In total 400 sailors will compete across the 11 events of the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. As the host nation, China automatically qualify for a place in each event, with the remaining places decided through a qualification system. Qualification is worked out on a national basis, it is then up to the individual National Olympic Committees (NOC) to decide which sailors they want to represent them at the Olympic Sailing Competition.
Qualification Overview
There were two principal qualification regattas for each event at the Olympic Sailing Competition: the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships and the 2008 Class (Equipment) World Championship. The table below shows the entry quota for each event along with the number of qualification places available at each qualification regatta.
Reports from the qualification events along with details of which nations qualified and when can be founded by clicking on the links to the right.
| Event |
Equipment |
Entry Quota |
Host NOC places |
2007 Worlds places |
2008 Worlds places |
Total Athletes |
| Men's Windsurfer |
RS:X |
35 |
1 |
25 |
9 |
35 |
| Women's Windsurfer |
RS:X |
28 |
1 |
20 |
7 |
28 |
| Heavyweight Dinghy |
Finn |
26 |
1 |
19 |
6 |
26 |
| Men's One Person Dinghy |
Laser |
40 |
1 |
29 |
10 |
40 |
| Women's One Person Dinghy |
Laser Radial |
26 |
1 |
19 |
6 |
26 |
| Men's Two Person Dinghy |
470 |
30 |
1 |
21 |
8 |
60 |
| Women's Two Person Dinghy |
470 |
19 |
1 |
13 |
5 |
38 |
| Skiff |
49er |
19 |
1 |
13 |
5 |
38 |
| Multihull |
Tornado |
16 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
32 |
| Men's Keelboat |
Star |
16 |
1 |
11 |
4 |
32 |
| Women's Keelboat |
Yngling |
15 |
1 |
10 |
4 |
45 |
Qualification System in Detail
For full details on the Qualification System for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition, click on the links below to read the full qualification documents.
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