Windsurfer (Windsurfer One), Women

While men competed in Los Angeles in windsurfing (boardsailing) as a medal sport, using the Windglider, and as a demonstration sport, using the Windsurfer One board, women had only a demonstration sport, using the Windsurfer One, designed by Hoyle Schwitzer.

The competition consisted of three phases – slalom, freestyle, and long-distance. Final scores were determined based on 20% of the long-distance placement, 40% of the slalom placement, and 40% of the freestyle placement. Sixteen (16) sailors started with the event won by Canadian Karen Morch, who won the slalom phase, was second in freestyle, and fifth in the long-distance phase. Morch was followed by two Americans – Anne Gardner-Nelson and Andrea Livingston.