Sailing at the Summer Olympics
31 entries in the Sailing at the Summer Olympics compendium.
Sailing at the 1900 Summer OlympicsSailing debuted at the 1900 Olympics with eight classes and one female gold medalist.Sailing at the 1908 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympic sailing under the International Rule of 1907.Sailing at the 1912 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympic sailing under the International Rule.Sailing at the 1920 Summer OlympicsExperimental 1920 regatta with 16 classes, drifting marks, and a Dutch finale.Sailing at the 1924 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympic sailing with one boat per nation per class.Sailing at the 1928 Summer OlympicsFirst high-quality Olympic sailing regatta with three classes.Sailing at the 1932 Summer OlympicsFour classes raced off Los Angeles Harbor in 1932.Sailing at the 1936 Summer OlympicsSailing matured as an Olympic sport at Kiel in 1936.Sailing at the 1948 Summer OlympicsSailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics in Torquay, England.Sailing at the 1952 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing in Helsinki with five classes and a unique starting system.Sailing at the 1956 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing held at Port Phillip Bay with five classes.Sailing at the 1960 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing held in Naples with five classes and seven races each.Sailing at the 1964 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing held off Enoshima Island in Sagami Bay.Sailing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsFive classes raced off Acapulco in the 1968 Olympic regatta.Sailing at the 1976 Summer OlympicsSailing held in Kingston, Ontario, on Lake Ontario.Sailing at the 1980 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing held in Tallinn despite boycott and venue challenges.Sailing at the 1984 Summer OlympicsSailing at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics featured seven classes off Long Beach.Sailing at the 1988 Summer OlympicsFirst women-only sailing event; unexpectedly windy conditions off Busan.Sailing at the 1992 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing with the debut of match racing in the Soling class at Barcelona.Sailing at the 1996 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing held off Savannah due to open-sea requirement.Sailing at the 2000 Summer OlympicsSailing in Sydney Harbour with flexible scheduling and strong spectator interest.Sailing at the 2004 Summer OlympicsSecond Athens Olympic sailing regatta, first since 1896 cancellation.Sailing at the 2008 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing regattas held off Qingdao on the Yellow Sea.Sailing at the 2012 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing regatta held at Weymouth and Portland.Sailing at the 2016 Summer OlympicsFirst Olympics with mixed-gender sailing and no keelboat.Sailing at the 2020 Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing with reduced fleet and first gender parity.Sailing at the 2024 Summer OlympicsSailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Marseille.Sailing at the 2028 Summer Olympics2028 Olympic sailing events split between Port of Los Angeles and Belmont Shore.Sailboarding at the Summer OlympicsOlympic windsurfing event using standardized One Design equipment.Olympic sailing classes46 boat classes used in Olympic sailing since 1896.Scoring systems for Sailing at the Summer OlympicsOlympic sailing scoring evolved from handicaps to complex point systems.
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