[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 Women’s 470 competition was executed as scheduled.

Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.