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

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

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