Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 28 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Sailing Centre.
This edition marked the debut of the women's three-person keelboat class (Yngling), replacing the men's side (Soling) from the previous Olympics.
Medal Table[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Great Britain | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
3 | Spain | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
4 | Austria | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Greece | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
7 | France | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Ukraine | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
China | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
14 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
15 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Medalists[]
Men[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Mistral | Gal Fridman |
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis |
Nick Dempsey |
Finn | Ben Ainslie |
Rafael Trujillo |
Mateusz Kusznierewicz |
470 | Kevin Burnham Paul Foerster |
Joe Glanfield Nick Rogers |
Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki |
Star | Marcelo Ferreira Torben Grael |
Ross Macdonald Mike Wolfs |
Pascal Rambeau Xavier Rohart |
Women[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Mistral | Faustine Merret |
Yin Jian |
Alessandra Sensini |
Europe | Siren Sundby |
Lenka Smidova |
Signe Livbjerg |
470 | Sofia Bekatorou Aimilia Tsoulfa |
Sandra Azon Natalia Via Dufresne |
Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson |
Yngling | Great Britain Sarah Ayton Shirley Robertson Sarah Webb |
Ukraine Ganna Kalinina Svitlana Matevusheva Ruslana Taran |
Denmark Dorte Oppelstrup Jensen Helle Jespersen Christina Otzen |
Mixed[]
Event | |||
---|---|---|---|
Laser | Robert Scheidt |
Andreas Geritzer |
Vasilij Zbogar |
49er | Xavier Fernandez Iker Martinez |
George Leonchuk Rodion Luka |
Chris Draper Simon Hiscocks |
Tornado | Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher |
John Lovell Charlie Ogletree |
Carlos Espinola Santiago Lange |
Statistics[]
- There were 400 total athletes from 61 countries.
- Giulia Conti was the youngest participant with 16 years and 363 days.
- Alexander Hagen was the oldest participant with 49 years and 232 days.
- 8 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
- Great Britain won 5 medals, more than in any other sport.
- Czech Republic and Slovenia won their first-ever medal in the sport.
- Israel won its first-ever Olympic gold medal.