Sailing at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

Sailing at the XIII Paralympic Games
Paralympic Sailing
Venue	Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates	8–13 September
Competitors	67 Male Sailors 13 Female Sailors 25 Nations 41 Boats

Eighty athletes representing 25 countries in three keelboat classes - the 2.4mR, the SKUD 18, and the Sonar, took part in sailing in the 2008 Summer Paralympics. Sailing was held in two designated areas on the Yellow Sea, Qingdao, Shandong province, from September 8 to September 13.

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 Qingdao International Sailing Centre, which also included the accessible Qingdao Paralympic Village, a 5-star hotel which previously housed the Olympic Sailing athletes.

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 2005 (FCS 2005). To take part in Paralympic sailing, an athlete must have a score of 7 or less. Functional Classification System full details: [1]

The 2-person keelboat (SKUD18) made its official début in the Paralympics. 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, 7 had female crew.

Results

Eighty athletes represented twenty-five countries in the three event classes. Qualification full details

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.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Canada (CAN)	1	0	1	2
	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
3	Germany (GER)	1	0	0	1
4	France (FRA)	0	2	0	2
5	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

Medallists

In the 2-person keelboat event, all three of the medal-winning teams were composed of one man and one woman. Those three women were the first women to win Paralympic medals in sailing. Sailing competition athletes and full results.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1-person keelboat 2.4mR	Paul Tingley  Canada	Damien Seguin  France	John Ruf  United States
2-person keelboat SKUD 18	United States (USA) Nick Scandone Maureen McKinnon-Tucker	Australia (AUS) Daniel Fitzgibbon Rachael Cox	Canada (CAN) John McRoberts Stacie Louttit
3-person keelboat Sonar	Germany (GER) Jens Kroker Robert Prem Siegmund Mainka	France (FRA) Bruno Jourdren Herve Larhant Nicolas Vimont-Vicary	Australia (AUS) Colin Harrison Russell Boaden Graeme Martin

One Person Keelboat - 2.4 Metre

Rank	Athlete	Race											Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10		Tot	Net
	Paul Tingley (CAN)	1	1	5	2	(9)	(9)	2	4	5	1		39	21
	Damien Seguin (FRA)	4	4	3	4	6	(17) OCS	(11)	1	1	2		39	21
	John Ruf (USA)	2	6	1	(9)	1	7	(10)	3	4	4		47	28
4	Heiko Kröger (GER)	3	2	(11)	6	4	3	1	(11)	2	7		50	28
5	Thierry Schmitter (NED)	5	3	2	(10)	7	1	5	(12)	6	3		54	32
6	Jens Als Andersen (DEN)	(9)	7	6	1	2	6	3	5	(9)	9		57	39
7	Helena Lucas (GBR)	(10)	5	7	7	3	4	(12)	2	8	5		63	41
8	Bjørnar Erikstad (NOR)	6	8	(16)	(13)	8	2	9	6	13	12		93	64
9	Julio Reguero (PUR)	7	(17) OCS	13	5	5	8	(15)	7	7	13		97	65
10	Fabrizio Olmi (ITA)	8	9	8	(16)	12	11	13	(16)	3	6		102	70
11	Qi Mingxue (CHN)	11	11	4	(15)	(15)	5	4	13	14	10		102	72
12	Aaron Hill (AUS)	(12)	10	10	8	10	(13)	6	8	10	11		98	73
13	George Delikouras (GRE)	(15)	13	9	3	13	(14)	7	14	12	8		106	79
14	Zoltán Pegan (HUN)	13	(15)	12	11	14	(15)	8	10	11	14		123	93
15	Emilio Fernandez (ESP)	14	12	15	12	11	10	(16)	9	(16)	5		130	98
16	Juhani Mattila (FIN)	(16)	14	14	14	(16)	12	14	15	15	16		146	114

Two Person Keelboat - SKUD 18

Rank	Nation (skipper first)	Race												Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11 Cancelled		Tot	Net
	Nick Scandone and Maureen McKinnon-Tucker (USA)	2	1	1	1	(3)	2	1	1	2	(12) DNS			26	11
	Dan Fitzgibbon and Rachel Cox (AUS)	(4)	2	2	2	2	4	(9)	3	1	2			31	18
	John McRoberts and Stacie Louttit (CAN)	3	3	3	3	1	3	2	(8)	(4)	3			33	21
4	Hailiang Jia and Xiujuan Yang (CHN)	1	4	7	7	5	6	(8)	4	(8)	1			51	35
5	Alexandra Rickham and Niki Birrell (GBR)	5	5	(8)	(8)	4	1	4	7	7	4			53	37
6	Al Mustakim Matrin and Nurul Amilin Balawi (MAS)	(10)	6	(12) DSQ	5	6	5	6	2	3	6			61	39
7	Carl-Gustad Fresk and Birgitta Jacobsson Nilen (SWE)	6	(9)	4	4	7	(12) RAF	3	5	9	7			66	45
8	Wei Qiang Jovin Tan and Kok Liang Desiree Lim (SIN)	7	7	5	6	(8)	7	7	(11)	5	5			68	49
9	Bento Amaral and Luisa Silvano (POR)	8	8	6	(9)	(9)	8	5	6	6	8			73	55
10	Amy Kelehan and John Twomey (IRL)	9	(10)	9	(10)	10	9	10	9	10	9			95	75
11	Pedro Sollique and Cherry Pinpin (PHI)	(11)	(11)	10	11	11	10	11	10	11	10			106	84

Open Three-Person Keelboat - Sonar

Rank	Nation (skipper first)	Race												Points
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11		Tot	Net
	Jens Kroker, Robert Prem and Siegmund Mainka (GER)	5	6	3	1	4	(11)	5	2	(9)	4	5		55	35
	Bruno Jourdren, Herve Larhant and Nicolas Vimont-Vicary (FRA)	4	1	1	2	7	1	(10)	5	8	7	(15) DNF		61	36
	Colin Harrison, Jonathan Harris and Graeme Martin (AUS)	8	4	2	3	3	3	1	(10)	(15) OCS	5	7		61	36
4	Aleksander Wang-Hansen, Marie Solberg and Per Eugen Kristiansen (NOR)	6	2	5	8	1	(15) OCS	(9)	1	5	3	6		61	37
5	Dor Cohen, Amon Efrati and Benny Vexler (ISR)	3	(15) DSQ	4	(15) DSQ	2	6	6	12	1	1	3		69	38
6	John Robertson, Hannah Stodel and Stephen Thomas (GBR)	(9)	3	6	(9)	5	7	8	6	3	2	1		59	41
7	Vasilis Christoforou, Thodoris Alexas and Nikolaos Paterakis (GRE)													58	41
8	Rick Doerr, Tim Angle and Bill Donohue (USA)													69	47
9	Paul Ryan and Martin Richard Whealey (IRL)													96	72
10	Li Ke, Tao Wang and Jungkun Xu (CHN)													101	75
11	Ken Kelly, Don Terlson and Marc Shaw (CAN)													114	86
12	Marco Collinetti, Massimo Veturini and Antonio Squizzato (ITA)													115	87
13	Edmund Rath, Sven Reiger and Helmut Seewald (AUT)													117	88
14	Luiz Cesar Faria, Rossano Leitao and Darke Mattos (BRA)													125	99

External links

• 2008 Paralympic Sailing Competition, Qingdao
• Official site of the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• IFDS/ International Association for Disabled Sailing
• ISAF/ International Sailing Federation