Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
1992, 50 pesetas coin
Venues	Barcelona
Dates	First race: 27 July 1992 (1992-07-27) Last race: 4 August 1992 (1992-08-04)
Sailors	405 (322 male, 83 female) from 60 countries
Boats and Boards	256
Top ranked countries
Spain: 4   1   0     France: 2   1   0     United States: 1   6   2

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 possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program. The Sailing program of 1992 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class races were scheduled from July 27, 1992 to August 4, 1992 of the coast of Barcelona, Spain on the Mediterranean Sea

Venue

Port Olympic, Barcelona
Scale model of the Port Olympic
Coordinates:

Barcelona Olympic Course Area's 1992.

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 weather conditions in Barcelona were found suitable for sailing. The waterfront of Barcelona was completely restructured for the Olympics. The Olympic port became one of the key Olympic areas of Barcelona.

The Olympic sailing competition was held in the Mediterranean waters outside the Olympic Harbor. The new harbor was designed to be the base for the Olympic sailors and a key factor in the opening up of the city to the sea. This was achieved by a Special Town Plan for the “Parc de Mar” Area including a harbor which satisfy the requirements of sailors and organizers. The new harbor serves after the Games as a marina.

A total of five race areas were created on the Mediterranean Sea.

Competition

Overview

Continents	Countries	Classes	Boats	Male	Female
6	60	10	256	322	83

Continents

• Africa
• Asia
• Australian continent
• Europe
• North America
• South America

Countries

Countries that participated in the Sailing event of the 1992 Olympic Games.
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

Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles (AHO)  Angola (ANG)  Antigua and Barbuda (ANT)  Argentina (ARG)  Aruba (ARU)  Australia (AUS)  Austria (AUT)  Bahamas (BAH)  Barbados (BAR)  Belgium (BEL) Bermuda Bermuda (BER)  Brazil (BRA)  Canada (CAN)  Cayman Islands (CAY)  Chile (CHI)  China (CHN)  Croatia (CRO)  Denmark (DEN)  Djibouti (DJI)  Spain (ESP)  Estonia (EST)  Unified Team (EUN)  Fiji (FIJ)  Finland (FIN)  France (FRA)  Great Britain (GBR)  Germany (GER)  Guam (GUM) Hong Kong Hong Kong (HKG)  Hungary (HUN)  Ireland (IRL)  Israel (ISR)  Virgin Islands (ISV)  Italy (ITA)  British Virgin Islands (IVB)  Japan (JPN)  South Korea (KOR)  Latvia (LAT)  Mexico (MEX)  Malta (MLT)  Mauritius (MRI)  Netherlands (NED)  Norway (NOR)  New Zealand (NZL) Philippines Philippines (PHI)  Papua New Guinea (PNG)  Poland (POL)  Portugal (POR)  Puerto Rico (PUR)  South Africa (RSA) Seychelles Seychelles (SEY)  Slovenia (SLO)  Switzerland (SUI)  Sweden (SWE)  Czechoslovakia (TCH)  Thailand (THA) Tunisia Tunisia (TUN)  Turkey (TUR)  Uruguay (URU)  United States (USA)  Lithuania (LTU)

Classes (equipment)

Class	Type	Event	Sailors	Trapeze	Mainsail	Jibb/Genoa	Spinnaker	First OG	Olympics so far
Lechner A390	Surfboard		1	0	+	-	-	1992	1
Lechner A390	Surfboard		1	0	+	-	-	1992	1
Europe	Dinghy		1	0	+	-	-	1992	1
Finn	Dinghy		1	0	+	-	-	1952	11
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1988	2
470	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1976	5
Flying Dutchman	Dinghy		2	1	+	+	+	1960	9
Tornado	Catamaran		2	1	+	+	-	1976	5
Star	Keelboat		2	1	+	+	+	1932	14
Soling	Keelboat		3	0	+	+	+	1972	6

1992 Olympic Classes designs

Medal summary

Women's Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992: Women's Lechner A-390	New Zealand (NZL) Barbara Kendall	China (CHN) Zhang Xiaodong	Netherlands (NED) Dorien de Vries
x20px 1992: Europe	Norway (NOR) Linda Cerup-Simonsen	Spain (ESP) Natalia Vía Dufresne	United States (USA) Julia Trotman
1992: Women's 470	Spain (ESP) Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra	New Zealand (NZL) Leslie Egnot Jan Shearer	United States (USA) Jennifer Isler Pamela Healy

Men's Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992: Men's Lechner A-390	France (FRA) Franck David	United States (USA) Mike Gebhardt	Australia (AUS) Lars Kleppich
1992: Finn	Spain (ESP) José van der Ploeg	United States (USA) Brian Ledbetter	New Zealand (NZL) Craig Monk
1992: Men's 470	Spain (ESP) Jordi Calafat Francisco Sanchez	United States (USA) Morgan Reeser Kevin Burnham	Estonia (EST) Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste

Mixed Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1992: Flying Dutchman	Spain (ESP) Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique	United States (USA) Paul Foerster Stephen Bourdow	Denmark (DEN) Jørgen Bojsen-Møller Jens Bojsen-Møller
1992: Tornado	France (FRA) Yves Loday Nicolas Hénard	United States (USA) Randy Smyth Keith Notary	Australia (AUS) Mitch Booth John Forbes
1992: Star	United States (USA) Mark Reynolds Harold Haenel	New Zealand (NZL) Rod Davis Don Cowie	Canada (CAN) Ross MacDonald Eric Jespersen
1992: Soling	Denmark (DEN) Jesper Bank Steen Secher Jesper Seier	United States (USA) Kevin Mahaney Jim Brady Doug Kern	Great Britain (GBR) Lawrie Smith Robert Cruikshank Ossie Stewart

Medal table

Sailing 1992

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain (ESP)	4	1	0	5
2	France (FRA)	2	0	0	2
3	United States (USA)	1	6	2	9
4	New Zealand (NZL)	1	2	1	4
5	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
6	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
7	China (CHN)	0	1	0	1
8	Australia (AUS)	0	0	2	2
9	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Estonia (EST)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Total		10	10	10	30

Sailing 1896–1992

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	16	19	14	49
2	Norway	16	11	1	28
3	Great Britain	15	8	8	31
4	France	10	8	8	26
5	Sweden	9	11	9	29
6	Denmark	9	8	4	21
7	Spain	7	2	1	13
8	New Zealand	6	3	1	12
9	Soviet Union	4	4	2	10
10	Netherlands	4	3	5	12
11	Australia	3	1	6	10
12	Belgium	2	3	2	7
13	West Germany	2	2	3	7
14	East Germany	2	2	2	6
15	Italy	2	1	5	8
16	Brazil	2	1	4	7
17	Germany	1	2	2	5
18	Finland	1	1	6	8
19	Germany(EUA)	1	1	1	3
	Switzerland	1	1	1	3
	Greece	1	1	1	3
22	Bahamas	1	0	1	2
23	Mixed team (ZZX)	1	0	0	1
24	Austria	0	3	0	3
25	Canada	0	2	6	8
26	Portugal	0	2	1	3
27	Argentina	0	2	0	2
28	Netherlands Antilles	0	1	0	1
	China	0	1	0	1
	Cuba	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	United States Virgin Islands	0	1	0	1
33	Estonia	0	0	2	2
34	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Total	35	116	108	101	309

Remarks

Sailing

• It was the first Olympic sailing contest were besides fleet racing also a combination format of fleetracing and match racing was used. The Soling was utilized for this format.

Sailors

During the Sailing regatta's at the 1992 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

• Royalties
  •  Spain (ESP), Prince Felipe of Spain (the King nowadays), as midperson in the Soling

Sailors at the 1992 Olympic Games
In Soling: Felipe VI King of Spain