Sailing at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Finn

The men's Finn competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro took place between 9–16 August at Marina da Glória. Eleven races (the last one a medal race) were held. British sailor Giles Scott was declared gold medallist before the competition ended, having an unassailable lead before the medal race.^[1]

Men's Finn at the Games of the XXXI Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
Venue	Marina da Glória
Dates	9–16 August 2016
Competitors	23 from 23 nations
Winning total	36.0 points
Medalists
Giles Scott  Great Britain Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia Caleb Paine  United States
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Schedule

Tue 9 Aug	Wed 10 Aug	Thu 11 Aug	Fri 12 Aug	Sat 13 Aug	Sun 14 Aug	Mon 15 Aug	Tue 16 Aug
Race 1 Race 2	Race 3 Race 4	Race 5 Race 6	Rest day	Race 7 Race 8	Race 9 Race 10	Rest day	Medal race

Results

Results of individual races

Pos	Helmsman	Country	I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX	X	MR	Tot	Pts
	Giles Scott	Great Britain	17^†	3	2	1	11	1	1	3	8	2	4	53.0	36.0
	Vasilij Žbogar	Slovenia	3	2	7	10	15^†	9	5	4	9	8	12	83.0	68.0
	Caleb Paine	United States	7	12	21^†	3	14	2	17	7	10	4	2	97.0	76.0
4	Jorge Zarif	Brazil	4	8	11	22^†	2	19	2	13	15	9	6	109.0	87.0
5	Ivan Kljaković Gašpić	Croatia	6	8	10	15^†	8	8	4	10	2	13	20	104.0	89.0
6	Max Salminen	Sweden	15^†	13	13	9	7	5	6	11	7	5	16	105.0	90.0
7	Josh Junior	New Zealand	18	DSQ 24^†	14	14	5	3	18	2	4	6	8	116.0	92.0
8	Jake Lilley	Australia	16	UFD 24^†	8	6	6	4	3	5	23	16	10	121.0	97.0
9	Facundo Olezza	Argentina	1	11	19	18	16	22^†	10	6	1	7	14	123.0	101.0
10	Pieter-Jan Postma	Netherlands	14	13	12	4	4	6	14	1	19	DSQ 24^†	18	129.0	105.0
11	Ioannis Mitakis	Greece	12	DNF 24^†	3	2	13	12	21	9	13	3		112.0	88.0
12	Zsombor Berecz	Hungary	9	UFD 24^†	5	12	1	7	12	18	16	12		116.0	92.0
13	Alican Kaynar	Turkey	2	7	6	19^†	19	13	8	17	12	11		112.0	93.0
14	Jonathan Lobert	France	10	19^†	1	7	12	14	11	12	14	14		110.0	95.0
15	Tapio Nirkko	Finland	20	9	15	5	3	DNF 24^†	20	21	6	10		131.0	107.0
16	Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Denmark	13	4	4	DNF 24^†	10	11	16	16	17	20		133.0	109.0
17	Anders Pedersen	Norway	8	20	18	8	22^†	16	9	14	5	15		131.0	109.0
18	Giorgio Poggi	Italy	11	6	16	11	18	15	7	19^†	11	18		130.0	111.0
19	Alejandro Foglia	Uruguay	21	UFD 24^†	9	17	20	21	15	15	3	1		146.0	122.0
20	Deniss Karpak	Estonia	5	18	17	20	23^†	10	13	8	18	21		149.0	126.0
21	Tom Ramshaw	Canada	19	15	22^†	13	9	17	22	20	20	19		173.0	151.0
22	Gong Lei	China	22	DNF 24^†	20	16	21	20	19	22	21	17		202.0	178.0
23	Allan Julie	Seychelles	23^†	21	23	21	17	18	23	23	22	22		213.0	190.0

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
• "Rio de Janeiro 2016". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References

1. "Rio Olympics 2016: Giles Scott guaranteed gold in Finn class". BBC Sport. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 14 August 2016.

• . Rio 2016 Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.