Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Men's Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics program in Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre.[1] Eleven races were scheduled and completed with one discard. 25 sailors, on 25 boats, from 25 nations competed.[2][3]

Men's Finn[1]
at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Line drawing of the Finn
VenueAgios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 14 August 2004 (2004-08-14)
Last race: 21 August 2004 (2004-08-21)
Competitors25 from 25 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Ben Ainslie Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Rafael Trujillo Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Mateusz Kusznierewicz Poland
← 2000
2008 →

Race schedule[4]

 ● Practice races ● Competition day ● Last day of racing
DateAugust
12
Thu
13
Fri
14
Sat
15
Sun
16
Mon
17
Tue
18
Wed
19
Thu
20
Fri
21
Sat
22
Sun
23
Mon
24
Tue
25
Wed
26
Thu
27
Fri
28
Sat
29
Sun
Men's Finn ● ● ● ● ● ● Spare
day
● ● ● ● Spare
day

Course area and course configuration

Weather conditions

Final results[5]

RankCountryHelmsmanRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9Race 10Race 11TotalTotal

discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
 Great BritainBen Ainslie99.0 DSQ 26.011.011.044.011.022.033.022.011.01414.064.038.0
 SpainRafael Trujillo88.033.033.066.022.033.0 OCS 26.044.055.044.01313.077.051.0
 PolandMateusz Kusznierewicz33.011.066.044.01111.0 OCS 26.01717.011.077.022.011.079.053.0
4  CroatiaKarlo Kuret66.022.01010.088.01212.0 18 18.077.055.033.033.055.079.061.0
5  GreeceAimilios Papathanasiou11.055.01717.01313.01515.066.0RDG8.422.011.0 22 22.044.092.472.4
6  AustraliaAnthony Nossiter1818.088.044.077.088.01313.011.088.02020.066.0 25 25.0118.093.0
7  BelgiumSébastien Godefroid1919.01212.022.055.066.055.033.01111.0 24 24.01818.01515.0120.096.0
8  FranceGuillaume Florent77.077.055.01616.033.099.099.01515.01313.01212.0 19 19.0115.096.0
9  DenmarkJonas Høgh-Christensen1616.044.02323.0 DNF 26.011.088.01111.01313.01010.088.01111.0131.0105.0
10  BrazilJoão Signorini1515.099.0 21 21.01515.02121.044.055.066.01212.099.01717.0134.0113.0
11  United StatesKevin Hall1111.066.01313.0 17 17.01616.01414.01313.099.099.01717.077.0132.0115.0
12  IrelandDavid Burrows1717.01414.099.033.01818.022.0 OCS 26.01010.01111.01010.02222.0142.0116.0
13  New ZealandDean Barker55.01010.077.01111.077.01616.0 OCS 26.01212.01919.02020.01010.0143.0117.0
14  SwedenDaniel Birgmark1212.01313.01111.01414.01414.01010.044.077.01717.01616.0 21 21.0139.0118.0
15  Czech RepublicMichal Maier1313.01717.01919.099.0 20 20.01212.01515.01818.044.077.066.0140.0120.0
16  TurkeyAli Enver Adakan22.01515.088.01010.02222.01111.01010.02121.01616.0 24 24.099.0148.0124.0
17  GermanyMichael Fellmann1414.01111.01212.022.099.01717.01919.01919.0 25 25.02121.033.0152.0127.0
18  CanadaRichard Clarke1010.01818.01515.02222.01919.01515.0 OCS 26.01414.088.01111.022.0160.0134.0
19  NetherlandsJaap Zielhuis 22 22.01919.01818.01212.01313.077.01212.01616.01414.01313.01212.0158.0136.0
20  SloveniaGašper Vinčec44.02424.01414.01919.0 DNF 26.01919.088.01717.01818.055.02323.0177.0151.0
21  RussiaVladimir Krutskikh 23 23.02222.02222.02121.01010.02323.01616.02222.066.02323.088.0196.0173.0
22  ArgentinaAlejandro Colla2020.02121.0 25 25.01818.055.02020.01414.02020.02121.01919.01616.0199.0174.0
23  HungaryBálazs Hajdú 24 24.01616.01616.02020.01717.02222.02020.02323.01515.01414.02020.0207.0183.0
24  ItalyMichele Marchesini2121.02020.02020.02424.02424.02424.066.0 25 25.02323.01515.02424.0226.0201.0
25  EstoniaImre Taveter 25 25.02323.02424.02323.02323.02121.01818.02424.02222.02525.01818.0246.0221.0

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; OCSOn the course side of the starting line; RDG – Redress given;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 2004 Summer Olympics

Further reading

  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  • "Athens 2004". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

References