The
Open Single Person Dinghy at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
was held from 20 to 29 September 2000 in
Sydney
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in
Australia
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. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards.
Results
Notes
Points are assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points are totalled from the top 9 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 44 points are assigned for that race (as there were 43 sailors in this competition).
Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows:
*OCS –
On course side
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of the starting line
*DSQ – Disqualified
*DNF – Did Not Finish
*DNS – Did Not Start
*RDG – Redress Given
References
Sources
Results and weather take from https://web.archive.org/web/20050825083600/http://www.sailing.org/olympics2000/info2000/
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Laser
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Laser (dinghy) class sailing competitions
Unisex sailing at the Summer Olympics