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Countries qualified for 2008 Olympic Regatta

by ISAF on 14 Jul 2007
Seventy-five percent of all national places at the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition were decided at the ISAF Sailing World Championships in Cascais, Portugal. Find out which nations are on their way to Qingdao here…

Look at the events below to see which nations have qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition. A summary of the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition qualification is below.

Men's Windsurfer - RS:X
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Brazil
China
Poland
Great Britain
Portugal
Spain
France
Israel
Greece
Italy
Switzerland
New Zealand
Netherlands
Turkey
Hungary
Canada
Denmark
Ukraine
Japan
Germany
Mexico
Hong Kong
Cyprus
Argentina
USA
Belarus

Women's Windsurfer - RS:X
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Poland
China
New Zealand
Australia
Spain
Italy
Ukraine
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hong Kong
Greece
Norway
Finland
Israel
Japan
Bulgaria
Belgium
Canada
Brazil
Denmark

Men's One Person Dinghy - Laser
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Australia
China
New Zealand
Estonia
Croatia
Great Britain
Sweden
Chile
France
Portugal
Germany
Uruguay
Spain
Brazil
Slovenia
Denmark
Finland
Italy
USA
Canada
Netherlands
Greece
Argentina
Austria
Poland
Seychelles
Turkey
Czech Republic
Norway
Cyprus

Women's One Person Dinghy - Laser Radial
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Belarus
China
Finland
Germany
Poland
USA
Mexico
Israel
New Zealand
Great Britain
France
Australia
Belgium
Italy
Canada
Netherlands
Lithuania
Switzerland
Norway
Argentina

Men's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Australia
China
Netherlands
Israel
Portugal
Croatia
France
Great Britain
Spain
USA
Argentina
Belarus
Japan
Sweden
Germany
Slovenia
Greece
Italy
Canada
Korea
Singapore
Ireland

Women's Two Person Dinghy - 470
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Netherlands
China
France
Great Britain
Japan
Sweden
Italy
Brazil
Israel
USA
Slovenia
Germany
New Zealand
Australia

Skiff - 49er
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Great Britain
China
Austria
Australia
Italy
USA
Spain
France
Denmark
Germany
Ukraine
Poland
Portugal
Canada

Heavyweight Dinghy - Finn
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Spain
China
Netherlands
Slovenia
Denmark
Greece
Great Britain
Canada
Sweden
Croatia
Australia
Finland
France
New Zealand
Poland
USA
Czech Republic
Brazil
Ireland
Norway

Multihull - Tornado
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Argentina
Australia
Belgium
China
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Italy
Netherlands
Spain
USA

Women's Keelboat - Yngling
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Great Britain
China
USA
Netherlands
Russia
New Zealand
Spain
Germany
Australia
Finland
South Africa

Men's Keelboat - Star
Nations qualified for the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition:

Australia
Brazil
China
France
Great Britain
Germany
Italy
New Zealand
Poland
Portugal
Sweden
USA
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