Annex: Sailing at the Atlanta 1996 Olympic Games

The sailing regattas at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games were held in the waters of Wassaw Strait, based at the Sail Harbor Marina located on Wilmington Island, east of Savannah, from July 22 to August 2, 1996.

A total of 10 different events were held in this sport, 3 men's, 3 women's and 4 open. The competition program was modified in relation to the previous edition: the Mistral class replaced the Lechner A-390 and the Laser class replaced the Flying Dutchman.

Medalists

Male classes

Event
Mistral (29 July)	Nikólaos Kaklamanakis Greece 17 sts.	Carlos Espínola Argentina 19 sts.	Gal Fridman Israel 21 sts.
Finn (1 August)	Mateusz Kusznierewicz Poland 32	Sébastien Godefroid Belgium 45	Roy Heiner Netherlands 50
470 (29 July)	Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko Ukraine 40	John Merricks Ian Walker United Kingdom 60	Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto Portugal 62

Female classes

Event
Mistral (29 July)	Lee Lai Shan Hong Kong 16 sts.	Barbara Kendall New Zealand 24 sts.	Alessandra Sensini Italy 28 sts.
Europe (31 July)	Kristine Roug Denmark 24	Margriet Matthijsse Netherlands 30	Courtenay Becker-Dey United States 39
470 (1 August)	Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía-Dufresne Spain 25	Yumiko Shige Alicia Kinoshita Japan 36	Ruslana Taran Olena Pajolchyk Ukraine 38

Open classes

Event
Laser (31 July)	Robert Scheidt Brazil 26 sts.	Ben Ainslie United Kingdom 37 sts.	Peer Moberg Norway 46 sts.
Star (29 July)	Torben Grael Marcelo Ferreira Brazil 25	Hans Wallén Bobby Lohse Sweden 29	Colin Beashel David Giles Australia 32
Tornado (30 July)	Fernando León Boissier José Luis Ballester Spain 30	Mitchell Booth Andrew Landenberger Australia 42	Lars Grael Henrique Pellicano Brazil 43
Soling (2 August)	Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel Germany	Gueorgui Shaiduko Dmitri Shabanov Igor Skalin Russia	Jeff Madrigali James Barton Kent Massey United States

Medal table

No.	Country				Total
1	Brazil	2	0	1	3
2	Spain	2	0	0	2
3	Ukraine	1	0	1	2
4	Germany	1	0	0	1
4	Denmark	1	0	0	1
4	Greece	1	0	0	1
4	Hong Kong	1	0	0	1
4	Poland	1	0	0	1
9	United Kingdom	0	2	0	2
10	Australia	0	1	1	2
10	Netherlands	0	1	1	2
12	Argentina	0	1	0	1
12	Belgium	0	1	0	1
12	Japan	0	1	0	1
12	New Zealand	0	1	0	1
12	Russia	0	1	0	1
12	Sweden	0	1	0	1
18	United States	0	0	2	2
19	Israel	0	0	1	1
19	Italy	0	0	1	1
19	Norway	0	0	1	1
19	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	TOTAL	10	10	10	30