Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Star

Star at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Star
Venue	Savannah
Dates	July 22 to August 2
Competitors	50 from 25 nations
Teams	25
Medalists
Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira   Brazil   Hans Wallen Bobby Lohse   Sweden   Colin Beashel David Giles   Australia

Sailing at the  1996 Summer Olympics
Mistral		Men		Women
Europe				Women
Laser			Open
Finn		Men
470		Men		Women
Tornado			Open
Star			Open
Soling			Open

The Star Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from July 22 to August 2, 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Ten were sailed. Each team had two discards.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Total Points [1]	Total -1 [2]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Torben Grael  (BRA)	Marcelo Ferreira	1	1.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	41.0	25.0
	Hans Wallén  (SWE)	Bobby Lohse	4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	45.0	29.0
	Colin Beashel  (AUS)	David Giles	11	11.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	PMS	26.0	69.0	32.0
4	Anastasios Bountouris  (GRE)	Dimitrios Boukis	6	6.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	16	16.0	4	4.0	11	11.0	75.0	45.0
5	Rod Davis  (NZL)	Don Cowie	2	2.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	9	9.0	4	4.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	74.0	46.0
6	Enrico Chieffi  (ITA)	Roberto Sinibaldi	15	15.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	PMS	26.0	93.0	52.0
7	José Doreste  (ESP)	Javier Hermida	5	5.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	11	11.0	PMS	26.0	1	1.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	98.0	57.0
8	Mark Reynolds  (USA)	Hal Haenel	3	3.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	101.0	58.0
9	Michael Hestbæk  (DEN)	Martin Hejlsberg	7	7.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	10	10.0	6	6.0	10	10.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	89.0	64.0
10	Frank Butzmann  (GER)	Kai Falkenthal	8	8.0	13	13.0	4	4.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	15	15.0	98.0	66.0
11	Glyn Charles  (GBR)	George Skuodas	14	14.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	4	4.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	101.0	68.0
12	Mark Mansfield  (IRL)	David Burrows	22	22.0	PMS	26.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	16	16.0	13	13.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	123.0	75.0
13	Peter Bromby  (BER)	Lee White	9	9.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	11	11.0	19	19.0	14	14.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	120.0	81.0
14	Ross MacDonald  (CAN)	Eric Jespersen	DSQ	26.0	PMS	26.0	3	3.0	18	18.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	5	5.0	23	23.0	7	7.0	134.0	82.0
15	Hubert Raudaschl  (AUT)	Andreas Hanakamp	12	12.0	12	12.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	13	13.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	20	20.0	13	13.0	8	8.0	128.0	89.0
16	Guram Biganishvili  (GEO)	Vladimer Gruzdev	13	13.0	10	10.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	21	21.0	9	9.0	5	5.0	18	18.0	159.0	112.0
17	Viktor Solovyov  (RUS)	Anatoliy Mikhaylin	10	10.0	16	16.0	21	21.0	DNF	26.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	7	7.0	21	21.0	168.0	121.0
18	Csaba Haranghy  (HUN)	Andras Komm	21	21.0	18	18.0	20	20.0	16	16.0	20	20.0	17	17.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	16	16.0	169.0	128.0
19	Mark Holowesko  (BAH)	Myles Pritchard	20	20.0	11	11.0	15	15.0	20	20.0	21	21.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	12	12.0	172.0	128.0
20	Richard Gronblom  (FIN)	Ville Kurki	16	16.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	DNF	26.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	174.0	129.0
21	Diogo Cayolla  (POR)	Raul Costa	19	19.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	18	18.0	21	21.0	14	14.0	170.0	129.0
22	Guillermo Calegari  (ARG)	Mauro Maiola	17	17.0	17	17.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	19	19.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	191.0	146.0
23	Sergey Khoretskiy  (BLR)	Vladimir Zuyev	18	18.0	21	21.0	19	19.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	206.0	162.0
24	Robert Lowrance  (ASA)	Fua Logo Tavui	23	23.0	23	23.0	DNF	26.0	24	24.0	25	25.0	25	25.0	23	23.0	12	12.0	25	25.0	22	22.0	228.0	177.0
25	Donald Mclean  (CAY)	Carson Ebanks	24	24.0	22	22.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	PMS	26.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	237.0	187.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Star course area's

Black: Marinas Blue: Alpha course Green: Bravo course Yellow: Charly course Red: Delta course  Olympic course WX. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)  Olympic course WD. S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
22-JUL-1996	I						Charly
23-JUL-1996	II	29		10	0.6	WX	Charly
23-JUL-1996	III	29		13	0.8	WX	Charly
24-JUL-1996	IV	28		11	0.7	WX	Delta
25-JUL-1996	V	29		13	0.7	WX	Delta
26-JUL-1996	VI	27		7	0.5	WD	Charly
26-JUL-1996	VII	27		10	0.5	WX	Charly
27-JUL-1996	VIII	28		5	0.6	WX	Charly
28-JUL-1996	IX	29		6	0.7	WD	Charly
29-JUL-1996	X	28		11	0.6	WX	Charly

Notes

1. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
2. Total after applying discard.

References

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