Sailing
The United States qualified in all 11 Olympic sailing classes and sent 18 athletes to the races in Qingdao, China. Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe and Finn sailor Zach Railey became the first American sailors to win Olympic medals in their respective classes since 1992.
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Ben Barger | RS:X | 21 | 22 | 24 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 18 | 25 | 31 | EL | 218 | 26 | |
| Andrew Campbell | Laser | 14 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 32 | 8 | DSQ | 31 | CAN | EL | 174 | 26 | |
| Graham Biehl Stu McNay |
470 | 26 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 23 | EL | 105 | 13 | |
| John Dane III Austin Sperry |
Star | 8 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 4 | EL | 86 | 11 | |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net points | Final rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | M* | ||||
| Nancy Rios | RS:X | 25 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 24 | 27 | DNF | 26 | 22 | EL | 224 | 26 | |
| Anna Tunnicliffe | Laser Radial | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | CAN | 4 | 37 | 01 ! | |
| Amanda Clark Sara Mergenthaler |
470 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 7 | EL | 89 | 12 | |
| Sally Barkow Debbie Capozzi Carrie Howe |
Yngling | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 10 | CAN | CAN | 10 | 63 | 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* | ||||
| Zach Railey | Finn | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 7 | CAN | CAN | 6 | 45 | 02 ! | ||||||
| Chris Rast Tim Wadlow |
49er | 5 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | CAN | CAN | CAN | 22 | 89 | 6 | |
| John Lovell Charlie Ogletree |
Tornado | 14 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 15 | EL | 114 | 15 | ||||||
Read more about this topic: United States At The 2008 Summer Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word sailing:
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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)
“Come, cuddle your head on my shoulder, dear,
Your head like the golden-rod,
And we will go sailing away from here
To the beautiful land of Nod.”
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1855–1919)
“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)