2012 Olympic Qualification Update
15 May 2012The 2012 470 World Championships is the second of the two qualification events for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition with 7 slots available for the 470 men and 5 for the 470 women.
In the 470 Men event the final 7 nations are now qualified to the 2012 Olympic Games from the results so far at the 2012 470 World Championships. Catch up on our updated Olympic 470 runners and riders ....
The Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships was the first qualification event, with 19 of the 26 nation qualification slots for the 470 men event available and 15 of the 19 qualification slots for the 470 women available. As host nation, Great Britain is automatically guaranteed a place in each of the 10 events at the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition.
Nations who do not qualify at the 2011 and 2012 World Championships may still qualify through the Tripartite Commission places and Unused Quota slots. Please read the 2012 Olympic Qualification System and any queries should be sent directly to ISAF.
Detailed below are nations qualified and confirmed teams where we know them. If there is a team who you know is confirmed for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition, but not listed, email office@470.org
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ARG | Qualified: 2011 Team: Lucas Calabrese / Juan de la Fuente |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Fernanda Sesto / Consuelo Monsegur |
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AUS | Qualified: 2011 Team: Mat Belcher / Malcolm Page |
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AUT | Qualified: 2011 Team: Matthias Schmid / Florian Reichstadter |
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BRA | Qualified: 2011 Team: Fernanda Oliveira / Ana Barbachan |
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CAN | Qualified: 2012 Team: Luke Ramsay / Michael Leigh |
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CHI | Qualified: 2012 Team: Benjamin Grez / Diego Gonzalez |
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CHN | Qualified: 2011 Team: Daokun Deng / Weidong Wang |
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CRO | Qualified: 2011 Team: Sime Fantela / Igor Marenic |
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DEN | Qualified: 2012 Team: Henriette Koch / Lene Sommer |
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ESP | Qualified: 2011 Team: Onan Barreiros / Aaron Sarmiento |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Tara Pacheco / Berta Betanzos |
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FIN | Qualified: 2011 Team: Joonas Lindgren / Niklas Lindgren |
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FRA | Qualified: 2011 Team: Pierre Leboucher / Vincent Garos |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Camille Lecointre / Mathilde Geron |
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GBR | Qualified: Host Nation Team: Luke Patience / Stuart Bithell |
Qualified: Host Nation Team: Hannah Mills / Saskia Clark |
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GER | Qualified: 2011 Team: Ferdinand Gerz / Patrick Follmann |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Kathrin Kadelbach / Friedrike Belcher |
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GRE | Qualified: 2011 Team: Panagiotis Kampouridis / Efstathios Papadopoulos |
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IRL | Qualified: 2012 Team: |
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ISR | Qualified: 2011 Team: Eran Sela / Gideon Kliger |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Gil Cohen / Vered Bouskila |
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ITA | Qualified: 2011 Team: Gabrio Zandona / Pietro Zucchetti |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Giulia Conti / Giovanna Micol |
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JPN | Qualified: 2011 Team: Ryunosuke Harada / Yugo Yoshida |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Ai Kondo / Wakako Tabata |
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KOR | Qualified: 2012 Team: Gunwoo Park / Sungmin Cho |
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NED | Qualified: 2011 Team: |
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NZL | Qualified: 2011 Team: Jason Saunders / Paul Snow-Hansen |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Jo Aleh / Olivia Powrie |
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POL | Qualified: 2012 Team: |
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POR | Qualified: 2011 Team: Alvaro Marinho / Miguel Nunes |
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RSA | Qualified: 2012 Team: |
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RUS | Qualified: 2012 Team: |
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SLO | Qualified: 2011 Team: |
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SUI | Qualified: 2011 Team: |
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SWE | Qualified: 2011 Team: Anton Dahlberg / Sebastien Ostling |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Astrid Gabrielsson / Lisa Ericson |
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USA | Qualified: 2011 Team: Graham Biehl / Stuart McNay |
Qualified: 2011 Team: Amanda Clark / Sarah Lihan |
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Written by: Luissa Smith
Image: Mikhail and Maxiim Sheremetyev (RUS) © Thom Touw