Four Races in the 49er Worlds Gold Fleet Final, Australians in 16th and 25th place

by ISAF & Editor on 22 Jun 2002 In contrast with the controversies that had been affecting the qualifying series of the 49er World Championship, the first day of Gold Fleet racing in Hawaii has gone off without a hitch.

Teams carry their position from the qualifying series through to the Gold Fleet to count effectively as one race result. This gives far more weighting to the racing in the Gold Fleet, with positions from the qualifying series having increasingly diminished importance with the number of races completed in the finals.

The top six countries to finish after the 10 race Final Series will gain automatic berths for the 2004 Olympic Games.

Silver Medallists from the 2001 49er World Championship Iker Martinez and Xabi Fernandez lead the event while the British team of Alistair Richardson and Pete Greenhalgh are second with the Italian pairing Pietro Sibello and Gianfranco Sibello are third.

Early leaders Spaniards Santi Lopez-Vazquez and Javier De La Plaza are fourth with Britains
Chris Draper Chris and Simon Hiscocks fifth.

Bronze medallists at the 2001 49er World Championship Rodion Luka and George Leonchuk UKR are in sixth position.

Australia’s Chris Nicholson and Michael Blackburn have shown flashes of form but are in 16th place, which the second Australian team of Mark Turnbull and Nick Partridge now equal 25th and it will be difficult for them to gain places from here.

2001 49er World Champions American brothers Jonathon and Charlie McKee are back in 18th position.

Today will be the second last day of racing from Kaneohe Yacht Club, Hawaii for the racers at the 49er World Championship 2002
World Championship - Finals Results - Day 1
2002 49er World Championship

Olympic Qualifying Regatta Day 4 - Race Results Gold 1-4

June 14th - 22nd, 2002 June 20th 2002.

Gold Fleet

Helmsman Crew
No. Last Name First Name Last Name First Name Ctry Sail # QS Place Race #1 Race #2 Race #3 Race #4 Race #5 Race #6 Race #7 Race #8 Race #9 Race #10 Total


1 Martinez Iker Fernandez Xabi ESP 2 5 5 1 4 9 24

2 Richardson Alistair Greenhalgh Pete GBR 16 10 1 2 9 8 30

3 Sibello Pietro Sibello Gianfranco ITA 6 6 11 6 6 2 31

4 Lopez-Vazquez Santi De La Plaza Javier ESP 4 1 2 19 1 10 33

5 Draper Chris Hiscocks Simon GBR 20 3 7 8 2 15 35

6 Luka Rodion Leonchuk George UKR 3 4 3 16 10 4 37

7 Lantermans Pieter Nieuwenhuis Pim NED 670 2 9 12 15 5 43

8 Larson Morgan Smyth Ed USA 730 22 6 7 12 1 48

9 Brotherton Paul Asquith Mark GBR 7 7 4 4 23 19 57

10 Steeg Markus Moritz Deml GER 11 23 14 3 14 12 66

11 Wadlow Tim Spaulding Pete USA 668 16 17 5 5 23 66

12 Rast Christopher Steiger Christian SUI 758 15 10 22 13 7 67

13 Rice Andy Hillary Harvey GBR 19 24 15 18 11 3 71

14 Sundby Christoffer Bovim Frode NOR 780 21 26 14 7 6 74

15 Mack Andy Lowry Adam USA 13 12 12 17 17 18 76

16 Nicholson Chris Blackburn Michael AUS 627 9 21 20 16 11 77

17 Baur Marcus Groy Max GER 720 8 13 23 20 14 78

18 McKee Jonathan McKee Charlie USA 1 13 26 11 8 20 78

19 Fitzpatrick Tom Brown Fraser IRE 705 20 16 21 3 24 84

20 Knudsen Claus Hastrup Andersen Dennis Dengsoe DEN 693 14 19 10 19 22 84

21 Hestbaek Michael Van Hansen Rasmus DEN 9 11 8 24 26 17 86

22 Persson Jonatan Aage Iversen Thomas DEN 5 18 20 9 26 16 89

23 Kacprowski Pawel Kuzmicki Pawel POL 10 17 18 13 21 21 90

24 Blondiau Quentin Blondiau Lionel BEL 760 19 26 25 22 13 105

25 Turnbull Mark Partridge Nick AUS 762 25 22 15 18 25 105

Note: Race 1: USA1 OCS, 760 OCS, 780 DNF
Race 2:
Race 3: 9 OCS, 5 DNF
Race 4:



2002 49er World Championship

Olympic Qualifying Regatta Day 4 - Race Results Silver 1 - 2

June 14th - 22nd, 2002 June 20th, 2002
Silver Fleet

Helmsman Crew
No. Last Name First Name Last Name First Name Ctry Sail # QS Place Race #1 Race #2 Race #3 Race #4 Race #5 Race #6 Race #7 Race #8 Race #9 Race #10 Total


1 Joyeux Vincent Andre Pierrig FRA 709 9 1 4 8 5 27

2 Dyen Emmanuel Cau Nicolas FRA 728 1 2 16 6 4 29

3 Hansen Peter Hansen Soren DEN 14 5 12 1 5 6 29

4 Rivas Toni Gelabert Aleix ESP 744 3 8 6 9 3 29

5 Delle-Karth Nico Resch Nikolaus AUT 565 11 18 2 1 1 33

6 Harris John McNicol Euan AUS 12 8 6 13 7 2 36

7 Modena Luca Modena Manuel ITA 694 6 4 11 11 7 39

8 Morrison Stevie Rhodes Ben GBR 718 10 7 3 4 17 41

9 Fagen Dave Gulari Bora USA 625 4 3 15 20 9 51

10 Nakamura Kenji Takaki Masato JPN 23 12 13 14 2 11 52

11 Bergan Dalton Maxam Zack USA 35 15 5 17 3 14 54

12 Paez Gutierrez Juan Luis de Bricio Carlos ESP 498 7 14 8 13 12 54

13 Couvreux Sean 'Doogie' Glass Ben USA 642 14 10 5 10 21 60

14 Whitmarsh Patrick Allen Paul USA 37 13 16 7 12 25 73

15 Bowen Clint Bowen Stephen AUS 767 19 9 18 15 16 77

16 Beebe Jason Manning Phillip AUS 674 16 25 12 19 10 82

17 Andrade Pedro Andrade Francisco POR 15 2 25 25 23 8 83

18 Pasquali Joey Giffen Rory USA 500 23 17 9 16 19 84

19 Freitas Chad McCormack Skip USA 507 21 20 10 22 13 86

20 Goeters Antonio Goeters Federico MEX 597 18 15 22 18 20 93

21 Tapp James Peberdy Mike AUS 435 17 25 25 14 15 96

22 Boscolo Anthony Karas Mike USA 170 24 11 19 21 23 98

23 Rodriguez Pablo Galvez Paul USA 80 22 19 21 17 22 101

24 Reed Ty Barra Marc USA 502 20 25 20 24 18 107

Note: Race 1: 435 OT, 502 OT, 674 OCS, 15 OCS
Race 2: 435 DNS, 15 DNS
Race 3:
Race 4: 37 OCS