The Mistral
One Design Class (MOD) is a
windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...
class chosen by the
International Sailing Federation (ISAF) for use at the Olympic Regatta in
Atlanta 1996,
Sydney 2000
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
and
Athens 2004. Starting with the
2008 Summer Olympics it was replaced by the
RS:X class, which will be replaced by the
iQFoil
iQFoil is a windsurfing class selected by World Sailing to replace the RS:X for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The discipline has similarities to Formula Windsurfing, however a notable difference is that sailors only use one sail. The sail size is 9m ...
class for the
2024 Summer Olympics
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, nations = TBA
, athletes = 10,500 ''(quota limit)''
, events = 329 in 32 sports (48 disciplines)
, opening = 26 July 2024
, closing = 11 August 2024
, opened_by =
, stadium = Stade de France Jardins du Trocadéro and River Seine
, summe ...
.
Description
![Tony surf1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Tony_surf1.JPG)
The MOD was first produced in 1989. Worldwide, there are more than 30,000 build since. They are light and tough. In the right hands, they can be sailed in windspeeds of between depending on sea conditions.
The International Class Organization IMCO
[http://www.imco.org/ Mistral One Design Class Organization] have established over 50 National Class Organisations.
Events
Olympics
Men's World Championship
Women's World Championship
References
See also
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Windsurfing
Windsurfing is a wind propelled water sport that is a combination of sailing and surfing. It is also referred to as "sailboarding" and "boardsailing", and emerged in the late 1960s from the aerospace and surf culture of California. Windsurfing ga ...
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RS:X (sailboard)
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Formula Windsurfing
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Sailing at the Summer Olympics
Sailing (also known as yachting until 2000) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weathe ...
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Windsurfing World Championships The Windsurfing World Championships is an international sailing competition organized by World Sailing held since 1980, now annually. Men
Mistral Class
RS:X Class
Women
Mistral Class
RS:X Class
See also
*Sailing World Championships
The ...
Classes of World Sailing
Olympic sailing classes
Windsurfing boards
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