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 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 60 | 4 | |
| Paul Goodison | Laser | 2 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | CAN | 18 | 63 | 01 ! | |
| Jonathan Glanfield Nick Rogers |
470 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 20 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 75 | 02 ! | |
| Iain Percy Andrew Simpson |
Star | 7 | 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 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 45 | 03 ! | |
| Penny Clark | Laser Radial | 2 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 13 | CAN | 14 | 112 | 10 | |
| Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark |
470 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 8 | 82 | 6 | |
| Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson |
Yngling | 2 | 3 | 4 | 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 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 2 | CAN | CAN | 2 | 23 | 01 ! | ||||||
| Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes |
49er | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 15 | CAN | CAN | CAN | 6 | 100 | 9 | |
| Will Howden Leigh McMillan |
Tornado | 6 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | 68 | 6 | ||||||
Read more about this topic: Great Britain At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word sailing:
“The Colonel went out sailing,
He spoke with Turk and Jew
With Christian and with Infidel
For all tongues he knew.
“O what’s a wifeless man?” said he
And he came sailing home.”
—William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)
“Theologians should not be ashamed to admit that they cannot enter a contest with such antagonists [the sceptics], and that they do not want to expose the Gospel truths to such an attack. The ship of Jesus Christ is not made for sailing on this stormy sea, but for taking shelter from this tempest in the haven of faith.”
—Pierre Bayle (1647–1706)
“There’s precious little to say between day and dark,
Perhaps a few words on the implacable will
Of time sailing like a magic barque
Or something as fine for the amenities....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)