Count | Country | Qualification Method | Helm | Crew | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | Host Nation | Leo Takahashi | Ibuki Koizumi | Won internal qualification |
2 | Croatia | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Sime Fantela | Mihovil Fantela | Sime won 470 gold at Rio 2016 2018 49er World Champions |
3 | France | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Emile Amoros | Lucas Rual | Won internal qualification |
4 | Germany | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Erik Heil | Thomas Ploessel | Big lead in internal Germany qualifier. Bronze medal in 2016. |
5 | Great Britain | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Dylan Fletcher | Stuart Bithell | 2017 World Champions |
6 | New Zealand | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Peter Burling | Blair Tuke | Rio 2016 Gold Medal 6x 49er World Champions |
7 | Portugal | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Jorge Lima | Jose Costa | 3x Olympians |
8 | Switzerland | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Sebastien Schneiter | Lucean Cujean | Hit Swiss qualification at 2020 Worlds |
9 | Denmark | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Jonas Warrer | Jakob Precht Jensen | Jonas Warrer - Beijing 2008 Gold Medal |
10 | Spain | Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Diego Botin | Iago Marra | 2nd at 2020 World Championship |
11 | Austria | Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Ben Bildstein | David Hussl | 3rd at 2019 World Championship |
12 | Netherlands | Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Bart Lambriex | Pim van Vugt | Not yet named by Dutch Olympic team, must meet national qualification criteria. |
13 | Poland | Top 4 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Lukasz Przybytek | Pawel Kolodzinski | to be 3X Olympians |
14 | Canada | North American continental place | William Jones | Evan Depaul | |
15 | Brazil | South American continental place | Marco Grael | Gabriel Borges | Made internal selection criteria at 2020 Worlds |
16 | Australia | Oceania continental place | Will Phillips | Sam Phillips | Made Australian criteria at 2020 Worlds |
17 | IND | Asian continental place | K.C. Ganapathy | Varun Thakkar | 2021 Asian Champions |
18 | Ireland | European continental place | Robert Dickson | Sean Waddilove | 2018 Junior World Champions |
19 | RSA | African continental place | Benji Daniel | Alex Burger | 2021 African Champions |
Count | Country | Qualification Method | Helm | Crew | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Japan | Host Nation | Anna Yamazaki | Sena Takano | Hosts |
2 | Netherlands | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Annemiek Bekkering | Annette Duetz | 2x World Champions |
3 | Austria | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Tanja Frank | Lorena Abicht | Silver 2018 Worlds |
4 | Brazil | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Martine Grael | Kahena Kunze | Rio 2016 Gold Medallists |
5 | Great Britain | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Charlotte Dobson | Saskia Tidey | 2nd at 2020 World Championships |
6 | Denmark | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Ida Nielsen | Marie Olsen | 2x European Champions |
7 | New Zealand | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Alex Maloney | Molly Meech | Rio 2016 Silver Medallists |
8 | Norway | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Helene Naess | Marie Ronningen | 3rd at 2019 World Championships |
9 | Australia | Top 8 nations at 2018 Worlds Aarhus | Tess Lloyd | Jaime Ryan | Won internal selection |
10 | Germany | Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Tina Lutz | Susan Beucke | 2019 European Champions |
11 | Argentina | Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Vicky Travascio | Sol Branz | 2x Olympians |
12 | USA | Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Stephanie Roble | Maggie Shea | 3rd at 2020 World Championships |
13 | Poland | Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Aleksandra Melzacka | Kinga Lobado | |
14 | Spain | Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Tamara Echegoyen | Paula Barcelo | 2020 and 2016 World Champions, 2012 Gold medalist. |
15 | Singapore | Top 6 remaining nations at 2019 Worlds | Kimberly Lim | Cecilia Low | Both Opti World Champions |
16 | Canada | North American Continental Spot | Ali Ten Hove | Mariah Millen | Interview with Ali - https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-92/clip/15835994 |
17 | Peru | South American Continental Spot | Diana Tudela | Marie Devoize | |
18 | France | Oceania Continental Spot | Lili Sebesi | Albane Dubois | Confirmed |
19 | CHN | Asian Continental Spot | TBD | ||
20 | Belgium | European Continental Spot | Isaura Maenhaut | Anouk Geurts | |
21 | TUN | African Continental Spot | Eya Guezguez | Sarra Guezguez |
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Read MoreThe Games are On
A Games unlike any other is about to begin. Normally, many of us would be in Tokyo, but since we’re all remote, let’s figure out how to be a part of it. The racing kicks off for ILCA 6/7 (formerly Laser/Radial) and RSX windsurfing tomorrow, and then other fleets are added to stagger the start and finish of racing. … and it’s sailing, so the schedule is bound to change.
What days? To keep track of the schedule, have a look at our Olympic site – we will update the maxtrix of racing when it changes. We’ll also update the photos, results, and other content we can get our hands on.
Each day, one course is live broadcast, and it will usually be the fleet highlighted in blue, below. They do have the agility to change on the fly though, which is why there is a secondary course highlighted in yellow. An example of how to read the maxtrix, you should be able to watch 49er and FX on the 27th, and Nacra on the 29th, etc.
Details about live tracking are here.
What Time? Each day, racing starts at noon local time, and so does the broadcasting. There are two waves of races scheduled on most courses on most days, so the second half of the racing starts between14:30 and 15:30 each day, depending on how long the first fleet takes to do their racing. Here are the detailed fleet start times as they stand today:
July 27 – FX 12:00, 49er 14:50
July 28 – 49er 12:00, Nacra 17 14:35, FX 14:50
July 29 – Nacra 17 12:00 July 30 – 49er 12:00, FX 14:50
July 31 – 49er 12:00, FX 12:00, Nacra 17 12:00
Aug 1 – Nacra 17 12:00
Aug 2 – FX Medal Race 14:33, 49er Medal Race 15:33
Aug 3 – Nacra 17 Medal Race 15:33
How to Watch? There should be sailing live broadcast every day from July 25th to August 4th. The way the Olympics works is that every country has the rights to the broadcasts sold to a national broadcaster. While sailing makes the main channel very seldom in most nations, some nations do put all the broadcasts online. If you are from one of those countries, you’re in luck. However, if you are not one of the lucky ones, you can still watch but it will take a bit of tech workaround. You will need to have your computer pretend it’s sitting in another country that does have internet broadcasts, and then log in through their systems. So you can download a VPN (virtual private network, we recommend NordVPN (5 euros)) and then there are a few options. In Europe, there is a Eurosport offering. So you need to pretend you’re in the UK or France, etc., and then sign up for Eurosport for the month, for 10 Euros. However, it seems to require a European based method of payment, so that might not work for you. You can try a US based network, and go to https://www.nbcolympics.com/sailing You can try a UK based network and go to the BBC iPlayer You can try New Zealand and go to https://www.tvnz.co.nz/livetv (free account creation required). Each channel will have a common video feed, and most will have their own commentators. Both the BBC and New Zealand seem to only have limited amounts of the racing, but NBC looks like they will have everything, and it will be available on demand too. The final thing fans can look for is the live trackers. These
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