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Seoul, Korea

The then IYRU decided to address the low numbers of women in Olympic sailing by adding an eighth event, a 470 event for women. Americans Allison Jolly and Lisa Jewel were the first winners in the 21-boat fleet, which was sailed in predominantly strong winds. This marked the beginning of the IYRU's determination to reach the IOC guidelines requiring a greater proportion of women’s participation in the Games.

All this took place in Pusan, South Korea’s second city after the capital Seoul, where the main Games were, and the country’s major port. Until the country was awarded the Games in 1981, recreational sailing really hadn’t taken root in South Korea and the Korea Yachting Association existed in name only.

Pusan posed interesting questions about tide in an area for which there was little data and teams had not started the large scale met. programmes that are now considered essential.

France had won one medal since 1932 – Serge Maury’s Finn gold in 1972 - until Thierry Peponnet burst onto the scene and having won the bronze in the 470 class in Los Angeles, together with crew Luc Pilot, Peponnet got the gold in Pusan.

Men

Position	Crew	Nation
1	Thierry PEPONNET Luc PILLOT	FRA
2	Tynu TYNISTE Toomas TYNISTE	URS
3	John Thomas SHADDEN Charles MCKEE	USA
4	Fernando LEON BOISSIER Francisco SANCHEZ LUNA	ESP
5	Wolfgang HUNGER Joachim HUNGER	FRG
6	Peter EVANS Simon MANDER	NZL
7	Sandro MONTEFUSCO Paolo MONTEFUSCO	ITA
8	Nigel COCHRANE Gordon MCILQUHAM	CAN
9	Robert DRONTMANN Markus DRONTMANN	NED
10	Carlos WANDERLEY Bernardo MULLER CARIOBA ARNDT	BRA
11	Jurgen BRIETZKE Ekkehard SCHULZ	GDR
12	Kenji NAKAMURA Masayuki TAKAHASHI	JPN
13	Herman Horn JOHANNESSEN Karl Einar Vedel JENSEN	NOR
14	Jonas HAGGBOM Anders LILJEBLAD	SWE
15	Jason BELBEN Andrew Galbraith HEMMINGS	GBR
16	Peter VON KOSKULL Johan VON KOSKULL	FIN
17	Farokh TARAPORE Kelly RAO	IND
18	Dan Noam TORTEN Ram Jacob TORTEN	ISR
19	Carlos A. IRIGOYEN Guillermo PARADA	ARG
20	Jodok WICKI Andreas FREY	SUI
21	Hans NATORP Paul NATORP	DEN
22	Gunnlaugur JONASSON Isleifur FRIDRIKSSON	ISL
23	Gyula NYARI Zoltan Zsolt NYARI	HUN
24	Christian BINDER Heimo HECHT	AUT
25	Shan-Feng YANG Bo LIN	CHN
26	Ki-Chul PARK Kwang-Soo SHIN	KOR
27	Shaw-Her SIEW Kun-Sing Joseph CHAN	SIN
28	Andreas KARAPATAKIS Christos CHRISTOFOROU	CYP
29	Sadiq MAMOON Rasool JAVED	PAK

Women

Position	Crew	Nation
1	Allison JOLLY Lynne M. JEWELL	USA
2	Marit SÖDERSTRÖM Birgitta BENGTSSON	SWE
3	Larisa MOSKALENKO Irina SHUNIKHOVSKAYA	URS
4	Bettina LEMSTRÖM Annika LEMSTRÖM	FIN
5	Susanne BAUCKHOLT Kathrin ADLKOFER	FRG
6	Nicola GREEN Karyn GOJNICH	AUS
7	Susanne THEEL Silke PREUSS	GDR
8	Florence LE BRUN Sophie BERGE	FRA
9	Fiona GALLOWAY Janet Lee SHEARER	NZL
10	Adelina GONZALEZ MUNOZ	ESP
11	Karen JOHNSON Gail JOHNSON	CAN
12	Anna BACCHIEGA Nives MONICO	ITA
13	Hendrika VEGTER Marion BULTMAN	NED
14	Mette MUNCH Lone SÖRENSEN	DEN
15	Deborah JARVIS Susan HAY	GBR
16	Cinthia KNOTH Marcia Pellicano	BRA
17	Keiko NOGAMI Aiko SAITO	JPN
18	Catherine MACALEAVEY Aisling BOWMAN	IRL
19	Eliane FIERRO Tania FIERRO	MEX
20	Rui-Li CHEN Xiu-Mei CHEN	CHN
21	Hye-Sook KIM Jung-Mi HAN	KOR

 

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Published Date: 26/01/2010