Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Finn

Finn Men's at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Finn class dinghy
Venue	Savannah
Dates	22 July to 2 August
Competitors	31 from 31 nations
Teams	31
Medalists
Mateusz Kusznierewicz  Poland Sébastien Godefroid  Belgium Roy Heiner  Netherlands

The Finn Men's Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled. Ten races were sailed. Each sailor had two discards.^[1]

This was the last time that a British sailor did not win this event.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Race VIII		Race IX		Race X		Total Points [2]	Total -1 [3]
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Mateusz Kusznierewicz  (POL)	10	10.0	4	4.0	20	20.0	4	4.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	62.0	32.0
	Sebastien Godefroid  (BEL)	13	13.0	24	24.0	5	5.0	5	5.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	6	6.0	85.0	45.0
	Roy Heiner  (NED)	21	21.0	7	7.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	1	1.0	12	12.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	83.0	50.0
4	Hans Spitzauer  (AUT)	4	4.0	1	1.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	11	11.0	4	4.0	5	5.0	PMS	32.0	12	12.0	12	12.0	98.0	54.0
5	Fredrik Lööf  (SWE)	8	8.0	3	3.0	1	1.0	6	6.0	14	14.0	19	19.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	15	15.0	3	3.0	91.0	57.0
6	Paul McKenzie  (AUS)	9	9.0	28	28.0	14	14.0	20	20.0	1	1.0	17	17.0	13	13.0	3	3.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	115.0	67.0
7	Jose Maria van der Ploeg  (ESP)	1	1.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	DNS	32.0	17	17.0	8	8.0	15	15.0	6	6.0	11	11.0	5	5.0	118.0	69.0
8	Ian Ainslie  (RSA)	25	25.0	10	10.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	10	10.0	10	10.0	14	14.0	2	2.0	26	26.0	17	17.0	123.0	72.0
9	Richard Clarke  (CAN)	14	14.0	6	6.0	3	3.0	10	10.0	PMS	32.0	28	28.0	3	3.0	17	17.0	21	21.0	1	1.0	135.0	75.0
10	Christoph Bergmann  (BRA)	19	19.0	2	2.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	5	5.0	20	20.0	8	8.0	21	21.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	120.0	79.0
11	Jali Mäkilä  (FIN)	17	17.0	5	5.0	12	12.0	9	9.0	3	3.0	22	22.0	7	7.0	16	16.0	13	13.0	21	21.0	125.0	82.0
12	Richard Stenhouse  (GBR)	18	18.0	14	14.0	8	8.0	21	21.0	8	8.0	12	12.0	20	20.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	124.0	83.0
13	Craig Monk  (NZL)	22	22.0	9	9.0	4	4.0	13	13.0	2	2.0	13	13.0	18	18.0	5	5.0	28	28.0	25	25.0	139.0	86.0
14	Michael Maier  (CZE)	3	3.0	15	15.0	17	17.0	18	18.0	19	19.0	29	29.0	12	12.0	8	8.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	134.0	86.0
15	Philippe Presti  (FRA)	6	6.0	13	13.0	19	19.0	3	3.0	13	13.0	15	15.0	6	6.0	19	19.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	125.0	87.0
16	Luca Devoti  (ITA)	7	7.0	25	25.0	21	21.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	9	9.0	9	9.0	PMS	32.0	7	7.0	4	4.0	147.0	90.0
17	Yuriy Tokovy  (UKR)	2	2.0	20	20.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	5	5.0	17	17.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	18	18.0	133.0	91.0
18	Oleg Khoperskiy  (RUS)	27	27.0	18	18.0	13	13.0	16	16.0	7	7.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	10	10.0	4	4.0	14	14.0	161.0	107.0
19	Karlo Kuret  (CRO)	DSQ	32.0	11	11.0	2	2.0	19	19.0	12	12.0	23	23.0	24	24.0	18	18.0	9	9.0	15	15.0	165.0	109.0
20	Michael Fellmann  (GER)	15	15.0	12	12.0	11	11.0	17	17.0	15	15.0	26	26.0	26	26.0	15	15.0	14	14.0	22	22.0	173.0	121.0
21	Bjørn Westergaard  (DEN)	12	12.0	16	16.0	25	25.0	8	8.0	23	23.0	14	14.0	4	4.0	PMS	32.0	22	22.0	23	23.0	179.0	122.0
22	Vasco Batista  (POR)	16	16.0	23	23.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	26	26.0	7	7.0	22	22.0	14	14.0	16	16.0	9	9.0	178.0	129.0
23	Will Martin  (USA)	PMS	32.0	22	22.0	18	18.0	12	12.0	21	21.0	2	2.0	PMS	32.0	25	25.0	17	17.0	19	19.0	200.0	136.0
24	John Driscoll  (IRL)	23	23.0	19	19.0	16	16.0	24	24.0	20	20.0	21	21.0	10	10.0	13	13.0	24	24.0	20	20.0	190.0	142.0
25	Marek Valášek  (SVK)	5	5.0	17	17.0	26	26.0	28	28.0	27	27.0	6	6.0	23	23.0	20	20.0	25	25.0	26	26.0	203.0	148.0
26	Farkas Litkey  (HUN)	11	11.0	29	29.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	22	22.0	25	25.0	19	19.0	22	22.0	20	20.0	24	24.0	219.0	165.0
27	Aimilios Papathanasiou  (GRE)	26	26.0	21	21.0	DNF	32.0	27	27.0	PMS	32.0	16	16.0	21	21.0	23	23.0	29	29.0	DNF	32.0	259.0	195.0
28	Dumitru Frățilă  (ROM)	20	20.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	25	25.0	24	24.0	24	24.0	27	27.0	26	26.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	254.0	199.0
29	Mark Clarke  (CAY)	28	28.0	27	27.0	28	28.0	26	26.0	25	25.0	18	18.0	28	28.0	PMS	32.0	23	23.0	27	27.0	262.0	202.0
30	Manuel Méndez  (PUR)	24	24.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	29	29.0	28	28.0	30	30.0	29	29.0	DSQ	32.0	31	31.0	29	29.0	292.0	229.0
31	Geoffrey Taylor  (FIJ)	29	29.0	31	31.0	29	29.0	30	30.0	DNF	32.0	31	31.0	30	30.0	24	24.0	30	30.0	30	30.0	296.0	233.0

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Finn during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Finn course area's

• 
  Black: Marinas
  Blue: Alpha course
  Green: Bravo course
  Yellow: Charly course
  Red: Delta course
• 
  Olympic course ZU.
  S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

Date	Race	°C		Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
22 July 1996	I	30		7	0.4	ZU	Charly
23 July 1996	II	29		10	0.8	ZU	Charly
23 July 1996	III	29		13	0.8	ZU	Charly
24 July 1996	IV	28		11	0.7	ZU	Delta
25 July 1996	V	29		13	0.7	ZU	Delta
26 July 1996	VI	28		4	0.4	ZU	Charly
26 July 1996	VII	27		10	0.5	ZU	Charly
27 July 1996	VIII	28		5	0.6	ZU	Charly
28 July 1996	IX	29		6	0.7	ZU	Charly
29 July 1996	X	28		11	0.6	ZU	Charly

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Finn), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
2. The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

References

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