Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Tornado

The Tornado Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each team had two discards.^[1]

Tornado at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Tornado
Venue	Savannah
Dates	22 July to 2 August
Competitors	38 from 19 nations
Teams	19
Medalists
Fernando Leon Jose Luis Ballester  Spain Mitch Booth Andrew Landenberger  Australia Lars Grael Henrique Pellicano  Brazil
← 1992 2000 →

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Race XI		Total Points [2]	Total -1 [3]
			Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts	Rank	Pts
	Fernando Leon  (ESP)	Jose Luis Ballester	2	2.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	PMS	20.0	3	3.0	DNC	20.0	70.0	30.0
	Mitch Booth  (AUS)	Andrew Landenberger	1	1.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	14	14.0	17	17.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	PMS	20.0	2	2.0	10	10.0	79.0	42.0
	Lars Grael  (BRA)	Henrique Pellicano	12	12.0	16	16.0	1	1.0	8	8.0	6	6.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	5	5.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	71.0	43.0
4	Andreas Hagara  (AUT)	Florian Schneeberger	4	4.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	7	7.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	7	7.0	13	13.0	1	1.0	70.0	44.0
5	Walter Pirinoli  (ITA)	Marco Pirinoli	16	16.0	12	12.0	PMS	20.0	3	3.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	2	2.0	80.0	44.0
6	Frédéric le Peutrec  (FRA)	Franck Citeau	8	8.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	8	8.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	6	6.0	9	9.0	66.0	46.0
7	Roland Gabler  (GER)	Frank Parlow	15	15.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	5	5.0	75.0	48.0
8	John Lovell  (USA)	Charlie Ogletree	3	3.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	4	4.0	4	4.0	11	11.0	3	3.0	12	12.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	12	12.0	72.0	48.0
9	Ron van Teylingen  (NED)	Herbert Dercksen	13	13.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	17	17.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	PMS	20.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	93.0	56.0
10	Patrick Thorens  (SUI)	Stéphane Wohnlich	7	7.0	9	9.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	1	1.0	11	11.0	7	7.0	10	10.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	103.0	77.0
11	Marc Peers  (CAN)	Roy Janse	17	17.0	11	11.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	12	12.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	9	9.0	8	8.0	8	8.0	117.0	83.0
12	Yuriy Konovalov  (RUS)	Sergey Myasnikov	11	11.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	12	12.0	18	18.0	3	3.0	15	15.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	17	17.0	11	11.0	122.0	87.0
13	David Williams  (GBR)	Ian Rhodes	5	5.0	7	7.0	12	12.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	DSQ	20.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	6	6.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	121.0	87.0
14	Sergey Kravtsov  (BLR)	Viktor Budantsev	9	9.0	15	15.0	PMS	20.0	16	16.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	16	16.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	137.0	101.0
15	Rex Sellers  (NZL)	Brian Jones	14	14.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	12	12.0	16	16.0	12	12.0	14	14.0	4	4.0	140.0	107.0
16	Mats Nyberg  (SWE)	Magnus Lövdén	10	10.0	PMS	20.0	16	16.0	14	14.0	7	7.0	16	16.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	17	17.0	151.0	114.0
17	Serhiy Priymak  (UKR)	Yevhen Chelombitko	6	6.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	13	13.0	17	17.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	153.0	118.0
18	Shayne Brodie  (FIJ)	Angus Pattie	18	18.0	17	17.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	16	16.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	18	18.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	15	15.0	183.0	147.0
19	Alun Davies  (CAY)	Michael Joseph	19	19.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	19	19.0	19	19.0	PMS	20.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	203.0	164.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Tornado during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Tornado course areas

• 
  Black: Marinas
  Blue: Alpha course
  Green: Bravo course
  Yellow: Charly course
  Red: Delta course
• 
  Olympic course WX.
  S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
23 July 1996	I	29		10	0.8		Delta
23 July 1996	II	29		13	0.8	WX	Delta
26 July 1996	III	27		7	0.5	WX	Delta
26 July 1996	IV	27		10	0.5	WX	Delta
27 July 1996	V	28		7	0.5	WX	Delta
27 July 1996	VI	28		8	0.6	WX	Delta
28 July 1996	VII	29		6	0.7	WX	Delta
28 July 1996	VIII	29		9	0.6	WX	Delta
29 July 1996	IX	29		11	0.6	WX	Delta
29 July 1996	X	28		11	0.4	WX	Delta
30 July 1996	XI	28		8	0.4	WX	Delta

References

1. "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Multihull (Tornado), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

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