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Sailing/Yachting is an
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. The sailing conditions off the coast of Los Angeles are very suitable for Olympic sailing.
A total of four race areas were created in the Pacific off the coast of Long Beach.
For the media a number of 40 boats was reserved. All boats were fully booked.
Olympic sport
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starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad
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(1896 Olympics
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in Athens
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, Greece). With the exception of 1904
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and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics
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, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1984 consisted of a total of seven sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 31 July 1984 to 8 August 1984 of the coast of Long Beach
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, Los Angeles County, California
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at the Pacific Ocean. Los Angeles hosted the Olympic sailing competitions for the second time, having previously done so during the 1932 Summer Olympics
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. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses.
Venue
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. The sailing conditions off the coast of Los Angeles are very suitable for Olympic sailing.
A total of four race areas were created in the Pacific off the coast of Long Beach.
For the media a number of 40 boats was reserved. All boats were fully booked.
Competition
Overview
Continents
* Africa * Asia * Oceania * Europe * AmericasCountries
1984 Olympic Boycott
The Los Angeles boycott by the Soviet Union and its satellites influenced some sailing events. In the Soling the silver and bronze medalists of the 1984 worlds were missing (SR33, Boris Budnikov, Gennadi Strakh and Oleg Miron and DDR4, Helmar Nauck, Norbert Helriegel and Sven Diedering). In the Flying Dutchman the Soviet team of Sergey Borodinov andVladyslav Akimenko
Vladyslav Ivanovich Akymenko (russian: Владислав Іванович Акименко; born 5 March 1953) was a Soviet sailor. He won a Silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) ...
were absent.
Classes (equipment)
Medal summary
Medal table
Remarks
Sailing
* TheWindglider
For the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics,http://www.sailing.org/olympics/history-part-4.php Olympic sailing report ISAF the Olympic board choice was between the original Windsurfer One Design manufactured by Hoyle Schweitzer and the Windglider designed ...
event was also held for women. Karen Morch of Canada won the competition.
Sailors
During the sailing regattas at the 1984 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes: * , Tony Philp The youngest competitor:(15 years, 48 days) * ,Paul Elvstrøm
Paul Bert Elvstrøm (25 February 1928 – 7 December 2016) was a Danish yachtsman. He won four Olympic gold medals and twenty world titles in a range of classes including Snipe, Soling, Star, Flying Dutchman, Finn, 505, and 5.5 Metre. ...
The oldest participant: (56 years, 158 days)
* , Russell Coutts
Sir Russell Coutts (born 1 March 1962) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman.
Early and personal life
Coutts was educated at Otago Boys' High School (1975–1979) and is a Life Member of Paremata Boating Club, where he learnt to sail in ...
See also
* Sailing at the Friendship GamesNotes
References
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1984 in sailing