After successfully qualifying sailors in six events at the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships, the Croatian sailing team have named their athletes for the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition.

Sailing was declared an integral part of the Olympic Games in 1908, despite it being the only sport that could not take place in a stadium.

Denmark, Finland and Spain took the remaining Women's Match Racing spots for the London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition after coming through a tough qualification regatta.

Strong winds and tough competition proved to be the knock out punch for three of the nine teams as they were eliminated from the 2012 Women's Match Racing International Country Olympic Qualifying Regatta.

As the ISAF London 2012 Olympic Sailing website is officially launched we take you back to where sailing's long Olympic history began...

With 177 days until the London 2012 Olympic Games, the International Sailing Federation has launched their Olympic website.

The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships saw Australia, France, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, Sweden, Russia and USA qualify their country in Women's Match Racing.

The French team were the only nation to qualify their country in all of the ten Olympic disciplines for London 2012 during the Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships and they have named sailors for eight of ten events.