Part 2 - LA84 Foundation

11. Competition Management
by Sport
356
Besides the yachting competitions,
seven football preliminaries were held
in the Pusan area. The first sub-village
housed yachting competitors only,
while the second sub-village was open
to yachting competitors, officials, football
players and NOC officials.
The Pusan sub-village accommodated
a total of 820, including 571 athletes
and 249 officials. The first sub-village
accommodated 437, including 309
athletes and 128 officials, and the
second sub-village housed 383,
including 262 athletes and 121
officials.
Of the total, yachting accounted for
433 athletes and 203 officials, and
football had 138 athletes and 46
officials.
11.23.3
Opening and Closing
Ceremonies for the Yachting
Competitions
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The opening and closing ceremonies
for the yachting competitions were
held separately from the Games'
Opening and Closing Ceremonies in
Seoul, and separate cultural festivals
were held in Pusan.
The opening ceremony was held at the
yachting course for one hour and 30
minutes, starting at 10:30 a.m. on
September 19, 1988, and the closing
ceremony was held at the same place
for one hour and 45 minutes, starting
at 7 p.m. on September 28.
Cultural programs planning and
production teams were organized in
March 1987 to administer the opening
and closing ceremonies. The teams
established a master plan for cultural
programs in April 1987, which was
followed up with the writing of
scenarios, performance planning,
selection of performers and operation
personnel, and rehearsals. A fourstage
adaptation training was conducted
from November 1987 to August
1988.
The participants in the opening and
closing ceremonies totalled 1,714 from
18 organizations, including the Pusan
City Orchestra, the Pusan City Traditional
Music Orchestra, various
troupes, schools and specialized
performing groups.
The Olympic flame for the yachting
competition was lit from the torch
which arrived in Pusan on August 28
for an overnight stay; the flame stayed
in a cauldron in Yongdu Park, and was
carried by torch relay runners, starting
from the Pusan city plaza at 9 a.m. on
the day of the opening ceremony, to
the cauldron at the yachting site.
The last torch relay runner who lit the
flame on the cauldron was WBA light
flyweight champion Chang Jung-gu.
Park Ki-chul, Korean yacht competitor,
made an oath on behalf of the participating
athletes in the opening
ceremony; Peter Tallberg, president of
the IYRF, delivered a welcoming
speech; and the SLOOC President
Park Seh-jik delivered the opening
address, after which the IOC President
Juan Antonio Samaranch declared the
Olympic yachting competition open.
11.23.4
Conduct of the Competitions
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Three buoys marked the yachting
course three to five kilometers from
the shore. The first through seventh
races were staged for seven days, and
placings were determined by the total
of scores earned in six races, with the
lowest score placing first. According to
the order of the time required to complete
each race, the first finisher was
assigned zero points, the second
finisher 3 points, the third 5.7 points,
the fourth 8, the fifth 10, and the sixth
was assigned 11.7 points. The seventh
finisher and below were assigned
points representing the finishing place
plus six points.
The number of competitors in each of
the eight events was as follows:
Division II Class: 45 athletes
470 Class for men: 58 in 29 teams
470 Class for women: 42 in 21 teams
Finn Class: 33
Flying Dutchman Class: 44 in 22 teams
Star Class: 42 in 21 teams
Tornado Class: 46 in 23 teams
Soling Class: 60 in 20 teams
France placed first in the medal standings
with two golds, followed by the
United States with one gold, two silvers
and two bronzes, and New Zealand
with one gold, one silver and two
bronzes.
The Republic of Korea entered competitors
in six of the eight events, which
were the 470 Class for men, 470 Class
for women, Finn Class, Flying Dutchman
and Tornado, but their performances
were poor.
Spectators were unable to see the
races, as the competitions were
staged at sea about three to five kilometers
from the shore. Ordinary spectators
were denied access to the competitions,
and access privileges were
given only to the Olympic Family
members, press and operation
personnel.
Tickets for the opening and closing
ceremonies were not generally issued;
only a chosen number of citizens and
VIPs were invited to observe the
ceremonies. The seating capacity of
the opening and closing ceremonies'
site was 2,912, of which 2,032 seats
were reserved for invitees, 84 for the
press, 96 for the military band, 500 for
athletes and officials, and 200 seats
for operation personnel.
Of the seats reserved for invitees, 100
were for VIPs, 168 for other guests,
252 (A stand) and 168 (B stand) for
invitees from related agencies, and
1,344 seats for ordinary invitees.
Ordinary citizens who wanted to
observe the ceremonies were required
to file applications with the Yachting
Operations by mail, which then
selected the invitees by a random
method.
Medal Tally by NOC
NOC
France
U.S.A.
New Zealand
Denmark
Spain
Great Britain
German Dem. Rep.
U.S.S.R.
Netherlands Antilles
Sweden
Virgin Islands
Norway
Brazil
Canada
Total
91
93
Gold
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
8
Silver
2
1
1
1
1
1
8
Bronze
2
1
1
1
2
1
8