The men's 49er was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Sixteen races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.
Schedule ● Practice race ● Race on Portland ● Race on Nothe ● Race on West ● Medal race on Nothe Date JulyAugust26Thu27Fri28Sat29Sun30Mon31Tue1Wed2Thu3Fri4Sat5Sun6Mon7Tue8Wed9Thu10Fri11Sat12Sun Men's 49er ● 2 2 2 2 3 Spareday 2 2 Spareday MR
Course areas and course configurations
For the 49er course areas Portland, Nothe, and West were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area and the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area. The target time for the course was 30 minutes for the races as well as the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.
Results
Daily standings
Further reading
References