Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's 470

The Women's 470 was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics program in Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre,^[1] in the 470 dinghy. Eleven races were scheduled and completed with one discard. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nation competed.^[2][3]

Women's 470[1] at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Line drawing of the 470
Venue	Agios Kosmas Olympic Sailing Centre
Dates	First race: 14 August 2004 (2004-08-14) Last race: 21 August 2004 (2004-08-21)
Competitors	40 from 20 nations
Medalists
Sofia Bekatorou Aimilia Tsoulfa  Greece Sandra Azón Natalia Vía Dufresne  Spain Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson  Sweden
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Race schedule

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Practice races

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Competition day

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Last day of racing

Date[4]	August
	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
Women's 470	●	●	● ●	● ●	Spare day	● ●	● ●	● ●	Spare day	●

Final results

Source:^[5]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Race 8		Race 9		Race 10		Race 11		Total	Total – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Greece	Sofia Bekatorou	Aimilia Tsoulfa	1	1.0	2	2.0	2	2.0	13	13.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	14	14.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	DNC	21.0	59.0	38.0
	Spain	Sandra Azón	Natalia Vía Dufresne	2	2.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	19	19.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	5	5.0	81.0	62.0
	Sweden	Therese Torgersson	Vendela Zachrisson	9	9.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	3	3.0	14	14.0	9	9.0	6	6.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	3	3.0	77.0	63.0
4	Slovenia	Vesna Dekleva	Klara Maučec	3	3.0	5	5.0	14	14.0	18	18.0	2	2.0	15	15.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	18	18.0	3	3.0	2	2.0	83.0	65.0
5	United States	Katie McDowell	Isabelle Kinsolving	12	12.0	16	16.0	3	3.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	2	2.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	102.0	84.0
6	Denmark	Susanne Ward	Michaela Meehan	11	11.0	1	1.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	16	16.0	12	12.0	DSQ	21.0	16	16.0	110.0	89.0
7	Great Britain	Christina Bassadone	Katherine Hopson	5	5.0	14	14.0	15	15.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	17	17.0	DSQ	21.0	2	2.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	112.0	91.0
8	Russia	Vlada Ilyenko	Nataliya Gaponovich	7	7.0	6	6.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	17	17.0	13	13.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	111.0	94.0
9	Netherlands	Lisa Westerhof	Margriet Matthijsse	10	10.0	DSQ	21.0	1	1.0	RDG	15.0	4	4.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	19	19.0	12	12.0	15	15.0	121.0	100.0
10	France	Ingrid Petitjean	Nadège Douroux	8	8.0	3	3.0	5	5.0	7	7.0	7	7.0	20	20.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	9	9.0	120.0	100.0
11	Japan	Yuka Yoshisako	Mitsuko Satake	DSQ	21.0	17	17.0	16	16.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	4	4.0	12	12.0	3	3.0	18	18.0	1	1.0	122.0	101.0
12	Argentina	María Fernanda Sesto	Paula Reinoso	15	15.0	7	7.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	16	16.0	3	3.0	14	14.0	9	9.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	118.0	102.0
13	Canada	Jen Provan	Nikola Girke	4	4.0	13	13.0	17	17.0	11	11.0	12	12.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	19	19.0	6	6.0	19	19.0	12	12.0	122.0	103.0
14	Australia	Jenny Armstrong	Belinda Stowell	14	14.0	12	12.0	6	6.0	14	14.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	8	8.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	19	19.0	127.0	108.0
15	Germany	Stefanie Rothweiler	Monika Leu	13	13.0	15	15.0	8	8.0	1	1.0	18	18.0	4	4.0	11	11.0	10	10.0	20	20.0	15	15.0	14	14.0	129.0	109.0
16	New Zealand	Shelley Hesson	Linda Dickson	6	6.0	8	8.0	10	10.0	5	5.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	15	15.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	17	17.0	13	13.0	136.0	118.0
17	Brazil	Fernanda Oliveira	Adriana Kostiw	OCS	21.0	18	18.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	15	15.0	15	15.0	5	5.0	6	6.0	140.0	119.0
18	Israel	Nike Kornecki	Vered Buskila	OCS	21.0	11	11.0	RAF	21.0	19	19.0	6	6.0	13	13.0	12	12.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	13	13.0	18	18.0	143.0	122.0
19	Hungary	Márta Weöres	Anna Payr	OCS	21.0	9	9.0	13	13.0	9	9.0	20	20.0	9	9.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	16	16.0	10	10.0	17	17.0	149.0	128.0
20	Italy	Elisabetta Saccheggiani	Myriam Cutolo	16	16.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	20	20.0	10	10.0	19	19.0	20	20.0	4	4.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	10	10.0	161.0	141.0

Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On 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 Women's 470 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 19 March 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
• Kubatko, Justin. "Sailing at the 2004 Athina Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 19 March 2014.
• "Athens 2004". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.