In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind.

[8] Scoring system: low-point system; Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result; The Danish team of Jonas Warrer and Martin Kirketerp Ibsen, who won the gold medal, almost failed to make it to the start of the Medal race, when their mast split shortly before the start.

The protest was promoted to the International Olympic Committee but was again dismissed.

A third protest was promoted by Italy and Spain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), which was also dismissed.

[11] Pavle Kostov, Petar Cupać and their coach Ivan Bulaja were awarded the International Fair Play Committee's Pierre de Coubertin World Trophy for lending their boat.