The Men's
Finn was a sailing event on the
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held 29 July – 11 August 2012 at Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy in Weymouth. The 2012 sailing program consisted of a total of ten events (eight classes). Eleven fleet races we ...
program in
Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
The Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy is a centre for the sport of sailing on the Isle of Portland, Dorset, on the south coast of England. The academy building is located in Osprey Quay on the northern tip of the island, and the wat ...
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Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 24 sailors, on 24 boats, from 24 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.
Summary
Ben Ainslie
Sir Charles Benedict Ainslie (born 5 February 1977) is a British competitive sailor. Ainslie is the most successful sailor in Olympic history. He won medals at five consecutive Olympics from 1996 onwards, including gold at the four consecutiv ...
took his fifth consecutive sailing medal, and his fourth consecutive gold. However, there was a heavy battle with
Jonas Høgh Christensen of Denmark that was only decided at the last mark of the medal race. Ainslie and Høgh Christensen finally had an equal number of points but Ainslie had a higher score in one of the races.
Dutchman
Pieter-Jan Postma
Pieter-Jan Postma (born the 10th of January 1982 in Heerenveen) is a sailor from the Netherlands and Olympic coach. He represented the Netherlands three times at the Olympic Games and is a multiple National, European and World Champion.
Postma s ...
almost took the gold while Ainslie and Høgh Christensen were battling it out, but at the last buoy Postma hit the camera on the New Zealand boat and took a penalty lap, dropping him to 4th place.
Ainslie took over the position of
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. ...
as most successful Olympic sailor with one silver medal in
1996 (Laser) and fourth consecutive gold
2000 (Laser),
2004 (Finn),
2008 (Finn) and 2012 (Finn). Elvstrøm won the
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in 1948 and the Finn in
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
,
1956
Events
January
* January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan.
* January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...
and
1960
It is also known as the "Year of Africa" because of major events—particularly the independence of seventeen African nations—that focused global attention on the continent and intensified feelings of Pan-Africanism.
Events
January
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Schedule
Course areas and course configurations
For the Finn course areas Nothe, West, and South. The location ''(50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W)'' points to the center of the Nothe course area, the location ''(50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W)'' points to the center of the West course area and the location ''(50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W)'' points to the center of the South course area. The target time for the course was 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.
Results
Daily standings
Further reading
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References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics - Men's Finn
Men's Finn
Finn class sailing competitions