Great Britain at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Sailing

Sailing

Great Britain entered crews in all 11 sailing events at the Games. The team finished top of the sailing medal table, with six medals won, thus exceeding the target of four set by UK Sport. Ben Ainslie won a gold medal for the third successive Games to become the most decorated British Olympic sailor of all time.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Nick Dempsey RS:X 11 9 3 2 1 7 17 5 3 5 14 60 4
Paul Goodison Laser 15 2 15 1 9 7 1 4 6 CAN 18 63 01 !
Jonathan Glanfield
Nick Rogers		 470 19 5 1 4 9 6 20 30
 2 3 6 75 02 !
Iain Percy
Andrew Simpson		 Star 7 13 3 5 8 2 1 1 2 6 14 49 01 !
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Bryony Shaw RS:X 4 3 11 6 28
 6 5 3 1 2 4 45 03 !
Penny Clark Laser Radial 2 22 1 22 3 17 18 23 13 CAN 14 112 10
Christina Bassadone
Saskia Clark		 470 20
 8 3 4 15 13 8 3 15 5 8 82 6
Sarah Ayton
Sarah Webb
Pippa Wilson		 Yngling 2 3 4 7 4 2 2 5 CAN CAN 2 24 01 !
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Ben Ainslie Finn 10 1 4 1 1 10 2 2 CAN CAN 2 23 01 !
Stevie Morrison
Ben Rhodes		 49er 4 3 5 14 14 15 20
 3 2 8 11 15 CAN CAN CAN 6 100 9
Will Howden
Leigh McMillan		 Tornado 6 8 13 8 14 7 7 2 3 12 2 68 6

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