Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Finn competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics was the men's one-person heavyweight dinghy event and was held in Enoshima, Japan, from 27 July to 3 August 2021.^[1] 19 sailors from 19 nations competed in 11 races, including one medal-race where points were doubled.^[2] The land venue was Enoshima Yacht Harbour and races were held on Sagami Bay.^[1][3]

Men's Finn at the Games of the XXXII Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
Venue	Enoshima, Japan Sagami Bay, Japan
Dates	27 July – 3 August 2021
Competitors	19 from 19 nations
Medalists
Giles Scott  Great Britain Zsombor Berecz  Hungary Joan Cardona  Spain
← 2016

Summary

Alican Kaynar of Turkey was the overnight leader after the first day after two bullets, followed by Zsombor Berecz of Hungary with two second-place finishes in the first two races.^[4] Kaynar continued his lead after the second day, where Giles Scott had won the two races of the day.^[5]

For the medal race, six sailors were in contention for the medals, with Scott in the front.^[6] Giles Scott won the Olympic gold medal, and Great Britain's sixth in a row in the event, which was also the last Finn class gold in the Olympics as the event left the Olympic programme.^[7] Berecz, finishing ahead of Scott in the medal race but not enough points ahead to pass him, won the silver medal and Juan Cardona won the bronze medal.^[7]

The medals were presented by IOC vice-president from Singapore, Mr Ser Miang Ng (a former World Sailing vice-president) and current World Sailing vice-president Thomasz Chamera of Poland.

Schedule

Tue 27 Jul	Wed 28 Jul	Thu 29 Jul	Fri 30 Jul	Sat 31 Jul	Sun 1 Aug	Mon 2 Aug	Tue 3 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	9^†	9	1	1	1	1	6	1	1	7	8	45	36
	Zsombor Berecz	Hungary	2	2	9^†	4	6	7	3	5	4	4	2	48	39
	Joan Cardona	Spain	3	3	5	3	2	3	13^†	7	5	8	12	64	51
4	Nicholas Heiner	Netherlands	11^†	5	10	2	4	2	10	3	7	9	4	67	56
5	Josh Junior	New Zealand	12^†	10	3	7	8	5	1	4	8	1	20	79	67
6	Facundo Olezza	Argentina	5	4	8	5	3	6	16^†	15	3	3	16	84	68
7	Jake Lilley	Australia	10	8	4	11	7	9	15^†	6	2	6	6	84	69
8	Alican Kaynar	Turkey	1	1	6	13	9	14	7	RET 20^†	10	10	10	101	81
9	Max Salminen	Sweden	8	12^†	7	8	12	8	4	2	11	12	18	102	90
10	Tom Ramshaw	Canada	13	7	11	14^†	10	13	2	9	13	2	14	108	94
11	Anders Pedersen	Norway	14^†	6	2	10	13	12	5	11	9	14		96	82
12	Ioannis Mitakis	Greece	4	13	13	6	11	10	11	8	16	18^†		110	92
13	Luke Muller	United States	6	11	12	15	14	4	8	10	12	17^†		109	92
14	Jorge Zarif	Brazil	7	15	15	9	5	11	14	13	6	16^†		111	95
15	Chen He	China	16	14	14	17^†	16	15	9	14	15	11		141	124
16	Kazumasa Segawa	Japan	18	16	17	12	15	16	19^†	12	17	5		147	128
17	Juan Pérez	Mexico	19^†	17	16	16	17	17	17	16	14	15		164	145
18	Andrés Lage	Venezuela	15	18	18	18	19^†	18	18	17	19	13		173	154
19	Leo Davis	South Africa	17	19^†	19	19	18	19	12	18	18	19		178	159

Source: ^[3]
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); RET – Retired; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

References

1. "Olympedia – Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics".
2. "Olympedia – One Person Heavyweight Dinghy (Finn), Men".
3. . Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
4. "Perfect start for Alican Kaynar as Finns begin racing at Tokyo 2020".
5. "Defending champion Giles Scott bounces back on Day 2 for Finns at Tokyo 2020".
6. "Finns keep it tight into final medal race showdown at Tokyo 2020".
7. "GB win double sailing gold and a silver". BBC Sport.