Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London was held from 28 July to 11 August in Weymouth and Portland. Ten gold medals were awarded and 380 athletes were expected to take part. Two changes were made to the sailing classes from the Beijing 2008 events. The women's Match Race competition replaced the Yngling competition and the Tornado Class Catamaran competition was dropped.
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