Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Tornado

The Tornado was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California. Seven races were scheduled. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed.^[1]

Tornado at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad
Tornado
Venue	Long Beach
Dates	31 July to 8 August
Competitors	40 from 20 nations
Teams	20
Medalists
Rex Sellers Chris Timms  New Zealand Randy Smyth Jay Glaser  United States Chris Cairns John Anderson  Australia
← 1980 1988 →

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Rex Sellers   (NZL)	Chris Timms	3	5.7	2	3.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	DNS	27.0	41.7	14.7
	Randy Smyth   (USA)	Jay Glaser	1	0.0	DNF	27.0	7	13.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	1	0.0	10	16.0	64.0	37.0
	Chris Cairns   (AUS)	John Anderson	4	8.0	16	22.0	3	5.7	RET	27.0	2	3.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	77.4	50.4
4	Paul Elvstrøm   (DEN)	Trine Elvstrøm-Myralf	6	11.7	3	5.7	5	10.0	3	5.7	14	20.0	4	8.0	5	10.0	71.1	51.1
5	Alan Burland   (BER)	Christopher Nash	8	14.0	6	11.7	4	8.0	6	11.7	7	13.0	YMP	3.4	3	5.7	67.5	53.5
6	Robert White   (GBR)	David Campbell-James	2	3.0	5	10.0	2	3.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	7	13.0	7	13.0	67.7	53.7
7	Lars Grael   (BRA)	Glein Haynes	5	10.0	8	14.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	12	18.0	94.7	74.7
8	Yves Loday   (FRA)	Bernard Pichery	DSQ	27.0	1	0.0	9	15.0	10	16.0	9	15.0	10	16.0	13	19.0	108.0	81.0
9	David Sweeney   (CAN)	Brian Sweeney	7	13.0	12	18.0	8	14.0	7	13.0	8	14.0	DNF	27.0	6	11.7	110.7	83.7
10	Göran Marström   (SWE)	Krister Söderqvist	11	17.0	4	8.0	13	19.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	13	19.0	8	14.0	103.0	84.0
11	Willy van Bladel   (NED)	Huub Lambriex	DSQ	27.0	7	13.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	10	16.0	DSQ	27.0	2	3.0	113.0	86.0
12	Norbert Petschel   (AUT)	Walter Schlagbauer	9	15.0	9	15.0	10	16.0	16	22.0	11	17.0	11	17.0	4	8.0	110.0	88.0
13	Eckart Kaphengst   (FRG)	Hans-Friedrich Böse	10	16.0	15	21.0	15	21.0	9	15.0	16	22.0	9	15.0	11	17.0	127.0	105.0
14	Rolf Zwicky   (SUI)	Christoph Brüllmann	13	19.0	10	16.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	DSQ	27.0	12	18.0	15	21.0	132.7	105.7
15	Sergio Sinistri   (ARG)	Martín Ferrari	15	21.0	14	20.0	12	18.0	13	19.0	5	10.0	14	20.0	17	23.0	131.0	108.0
16	Pekka Narko   (FIN)	Juha Valtanen	12	18.0	11	17.0	16	22.0	12	18.0	17	23.0	8	14.0	14	20.0	132.0	109.0
17	Per Ferskaug   (NOR)	Halvor Ramel Smith	14	20.0	13	19.0	17	23.0	15	21.0	15	21.0	15	21.0	9	15.0	140.0	117.0
18	Juan Torruella Jr.   (PUR)	Enrique Díaz	16	22.0	17	23.0	18	24.0	17	23.0	13	19.0	16	22.0	16	22.0	155.0	131.0
19	Colin Philp Sr.   (FIJ)	Bruce Hewett	17	23.0	18	24.0	DNF	27.0	18	24.0	19	25.0	17	23.0	18	24.0	170.0	143.0
20	Ertuğrul Özkan   (TUR)	Aleksandr Çaykovski	18	24.0	19	25.0	19	25.0	19	25.0	18	24.0	18	24.0	DNF	27.0	174.0	147.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
  = Male,   = Female

Daily standings

 

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 1984 Summer Olympics

 

Tornado Course Map

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics: Multihull (Tornado), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 June 2020.
2. The 1984 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

References

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2011.
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.