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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 Great Britain 2 1 2 5
2 Brazil Brazil 2 0 0 2
3 Spain Spain 1 2 0 3
4 Austria Austria 1 1 0 2
Greece Greece 1 1 0 2
United States United States 1 1 0 2
7 France France 1 0 1 2
8 Israel Israel 1 0 0 1
Norway Norway 1 0 0 1
10 Ukraine Ukraine 0 2 0 2
11 Canada Canada 0 1 0 1
China China 0 1 0 1
Czech Republic Czech Republic 0 1 0 1
14 Denmark Denmark 0 0 2 2
15 Argentina Argentina 0 0 1 1
Italy Italy 0 0 1 1
Japan Japan 0 0 1 1
Poland Poland 0 0 1 1
Slovenia Slovenia 0 0 1 1
Sweden Sweden 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mistral Gal Fridman
Israel
Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
Greece
Nick Dempsey
Great Britain
Finn Ben Ainslie
Great Britain
Rafael Trujillo
Spain
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Poland
470 Kevin Burnham
Paul Foerster
United States
Joe Glanfield
Nick Rogers
Great Britain
Kazuto Seki
Kenjiro Todoroki
Japan
Star Marcelo Ferreira
Torben Grael
Brazil
Ross Macdonald
Mike Wolfs
Canada
Pascal Rambeau
Xavier Rohart
France

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Mistral Faustine Merret
France
Yin Jian
China
Alessandra Sensini
Italy
Europe Siren Sundby
Norway
Lenka Smidova
Czech Republic
Signe Livbjerg
Denmark
470 Sofia Bekatorou
Aimilia Tsoulfa
Greece
Sandra Azon
Natalia Via Dufresne
Spain
Therese Torgersson
Vendela Zachrisson
Sweden
Yngling Great Britain Great Britain
Sarah Ayton
Shirley Robertson
Sarah Webb
Ukraine Ukraine
Ganna Kalinina
Svitlana Matevusheva
Ruslana Taran
Denmark Denmark
Dorte Oppelstrup Jensen
Helle Jespersen
Christina Otzen

Mixed[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Laser Robert Scheidt
Brazil
Andreas Geritzer
Austria
Vasilij Zbogar
Slovenia
49er Xavier Fernandez
Iker Martinez
Spain
George Leonchuk
Rodion Luka
Ukraine
Chris Draper
Simon Hiscocks
Great Britain
Tornado Roman Hagara
Hans Peter Steinacher
Austria
John Lovell
Charlie Ogletree
United States
Carlos Espinola
Santiago Lange
Argentina

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.
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