75% of the qualification places for Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics were awarded based on results at the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, and the remaining 25% at the World Championships for each boat class.

Qualification timeline Event Date Venue 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships Dec 3–18, 2011 Perth 2012 Elliott 6m Qualification Event February 1 – 5, 2012 Key Biscayne 2012 RS:X World Championships Mar 20–28, 2012 Cádiz 2012 Laser World Championship May 4 – 10, 2012 Boltenhagen 2012 49er World Championship May 4 – 13, 2012 Zadar 2012 Star World Championships May 5 – 11, 2012 Hyères 2012 470 World Championships May 10 – 19, 2012 Barcelona 2012 Finn Gold Cup May 11 – 18, 2012 Falmouth 2012 Laser Radial World Championship May 15 – 20, 2012 Boltenhagen

Qualification progress

Event 2011 ISAF WorldChampionships 2012 ClassChampionships Host country Total MenWindsurfer (RS:X) 28 9 38One-person dinghy (Laser) 35 12 48Heavyweight one-person dinghy (Finn) 18 6 25Two-person dinghy (470) 19 7 27Skiff (49er) 14 5 20Keelboat (Star) 11 4 16 Event 2011 ISAF WorldChampionships 2012 ClassChampionships Host country Total WomenWindsurfer (RS:X) 20 7 28One-person dinghy (Laser Radial) 29 9 39Two-person dinghy (470) 14 5 20Match racing (Elliott 6m) 8 3 12

Summary Nation Men Women TotalRS:X Laser Finn 470 49er Star RS:X Laser Radial 470 Elliott 6m Boats Athletes X X X X X X 6 8 X X X X X X X X 8 13 X X X X X 5 8 X X 2 2 X X X 3 3 X 1 2 X X X X X X X 7 9 X X 22 X X X X X X XX 811 X X 2 3 X X X X X X X 7 9 X 1 1 XX 2 2 X 1 1 X X X X X X X X 8 12 X X 2 2 X X X X 4 4 XX X X X X X X 8 13 X 1 1 X X X XX 5 5 X X X X X X X 7 11 X X X X X X X X X X 10 16 X X X X X X X X 8 12 X X X X X X X X X X 10 16 X X X X X X X X 8 11 X X 2 2 X X 2 2 X X X 3 3 X 1 1 X X X X X 5 8 X X X X X 5 7 X X X X X X X X 8 11 X X X X X X 6 9 X X X 3 4 X 1 1 X X X 3 3 X 1 1 X X X 3 3 X 1 1 X 1 1 X X X X X X X 7 11 X X X X X X X X X 9 15 X X X X X 5 6 X 1 1 X X X X X X X X 8 11 X X X X X XX X 8 13 X X X X XX X 7 10 X 1 1 X X 2 2 X X X 3 4 X 1 2 X X X X X X X X X 9 14 X X X X X X X X 8 14 X X X X 4 6 XX X 3 3 X 1 1 X 1 1 X X X X 4 5 X X X X 4 4 X X 2 2 X X X X X X X X X X 10 16 XX 2 2 X X 2 2 Total: 63 NOCs 38492427201626412012277388

Men's events

Windsurfer – RS:X # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Nick Dempsey 2011 Worlds 1 Dorian van Rijsselberghe Dorian van Rijsselberghe 2011 Worlds 2 Piotr Myszka Przemysław Miarczyński 2011 Worlds 3 Nimrod Mashiah Shahar Tzuberi 2011 Worlds 5 Tom Ashley Jon-Paul Tobin 2011 Worlds 7 Byron Kokkalanis Byron Kokkalanis 2011 Worlds 8 Julien Bontemps Julien Bontemps 2011 Worlds 9 Iván Pastor Iván Pastor 2011 Worlds 10 João Rodrigues João Rodrigues 10 2011 Worlds 11 Ricardo Santos Ricardo Santos 11 2011 Worlds 12 Zachary Plavsic Zachary Plavsic 12 2011 Worlds 15 Toni Wilhelm Toni Wilhelm 13 2011 Worlds 16 Andreas Cariolou Andreas Cariolou 14 2011 Worlds 21 Richard Stauffacher Richard Stauffacher 15 2011 Worlds 22 Maksym Oberemko Maksym Oberemko 16 2011 Worlds 23 Mariano Reutemann Mariano Reutemann 17 2011 Worlds 24 Wang Aichen Wang Aichen 18 2011 Worlds 25 Lee Tae-hoon Lee Tae-hoon 19 2011 Worlds 26 Makoto Tomizawa Makoto Tomizawa 20 2011 Worlds 28 Áron Gádorfalvi Áron Gádorfalvi 21 2011 Worlds 29 Ho Tsun Andy Leung Ho Tsun Andy Leung 22 2011 Worlds 30 Luka Mratović Luka Mratović 23 2011 Worlds 33 Sebastian Wang-Hansen Sebastian Wang-Hansen 24 2011 Worlds 36 Federico Esposito Federico Esposito 25 2011 Worlds 37 Juozas Bernotas Juozas Bernotas 26 2011 Worlds 38 Robert Willis Robert Willis 27 2011 Worlds 39 Dmitry Polishchuk Dmitry Polishchuk 28 2011 Worlds 42 David Mier David Mier – 2011 Worlds 43 Tim Gourlay 29 2012 Worlds 41 Mikalai Zhukavets Mikalai Zhukavets 30 2012 Worlds 52 Karel Lavický Karel Lavický 31 2012 Worlds 53 Santiago Grillo Santiago Grillo 32 2012 Worlds 56 Ek Boonsawad Ek Boonsawad 33 2012 Worlds 59 Yoan Kolev Yoan Kolev 34 2012 Worlds 61 Daniel Flores Daniel Flores 35 2012 Worlds 62 Johannes Ahun Johannes Ahun 36 2012 Worlds 66 Sebastian Fleischer Sebastian Fleischer 37 2012 Worlds 70 Chang Hao Chang Hao 38 Unused Quotas Ahmed Habash

One-person dinghy – Laser # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Paul Goodison 2011 Worlds 1 Tom Slingsby Tom Slingsby 2011 Worlds 3 Andrew Murdoch Andrew Murdoch 2011 Worlds 4 Simon Grotelüschen Simon Grotelüschen 2011 Worlds 6 Andreas Geritzer Andreas Geritzer 2011 Worlds 8 Johan Wigforss Rasmus Myrgren 2011 Worlds 10 Pavlos Kontides Pavlos Kontides 2011 Worlds 11 Tonči Stipanović Tonči Stipanović 2011 Worlds 12 Jean-Baptiste Bernaz Jean-Baptiste Bernaz 10 2011 Worlds 14 Clayton Johnson Rob Crane 11 2011 Worlds 15 Bruno Fontes Bruno Fontes 15 2011 Worlds 18 Julio Alsogaray Julio Alsogaray 19 2011 Worlds 20 Ha Jee-min Ha Jee-min 14 2011 Worlds 21 Chris Dold David Wright 12 2011 Worlds 25 Karol Porozyński Kacper Ziemiński 13 2011 Worlds 26 Rutger van Schaardenburg Rutger van Schaardenburg 17 2011 Worlds 29 Antonios Bougiouris Evangelos Cheimonas 23 2011 Worlds 32 Juan Ignacio Maegli Juan Ignacio Maegli – 2011 Worlds 38 Yuval Botzer 16 2011 Worlds 39 Zsombor Berecz Zsombor Berecz 21 2011 Worlds 40 Javier Hernández Javier Hernández 18 2011 Worlds 41 Matías del Solar Matías del Solar 20 2011 Worlds 42 Karl-Martin Rammo Karl-Martin Rammo 22 2011 Worlds 45 Marco Gallo Michele Regolo 24 2011 Worlds 49 Thorbjørn Schierup Thorbjørn Schierup – 2011 Worlds 51 Guillaume Girod 25 2011 Worlds 52 Alejandro Foglia Alejandro Foglia 26 2011 Worlds 56 Cy Thompson Cy Thompson 27 2011 Worlds 57 Igor Lisovenko Igor Lisovenko 28 2011 Worlds 62 Wannes Van Laer Wannes Van Laer 29 2011 Worlds 64 Kristian Ruth Kristian Ruth 30 2011 Worlds 67 Karlo Hmeljak Karlo Hmeljak 31 2011 Worlds 68 Scott Sydney Colin Cheng 32 2011 Worlds 70 Fredrik Westman Mattias Lindfors 33 2011 Worlds 73 Mustafa Çakır Mustafa Çakır 34 2011 Worlds 75 Shi Jian Shi Jian 35 2012 Worlds 22 Gustavo Lima Gustavo Lima 36 2012 Worlds 37 James Espey James Espey 37 2012 Worlds 47 Rokas Milevičius Rokas Milevičius 38 2012 Worlds 48 Youssef Akrout Youssef Akrout 39 2012 Worlds 49 Valeriy Kudryashov Valeriy Kudryashov 40 2012 Worlds 51 Keerati Bualong Keerati Bualong 41 2012 Worlds 81 Andrey Quintero Andrey Quintero 42 2012 Worlds 88 José Ruiz José Ruiz 43 2012 Worlds 89 Martin Trčka Viktor Teplý 44 2012 Worlds 91 Khairulnizam Afendy Khairulnizam Afendy 45 2012 Worlds 92 Andrew Lewis Andrew Lewis 46 2012 Worlds 94 Ricardo Montemayor Ricardo Montemayor 47 Tripartite Damien Desprat 48 Tripartite Milivoj Dukić 49 Unused Quotas Ilya Ignatiev

Heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailor Sailor at Games Host Country Ben Ainslie 2011 Worlds 2 Pieter-Jan Postma Pieter-Jan Postma 2011 Worlds 4 Jonas Høgh Christensen Jonas Høgh Christensen 2011 Worlds 5 Rafael Trujillo Rafael Trujillo 2011 Worlds 6 Jonathan Lobert Jonathan Lobert 2011 Worlds 8 Deniss Karpak Deniss Karpak 2011 Worlds 9 Zach Railey Zach Railey 2011 Worlds 10 Ivan Kljaković Gašpić Ivan Kljaković Gašpić 2011 Worlds 12 Tapio Nirkko Tapio Nirkko 10 2011 Worlds 13 Vasilij Žbogar Vasilij Žbogar 11 2011 Worlds 14 Daniel Birgmark Daniel Birgmark 12 2011 Worlds 16 Chris Cook Greg Douglas 13 2011 Worlds 19 Brendan Casey Brendan Casey 14 2011 Worlds 20 Ioannis Mitakis Ioannis Mitakis 15 2011 Worlds 21 Dan Slater Dan Slater 16 2011 Worlds 22 Oleksiy Borysov Oleksiy Borysov 17 2011 Worlds 24 Filippo Baldassari Filippo Baldassari 18 2011 Worlds 32 Jorge Zarif Jorge Zarif 19 2011 Worlds 33 Eduard Skornyakov Eduard Skornyakov 20 2012 Worlds 6 Piotr Kula Piotr Kula – 2012 Worlds 20 Matthias Miller 21 2012 Worlds 23 Florian Raudaschl Florian Raudaschl 22 2012 Worlds 24 Michael Maier Michael Maier 23 2012 Worlds 29 Alican Kaynar Alican Kaynar 24 2012 Worlds 30 Gong Lei Gong Lei

Two-person dinghy – 470 # Nation Qualification Tournament Place in Event Sailors Sailors at Games Host Country Luke Patience Stuart Bithell 2011 Worlds 1 Mathew BelcherMalcolm Page Mathew BelcherMalcolm Page 2011 Worlds 3 Šime FantelaIgor Marenić Šime FantelaIgor Marenić 2011 Worlds 4 Gideon KligerEran Sela Gideon KligerEran Sela 2011 Worlds 5 Nicolas CharbonnierJérémie Mion Pierre LeboucherVincent Garos 2011 Worlds 7 Panagiotis MantisPavlos Kagialis Panagiotis KampouridisEfstathios Papadopoulos 2011 Worlds 8 Paul Snow-HansenJason Saunders Paul Snow-HansenJason Saunders 2011 Worlds 9 Onán BarreirosAarón Sarmiento Onán BarreirosAarón Sarmiento 2011 Worlds 11 Anton DahlbergSebastian Östling Anton DahlbergSebastian Östling 10 2011 Worlds 13 Stuart McNayGraham Biehl Stuart McNayGraham Biehl 11 2011 Worlds 15 Ferdinand GerzPatrick Follmann Ferdinand GerzPatrick Follmann 12 2011 Worlds 16 Tetsuya MatsunagaKimihiko Imamura Ryunosuke HaradaYugo Yoshida 13 2011 Worlds 17 Álvaro MarinhoMiguel Nunes Álvaro MarinhoMiguel Nunes 14 2011 Worlds 18 Sven CosterKalle Coster Sven CosterKalle Coster 15 2011 Worlds 20 Lucas CalabreseJuan de la Fuente Lucas CalabreseJuan de la Fuente 16 2011 Worlds 21 Matthias SchmidFlorian Reichstädter Matthias SchmidFlorian Reichstädter 17 2011 Worlds 22 Joonas LindgrenNiklas Lindgren Joonas LindgrenNiklas Lindgren 18 2011 Worlds 24 Gabrio ZandonàPietro Zucchetti Gabrio ZandonàPietro Zucchetti 19 2011 Worlds 26 Yannick BrauchliRomuald Hausser Yannick BrauchliRomuald Hausser 20 2011 Worlds 28 Wang WeidongDeng Daokun Wang WeidongDeng Daokun 21 2012 Worlds 15 Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev 22 2012 Worlds 20 Park Gun-Woo Cho Sung-min Park Gun-woo Cho Sung-Min 23 2012 Worlds 22 Luke Ramsay Mike Leigh Luke Ramsay Mike Leigh 24 2012 Worlds 23 Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar 25 2012 Worlds 24 Gerald Owens Scott Flanigan Gerald Owens Scott Flanigan 26 2012 Worlds 31 Benjamín Grez Diego González Benjamín Grez Diego González 27 2012 Worlds 32 Asenathi Jim Roger Hudson Asenathi Jim Roger Hudson

Skiff – 49er # Nation Qualification Tournament Place at Event Sailors Sailors at Games Host Country Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes 2011 Worlds 1 Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen 2011 Worlds 2 Peter Burling Blair Tuke Peter Burling Blair Tuke 2011 Worlds 3 Emil Toft Nielsen Simon Toft Nielsen Allan Nørregaard Peter Lang 2011 Worlds 7 Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch 2011 Worlds 9 Erik Storck Trevor Moore Erik Storck Trevor Moore 2011 Worlds 10 Ryan Seaton Matt McGovern Ryan Seaton Matt McGovern 2011 Worlds 11 Tobias Schadewaldt Hannes Baumann Tobias Schadewaldt Hannes Baumann 2011 Worlds 12 Marcin Czajkowski Jacek Piasecki Łukasz Przybytek Pawel Kolodzinski 10 2011 Worlds 15 Stéphane Christidis Emmanuel Dyen Stéphane Christidis Emmanuel Dyen 11 2011 Worlds 16 Federico Alonso Arturo Alonso Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández 12 2011 Worlds 19 Lauri Lehtinen Kalle Bask Lauri Lehtinen Kalle Bask 13 2011 Worlds 21 Charlie Enlund Ekberg Kalle Torlén Niclas Düring Jonas von Geijer 14 2011 Worlds 23 Bernardo Freitas Francisco Andrade Bernardo Freitas Francisco Andrade 15 2011 Worlds 25 Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać 16 2012 Worlds 9 Jesse Kirkland Alexander Kirkland Jesse Kirkland Alexander Kirkland 17 2012 Worlds 16 Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello Giuseppe Angilella Gianfranco Sibello 18 2012 Worlds 21 Gordon Cook Hunter Lowden Gordon Cook Hunter Lowden 19 2012 Worlds 22 Dionisios Dimou Michail Pateniotis Dionisios Dimou Michail Pateniotis 20 2012 Worlds 23 Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi Yukio Makino Kenji Takahashi

Keelboat – Star