The men's Star was a sailing event on the sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre. Eleven races were scheduled and completed. 32 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.
Race schedule
Sources: == Course areas and course configurations ==
Course areas and course configurations
Source: For the Star course areas A (Yellow) and E (Pink) were used. The location ''(36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E)'' points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Pink course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations. File:Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Course area's.png|Course Areas File:70 Degree Trapezoid Outer Course 2008 Sailing Olympics.png|70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O) File:70 degree Trapezoid Inner 2008 Sailing Olympics.png|70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I) File:Windward - Leeward 2008 Sailing Olympics.png|Windward - Leeward Course (W) Outer courses • O1: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish • O2: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish • O3: Start – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – Finish Inner courses • I1: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish • I2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish • I3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – Finish Windward-leeward courses • W2: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish • W3: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish • W4: Start – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – Finish == Weather conditions ==
Weather conditions
In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. For the Star competition several races had to be postponed to the next day and the spare day had to be used. == Final results ==
Final results
Sources: {{sailing result legend | discard2 = yes | BFD = yes | DNF = yes | DNE = yes | DPI = yes | OCS = yes | MR = yes == Daily standings ==