Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Elliott 6m
| Women's Elliott 6m at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Line drawing of the Elliott 6m | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 29 July – 5 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 36 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 (boats) | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
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| RS:X | men | women |
| Laser Radial | women | |
| Laser | men | |
| Finn | open | |
| 470 | men | women |
| 49er | open | |
| Elliott 6m | women | |
| Star | men | |
The Women's Elliott 6m was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] The competition followed a match race format. It consisted of a round-robin a quarter finals, semi-finals, petit-final and final series. The top eight crews from the round-robin were seeded into the quarter finals.[2][3]
Summary
[edit]A total of 98 matches were sailed:
- Sixty-seven matches were sailed in the round robin (including the rematch between FIN and POR. Finland originally won the round robin race against Portugal, but this was annulled after a protest by Portugal due to a Portuguese boat getting stuck at the turning mark. Finland won the rescheduled race as well.[4])
- The quarter finals (best 3 out of 5) 16 matches were sailed.
- Semi-finals, best 2 out of 3 (best 3 out of 5) was planned. Russia appealed the decision to stop the semi-finals after 3 matches and the results of 4th match of the petite final to CAS.[3] The appeal to the semi-finals decision was later rejected.)[5] Six matches were sailed.
- Petit-final and final series (best 3 out of 5) 4 matches.
- In the final a total of 5 matches were sailed.
| ● | Practice race | ● | Round Robin on Nothe | ● | Knock-out on Nothe | ● | Semi-finals on Nothe | ● | Finals on Nothe |
| Date | July | August | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Thu |
27 Fri |
28 Sat |
29 Sun |
30 Mon |
31 Tue |
1 Wed |
2 Thu |
3 Fri |
4 Sat |
5 Sun |
6th Mon |
7 Tue |
8 Wed |
9 Thu |
10 Fri |
11 Sat |
12 Sun | |
| Women's Elliott 6m | ● | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | Spare day |
1 | 8 | 12 | Spare day |
10 | 9 | ||||
Portland (P) Nothe (N) West (W) | South (S) East (E) |
For the Elliott 6m the majority of racing took place on course area Nothe, however some racing also occurred in the Portland area. The location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area. The target time for the course was 18 minutes. All races were conducted on windward/leeward course configurations of 2 laps.
Round Robin
[edit] Rank |
 Country |
 AUS |
 RUS |
 ESP |
 USA |
 FIN |
 FRA |
 GBR |
 NED |
 NZL |
 DEN |
 POR |
 SWE |
Races | Won | Lost | Points | |
| 1 | Australia |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 11 | ||
| 2 | Russia |
1 PEN |
1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 3 | Spain |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Finland |
0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 6 | France |
0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 7 | Great Britain |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||
| 8 | Netherlands |
0 | 0 | 0 DNF |
0 | 1 | 0 DSQ |
1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 9 | New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Denmark |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 DNF |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Portugal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 DNF |
0 | 0 DNF |
0 DNF |
0 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Sweden |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 1 |
Legend: – Qualified for next phase; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; PEN – Penalty given by the protest committee;
Knock-out and Finals
[edit]| Knock Out 7 – 8 August 2012 | Semi Finals 10 August 2012 | Finals 11 August 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Netherlands
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Australia
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia
| 0 | 1 | 1 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland
| 1 | 0 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Finland
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | United States
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | France
| 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Spain
| 1 | 1 | 1 | x | x | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain
| 0 | 1 | 1 | x | x | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia
| 1 | 0 | 0 | x | x | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Great Britain
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 
| Finland
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | x | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Russia
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | Russia
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | x | |||||||||||||
5th to 8th place
[edit]Sail-offs for places 5–8, scheduled for August 9, were cancelled due to low winds. The Round-robin results were used for final placement.
Final ranking
[edit]| Rank |
Country |
Helmsman | Crew | Round Robin | Knock out | Semi Finals | Finals |
|
Spain |
Támara Echegoyen | Ángela Pumariega Sofía Toro |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
|
Australia |
Olivia Price | Nina Curtis Lucinda Whitty |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
|
Finland |
Silja Lehtinen | Silja Kanerva Mikaela Wulff |
5 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Russia |
Ekaterina Skudina | Elena Oblova Elena Syuzeva |
2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | United States |
Anna Tunnicliffe | Deborah Capozzi Molly O'Bryan – Vandemoer |
4 | 5 | - | - |
| 6 | France |
Claire Leroy | Élodie Bertrand Marie Riou |
6 | 6 | - | - |
| 7 | Great Britain |
Lucy MacGregor | Annie Lush Kate MacGregor |
7 | 7 | - | - |
| 8 | Netherlands |
Renee Groeneveld | Annemieke Bes Marcelien Bos – de Koning |
8 | 8 | - | - |
| 9 | New Zealand |
Stephanie Hazard | Jenna Hansen Susannah Pyatt |
9 | - | - | - |
| 10 | Denmark |
Lotte Meldegaard Pedersen | Susanne Boidin Tina Gramkov |
10 | - | - | - |
| 11 | Portugal |
Rita Gonçalves | Mariana Lobato Diana Neves |
11 | - | - | - |
| 12 | Sweden |
Anna Kjellberg | Malin Källström Lotta Harrysson |
12 | - | - | - |
Further reading
[edit]- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Match race competition format". 2012 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original on 2 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ a b "Semi-final & Petit final appeal (ОКР подал апелляцию в CAS по поводу результата полуфинала в классе "Эллиот 6")" (in Russian). Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "Lehtisen venekunnan voitto vesittyi – lähtö uusitaan". Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "CAS decision". Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ^ "Women's Three Person Keelboat". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2014.