Sailing
at the XIV Paralympic Games
VenueWeymouth
Portland
Dates1 – 6 September
Competitors80 Sailors
65 Male Sailors
15 Female Sailors
23 Nations
41 Boats

Sailing at the 2012 Summer Paralympics[1] in London was held from August in Weymouth and Portland. XYZ competitors representing XYZ countries will compete in three keelboat classes - the 2.4mR, the SKUD 18, and the Sonar, took part in sailing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics.

Competitors had a wide range of physical disabilities including degenerative nerve disease, blindness, missing limbs and polio.

Boats were prepared and launched from the docks of the Weymouth and Portland Sailing Academy.

Events

Three sailing events were held. All were mixed events, meaning that men and women could compete together.

International disability classification in sailing is done by a committee, which gives each competitor a number score with lower numbers corresponding to more severe disability. Sailors were classified under the IFDS Functional Classification System. To take part in Paralympic sailing, an athlete must have a score of 7 or less.

EventBoat Classifications
Open Single-Person Keelboat2.4mR All sailors are required to have a minimal disability or a higher level of disability as defined in the FCS 2008-12.
Two-Person KeelboatSKUD 18 Crew shall include a female with disability and one severely disabled sailor with a 1-2 point classification.
Open Three-Person KeelboatSonar The total Sonar crew points shall not exceed 14 points.

The 2-person keelboat (SKUD18) was the only Paralympic class keelboat with a spinnaker, emblazoned with the national flag of each country. Of the 11 countries competing in the SKUD event, all had a female competitor with a disability.

Results

Medal table

This ranking sorts countries by the number of gold medals earned by their sailors (in this context a country is an entity represented by a National Paralympic Committee. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically.

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)1012
 Netherlands (NED)1012
3 Australia (AUS)1001
4 Germany (GER)0202
5 United States (USA)0101
6 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (6 entries)3339

One Person Keelboat - 2.4 Metre

16 boats are to take part in the 2.4MR class.

Rank Athlete Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
(Cancelled)
Tot Net
 Helena Lucas (GBR)213(11)1114853726
 Heiko Kröger (GER)43514(11)611014635
 Thierry Schmitter (NED)52166(9)46164637
4  Damien Seguin (FRA)1(17)
DSQ
44102135326144
5  Paul Tingley (CAN)672(10)9622645747
6  Mark Edward LeBlanc (USA)387513(17)
OCS
33286952
7  Matthew Bugg (AUS)(8)46875777(17) DNS7356
8  Bjørnar Erikstad (NOR)7610153(17)
OCS
88738467
9  Julio Reguero (PUR)99821185(13)1178370
10 Fabrizio Olmi (ITA)105(15)71241596109378
11 Jens Als Andersen (DEN)13(14)91421091452110187
12 Niko Salomaa (FIN)11(13)11357121016(17) DNF
13 Paul Francis (NZL)14101412(16)3111214911599
14 George Delikouras (GRE)(15)111298(17) DSQ10111314120103
15 Juan Fernandez Ocampo (ARG)1212131314(17)
OCS
14151512137120
16 Francisco Llobet (ESP)(16)151616151216(17) OCS1213148131

Two Person Keelboat - SKUD 18

Rank Nation (skipper first) Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Tot Net
 Dan Fitzgibbon and
Liesl Tesch (AUS)
122(3)2121121714
 Jean-Paul Creignou and
Jennifer French (USA)
3(5)113214232520
 Alexandra Rickham and
Niki Birrell (GBR)
21(4)21342352722
4  John McRoberts and
Stacie Louttit (CAN)
4334(12)
OCS
433644634
5  Marco Gualandris and
Marta Zanetti (ITA)
56
DPI
666(9)65515546
6  Hagar Zehavi and
Shimon Ben Yakov (ISR)
6775(12)
OCS
658467464
7  Kok Liang Desiree Lim and
Wei Qiang Jovin Tan (SIN)
868(10)5776897868
8  Carolina López Rodríguez and
Fernando Alvarez (ESP)
7(10)987887778473
9  Al Mustakim Matrin and
Nurul Amilin Balawi (MAS)
108(11)945991187868
10 Jan Freda Apel and
Tim Dempsey (NZL)
99578(11)10109108877
11 Bruno Landgraf das Neves and
Elaine Pedroso da Cunha (BRA)
11111011(12)
OCS
101111101110896

Open Three-Person Keelboat - Sonar

Rank Nation (skipper first) Race Points
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Cancelled
Tot Net
 Mischa Rossen,
Marcel van de Veen and
Udo Hessels (NED)
(8)2211332152820
 Jens Kroker,
Robert Prem and
Siegmund Mainka (GER)
6168641(9)544940
 Aleksander Wang-Hansen,
Marie Solberg and
Per Eugen Kristiansen (NOR)
(10)4545181816137
4  Bruno Jourdren,
Eric Flageul and
Nicolas Vimont Vicary (FRA)
251(15)
DSQ
112107235742
5  John Robertson,
Hannah Stodel and
Stephen Thomas (GBR)
48454(13)10
DPI
7235845
6  Colin Harrison,
Jonathan Harris and
Stephen Churm (AUS)
13(15)
DSQ
28973696247
7  Brad Johnson,
Paul Callahan and
Thomas Brown (USA)
3683285103(13)3022
8  Argiris Notaroglou,
Thodoris Alexas and
Vasilis Christoforou (GRE)
(12)109636115987967
9  Arnon Efrati,
Benni Vexler and
Dror Cohen (ISR)
9(13)39131146778168
10 Bruce Millar,
Logan Campbell and
Scott Lutes (CAN)
591076778(12)118168
11 Anthony Hegarty,
Ian Costelloe and
John Twomey (IRL)
11771010102(13)10108976
12 Antonio Squizzato,
Massimo Dighe and
Paola Protopapa (ITA)
711(12)1112512121169886
13 Edmund Rath,
Kurt Badstöber and
Sven Reiger (AUT)
131211129(14)13111312119105
14 Katsuya Nishiyama,
Shin'ya Yamamoto (sailor) and
Tsuneo Aso (JPN)
(14)141313141214141414135121

References

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