The Men's RS:X was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 35 sailors, on 35 boards, from 35 nations competed. Ten boards qualified for the medal race.

Race schedule  ● Practice race  ● Race on Yellow  ● Race on Red ● Medal race on Yellow Date August7Thu8Fri9Sat10Sun11Mon12Tue13Wed14Thu15Fri16Sat17Sun18Mon19Tue20Wed21Thu22Fri23Sat24Sun Men's RS:X ● 2 2 Spareday Nowind 1 Nowind 2 2 1 ●

Course areas and course configurations Source:

For the RS:X course areas A (Yellow) and B (Red) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'21"N, 120°25'32"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Red course area. The target time for the course was about 30–35 minutes for the races and 20 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

Outer courses O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Windward-Leeward courses W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

Windward-Leeward Slalom courses WS1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH WS2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH WS3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – S1 – S2 – S3 – FINISH

Weather conditions In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) two racing days had to be postponed.

Final results Sources:

Daily standings

Further reading

References The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.

For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.