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Two-Person Dinghy (470), Open

Date11 – 18 August 2008
StatusOlympic
LocationQingdao Aolinpike Fanchuan Zhongxin, Qingdao
Participants58 from 29 countries
FormatPoints awarded for placement in each race. Best 10 of 11 scores to count for final placement. Medal race points counted double.

Australians Nathan Wilmot and Malcolm Page had won the World Championship in 2004-05 and 2007 and were favored. The British team of Nic Asher and Elliot Willis was World Champions in 2006 and 2008, but were bypassed for the Olympics in favor of Nick Rogers and Joe Glanfield, who had won the silver medal in this class at Athina in 2004. The Australians did not win any preliminary race, but were very consistent, with eight finishes between third and fifth in the first 10 races, and entered the medal race needing only to finish to win gold. They capped their Olympic experience with a convincing win in the medal race to win gold, as Rogers and Glanfield repeated as silver medalists. Page would repeat as the gold medalist in this class in 2012, but that time with Mathew Belcher at the helm.

PosCompetitorsNOCNet PointsTotal PointsRace #1Race #2Race #3Race #4Race #5Race #6Race #7Race #8Race #9Race #10Medal Race
1AustraliaAUS44604 (4)7 (7)3 (3)3 (3)3 (3)4 (4)5 (5)16 (16)3 (3)10 (10)2 (1)Gold
Nathan Wilmot • Malcolm Page
2Great BritainGBR7510519 (19)5 (5)1 (1)4 (4)9 (9)6 (6)20 (20)30 (OCS)2 (2)3 (3)6 (3)Silver
Nick Rogers • Joe Glanfield
3FranceFRA78986 (6)3 (3)8 (8)1 (1)6 (6)18 (18)3 (3)14 (14)7 (7)20 (20)12 (6)Bronze
Nicolas Charbonnier • Olivier Bausset
4NetherlandsNED789311 (11)15 (15)12 (12)2 (2)8 (8)15 (15)2 (2)8 (8)4 (4)2 (2)14 (7)
Sven Coster • Kalle Coster
5SpainESP871058 (8)2 (2)6 (6)9 (9)13 (13)13 (13)13 (13)4 (4)11 (11)18 (18)8 (4)
Onán Barreiros • Aarón Sarmiento
6ItalyITA9112010 (10)4 (4)7 (7)7 (7)2 (2)21 (21)19 (19)6 (6)29 (29)5 (5)10 (5)
Gabrio Zandonà • Andrea Trani
7JapanJPN971211 (1)20 (20)24 (24)13 (13)10 (10)14 (14)1 (1)9 (9)21 (21)4 (4)4 (2)
Tetsuya Matsunaga • Taro Ueno
8PortugalPOR1021322 (2)8 (8)15 (15)6 (6)11 (11)7 (7)9 (9)30 (OCS)10 (10)14 (14)20 (10)
Álvaro Marinho • Miguel Nunes
9CroatiaCRO10713718 (18)6 (6)9 (9)30 (OCS)12 (12)17 (17)6 (6)7 (7)15 (15)1 (1)16 (8)
Šime Fantela • Igor Marenić
10ArgentinaARG11014014 (14)14 (14)4 (4)11 (11)19 (19)9 (9)7 (7)30 (OCS)5 (5)9 (9)18 (9)
Javier Conte • Juan de la Fuente
11New ZealandNZL951257 (7)10 (10)14 (14)12 (12)[30] (BFD)10 (10)22 (22)12 (12)1 (1)7 (7)–
Carl Evans • Peter Burling
12GreeceGRE1011305 (5)26 (26)11 (11)8 (8)5 (5)5 (5)18 (18)3 (3)20 (20)29 (29)–
Andreas Kosmatopoulos • Andreas Papadopoulos
13United StatesUSA10513526 (26)12 (12)30 (OCS)17 (17)15 (15)1 (1)4 (4)1 (1)6 (6)23 (23)–
Stu McNay • Graham Biehl
14IsraelISR10813813 (13)16 (16)13 (13)14 (14)[30] (BFD)11 (11)15 (15)2 (2)12 (12)12 (12)–
Gideon Kliger • Udi Gal
15SwedenSWE11114116 (16)18 (18)2 (2)5 (5)[30] (BFD)20 (20)17 (17)13 (13)14 (14)6 (6)–
Anton Dahlberg • Sebastian Östling
16IrelandIRL12915422 (22)1 (1)17 (17)15 (15)1 (1)25 (25)21 (21)15 (15)13 (13)24 (24)–
Ger Owens • Phil Lawton
17BrazilBRA1341649 (9)30 (OCS)10 (10)18 (18)4 (4)30 (OCS)16 (16)10 (10)24 (24)13 (13)–
Fábio Pillar • Samuel Albrecht
18SloveniaSLO1391693 (3)11 (11)19 (19)10 (10)18 (18)30 (OCS)25 (25)20 (20)25 (25)8 (8)–
Karlo Hmeljak • Mitja Nevečny
19PolandPOL15117520 (20)9 (9)20 (20)23 (23)17 (17)16 (16)8 (8)24 (24)23 (23)15 (15)–
Patryk Piasecki • Kacper Ziemiński
20Russian FederationRUS15718427 (27)21 (21)22 (22)21 (21)24 (24)12 (12)11 (11)11 (11)18 (18)17 (17)–
Mikhail Sheremetyev • Maksim Sheremetyev
21BelarusBLR15918829 (29)27 (27)16 (16)26 (26)16 (16)2 (2)12 (12)17 (17)16 (16)27 (27)–
Siarhei Dzesiukevich • Paval Lohunov
22SingaporeSGP15918915 (15)17 (17)18 (18)19 (19)[30] (BFD)8 (8)10 (10)19 (19)27 (27)26 (26)–
Xu Yuan Zhen • Terence Koh
23SwitzerlandSUI16219221 (21)23 (23)5 (5)25 (25)7 (7)30 (OCS)27 (27)26 (26)9 (9)19 (19)–
Tobias Etter • Felix Steiger
24AustriaAUT16418924 (24)19 (19)25 (25)24 (24)14 (14)24 (24)24 (24)5 (5)19 (19)11 (11)–
Matthias Schmid • Florian Reichstädter
25Republic of KoreaKOR18020717 (17)24 (24)21 (21)27 (27)20 (20)3 (3)23 (23)25 (25)22 (22)25 (25)–
Yun Cheol • Kim Hyeong-Tae
26People's Republic of ChinaCHN18621612 (12)[30] (DQ)23 (23)16 (16)21 (21)26 (26)30 (OCS)22 (22)8 (8)28 (28)–
Wang Weidong • Deng Daokun
27FinlandFIN19622628 (28)22 (22)27 (27)[30] (DQ)25 (25)19 (19)14 (14)23 (23)17 (17)21 (21)–
Niklas Lindgren • Heikki Elomaa
28TurkeyTUR19822623 (23)13 (13)26 (26)22 (22)22 (22)23 (23)26 (26)21 (21)28 (28)22 (22)–
Deniz Çınar • Ateş Çınar
29CanadaCAN20523525 (25)25 (25)30 (OCS)20 (20)23 (23)22 (22)30 (OCS)18 (18)26 (26)16 (16)–
Stéphane Locas • Oliver Bone