Sailing

Sailing (sport)

Sailing is a well organized and recognized sport.There is a broad variety of kinds of races and sailboats used for racing. Much racing is done around buoys or similar marks in protected waters, while some longer offshore races cross open water...

 at the Friendship Games

Friendship Games

The Friendship Games or Friendship-84 was an international multi-sport event held between 2 July and 16 September 1984 in the Soviet Union and eight other socialist states which boycotted the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles....

was contested in seven events. 470

470 (dinghy)

The 470 is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. The name is the overall length of the boat in centimetres . The hull is fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks. The 470 is equipped with spinnaker and trapeze, making teamwork necessary to...

 and Finn

Finn (dinghy)

The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. It was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki...

 classes took place at Lake Balaton

Lake Balaton

Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of its foremost tourist destinations. As Hungary is landlocked , Lake Balaton is often affectionately called the "Hungarian Sea"...

, Hungary

People's Republic of Hungary

The People's Republic of Hungary or Hungarian People's Republic was the official state name of Hungary from 1949 to 1989 during its Communist period under the guidance of the Soviet Union. The state remained in existence until 1989 when opposition forces consolidated in forcing the regime to...

 between 20 and 25 August 1984, while Flying Dutchman

Flying Dutchman (dinghy)

thumbthumbThe Flying Dutchman is a 20-foot one-design high-performance two-person monohull racing dinghy. Developed in the early 1950s, its large sail area per unit weight allow it to plane easily when sailing upwind. The boat utilizes a trapeze harness for the crew and hiking straps for the...

, Soling

Soling

A Soling is a class of open keelboat designed by Jan Linge of Norway in 1965. In 1968, it was chosen from among many other boats to be the men's triple-handed boat for the 1972 Olympics...

, Star

Star (sailboat)

The International Star is a 6.9 m one-design racing keelboat for two people.The boat must weigh at least 671 kg with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m . It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length...

, Tornado

Tornado (sailboat)

The Tornado is an two person multihull class recognised as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation. It was used for the Olympic Catamaran discpline for over 30 years.-Background:...

 and Windglider

Windglider

For the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Olympic board choice was between the original Windsurfer One Design manufactured by Hoyle Schwitzer and the Windglider designed and made in Europe...

 classes were contested at Pirita Yachting Centre in Tallinn

Tallinn

Tallinn is the capital and largest city of Estonia. It occupies an area of with a population of 414,940. It is situated on the northern coast of the country, on the banks of the Gulf of Finland, south of Helsinki, east of Stockholm and west of Saint Petersburg. Tallinn's Old Town is in the list...

, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....

 between 19 and 26 August 1984.

Medal summary

Although multiple competitors from one country were allowed to compete, only one team per country could receive a medal. If two or three teams from one country would finish in the top three, only the best one would receive a medal.

470 470 (dinghy) The 470 is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. The name is the overall length of the boat in centimetres . The hull is fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks. The 470 is equipped with spinnaker and trapeze, making teamwork necessary to...	German Democratic Republic Ullrich Vater Michael Schrotter	3.0	German Democratic Republic Jörn Borowski Egbert Swensson	30.4	Hungary György Fundák Gábor Zalai	32.7
Finn Finn (dinghy) The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing. It was designed by Swedish canoe designer, Rickard Sarby, in 1949 for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki...		3.0		16.7		32.4
Flying Dutchman Flying Dutchman (dinghy) thumbthumbThe Flying Dutchman is a 20-foot one-design high-performance two-person monohull racing dinghy. Developed in the early 1950s, its large sail area per unit weight allow it to plane easily when sailing upwind. The boat utilizes a trapeze harness for the crew and hiking straps for the...	Soviet Union Aleksandr Shpilko Viktor Budantsev	11.7	Soviet Union Sergey Borodinov Vladislav Akimenko	26.7	Hungary Szabolcs Detre Zsolt Detre	32.4
Windglider Windglider For the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Olympic board choice was between the original Windsurfer One Design manufactured by Hoyle Schwitzer and the Windglider designed and made in Europe...		8.7		14.0		39.4
Soling Soling A Soling is a class of open keelboat designed by Jan Linge of Norway in 1965. In 1968, it was chosen from among many other boats to be the men's triple-handed boat for the 1972 Olympics...	German Democratic Republic Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering	5.7	German Democratic Republic Wolf Eberhard Richter Bernd Jäkel Bernd Jäkel Bernd Jäkel is a German sailor and Olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Thomas Flach at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold... Thomas Flach Thomas Flach Thomas Flach is a German sailor and olympic champion.He competed in the Soling class together with Jochen Schümann and Bernd Jäkel at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where they won the gold medal. The same crew participated at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where they also received a gold...	23.4	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Gennady Strakh Oleg Miron	27.4
Star Star (sailboat) The International Star is a 6.9 m one-design racing keelboat for two people.The boat must weigh at least 671 kg with a maximum total sail area of 26.5 m . It is sloop-rigged, with a mainsail larger in proportional size than any other boat of its length...	Soviet Union Guram Biganishvili Aleksandr Zybin	14.4	Soviet Union Andrey Balashov Andrey Balashov Andrey Vasilyevich Balashov is a Russian sailor. He won a silver medal in the Finn class at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Aleksandr Muzychenko Aleksandr Muzychenko Aleksandr Aleksejevich Muzychenko is a retired Soviet/Russian sailor, Olympic champion for the USSR team.He started to sail in the age of 6, in Omsk, at the river Irtish, He scored his Olympic triumph in star class at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Tallinn, together with Valentyn Mankin.Now...	32.4	Canada Steven Flekenstein Robert Muru	34.8
Tornado Tornado (sailboat) The Tornado is an two person multihull class recognised as an International Class by the International Sailing Federation. It was used for the Olympic Catamaran discpline for over 30 years.-Background:...	Soviet Union Serhiy Priymak Edgar Teryokhin	5.7	Soviet Union Viktor Potapov Viktor Potapov Viktor Yakovlevich Potapov is a Russian sailor. He won a bronze medal in the Finn class at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:* at sports-reference.com... Sergey Kuzovov	25.0	Poland Krzysztof Zawalski Ireneusz Butowski	62.4

Medal table

1	Soviet Union	5	1	1	7
2	German Democratic Republic	2	0	2	4
3	Hungary	0	3	2	5
4	Poland	0	2	1	3
5	Canada	0	1	0	1
6	Finland	0	0	1	1
Total		7	7	7	21