Netherlands at The 2008 Summer Olympics - Sailing

Sailing

To qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics Dutch sailors met both the international (set by the IOC and ISAF) and the Dutch criteria (set by the NOC*NSF).

The first two boats to qualify for the Olympics were the women's 470 of Lobke Berkhout and Marcelien de Koning and the finn of Pieter-Jan Postma. Berkhout and De Koning were 2007 World champions in their class, and secured their spot by finishing sixth in the pre-Olympic tournament in Qingdao on 22 August 2007. Postma, who won silver at the 2007 World Championships in the finn class, also qualified during the pre-Olympic tournament by finishing in second place. Brothers Sven and Kalle Coster qualified in the 470 class after finishing 12th in the 2008 World Championships.

Men
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Casper Bouman RS:X 20 27 21 22 4 1 1 2 20 21 EL 112 15
Rutger van Schaardenburg Laser 32 29 34 32 25 18 30 26 20 CAN EL 216 37
Kalle Coster
Sven Coster		 470 11 15 12 2 8 15 2 8 4 2 14 78 4
Women
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Lobke Berkhout
Marcelien de Koning		 470 3 1 9 5 2 2 10 7 4 16 10 53 02 !
Annemieke Bes
Mandy Mulder
Merel Witteveen		 Yngling 9 1 2 13 1 5 4 1 CAN CAN 8 31 02 !
Open
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 M*
Pieter-Jan Postma Finn 19 15 16 22 15 2 10 16 CAN CAN EL 93 14
Mitch Booth
Pim Nieuwenhuis		 Tornado 3 13 8 3 10 2 8 2 11 10 6 64 5

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