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Men's Formula Kite
at the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad
VenuesMarseille Marina
Dates4–9 August 2024
Competitors20 from 20 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentin Bontus  Austria
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Toni Vodišek  Slovenia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maximilian Maeder  Singapore
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Sailing at the
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Qualification
IQFoilmenwomen
Formula Kitemenwomen
ILCA 7men
ILCA 6women
49ermen
49er FXwomen
470mixed
Nacra 17mixed

The Men's Formula Kite is a sailing event part of the Sailing at the 2024 Summer Olympics program in Marseille and takes place between 4–9 August 2024. It is the first appearance of men's kiteboarding in the Olympic games. 20 sailors represent 20 countries entered in to the event.

The event is scheduled to begin with up to 16 preliminary races in the opening series across four days. The top 10 competitors move on to the medal series. The top two competitors from the opening series advance directly to the final, while positions 3–10 move in to the semifinal.

The eight competitors in the semifinals will be split into two groups of equal strength with a goal of reaching three race victories. The top sailors in each split will start the semifinals with two race victories credited, while the second-ranked sailors will start with one race victory. The winner of each semifinal moves on to the final. In the final, the goal is also to reach three race victories. The highest ranked sailor from the opening series starts the final with two race victories, while the second-ranked sailor starts with one race victory.

Schedule

Sun 4 Aug Mon 5 Aug Tue 6 Aug Wed 7 Aug Thu 8 Aug Fri 9 Aug
Race 1
Race 2
Race 3
Race 4 		Race 5 Race 6
Race 7 		Race 8
Cancelled 		Semifinals
Final 		Final

Preliminary Races

Results

Official results (after race 7). Races 8 to 16 were cancelled due to inadequate wind speeds.

Top 2 = Final

3 to 10 = Semifinal

Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI Tot Pts
1 Toni Vodišek  Slovenia 2 5 1 3 10 1 12 - - - - - - - - - 34 12
2 Maximilian Maeder  Singapore 5 1 2 21
DNF		 3 10 4 - - - - - - - - - 46 15
3 Riccardo Pianosi  Italy 10 6 8 14 1 4 1 - - - - - - - - - 44 20
4 Valentin Bontus  Austria 1 2 5 8 4 21
DSQ		 20 - - - - - - - - - 61 20
5 Jannis Maus  Germany 8 9 11 2 2 7 2 - - - - - - - - - 41 21
6 Axel Mazella  France 7 13 9 1 5 2 7 - - - - - - - - - 44 22
7 Bruno Lobo  Brazil 3 7 10 4 15 9 5 - - - - - - - - - 53 28
8 Connor Bainbridge  Great Britain 4 8 3 7 7 11 11 - - - - - - - - - 51 29
9 Markus Edegran  United States 13 12 7 16 6 3 3 - - - - - - - - - 60 31
10 Huang Qibin  China 6 16 4 5 14 13 6 - - - - - - - - - 64 34
11 Cameron Maramenides  Greece 9 10 6 12 8 6 14 - - - - - - - - - 65 39
12 Denis Taradin  Cyprus 11 4 12 6 16 16 19 - - - - - - - - - 84 49
13 Dor Zarka  Israel 15 3 21
DSQ		 9 12 21
UFD		 13 - - - - - - - - - 94 52
14 Martin Dolenc  Croatia 14 14 18 13 13 5 8 - - - - - - - - - 85 53
15 Lukas Walton-Keim  New Zealand 12 18 13 10 17 8 18 - - - - - - - - - 96 60
16 Maks Żakowski  Poland 21
UFD		 11 14 15 11 14 10 - - - - - - - - - 96 60
17 Tiger Tyson  Antigua and Barbuda 16 19 19 17 9 18 9 - - - - - - - - - 107 69
18 Joseph Weston  Thailand 19 17 16 11 19 17 17 - - - - - - - - - 116 78
19 Jean de Falbaire  Mauritius 17 15 15 21
RET		 21
DPI		 15 16 - - - - - - - - - 120 78
20 Victor Bolaños  Colombia 18 20 17 18 18 12 15 - - - - - - - - - 118 80

Scoring system: low-point system;
Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

Medal Series

Semifinals

Semifinal A

Rank Helmsman Nation Earned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes
1 Riccardo Pianosi  Italy 2 2 1 — 3 Advanced to Finals
2 Axel Mazella  France 1 3 2 1
3 Bruno Lobo  Brazil 0 1 3 1
4 Huang Qibin  China 0 4 4
SCP 		0
  • SCP = Scoring Penalty

Semifinal B

Rank Helmsman Nation Earned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins Notes
1 Valentin Bontus  Austria 2 1 — 3 Advanced to Finals
2 Jannis Maus  Germany 1 2 1
3 Connor Bainbridge  Great Britain 0 3 0
4 Markus Edegran  United States 0 4 0

Finals

The Finals began on 8 August. One race was completed, but inadequate winds postponed remaining races until 9 August.

Rank Helmsman Nation Earned Wins Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total wins
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentin Bontus  Austria 3 1 1 1 — 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Toni Vodišek  Slovenia 2 4
SCP 		4
DPI 		4 2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Maximilian Maeder  Singapore 1 2 2 3 1
4 Riccardo Pianosi  Italy 0 3 3 2 0
  • DPI = Discretionary penalty imposed
  • SCP = Scoring Penalty

References

  1. Dell'Orto, Giovanna (21 June 2024). "Don't blink! Summer Olympics' fastest sport, kitesurfing, will debut at Paris Games". apnews.com. Associated Press. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  2. "Men's Kite start list" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  3. ^ Laurinaityte, Samina (2 August 2024). "Formula Kite in Paris 2024 Olympics: Rules and Schedule". thekitespot.com. True Sessions Ltd. Retrieved 4 August 2024.
  4. "Men's Kite general classification after 7 races" (PDF). olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. 6 August 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
Olympic champions in men's Formula Kite
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