[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°1'10"N, 120°28'47"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Orange course area.

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

During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable but the Men's 470 competition was executed as scheduled.

[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;