U.S. OUTLOOK: Sailors could earn seven medals, their best haul since '92, but they must master the meltemi, unpredictable winds that are still tamer than the storms that canceled sailing at the 1896 Games.
Men's 470
Gold
Australia
Wilmot & Page
Silver
Great Britain
Rogers & Glanfield
Bronze
U.S.
Foerster & Burnham
Kevin Burnham, 47, won a silver in '92, but with a different skipper.
Men's Finn
Gold
Great Britain
Ben Ainslie
Silver
Poland
Mateusz Kusznierewicz
Bronze
Denmark
Jonas Høgh-Christensen
Ainslie won medals in Atlanta and Sydney in the Laser class.
Men's Star
Gold
Sweden
Lööf & Ekström
Silver
U.S.
Cayard & Trinter
Bronze
Great Britain
Percy & Mitchell
Paul Cayard is a veteran of five America's Cups.
Men's Mistral
Gold
France
Julien Bontemps
Silver
Poland
Przemyslaw Miarczynki
Bronze
Israel
Gal Fridman
Fridman's bronze was Israel's only medal in '96.
Women's 470
Gold
Sweden
Torgersson & Zachrisson
Silver
France
Petitjean & Douroux
Bronze
Australia
Armstrong & Stowell
Jenny Armstrong hails from New Zealand, Belinda Stowell from Zimbabwe.
Women's Europe
Gold
Norway
Siren Sundby
Silver
Finland
Sari Multala
Bronze
Germany
Petra Niemann
Sundby was ISAF World Female Sailor of the Year in 2003.
Women's Mistral
Gold
Italy
Alessandra Sensini
Silver
France
Faustine Merret
Bronze
New Zealand
Barbara Kendall
In 2000, Sensini won Italy's first sailing gold in 48 years.
Women's Yngling
Gold
Denmark
Silver
Germany
Bronze
Great Britain
A keelboat with a crew of three, yngling replaces soling on the program this year.
Open 49er
Gold
Spain
Martinez & Fernandez
Silver
Great Britain
Draper & Hiscocks
Bronze
Denmark
Hestbaek & Andersen
Tim Wadlow and Pete Spaulding of the U.S. could surprise.
Open Laser
Gold
Brazil
Robert Scheidt
Silver
Australia
Michael Blackburn
Bronze
U.S.
Mark Mendelblatt
Scheidt is a seven-time Laser world champion.
Open Tornado
Gold
Argentina
Lange & Espinola
Silver
Australia
Bundock & Forbes
Bronze
U.S.
Lovell & Ogletree
Johnny Lovell and Charlie Ogletree use a revolutionary polyester sail material.
