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 | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||
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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:
“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 (18551919)
“I saw three ships come sailing by,
Come sailing by, come sailing by,
I saw three ships come sailing by,
On Christmas Day in the morning.”
—Unknown. As I Sat on a Sunny Bank. . .
Oxford Book of Light Verse, The. W. H. Auden, ed. (1938)
“O western orb sailing the heaven,
Now I know what you must have meant as a month since I walked,
As I walked in silence the transparent shadowy night,”
—Walt Whitman (18191892)