Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

The Women's 470 Class Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 24 July to 1 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each team had two discards.^[1]

470 Women's at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
470
Venue	Savannah
Dates	24 July to 1 August
Competitors	44 from 22 nations
Teams	22
Medalists
Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne  Spain Yumiko Shige Alicia Kinoshita  Japan Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchik  Ukraine
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Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Race XI		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
			Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Theresa Zabell (ESP)	Begona Via Dufresne	4	4.0	2	2.0	11	11.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	10	10.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	46.0	25.0
	Yumiko Shige (JPN)	Alicia Kinoshita	3	3.0	7	7.0	13	13.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	60.0	36.0
	Ruslana Taran (UKR)	Olena Pakholchik	1	1.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	18	18.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	68.0	38.0
4	Kris Stookey (USA)	Louise Van Voorhis	2	2.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	2	2.0	14	14.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	75.0	47.0
5	Susanne Bauckholt (GER)	Katrin Adlkofer	16	16.0	6	6.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	11	11.0	2	2.0	12	12.0	77.0	49.0
6	Susanne Ward (DEN)	Michaëla Ward-Meehan	6	6.0	3	3.0	15	15.0	2	2.0	14	14.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	18	18.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	89.0	56.0
7	Federica Salvà (ITA)	Emanuela Sossi	11	11.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	4	4.0	94.0	64.0
8	Jeni Lidgett (AUS)	Addy Bucek	7	7.0	9	9.0	7	7.0	4	4.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	9	9.0	5	5.0	99.0	64.0
9	Penny Davis (CAN)	Leigh Andrew-Pearson	PMS	23.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	20	20.0	6	6.0	10	10.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	19	19.0	8	8.0	16	16.0	119.0	76.0
10	Ida Andersen (NOR)	Linda Andersen	12	12.0	11	11.0	8	8.0	16	16.0	5	5.0	9	9.0	12	12.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	9	9.0	111.0	81.0
11	Bethan Raggatt (GBR)	Susan Carr	5	5.0	12	12.0	10	10.0	3	3.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	11	11.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	122.0	89.0
12	Shany Kedmy (ISR)	Anat Fabrikant	8	8.0	15	15.0	DSQ	23.0	7	7.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	DSQ	23.0	13	13.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	3	3.0	139.0	93.0
13	Denise Lyttle (IRL)	Louise Cole	10	10.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	16	16.0	19	19.0	131.0	95.0
14	Lena Carlsson (SWE)	Boel Bengtsson	18	18.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	11	11.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	1	1.0	19	19.0	6	6.0	20	20.0	8	8.0	135.0	96.0
15	Florence Le Brun (FRA)	Annabel Chaulvin	13	13.0	13	13.0	PMS	23.0	12	12.0	7	7.0	5	5.0	19	19.0	14	14.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	140.0	98.0
16	Leslie Egnot (NZL)	Jan Shearer	14	14.0	18	18.0	1	1.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	7	7.0	4	4.0	21	21.0	PMS	23.0	PMS	23.0	147.0	101.0
17	Aikaterini Kaloudi (GRE)	Emilia Tsoulfa	9	9.0	20	20.0	6	6.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	6	6.0	16	16.0	17	17.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	159.0	120.0
18	Katalin Bácsics (HUN)	Enikő Németh	17	17.0	19	19.0	PMS	23.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	10	10.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	170.0	128.0
19	Janja Orel (SLO)	Alenka Orel	20	20.0	21	21.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	19	19.0	13	13.0	21	21.0	7	7.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	185.0	143.0
20	Cheung Mei Han (HKG)	Tung Chun Mei	19	19.0	22	22.0	PMS	23.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	21	21.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	15	15.0	19	19.0	17	17.0	209.0	164.0
21	Liu Haimei (CHN)	Ji Fengqin	15	15.0	14	14.0	PMS	23.0	21	21.0	21	21.0	22	22.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	20	20.0	PMS	23.0	20	20.5	215.5	169.5
22	Paula Reinoso (ARG)	Sofía Usandizaga	PMS	23.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	22	22.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	17	17.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	17	17.0	20	20.5	215.5	170.5

Daily standings

 

Graph showing the daily standings in the 470 women during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the 470 course areas

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  Black: Marinas
  Blue: Alpha course
  Green: Bravo course
  Yellow: Charly course
  Red: Delta course

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  Olympic course ZI.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

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  Olympic course XI.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

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  Olympic course ZO.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

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  Olympic course XO.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
24 July 1996	I	28		11	0.7		Charly
25 July 1996	II	29		13	0.7	XO	Charly
26 July 1996	III	28		10	0.5	ZI	Charly
26 July 1996	IV	28		10	0.5	ZI	Bravo
27 July 1996	V	28		5	0.6	ZO	Bravo
27 July 1996	VI	29		8	0.6	ZO	Bravo
28 July 1996	VII	29		6	0.7	ZI	Bravo
29 July 1996	VIII	29		14	0.5	XI	Charly
30 July 1996	IX	28		8	0.4	ZO	Charly
30 July 1996	X	28		9	0.5	ZO	Charly
1 August 1996	XI	28		7	0.5	ZO	Charly

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Two Person Dinghy (470), Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

References

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