Qualification rules

A nation may earn up to 1 boat in each of the 11 Sailing events.

Summary

Nation	Men				Women				Open			Total
	RS:X	Laser	470	Star	RS:X	Laser Radial	470	Yngling	49er	Finn	Tornado	Boats	Athletes
Argentina	X	X	X		X	X	X				X	7	10
Australia		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	17
Austria		X	X	X			X		X		X	6	11
Barbados		X										1	1
Belarus	X		X			X						3	4
Belgium						X					X	2	3
Brazil	X	X	X	X	X		X		X	X		8	12
Bulgaria					X							1	1
Canada	X	X	X		X	X		X	X	X	X	9	14
Chile		X										1	1
China	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	18
Chinese Taipei	X											1	1
Colombia	X											1	1
Croatia	X	X	X	X		X			X	X		7	10
Cyprus	X	X			X					X		4	4
Czech Republic		X					X			X		3	4
Denmark	X	X			X				X	X		5	6
Dominican Republic		X										1	1
Estonia	X	X										2	2
Finland		X	X		X	X		X		X		6	9
France	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	18
Germany				X		X	X	X	X		X	6	12
Great Britain	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	18
Greece	X	X	X		X	X		X		X	X	8	12
Guatemala		X										1	1
Hong Kong	X				X							2	2
Hungary	X	X			X							3	3
India										X		1	1
Indonesia	X											1	1
Ireland			X	X		X				X		4	6
Israel	X		X		X	X	X					5	7
Italy	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	18
Japan	X	X	X		X		X		X			6	9
Lithuania						X						1	1
Luxembourg		X										1	1
Malaysia		X										1	1
Mexico	X				X	X						3	3
Netherlands	X	X	X				X	X		X	X	7	12
New Zealand	X	X	X	X	X	X				X		7	9
Norway		X			X	X		X	X	X		6	9
Paraguay						X						1	1
Peru						X						1	1
Poland	X	X	X	X	X	X			X	X		8	11
Portugal	X	X	X	X					X			5	8
Russia	X	X	X		X	X		X		X		7	10
Seychelles		X										1	1
Singapore		X	X			X	X					4	6
Slovakia	X											1	1
Slovenia		X	X				X			X		4	6
South Africa								X				1	3
South Korea	X	X	X									3	4
Spain	X	X	X		X	X	X	X	X	X	X	10	16
Sweden		X	X	X		X	X		X	X		7	11
Switzerland	X	X	X	X		X	X					6	9
Thailand	X				X							2	2
Turkey	X	X	X		X					X		5	6
Ukraine	X				X				X		X	4	6
United Arab Emirates		X										1	1
United States	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	X	11	18
Uruguay		X										1	1
Venezuela	X	X								X		3	3
Virgin Islands		X										1	1
Total: 62 NOCs	35	43	29	16	27	28	19	15	19	26	15	272	400

Qualification Timeline

Event	Date	Location
2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships	Jun 28 – Jul 13, 2007	Cascais
2008 49er World Championships	January 2–9, 2008	Sydney
2008 RS:X World Championships	January 10–20, 2008	Auckland
2008 Finn Gold Cup	January 23–29, 2008	Melbourne
2008 470 World Championships	January 24–30, 2008	Melbourne
2008 Laser World Championships	February 7–13, 2008	Terrigal
2008 Yngling World Championships	February 10–15, 2008	Miami
2008 Tornado World Championships	Feb 25 – Mar 1, 2008	Auckland
2008 Laser Radial World Championships	March 15–20, 2008	Auckland
2008 Star World Championships	April 11–17, 2008	Miami

Men's events

Windsurfer – RS:X

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Wang Aichen
2	Brazil	2007 Worlds	1	Ricardo Santos	Ricardo Santos
3	Poland	2007 Worlds	2	Przemysław Miarczyński	Przemysław Miarczyński
4	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	3	Nick Dempsey	Nick Dempsey
5	Portugal	2007 Worlds	4	João Rodrigues	João Rodrigues
6	Spain	2007 Worlds	6	Iván Pastor	Iván Pastor
7	France	2007 Worlds	7	Julien Bontemps	Julien Bontemps
8	Israel	2007 Worlds	8	Shahar Tzuberi	Shahar Tzuberi
9	Greece	2007 Worlds	10	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis	Nikolaos Kaklamanakis
10	Italy	2007 Worlds	11	Fabian Heidegger	Fabian Heidegger
11	Switzerland	2007 Worlds	13	Richard Stauffacher	Richard Stauffacher
12	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	15	Tom Ashley	Tom Ashley
13	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	18	Casper Bouman	Casper Bouman
14	Turkey	2007 Worlds	19	Ertuğrul İçingir	Ertuğrul İçingir
15	Hungary	2007 Worlds	24	Áron Gádorfalvi	Áron Gádorfalvi
16	Canada	2007 Worlds	26	Zachary Plavsic	Zachary Plavsic
17	Denmark	2007 Worlds	29	Jonas Kældsø Poulsen	Jonas Kældsø Poulsen
18	Ukraine	2007 Worlds	32	Maksym Oberemko	Maksym Oberemko
19	Japan	2007 Worlds	33	Makoto Tomizawa	Makoto Tomizawa
—	Germany	2007 Worlds	35	Toni Wilhelm
20	Mexico	2007 Worlds	39	David Mier	David Mier
21	Hong Kong	2007 Worlds	43	Ho Chi Ho	Chan King Yin
22	Cyprus	2007 Worlds	45	Andreas Cariolou	Andreas Cariolou
23	Argentina	2007 Worlds	47	Mariano Reutemann	Mariano Reutemann
24	United States	2007 Worlds	50	Benjamin Barger	Benjamin Barger
25	Belarus	2007 Worlds	55	Mikalai Zhukavets	Mikalai Zhukavets
—	Australia	2008 Worlds	48	Steve Allen
26	Thailand	2008 Worlds	49	Ek Boonsawad	Ek Boonsawad
27	South Korea	2008 Worlds	50	Kim Hyung-kwon	Lee Tae-hoon
28	Russia	2008 Worlds	57	Aleksey Tokarev	Aleksey Tokarev
29	Slovakia	2008 Worlds	63	Patrik Pollák	Patrik Pollák
30	Croatia	2008 Worlds	68	Luka Mratović	Luka Mratović
31	Indonesia	2008 Worlds	70	Oka Sulaksana	Oka Sulaksana
32	Estonia	2008 Worlds	71	Henri Kaar	Johannes Ahun
33	Venezuela	2008 Worlds	77	Carlos Julio Flores	Carlos Julio Flores
34	Colombia [u]	2008 Worlds	87	Santiago Grillo	Santiago Grillo
35	Chinese Taipei [u]	2008 Worlds	95	Chang Hao	Chang Hao

One-person dinghy – Laser

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Shen Sheng
2	Australia	2007 Worlds	1	Tom Slingsby	Tom Slingsby
3	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	2	Andrew Murdoch	Andrew Murdoch
4	Estonia	2007 Worlds	3	Deniss Karpak	Deniss Karpak
5	Croatia	2007 Worlds	4	Mate Arapov	Luka Radelić
6	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	5	Paul Goodison	Paul Goodison
7	Sweden	2007 Worlds	6	Rasmus Myrgren	Rasmus Myrgren
8	Chile	2007 Worlds	7	Matías del Solar	Matías del Solar
9	France	2007 Worlds	8	Thomas Le Breton	Jean-Baptiste Bernaz
10	Portugal	2007 Worlds	10	Gustavo Lima	Gustavo Lima
—	Germany	2007 Worlds	14	Malte Kamrath
11	Uruguay	2007 Worlds	18	Alejandro Foglia	Alejandro Foglia
12	Spain	2007 Worlds	19	Javier Hernández	Javier Hernández
13	Brazil	2007 Worlds	20	Bruno Fontes	Bruno Fontes
14	Slovenia	2007 Worlds	22	Vasilij Žbogar	Vasilij Žbogar
15	Denmark	2007 Worlds	23	Anders Nyholm	Anders Nyholm
16	Finland	2007 Worlds	24	Roope Suomalainen	Pierre Collura
17	Italy	2007 Worlds	28	Diego Romero	Diego Romero
18	United States	2007 Worlds	29	Andrew Campbell	Andrew Campbell
19	Canada	2007 Worlds	32	Mike Leigh	Mike Leigh
20	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	35	Roelof Bouwmeester	Rutger van Schaardenburg
21	Greece	2007 Worlds	36	Evangelos Cheimonas	Evangelos Cheimonas
22	Argentina	2007 Worlds	39	Julio Alsogaray	Julio Alsogaray
23	Austria	2007 Worlds	41	Andreas Geritzer	Andreas Geritzer
24	Poland	2007 Worlds	45	Karol Porozynski	Maciej Grabowski
25	Seychelles	2007 Worlds	49	Allan Julie	Allan Julie
26	Turkey	2007 Worlds	51	Kemal Muslubaş	Kemal Muslubaş
27	Czech Republic	2007 Worlds	52	Martin Trčka	Martin Trčka
28	Norway	2007 Worlds	55	Kristian Ruth	Kristian Ruth
29	Cyprus	2007 Worlds	62	Pavlos Kontides	Pavlos Kontides
30	South Korea	2008 Worlds	42	Ha Jee-min	Ha Jee-min
31	Switzerland	2008 Worlds	59	Max Bulley	Christoph Bottoni
32	Japan	2008 Worlds	64	Yoichi Iijima	Yoichi Iijima
33	Malaysia	2008 Worlds	69	Kevin Lim	Kevin Lim
34	Singapore	2008 Worlds	77	Koh Seng Leong	Koh Seng Leong
35	Venezuela	2008 Worlds	80	José Ruiz	José Ruiz
36	Dominican Republic	2008 Worlds	85	Raúl Aguayo	Raúl Aguayo
37	Russia	2008 Worlds	86	Igor Lisovenko	Igor Lisovenko
38	Hungary	2008 Worlds	87	Zsombor Berecz	Zsombor Berecz
39	Guatemala	2008 Worlds	99	Juan Ignacio Maegli	Juan Ignacio Maegli
40	Luxembourg [u]	2008 Worlds	104	Marc Schmit	Marc Schmit
41	Virgin Islands	Tripartite	—	—	Thomas Barrows III
42	Barbados	Tripartite	—	—	Gregory Douglas
43	United Arab Emirates	Tripartite	—	—	Adil Mohammad

Two-person dinghy – 470

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Wang Weidong Deng Daokun
2	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	1	Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield	Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield
3	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	2	Sven Coster Kalle Coster	Sven Coster Kalle Coster
4	Israel	2007 Worlds	3	Gideon Kliger Udi Gal	Gideon Kliger Udi Gal
5	Portugal	2007 Worlds	4	Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes	Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes
6	Australia	2007 Worlds	5	Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page
7	Croatia	2007 Worlds	6	Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Šime Fantela Igor Marenić
8	France	2007 Worlds	7	Benjamin Bonnaud Romain Bonnaud	Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset
9	Spain	2007 Worlds	9	Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento	Onán Barreiros Aarón Sarmiento
10	United States	2007 Worlds	10	Stuart McNay Graham Biehl	Stuart McNay Graham Biehl
11	Argentina	2007 Worlds	12	Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente	Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente
12	Belarus	2007 Worlds	14	Sergei Desukevich Pavel Logunov	Sergei Desukevich Pavel Logunov
13	Japan	2007 Worlds	15	Kan Yamada Kenichi Nakamura	Tetsuya Matsunaga Taro Ueno
14	Sweden	2007 Worlds	18	Johan Molund Niels Flohr	Anton Dahlberg Sebastian Östling
—	Germany	2007 Worlds	21	Lukas Zellmer Heiko Seelig
15	Slovenia	2007 Worlds	25	Karlo Hmeljak Mitja Nevečny	Karlo Hmeljak Mitja Nevečny
16	Greece	2007 Worlds	26	Panagiotis Kampouridis Gerasimos Orologas	Andreas Kosmatopoulos Andreas Papadopoulos
17	Italy	2007 Worlds	28	Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani	Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani
18	Canada	2007 Worlds	29	Stéphane Locas Oliver Bone	Stéphane Locas Oliver Bone
19	South Korea	2007 Worlds	30	Kim Chang-ju Kim Ji-hoon	Yoon Cheul Kim Hyeong-tae
20	Singapore	2007 Worlds	31	Roy Tay Peiming Chung	Xu Yuan Zhen Terence Koh
21	Ireland	2007 Worlds	40	Gerald Owens Philip Lawton	Gerald Owens Philip Lawton
22	New Zealand	2008 Worlds	11	Carl Evans Peter Burling	Carl Evans Peter Burling
23	Russia	2008 Worlds	17	Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev	Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev
24	Poland	2008 Worlds	20	Patryk Piasecki Kacper Ziemiński	Patryk Piasecki Kacper Zieminski
25	Brazil	2008 Worlds	29	Fábio Pillar Samuel Albrecht	Fábio Pillar Samuel Albrecht
26	Switzerland	2008 Worlds	39	Tobias Etter Felix Steiger	Tobias Etter Felix Steiger
27	Austria	2008 Worlds	46	Matthias Schmid Florian Reichstädter	Matthias Schmid Florian Reichstädter
28	Turkey	2008 Worlds	55	Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar	Deniz Çınar Ateş Çınar
29	Finland [u]	2008 Worlds	58	Joonas Lindgren Niko Helander	Niklas Lindgren Heikki Elomaa

Keelboat – Star

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Li Hongquan Wang He
2	Brazil	2007 Worlds	1	Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada	Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada
3	France	2007 Worlds	2	Xavier Rohart Pascal Rambeau	Xavier Rohart Pascal Rambeau
4	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	3	Iain Percy Andrew Simpson	Iain Percy Andrew Simpson
5	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	4	Hamish Pepper Carl Williams	Hamish Pepper Carl Williams
6	Italy	2007 Worlds	5	Diego Negri Luigi Viale	Diego Negri Luigi Viale
7	Poland	2007 Worlds	6	Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Życki	Mateusz Kusznierewicz Dominik Życki
8	Germany	2007 Worlds	7	Marc Pickel Ingo Borkowski	Marc Pickel Ingo Borkowski
9	Sweden	2007 Worlds	8	Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekström	Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekström
10	Australia	2007 Worlds	9	Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey	Iain Murray Andrew Palfrey
11	Portugal	2007 Worlds	10	Afonso Domingos Bernardo Santos	Afonso Domingos Bernardo Santos
12	United States	2007 Worlds	11	Mark Reynolds Hal Haenel	John Dane III Austin Sperry
13	Switzerland	2008 Worlds	4	Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria	Flavio Marazzi Enrico De Maria
14	Croatia	2008 Worlds	12	Marin Lovrović Jr. Siniša Mikuličić	Marin Lovrović Jr. Siniša Mikuličić
15	Ireland	2008 Worlds	14	Max Treacy Anthony Shanks	Peter O'Leary Stephen Milne
16	Austria	2008 Worlds	16	Hans Spitzauer Christian Nehammer	Hans Spitzauer Christian Nehammer

Women's events

Windsurfer – RS:X

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Yin Jian
2	Poland	2007 Worlds	1	Zofia Klepacka	Zofia Klepacka
3	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	2	Barbara Kendall	Barbara Kendall
4	Australia	2007 Worlds	3	Jessica Crisp	Jessica Crisp
5	Spain	2007 Worlds	4	Marina Alabau	Marina Alabau
6	Italy	2007 Worlds	5	Alessandra Sensini	Alessandra Sensini
7	Ukraine	2007 Worlds	6	Olha Maslivets	Olha Maslivets
8	France	2007 Worlds	7	Charline Picon	Faustine Merret
—	Germany	2007 Worlds	9	Romy Kinzl
9	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	12	Bryony Shaw	Bryony Shaw
10	Hong Kong	2007 Worlds	18	Chan Wai Man	Chan Wai Kei
11	Greece	2007 Worlds	21	Athina Frai	Athina Frai
12	Norway	2007 Worlds	27	Jannicke Stålstrøm	Jannicke Stålstrøm
13	Finland	2007 Worlds	32	Tuuli Petäjä	Tuuli Petäjä
14	Israel	2007 Worlds	33	Maayan Davidovich	Maayan Davidovich
15	Japan	2007 Worlds	34	Yuki Sunaga	Yasuko Kosuge
16	Bulgaria	2007 Worlds	35	Irina Konstantinova	Irina Konstantinova
—	Belgium	2007 Worlds	38	Sigrid Rondelez
17	Canada	2007 Worlds	40	Nikola Girke	Nikola Girke
18	Brazil	2007 Worlds	43	Patrícia Freitas	Patrícia Freitas
19	Denmark	2007 Worlds	45	Bettina Honoré	Bettina Honore
20	Thailand	2008 Worlds	39	Napalai Tansai	Napalai Tansai
21	Mexico	2008 Worlds	50	Demita Vega	Demita Vega
22	Hungary	2008 Worlds	53	Diána Detre	Diána Detre
23	Argentina	2008 Worlds	58	Florencia Gutiérrez	Florencia Gutiérrez
24	Russia	2008 Worlds	59	Tatiana Bazyuk	Tatiana Bazyuk
25	United States	2008 Worlds	60	Nancy Rios	Nancy Rios
26	Cyprus	2008 Worlds	61	Gavriella Chatzidamianou	Gavriella Chatzidamianou
27	Turkey [u]	2008 Worlds	69	Sedef Köktentürk	Sedef Köktentürk

One-person dinghy – Laser Radial

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Xu Lijia
2	Belarus	2007 Worlds	1	Tatiana Drozdovskaya	Tatiana Drozdovskaya
3	Finland	2007 Worlds	2	Sari Multala	Tuula Tenkanen
4	Germany	2007 Worlds	3	Petra Niemann	Petra Niemann
5	Poland	2007 Worlds	4	Katarzyna Szotyńska	Katarzyna Szotyńska
6	United States	2007 Worlds	5	Anna Tunnicliffe	Anna Tunnicliffe
7	Mexico	2007 Worlds	6	Tania Elías Calles	Tania Elías Calles
8	Israel	2007 Worlds	7	Nufar Edelman	Nufar Edelman
9	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	8	Jo Aleh	Jo Aleh
10	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	10	Charlotte Dobson	Penny Clark
11	France	2007 Worlds	11	Sophie de Turckheim	Sarah Steyaert
12	Australia	2007 Worlds	12	Krystal Weir	Sarah Blanck
13	Belgium	2007 Worlds	13	Evi Van Acker	Evi Van Acker
14	Italy	2007 Worlds	14	Larissa Nevierov	Larissa Nevierov
15	Canada	2007 Worlds	18	Keamia Rasa	Lisa Ross
—	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	20	Gea Jutjens
16	Lithuania	2007 Worlds	21	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė	Gintarė Volungevičiūtė
17	Switzerland	2007 Worlds	24	Nathalie Brugger	Nathalie Brugger
18	Norway	2007 Worlds	27	Elin Maria Samdal	Cathrine Gjerpen
19	Argentina	2007 Worlds	34	Cecilia Carranza	Cecilia Carranza
20	Sweden	2008 Worlds	8	Karin Söderström	Karin Söderström
21	Singapore	2008 Worlds	19	Elizabeth Yin	Lo Man Yi
22	Spain	2008 Worlds	21	Susana Romero	Susana Romero
23	Greece	2008 Worlds	25	Efi Mantzaraki	Efi Mantzaraki
24	Croatia	2008 Worlds	27	Mateja Petronijević	Mateja Petronijević
25	Ireland	2008 Worlds	29	Ciara Peelo	Ciara Peelo
26	Russia [u]	2008 Worlds	30	Anastasiya Chernova	Anastasiya Chernova
27	Peru [u]	2008 Worlds	58	Paloma Schmidt	Paloma Schmidt
28	Paraguay	Tripartite	—	—	Florencia Cerutti

Two-person dinghy – 470

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Wen Yimei Yu Chunyan
2	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	1	Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout	Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout
3	France	2007 Worlds	2	Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux	Ingrid Petitjean Gwendolyn Lemaitre
4	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	3	Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark	Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark
5	Japan	2007 Worlds	4	Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata	Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata
6	Sweden	2007 Worlds	5	Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson-Santén	Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson-Santén
7	Italy	2007 Worlds	6	Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol
8	Brazil	2007 Worlds	7	Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan	Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan
9	Israel	2007 Worlds	8	Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila	Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila
10	United States	2007 Worlds	10	Erin Maxwell Isabelle Kinsolving	Amanda Clark Sara Mergenthaler
11	Slovenia	2007 Worlds	12	Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec	Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec
12	Germany	2007 Worlds	14	Stefanie Rothweiler Vivien Kussatz	Stefanie Rothweiler Vivien Kussatz
—	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	15	Melinda Henshaw Polly Powrie
13	Australia	2007 Worlds	18	Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson	Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson
14	Austria	2008 Worlds	6	Sylvia Vogl Carolina Flatscher	Sylvia Vogl Carolina Flatscher
15	Argentina	2008 Worlds	9	María Fernanda Sesto Consuelo Monsegur	María Fernanda Sesto Consuelo Monsegur
16	Spain	2008 Worlds	14	Natalia Vía Dufresne Laia Tutzó	Natalia Vía Dufresne Laia Tutzó
17	Switzerland	2008 Worlds	21	Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo	Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo
18	Czech Republic	2008 Worlds	22	Lenka Šmídová Lenka Mrzílková	Lenka Šmídová Lenka Mrzílková
19	Singapore [u]	2008 Worlds	39	Toh Liying Deborah Ong	Toh Liying Deborah Ong

Keelboat – Yngling

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Song Xiaqun Yu Yanli Li Xiaoni
2	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	1	Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson	Sarah Ayton Sarah Webb Pippa Wilson
3	United States	2007 Worlds	2	Sally Barkow Carrie Howe Deborah Capozzi	Sally Barkow Carrie Howe Deborah Capozzi
4	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	4	Mandy Mulder Annemieke Bes Flortje Hendriksen	Mandy Mulder Annemieke Bes Merel Witteveen
5	Russia	2007 Worlds	5	Ekaterina Skudina Diana Krutskikh Natalia Ivanova	Ekaterina Skudina Diana Krutskikh Natalia Ivanova
—	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	6	Sharon Ferris Raynor Smeal Shandy Buckley
6	Spain	2007 Worlds	7	Mónica Azón Sandra Azón Graciela Pisonero	Monica Azón Sandra Azón Graciela Pisonero
7	Germany	2007 Worlds	8	Ulrike Schümann Julia Bleck Ute Höpfner	Ulrike Schümann Julia Bleck Ute Höpfner
8	Australia	2007 Worlds	10	Nicky Bethwaite Karyn Gojnich Angela Farrell	Krystal Weir Karyn Gojnich Angela Farrell
9	Finland	2007 Worlds	11	Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz Livia Väresmaa	Silja Lehtinen Maria Klemetz Livia Varesmaa
10	South Africa	2007 Worlds	12	Dominique Provoyeur Kim Rew Penny Alison	Dominique Provoyeur Kim Rew Penny Alison
11	France	2008 Worlds	6	Anne-Claire Le Berre Marion Deplanque Alice Ponsar	Anne le Helley Catherine Lepesant Julie Gerecht
12	Norway	2008 Worlds	10	Siren Sundby Lise Birgitte Fredriksen Alexandra Koefoed	Siren Sundby Lise Birgitte Fredriksen Alexandra Koefoed
13	Greece	2008 Worlds	14	Sofia Bekatorou Sofia Papadopoulou Christina Charamountani	Sofia Bekatorou Sofia Papadopoulou Virginia Kravarioti
14	Italy	2008 Worlds	19	Chiara Calligaris Francesca Scognamillo Giulia Pignolo	Chiara Calligaris Francesca Scognamillo Giulia Pignolo
15	Canada [u]	2008 Worlds	23	Jennifer Provan Martha Henderson Katie Abbott	Jennifer Provan Martha Henderson Katie Abbott

Open events

Heavyweight one-person dinghy – Finn

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Zhang Peng
2	Spain	2007 Worlds	1	Rafael Trujillo	Rafael Trujillo
3	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	2	Pieter-Jan Postma	Pieter-Jan Postma
4	Slovenia	2007 Worlds	3	Gašper Vinčec	Gašper Vinčec
5	Denmark	2007 Worlds	4	Jonas Høgh-Christensen	Jonas Høgh-Christensen
6	Greece	2007 Worlds	5	Aimilios Papathanasiou	Aimilios Papathanasiou
7	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	6	Edward Wright	Ben Ainslie
8	Canada	2007 Worlds	7	Christopher Cook	Christopher Cook
9	Sweden	2007 Worlds	8	Daniel Birgmark	Daniel Birgmark
10	Croatia	2007 Worlds	9	Marin Mišura	Ivan Kljaković Gašpić
11	Australia	2007 Worlds	10	Anthony Nossiter	Anthony Nossiter
12	Finland	2007 Worlds	12	Tapio Nirkko	Tapio Nirkko
13	France	2007 Worlds	13	Ismael Bruno	Guillaume Florent
14	New Zealand	2007 Worlds	16	Dan Slater	Dan Slater
15	Poland	2007 Worlds	17	Wacław Szukiel	Rafał Szukiel
16	United States	2007 Worlds	19	Zach Railey	Zach Railey
17	Czech Republic	2007 Worlds	20	Michael Maier	Michael Maier
18	Brazil	2007 Worlds	23	João Signorini	Eduardo Couto
19	Ireland	2007 Worlds	25	Tim Goodbody	Tim Goodbody
20	Norway	2007 Worlds	26	Peer Moberg	Peer Moberg
21	Italy	2008 Worlds	19	Giorgio Poggi	Giorgio Poggi
22	Russia	2008 Worlds	25	Eduard Skornyakov	Eduard Skornyakov
23	Cyprus	2008 Worlds	29	Haris Papadopoulos	Haris Papadopoulos
—	Austria	2008 Worlds	32	Florian Raudaschl
—	Germany	2008 Worlds	33	Matthias Bohn
24	Turkey	2008 Worlds	39	Ali Kemal Tüfekçi	Ali Kemal Tüfekçi
25	India [u]	2008 Worlds	52	Nitin Mongia	Nachhatar Singh Johal
26	Venezuela [u]	2008 Worlds	53	Jhonny Bilbao	Jhonny Bilbao

Skiff – 49er

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Li Fei Hu Xianqiang
2	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	1	Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes	Stevie Morrison Ben Rhodes
3	Austria	2007 Worlds	2	Nico Delle Karth Nikolaus Resch	Nico Delle-Karth Nikolaus Resch
4	Australia	2007 Worlds	3	Nathan Outteridge Ben Austin	Nathan Outteridge Ben Austin
5	Italy	2007 Worlds	4	Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello	Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello
6	United States	2007 Worlds	5	Morgan Larson Pete Spaulding	Tim Wadlow Chris Rast
7	Spain	2007 Worlds	6	Federico Alonso Arturo Alonso Tellechea	Iker Martínez Xabier Fernández
8	France	2007 Worlds	7	Morgan Lagravière Stéphane Christidis	Emmanuel Dyen Yann Rocherieux
9	Denmark	2007 Worlds	8	Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp	Jonas Warrer Martin Kirketerp Ibsen
10	Germany	2007 Worlds	11	Jan-Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt	Jan Peter Peckolt Hannes Peckolt
11	Ukraine	2007 Worlds	14	Rodion Luka George Leonchuk	Rodion Luka George Leonchuk
12	Poland	2007 Worlds	17	Marcin Czajkowski Krzysztof Kierkowski	Marcin Czajkowski Krzysztof Kierkowski
13	Portugal	2007 Worlds	18	Jorge Lima Francisco Andrade	Jorge Lima Francisco Andrade
14	Canada	2007 Worlds	19	Gordon Cook Ben Remocker	Gordon Cook Ben Remocker
15	Brazil	2008 Worlds	11	André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte	André Fonseca Rodrigo Duarte
16	Norway	2008 Worlds	17	Christopher Gundersen Frode Bovim	Christopher Gundersen Frode Bovim
17	Sweden	2008 Worlds	25	Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlén	Jonas Lindberg Kalle Torlén
18	Japan	2008 Worlds	27	Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino	Akira Ishibashi Yukio Makino
19	Croatia	2008 Worlds	29	Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać	Pavle Kostov Petar Cupać

Multihull – Tornado

#	Nation	Qualification Tournament	Place in Event	Sailor	Sailor at Games
1	China	Host Country	—	—	Luo Youjia Chen Xiuke
2	Spain	2007 Worlds	1	Fernando Echávarri Antón Paz	Fernando Echávarri Antón Paz
3	Belgium	2007 Worlds	2	Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid	Carolijn Brouwer Sébastien Godefroid
4	Netherlands	2007 Worlds	3	Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis	Mitch Booth Pim Nieuwenhuis
5	Australia	2007 Worlds	4	Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby	Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby
6	Great Britain	2007 Worlds	5	Leigh McMillan Will Howden	Leigh McMillan Will Howden
7	France	2007 Worlds	6	Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon	Xavier Revil Christophe Espagnon
8	Greece	2007 Worlds	7	Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigonis	Iordanis Paschalidis Konstantinos Trigonis
9	United States	2007 Worlds	10	John Lovell Charlie Ogletree	John Lovell Charlie Ogletree
10	Italy	2007 Worlds	11	Francesco Marcolini Edoardo Bianchi	Francesco Marcolini Edoardo Bianchi
11	Germany	2007 Worlds	13	Johannes Polgar Florian Spalteholz	Johannes Polgar Florian Spalteholz
12	Argentina	2007 Worlds	14	Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola	Santiago Lange Carlos Espínola
13	Canada	2008 Worlds	2	Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle	Oskar Johansson Kevin Stittle
14	Austria	2008 Worlds	11	Roman Hagara Hans-Peter Steinacher	Roman Hagara Hans Peter Steinacher
—	New Zealand	2008 Worlds	12	Aaron McIntosh Mark Kennedy
15	Ukraine [u]	2008 Worlds	16	Pavlo Kalynchev Andriy Shafranyuk	Pavlo Kalynchev Andriy Shafranyuk

References

• ISAF - Nations Qualified