| Sailing at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |
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| Venues | Savannah |
| Dates | First race: 22 July 1996 Last race: 2 August 1996 |
| Competitors | 458 from 78 nations |
| Boats | 312 |
| Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Mistral | men | women |
| Europe | women | |
| Laser | open | |
| Finn | men | |
| 470 | men | women |
| Tornado | open | |
| Star | open | |
| Soling | open | |
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and possibly the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1996 consisted of a total of ten sailing classes (disciplines). For each class, with the exception of the Soling, eleven races were scheduled from 22 July to 2 August 1996 off the coast of Savannah at the Wassaw Sound (an area of the Atlantic Ocean). For the Soling ten fleetraces were scheduled followed by a series of matchraces for the top 6 boats of the fleetrace result.[1]
- ^ "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 June 2020.