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Rio 2016 – France wins bronze in Men’s Windsurfer

by Andy Rice - World Sailing on 14 Aug 2016
Pierre Le Coq claims a memorable bronze - RS:X Men - Rio 2016 Olympic Games Jesus Renedo http://www.sailingstock.com
Rio 2016 – Pierre Le Coq (FRA) has won the bronze medal for France after a fierce battle in the Medal Race for the Men's Windsurfer (RS:X). Racing in 10-knot winds, the fleet of 10 windsurfers blasted up the race track in front of a crowd of spectators on Flamengo Beach, with the top of the course set in the shadow of Sugarloaf Mountain.

Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) took the lead on the last lap and won the race easily, the Dutchman cementing his status as the 2016 Olympic Champion. Nick Dempsey (GBR) crossed the line in fourth place, his silver already secure. But the battle for third was raging at the back of the fleet and Le Coq did enough to overtake the reigning World Champion Piotr Myszka (POL) in the second half of the race, to win the bronze medal.

Dorian van Rijsselberge celebrates gold - RS:X Men - Rio 2016 Olympic Games © Jesus Renedo http://www.sailingstock.com
Dorian van Rijsselberge celebrates gold - RS:X Men - Rio 2016 Olympic Games © Jesus Renedo http://www.sailingstock.com


Nick Dempsey takes silver in the Men’s RS:X - Rio 2016 © World Sailing
Nick Dempsey takes silver in the Men’s RS:X - Rio 2016 © World Sailing


Dorian van Rijsselberge with the Dutch Royal Family - Rio 2016 © World Sailing
Dorian van Rijsselberge with the Dutch Royal Family - Rio 2016 © World Sailing



Rs:X - Men - Overall results

  

Pos

NOC

Crew

Race

Points
 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

MR

Total

Net

1

NED

Dorian Van Rysselberghe

5

3

1

4

1

1

4

1

1

1

1

(6)

2

31

25

2

GBR

Nick Dempsey

1

1

2

1

4

(8)
RDG

2

5

8

5

7

8

8

60

52

3

FRA

Pierre Le Coq

7

7

12

6

3

2

8

10

(17)

2

3

12

14

103

86

4

POL

Piotr Myszka

4

5

5

2

2

3

12

2

6

13

(16)

16

18

104

88

5

GRE

Byron Kokkalanis

2

2

6

(13)

5

5

5

8

12

12

11

10

18
DPI

109

96

6

GER

Toni Wilhelm

8

4

13

10

9

4

1

7

(19)

7

8

19

10

119

100

7

BRA

Ricardo Santos

6

9

7

3

16

(30)

21

9

9

6

9

11

12

148

118

8

HKG

Cheng Chun Leung

3

6

11

5

6

16

9

13

13

21

17

(26)

6

152

126

9

ESP

Ivan Pastor Lafuente

17

19

10

7

7

(37)
UFD

11

22

16

9

2

3

4

164

127

10

ITA

Mattia Camboni

11

13

4

(37)
UFD

37
DNF

9

10

21

3

3

5

1

20

174

137

11

POR

João Rodrigues

21

10

(23)

15

15

10

15

12

4

4

12

7

  

148

125

12

DEN

Sebastian Fleischer

15

14

9

12

(22)

11

17

20

2

11

6

18

  

157

135

13

CHN

Aichen Wang

16

18

8

18

(19)

15

6

4

15

10

10

15

  

154

135

14

SUI

Mateo Sanz Lanz

(24)

15

21

8

14

8

20

11

11

19

4

5

  

160

136

15

JPN

Makoto Tomizawa

10

8

18

19

13

(22)

7

14

18

15

14

2

  

160

138

16

RUS

Max Oberemko

(27)

25

14

24

17

13

3

3

10

8

13

9

  

166

139

17

ISR

Shahar Zubari

9

17

20

22

(37)
DNF

18

19

6

7

17

21

4

  

197

160

18

KOR

Tae Hoon Lee

14

20

3

9

18

7

(33)

17

27

14

22

14

  

198

165

19

CYP

Andreas Cariolou

12

12

16

23

10

6

18

(27)

23

22

19

20

  

208

181

20

MEX

David Mier y Teran

28

21

22

26

21

17

(32)

15

5

16

15

21

  

239

207

21

ARG

Bautista Saubidet Birkner

20

16

19

17

12

23

14

25

24

18

(29)

22

  

239

210

22

BLR

Mikita Tsirkun

23

27

25

16

8

(32)

16

19

22

24

18

17

  

247

215

23

UKR

Oleksandr Tugaryev

22

31

27

11

(37)
DNF

12

13

16

30

20

30

13

  

262

225

24

CRO

Luka Mratovic

13

11

15

21

(37)
DNF

19

27

18

34

26

31

30

  

282

245

25

HUN

Aron Gadorfalvi

30

28

29

25

20

20

25

(37)
DNF

26

27

24

23

  

314

277

26

LTU

Juozas Bernotas

19

23

17

29

(37)
DNF

14

26

37
DNF

21

37
UFD

26

29

  

315

278

27

VEN

Daniel Flores

18

22

26

20

11

33

34

(37)
DNF

32

37
UFD

23

25

  

318

281

28

USA

Pedro Pascual

25

26

28

28

(37)
DNF

28

22

26

28

23

20

32

  

323

286

29

THA

Natthaphong Phonoppharat

32

29

32

14

(37)
DNF

21

30

24

25

25

28

27

  

324

287

30

COL

Santiago Grillo

29

24

24

32

(37)
DNF

24

28

23

14

29

35

37
DNF

  

336

299

31

CZE

Karel Lavicky

26

30

30

30

(37)
DNF

25

24

37
DNF

29

37
DNF

25

31

  

361

324

32

TPE

Hao Chang

34

34

31

27

(37)
DNF

34

35

37
DNF

31

28

27

28

  

383

346

33

SEY

JEAN-MARC GARDETTE

36

35

33

31

23

31

29

(37)
DNF

35

37
DNF

32

33

  

392

355

34

SIN

Leonard Ong

33

33

35

33

(37)
DNF

27

36

37
DNF

20

37
DNF

34

37
DNF

  

399

362

35

TUR

Onur Cavit Biriz

31

32

(37)
UFD

34

37
DNF

29

23

37
DNF

33

37
DNF

33

37
DNF

  

400

363

36

ALG

Hamza Bouras

35

36

34

35

(37)
DNF

26

31

37
DNF

36

37
DNF

36

24

  

404

367
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