Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's RS:X

Ten boards qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.

The gold medal was won by Dorian van Rijsselberghe who already after the ninth race had accumulated sufficient results to be certain to win the gold medal, as long as he competed in the races.

[2] For the RS:X course areas Portland, Nothe, and West were used.

The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area and the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area.

[4] Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [5] Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); 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;

Course areas
Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's RS:X during the 2012 Summer Olympics