Phillip Bay
1960 Rome Naples
1964 Tokyo Enoshima
1968 Mexico City Acapulco
1972 Munich Kiel
1976 Montreal Kingston, Ontario
1980 Moscow Tallinn
1984 Los Angeles Long Beach, California
1988 Seoul Busan
1992 Barcelona Barcelona
1996 Atlanta Savannah, Georgia
2000 Sydney Sydney
2004 Athens Athens
2008 Beijing Qingdao
2012 London Weymouth and Portland
2016 Rio Rio de Janeiro
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