Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1980 consisted of a total of six sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 19 to 29 July 1980 of the coast of Tallinn (district of Pirita, in present-day Estonia), in that time an annexed part of the USSR at the Baltic Sea. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.[1]

Sailing
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
VenuesTallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Tallinn, Estonian SSR
DatesFirst race: 21 July 1980 (1980-07-21)
Last race: 29 July 1980 (1980-07-29)
Competitors156 (all male) from 23 nations
Boats83

Venue
The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita
Pirita Olympic Yachting Center
General information
Town or cityTallinn
Country Estonia
Coordinates59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E
Olympic Yachting Centre 1980.

According to the IOC statutes the contests in all sport disciplines must be held either in, or as close as possible to the city which the IOC has chosen. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.

Competition

Overview
Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
3236831560

Continents
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Americas

Countries
Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1980 Olympic Games.
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
 Austria (AUT) Brazil (BRA) Bulgaria (BUL)
 Cuba (CUB) Cyprus (CYP) Denmark (DEN)
 Spain (ESP) Finland (FIN) East Germany (GDR)
 Greece (GRE) Guatemala (GUA) Hungary (HUN)
 Ireland (IRL) Italy (ITA) Netherlands (NED)
 Poland (POL) Romania (ROM) Switzerland (SUI)
 Sweden (SWE) Czechoslovakia (TCH) Soviet Union (URS)
 Yugoslavia (YUG) Zimbabwe (ZIM)

1980 Olympic boycott

[2] The boycott influenced most sailing events. For example, in the Soling, the Canadian world champion team of Bill Abbott, Jr., Bill Abbott, Sr. and Larry Abbott were absent. In several countries alternative sailing events, like a Flying Dutchman event in Luxembourg, were organized.

Canadian Olympic Boycott Party

Classes (equipment)
ClassTypeEventSailorsTrapezeMainsailJib/GenoaSpinnakerFirst OGOlympics so far
FinnDinghy10+––19528
470Dinghy21+++19762
Flying DutchmanDinghy21+++19606
TornadoCatamaran21++–19762
StarKeelboat20++–193210
SolingKeelboat30+++19723
1980 Olympic Classes designs

Medal summary
Winners of the XXII Olympic Games in Moscow. Sailing.
Event Gold Silver Bronze

1980: Finn

 Finland (FIN)
Esko Rechardt		  Austria (AUT)
Wolfgang Mayrhofer		  Soviet Union (URS)
Andrei Balashov

1980: 470

 Brazil (BRA)
Marcos Soares
Eduardo Penido		  East Germany (GDR)
Jörn Borowski
Egbert Swensson		  Finland (FIN)
Jouko Lindgrén
Georg Tallberg

1980: Flying Dutchman

 Spain (ESP)
Alejandro Abascal
Miguel Noguer		  Ireland (IRL)
David Wilkins
James Wilkinson		  Hungary (HUN)
Szabolcs Detre
Zsolt Detre

1980: Tornado

 Brazil (BRA)
Lars Sigurd Bjorkström
Alexandre Welter		  Denmark (DEN)
Peter Due
Per Kjergard		  Sweden (SWE)
Göran Marström
Jörgen Ragnarsson

1980: Star

 Soviet Union (URS)
Valentin Mankin
Aleksandr Muzychenko		  Austria (AUT)
Hubert Raudaschl
Karl Ferstl		  Italy (ITA)
Giorgio Gorla
Alfio Peraboni

1980: Soling

 Denmark (DEN)
Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Valdemar Bandolowski
Erik Hansen		  Soviet Union (URS)
Boris Budnikov
Alexandr Budnikov
Nikolay Poliakov		  Greece (GRE)
Anastasios Bountouris
Anastasios Gavrilis
Aristidis Rapanakis

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Brazil2002
2 Soviet Union1113
3 Denmark1102
4 Finland1012
5 Spain1001
6 Austria0202
7 East Germany0101
 Ireland0101
9 Greece0011
 Hungary0011
 Italy0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (12 nations)66618

Remarks

Sailors
In Finn (left): Mihai Butucaru

During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

gollark: I remember discussing them during the early days of heavserver too.
gollark: i don't see why it wouldn't.
gollark: Of esolangs.
gollark: Well, it's half the size in non-bots I think?
gollark: Heavserver is *3* times the size, but the majority is bots and the majority of the users are also inactive.

References
  1. "Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
  2. Smothers, Ronald (19 July 1996). "OLYMPICS; Boycott". The New York Times.
  3. Eurosaf

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