The Women's

Yngling The Ynglings were a dynasty of kings, first in Sweden and later in Norway, primarily attested through the poem ''Ynglingatal''. The dynasty also appears as Scylfings (Old Norse ''Skilfingar'') in ''Beowulf''. When ''Beowulf'' and ''Ynglingatal'' ...

was a sailing event on the

Sailing at the 2008 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 possibly the cancelled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic sc ...

program in

Qingdao International Sailing Centre The Qingdao International Sailing Centre () is a sailing marina located on the former site of the Beihai Shipyard by Qingdao's Fushan Bay at Shandong Province in China. It was constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics. It hosted the Olympic and Para ...

. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only nine races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

Race schedule

Course areas and course configurations

For the Yngling course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location ''(36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E)'' points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location ''(36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E)'' points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations. File:Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Course area's.png, Course Areas File:60 degree Trapezoid Outer 2008 Sailing Olympics.png, 60° Trapezoid Outer Course (O) File:60 degree Trapezoid Inner 2008 Sailing Olympics.png, 60° Trapezoid Inner Course (I) File:Windward - Leeward 2008 Sailing Olympics.png, Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Outer courses

* O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish * O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish * O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish

Inner courses

* I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish * I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish * I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish

Windward-leeward courses

* W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish * W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish * W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish

Weather conditions

In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day was cancelled and the medal race was postponed to the next day.

Final results

Daily standings

References

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