Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics


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Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held from 17 to 30 September 2000 at the Olympic Sailing Shore Base in the Sydney Harbour.[1]

Sailing

at the Games of the XXVII Olympiad

Rushcutters Bay.

VenuesSydney
DatesFirst race: 17 September 2000
Last race: 30 September 2000
Competitors402 (307 men, 95 women)

← 1996

2004 →

The quota for sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics was 400, of which 124 positions were for men, 92 for women and 184 'open' to men or women. The Sailing Program of 2000 consisted of a total of eleven sailing classes (disciplines). For each class with the exception of the Soling and the 49er, eleven races were scheduled from 17 to 30 September 2000. For the Soling six fleet races were scheduled followed by a series of match races for the top twelve boats of the fleet race result. The 49er had sixteen scheduled fleet races. The sailing was done on six course areas and several types of course configurations.

The Sydney 2000 Games featured a name change for the sport, previously known as yachting.

Olympic Sailing Shore Base

 
Coordinates: 33°52′21″S 151°14′06″E / 33.87250°S 151.23500°E

The choice of Sydney Harbour as the sailing venue allowed a huge number of spectators access to the action. However, there was not a great level of interest for this and only 2000 tickets had been sold one month before the start of the event.

The Olympic Sailing Shore Base was located on parts of Rushcutters Bay Park, Yarranabbe Park, the Sir David Martin Reserve and the waters of Rushcutters Bay. The shore base was used for logistic support and competition management and included temporary structures for the sailing events such as a marina for 250 boats. A new permanent public jetty for water taxis was also constructed.

Variable weather patterns necessitated a flexible competition schedule. Four course areas inside Sydney Harbour were used in combination with two offshore course areas. The Soling match racing was staged in Farm Cove at the forecourt of the Sydney Opera House.

Continents Countries Classes Boats Male Female
5 78 10 312 307 95
Class Type Event Sailors Trapeze Mainsail Jibb/Genoa Spinnaker First OG Olympics so far
Mistral One Design Class Surfboard   1 0 + - - 1996 2
Mistral One Design Class Surfboard   1 0 + - - 1996 2
Europe Dinghy   1 0 + - - 1992 3
Laser Dinghy   1 0 + - - 1996 2
Finn Dinghy   1 0 + - - 1952 13
470 Dinghy   2 1 + + + 1988 4
470 Dinghy   2 1 + + + 1976 7
49er Skiff   2 2 + + + 2000 1
Tornado Multihull   2 2 + + + 1976 7
Star Keelboat   2 0 + + - 1932 15
Soling Keelboat   3 0 + + + 1972 8

2000 Olympic Classes designs

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.