Sailing
The United States entered crews in all three of the sailing events, held in the Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Maureen McKinnon-Tucker and Nick Scandone clinched a gold medal in the SKUD-18 class with two races left in the series. First-time Paralympian John Ruf won a bronze medal in a competitive 2.4 mR final race, where the top seven players of the fleet started within single-digit points of each other.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Total points | Net points Total-(#) |
Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| John Ruf | 2.4 mR – 1 person keelboat | 2 | 6 | 1 | (9) | 1 | 7 | (10) | 3 | 4 | 4 | CAN | 47 | 28 | |
| Maureen McKinnon-Tucker Nick Scandone |
SKUD18 – 2 person keelboat | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | (3) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | (12) DNS |
CAN | 26 | 11 | |
| Tim Angle Rick Doerr Bill Donohue |
Sonar – 3 person keelboat | 1 | 9 | 10 | 6 | (11) | 10 | 2 | 3 | 4 | (15) RAF |
2 | 73 | 47 | 8 |
- Key
- (#) = Worst two results discarded
- CAN = Race cancelled
- DNS = Did not start
- RAF = Retired after finishing
Read more about this topic: United States At The 2008 Summer Paralympics
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