Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, there were 7 events in sailing.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
470	Spain (ESP) Luis Doreste Roberto Molina	United States (USA) Steve Benjamin Hans Steinfeld	France (FRA) Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot
Finn	Russell Coutts New Zealand (NZL)	John Bertrand United States (USA)	Terry Neilsen Canada (CAN)
Flying Dutchman	United States (USA) Jonathan McKee Carl Buchan	Canada (CAN) Terry McLaughlin Evert Bastet	Great Britain (GBR) Jonathan Richards Peter Allam
Sailboard	Stephan Van den Berg Netherlands (NED)	Scott Steele United States (USA)	Bruce Kendall New Zealand (NZL)
Soling	United States (USA) Robbie Haines Ed Trevalyan Rod Davis	Brazil (BRA) Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	Canada (CAN) Hans Fogh John Kerr Stephen Calder
Star	United States (USA) Bill Buchan Steven Erickson	West Germany (FRG) Joachim Griese Michael Marcour	Italy (ITA) Giorgio Gorla Alfio Peraboni
Tornado	New Zealand (NZL) Rex Sellers Chris Timms	United States (USA) Randy Smyth Jay Glaser	Australia (AUS) Christopher Cairns John Anderson

The sailboard event was also held for women, but only as an exhibition event. Karen Morch of Canada won the competition.

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	3	4	0	7
2	New Zealand (NZL)	2	0	1	3
3	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
	Spain (ESP)	1	0	0	1
5	Canada (CAN)	0	1	2	3
6	Brazil (BRA)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
8	Australia (AUS)	0	0	1	1
	France (FRA)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1

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