Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Sailing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics were held from July 28th to August 8th at Marseille Marina.[1][2] The number of sailors competing across ten different events at these Games has been reduced from 350 to 330, with an equal distribution between men and women. Furthermore, several significant changes are instituted in the sailing program for Paris 2024 to reinforce gender equality and vast diversity among the nations in the qualifying process.

Sailing
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenueMarseille Marina
Dates28 July – 8 August 2024
No. of events10 (4 men, 4 women,2 mixed)
Competitors330 (165 men and 165 women)
← 2020
2028 →

Medal events and equipment

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  • For the Men's Single-handed Dinghy event, the equipment will be the ILCA 7
  • For the Women's Single-handed Dinghy event, the equipment will be the ILCA 6
  • For the Mixed Double-handed Dinghy event, the equipment will be the 470
  • For the Mixed Foiling Catamaran event, the equipment will be the Nacra 17
  • For the Men's Skiff event, the equipment will be the 49er
  • For the Women's Skiff event, the equipment will be the 49erFX
  • For the Men's Windsurfer event, the equipment will be the IQFoil.[3]
  • For the Women's Windsurfer event, the equipment will be the IQFoil.[3]
  • For the Men's Kiteboarding event, the equipment will be the Formula Kite.[4][5]
  • For the Women's Kiteboarding event, the equipment will be the Formula Kite.[4][5]

Events were top of the agenda again with Kiteboarding, Windsurfing, Keelboats, Match Racing and Offshore Racing all looking for inclusion in the games. The International Sailing Federation took the approach of raising the number of mixed events up to two, for the purpose of maintaining gender balance.

Regarding the option of introducing the controversial Mixed Offshore Event, the IOC expressed major concerns as this was a bold format involving competition taking place over days and away from protected areas. Solid concerns were about security, safety, fairness towards religious, moral and ethical creeds.

Overview

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Qualification

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The number of sailors competing across ten different events has been reduced from 350 to 330, with an equal distribution between men and women. Aiming for vast gender equality and diversity among the nations, the International Federation, World Sailing, has ratified several amendments to the qualifying process.[2]

The qualification period started at the 2023 Sailing World Championships in The Hague, Netherlands, where 107 places, about forty percent of the total quota, had been awarded to the highest-ranked NOCs across ten different sailing events. Seven places will be distributed to sailors representing the highest-finishing, not previously qualified NOCs at each of the 2024 Men's ILCA 7 and Women's ILCA 6 World Championships. Each ILCA continental qualifiers will award two quota places with the exception of Asia, which will award one quota place at the 2023 Asian Games in China and two quota places at the Asian Olympic qualifier in Thailand.[2]

The remainder of the total quota was attributed to the eligible MNAs through the 2024 Last Chance Regatta in Hyères, France (39 boats in total) and as part of the World Sailing Emerging Nations Program (two boats per gender each in windsurfing and dinghy). Four quota places (two per gender) were entitled to the NOCs competing in the men's ILCA 7 and women's ILCA 6 under the Tripartite Commission.[6]

As the host country, France reserves one quota place in each of the ten sailing classes.[2]

Classes (equipment)

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Class Type Event Gender Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jib/Genoa Spinnaker Classes Intro. Event Intro.
IQFoil Windfoiling Fleet Female 1 + 2024
IQFoil Windfoiling Fleet Male 1 + 2024
ILCA 6 Dinghy Fleet Female 1 + 2008
ILCA 7 Dinghy Fleet Male 1 + 1996 Various
470 Dinghy Fleet Mixed 2 1 + + + 1976 2024
49er Skiff Fleet Male 2 2 + + + 2000 Various
49erFX Skiff Fleet Female 2 2 + + + 2016
Nacra 17 Multihull Fleet Mixed 2 2 + + + 2016
Formula Kite Kiteboard Fleet Female 1 + 2024
Formula Kite Kiteboard Fleet Male 1 + 2024

Participating NOCs

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In total, 65 NOCs except Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN), participated at the sport of sailing.

Competition schedule

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Legend
S Series races MR Medal race (top 10 double scoring)
Schedule[7]
Event ↓ / Date → Sun 28 Mon 29 Tue 30 Wed 31 Thu 1 Fri 2 Sat 3 Sun 4 Mon 5 Tue 6 Wed 7 Thu 8 Fri 9
Men's classes
IQFoil S MR
Formula Kite S MR
ILCA 7 S MR
49er S MR
Women's classes
IQFoil S MR
Formula Kite S MR
ILCA 6 S MR
49er FX S MR
Mixed classes
470 S MR
Nacra 17 S MR

Medal summary

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A total of 30 medals were won by 19 NOC's.[8]

Medal table

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  *   Host nation (France)

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands2024
2  Austria2002
  Italy2002
4  Australia1102
  Israel1102
6  Great Britain1012
7  Spain1001
8  France*0112
  New Zealand0112
  Sweden0112
11  Argentina0101
  Cyprus0101
  Denmark0101
  Japan0101
  Slovenia0101
16  Norway0011
  Peru0011
  Singapore0011
  United States0011
Totals (19 entries)10101030

Men's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
iQFoil
details
Tom Reuveny
  Israel
Grae Morris
  Australia
Luuc van Opzeeland
  Netherlands
Formula Kite
details
Valentin Bontus
  Austria
Toni Vodišek
  Slovenia
Maximilian Maeder
  Singapore
Laser
details
Matthew Wearn
  Australia
Pavlos Kontides
  Cyprus
Stefano Peschiera
  Peru
49er
details
  Spain
Diego Botín
Florián Trittel
  New Zealand
Isaac McHardie
William McKenzie
  United States
Ian Barrows
Hans Henken

Women's events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
iQFoil
details
Marta Maggetti
  Italy
Sharon Kantor
  Israel
Emma Wilson
  Great Britain
Formula Kite
details
Ellie Aldridge
  Great Britain
Lauriane Nolot
  France
Annelous Lammerts
  Netherlands
Laser radial
details
Marit Bouwmeester
  Netherlands
Anne-Marie Rindom
  Denmark
Line Flem Høst
  Norway
49erFX
details
  Netherlands
Odile van Aanholt
Annette Duetz
  Sweden
Vilma Bobeck
Rebecca Netzler
  France
Sarah Steyaert
Charline Picon

Mixed events

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
470
details
  Austria
Lara Vadlau
Lukas Mähr
  Japan
Keiju Okada
Miho Yoshioka
  Sweden
Anton Dahlberg
Lovisa Karlsson
Nacra 17
details
  Italy
Ruggero Tita
Caterina Banti
  Argentina
Mateo Majdalani
Eugenia Bosco
  New Zealand
Micah Wilkinson
Erica Dawson

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Paris 2024 – Sailing". Paris 2024. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Vieira, Sheila (14 September 2022). "How to qualify for shooting at Paris 2024. The Olympics qualification system explained". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b "IQFoil: The new Olympic windsurfing equipment". Surfer Today. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Men's and Women's Kiteboarding confirmed for Paris 2024". World Sailing. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  5. ^ a b Hodgetts, Rob (15 May 2018). "Olympic sailing overhauled in 'gender equity' drive for Paris 2024". CNN. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  6. ^ "Qualification System – Games of the XXXIII Olympiad – Sailing" (PDF). World Sailing. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  7. ^ "Paris 2024 Olympic Competition Schedule – Sailing" (PDF). Paris 2024. pp. 64–66. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  8. ^ "Medal standings" (PDF). www.olympics.com/. Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 9 August 2024. Retrieved 2 September 2024.