Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Sailing at the Games of the XXII Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Tallinn Olympic Yachting Centre, Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR |
| Dates | First race: 21 July 1980 Last race: 29 July 1980 |
| Competitors | 156 (all male) from 23 nations |
| Boats | 83 |
Sailing has been included as an event at every Summer Olympics since 1896 except the 1904 Summer Olympics. At the 1980 Summer Olympics sailing events were organised into six classes. In each class seven races in a particular sailing discipline were contested between the 19th and the 29th July 1980. The Olympic city in 1980 was Moscow, but all sailing events took place in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Pirita, in Tallinn in present-day Estonia. At the time Tallinn was part of the Soviet Union. Events at this olympiad used triangular-type Olympic courses.[1]
Venue
| The Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita (pictured in 2005) | |
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 Pirita Olympic Yachting Center | |
| General information | |
| Town or city | Tallinn |
| Country |  Estonia |
| Coordinates | 59°28′13″N 24°49′6″E |
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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. Since Moscow was not a suitable place the Olympic Yachting Centre in Pirita Tallinn was constructed for the 1980 Olympic Sailing event.
Competition
Overview
| Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 23 | 6 | 83 | 156 | 0 |
Continents
- Europe
- Africa
- Americas
Countries
Blue: Water
Gray: Never participated in OG
Dark Gray: Participated in earlier OG
Green: Country participated for the first time
Dark Blue: Country participated also on previous games
Red: Country boycotted the sailing event of the OG
 Austria (AUT) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Brazil (BRA) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Bulgaria (BUL) |
 Cuba (CUB) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Cyprus (CYP) |  Denmark (DEN) |
 Spain (ESP) |  Finland (FIN) |  East Germany (GDR) |
 Greece (GRE) |  Guatemala (GUA) |  Hungary (HUN) |
| Ireland (IRL) | Italy (ITA) | Netherlands (NED) |
 Poland (POL) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Romania (ROM) | Switzerland (SUI) |
 Sweden (SWE) |  Czechoslovakia (TCH) |  Soviet Union (URS) |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Yugoslavia (YUG) |  Zimbabwe (ZIM) | |
1980 Olympic boycott
The boycott affected the medalists in most sailing events with a number of European and World champions not participating. In the Soiling, the Canadian World champion team of Glen Dexter, Andreas Josenhans and [Sandy McMillan] was absent. Some British athletes participated in the Games under a neutral flag, but the sailing federation chose to join the boycott.[2] In several classes an alternative sailing event was organized by the boycotting nations, with the Flying Dutchman class having been held Luxembourg.[3]
Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
 1980: Finn | Finland (FIN) Esko Rechardt | Austria (AUT) Wolfgang Mayrhofer | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Soviet Union (URS)Andrei Balashov |
 1980: 470 | Brazil (BRA) Marcos Soares Eduardo Penido | East Germany (GDR) Jörn Borowski Egbert Swensson | Finland (FIN) Jouko Lindgrén Georg Tallberg |
 1980: Flying Dutchman | Spain (ESP) Alejandro Abascal Miguel Noguer | Ireland (IRL) David Wilkins James Wilkinson | Hungary (HUN) Szabolcs Detre Zsolt Detre |
 1980: Tornado | Brazil (BRA) Lars Sigurd Bjorkström Alexandre Welter | Denmark (DEN) Peter Due Per Kjergard | Sweden (SWE) Göran Marström Jörgen Ragnarsson |
 1980: Star | Soviet Union (URS) Valentin Mankin Aleksandr Muzychenko | Austria (AUT) Hubert Raudaschl Karl Ferstl | Italy (ITA) Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni |
 1980: Soling | Denmark (DEN) Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hansen | Soviet Union (URS) Boris Budnikov Alexandr Budnikov Nikolay Poliakov | Greece (GRE) Anastasios Bountouris Anastasios Gavrilis Aristidis Rapanakis |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Ireland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (12 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Remarks
Sailors
During the sailing regattas at the 1980 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
- Soviet Union (URS), Valentin Mankin, multi-medalist in the Star
- Romania (ROM), Mihai Butucaru, later committee member of Eurosaf[4]
References
- "Sailing at the 1980 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 June 2020.
- "Sailing 1980 Olympic Team". 5 December 2011. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- Smothers, Ronald (19 July 1996). "OLYMPICS; Boycott". The New York Times.
- Eurosaf
Sources
- I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume I: Organization (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume II: Facilities (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- I. T. Novikov, ed. (1981). Games of the XXII Olympiad,Volume III: Results (PDF). Moscow: OCOG-80. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Sailing". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
- Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
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