Portugal at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Sailing

Sailing

A sport with tradition and success in the nation's Olympic history (four medals), the sailing events will feature nine Portuguese sailormen distributed among five classes. Notable sailors include former sailboard world and three-time European champion (Mistral and Neil Pryde RS:X), João Rodrigues; 2003 ISAF Laser world champion, Gustavo Lima; and 2008 470 world championship runner-up and European champion crew, Álvaro Marinho and Miguel Nunes.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
João Rodrigues RS:X 18 10 10 8 14 16 9 3 13 19 EL 101 11
Gustavo Lima Laser 5 8 3 27 17 6 16 8 3 CAN 10 76 4
Álvaro Marinho
Miguel Nunes		 470 2 8 15 6 11 7 9 OCS 10 14 20 102 8
Afonso Domingos
Bernardo Santos		 Star 3 3 10 OCS 13 3 5 7 7 9 12 72 8
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Francisco Andrade
Jorge Lima		 49er 12 7 9 11 4 DNS 10 6 5 11 13 12 CAN CAN CAN EL 100 11

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