Rankings released

We have a look at the first ISAF Olympic Ranking release of 2007

The first update to the ISAF Olympic rankings was released yesterday. Following a hugely successful year Skandia Team GBR continues to reign supreme, though a number of other nations are now catching up. Both Australia and Germany are now within spitting distance of Britain. Both nations spent the entirely of 2006 with no ranking leaders at all though the latest release has them with two leaders each.

The rankings at a glance:

-Matthew Belcher and Nick Beherens (AUS) move up to first in the Men's 470
-Nathan Wilmot and Malcom Page (AUS) move seven places to third in the Men's 470
-Nick Rogers and Joe Glandfield’s return sees a 29 place jump to 14th.

-Marcelien de Koning and Lobke Berkhout (NED) move to within 110 points of leaders Christina Bassadone and Saskia Clark (GBR)

-Jan-Peter Peckolt and Hannes Peckolt (GER) give Germany their first No1 position in over a year in the 49er.
-The battle of the Brits heats up as Stevie Morrison and Ben Rhodes move up to fourth, ahead of team-mates Chris Draper and Simon Hiscocks (GBR).

-Paul Goodison (GBR) stays at the top of the Laser rankings; he has been there since May 06
- Tom Slingsby (AUS) puts the pressure on Goodison after a run of wins in 2006, moving up to second place.

-Evi Van Acker (BEL) takes the top spot in the Laser Radial rankings for the first time.
-USA starts to lose it's grip on the Radial fleet after Anna Tunnicliffe (USA) drops two places to third overall.

-Jonas Hoegh-Christensen (DEN) continues to dominate in the Finn class, leading the rankings from an impressive fifth release.

-Darren Bundock and Glen Ashby (AUS) provide Australia with another top spot in the Tornado, moving up from third overall.

-Robert Scheidt (BRA) emulates his previous success in the Laser fleet by continuing to lead the Stars with crew Bruno Prada.

-Previous ranking leaders, Monica Azon, Sandra Azon and Graciela Pisonero (ESP) plummet from first to eighth in the Yngling after electing to miss the trip to Miami.
-Ulrike Schuemann, Ute Hoepfner and Julia Beck (GER) rise to first overall to give Germany their second top spot.

-Nick Dempsey (GBR) continues to lead the Men's RS:X rankings.
-Nicolas Le Gal closes the gap on Dempsey, moving up to second.

-Marina Alabau (ESP) returns to the top after a win at the Miami OCR
-Britain continues to show their windsurfing skill with a solid second place from Bryony Shaw

Nations

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Tot
GBR	3	1	1	5
AUS	2	1	1	4
GER	2	0	2	4
FRA	0	2	2	4
ESP	1	1	1	3
NZL	0	1	1	2
RUS	0	1	1	2
BEL	1	0	0	1
BRA	1	0	0	1
DEN	1	0	0	1
ISR	0	1	0	1
ITA	0	1	0	1
MEX	0	1	0	1
NED	0	1	0	1
CAN	0	0	1	1
USA	0	0	1	1

470 Men

Pos	Helm		Crew	Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Mathew	BELCHER	Nick BEHRENS	AUSTRALIA	4	4903
2	Gidi	KLIGER	Udi GAL	ISRAEL	3	4820
3	Nathan	WILMOT	Malcolm PAGE	AUSTRALIA	10	4801
4	Gabrio	ZANDONA	Andrea TRANI	ITALY	1	4764
5	Sven	COSTER	Kalle COSTER	NETHERLANDS	8	4762
6	Benjamin	BONNAUD	Romain BONNAUD	FRANCE	2	4739
7	Nicolas	CHARBONNIER	Olivier BAUSSET	FRANCE	6	4617
8	Nick	ASHER	Elliott WILLIS	GREAT BRITAIN	5	4535
9	Alvaro	MARINHO	Miguel NUNES	PORTUGAL	13	4382
10	Michael	ANDERSON MITTERLING	David HUGHES	USA	11	4281

470 Women

Pos	Helm		Crew	Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Christina	BASSADONE	Saskia CLARK	GREAT BRITAIN	1	4950
2	Marcelien	DE KONING	Lobke BERKHOUT	NETHERLANDS	2	4840
3	Ingrid	PETITJEAN	Nadege DOUROUX	FRANCE	4	4657
4	Sylvia	VOGL	Carolina FLATSCHER	AUSTRIA	3	4634
5	Lenka	SMIDOVA	Veronika FENCLOUA	CZECH REPUBLIC	5	4557
6	Henrietta	KOCH	Lene SOMMER	DENMARK	6	4506
7	Amanda	CLARK	Sara MERGENTHALER	USA	8	4426
8	Therese	TORGERSSON	Vendela ZACHRISSON	SWEDEN	10	4352
9	Jennifer	PROVAN	Carol LUTTMER	CANADA	9	4299
10	Elsie	RECHICHI	Tessa PARKINSON	AUSTRALIA	11	4254

49er

Pos	Helm		Crew	Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Jan-Peter	PECKOLT	Hannes PECKOLT	GERMANY	5	4907
2	Pietro	SIBELLO	Gianfranco SIBELLO	ITALY	1	4792
3	Marcus	BAUR	Hannes BAUMANN	GERMANY	6	4772
4	Stevie	MORRISON	Ben RHODES	GREAT BRITAIN	3	4698
5	Chris	DRAPER	Simon HISCOCKS	GREAT BRITAIN	2	4665
6	Jonas	WARRER	Martin KIRKETERP	DENMARK	9	4663
7	Iker	MARTINEZ	Xabier FERNANDEZ	SPAIN	7	4606
8	Peter	HANSEN	Soren HANSEN	DENMARK	11	4579
9	Rodion	LUKA	George LEONCHUK	UKRAINE	4	4436
10	Morgan	LARSON	Peter SPAULDING	USA	29	4340

Laser

Pos	Helm		Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Paul	GOODISON	GREAT BRITAIN	1	4910
2	Tom	SLINGSBY	AUSTRALIA	3	4844
3	Michael	LEIGH	CANADA	2	4783
4	Matias	DEL SOLAR GOLDSMITH	CHILE	5	4751
5	Andrew	MURDOCH	NEW ZEALAND	4	4736
6	Gustavo	LIMA	PORTUGAL	6	4674
7	Vasilij	ZBOGAR	SLOVENIA	8	4635
8	Michael	BLACKBURN	AUSTRALIA	45	4508
9	Bernard	LUTTMER	CANADA	7	4488
10	Milan	VUJASINOVIC	CROATIA	9	4430

Laser Radial

Pos	Helm		Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Evi	VAN ACKER	BELGIUM	2	4927
2	Tania	ELIAS-CALLES	MEXICO	9	4841
3	Anna	TUNNICLIFFE	USA	1	4816
4	Katarlyna	SZOTYNSKA	POLAND	13	4604
5	Sarah	BLANCK	AUSTRALIA	11	4599
6	Jo	ALEH	NEW ZEALAND	7	4564
7	Krystal	WEIR	AUSTRALIA	3	4515
8	Lizzie	VICKERS	GREAT BRITAIN	15	4513
9	Andrea	BREWSTER	GREAT BRITAIN	5	4480
10	Karin	SODERSTROM	SWEDEN	16	4462

Finn

Pos	Helm		Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Jonas	HOEGH-CHRISTENSEN	DENMARK	1	5052
2	Daniel	SLATER	NEW ZEALAND	5	4813
3	Edward	WRIGHT	GREAT BRITAIN	2	4715
4	Daniel	BIRGMARK	SWEDEN	9	4657
5	Peer	MOBERG	NORWAY	12	4643
6	Marin	MISURA	CROATIA	3	4611
7	Ivan	KLJAKOVIC GASPIC	CROATIA	7	4555
8	Pieter Jan	POSTMA	NETHERLANDS	16	4490
9	Johan	TILLANDER	SWEDEN	13	4476
10	Emilios	PAPATHANASIOU	GREECE	8	4425

Tornado

Pos	Helm		Crew	Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Darren	BUNDOCK	Glenn ASHBY	AUSTRALIA	3	5147
2	Fernando	ECHAVARRI	Anton PAZ BLANCO	SPAIN	2	5117
3	Johannes	POLGAR	Florian SPALTEHOLZ	GERMANY	4	5025
4	Yann	GUICHARD	Alexandre GUYADER	FRANCE	5	5014
5	Xavier	REVIL	Christophe ESPAGNON	FRANCE	1	5013
6	Leigh	McMILLAN	Will HOWDEN	GREAT BRITAIN	7	4871
7	Roman	HAGARA	Hans-Peter STEINACHER	AUSTRIA	18	4817
8	Roland	GAEBLER	Gunnar STRUCKMANN	GERMANY	8	4773
9	Olivier	BACKES	Paul-Ambroise SEVESTRE	FRANCE	6	4763
10	Andrey	KIRILYUK	Valery USHKOV	RUSSIA	16	4596

Star

Pos	Helm		Crew	Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Robert	SCHEIDT	Bruno PRADA	BRAZIL	1	5050
2	Xavier	ROHART	Pascal RAMBEAU	FRANCE	2	4942
3	Hamish	PEPPER	Dave GILES	NEW ZEALAND	3	4873
4	George	SZABO	Andrew SCOTT	USA	4	4677
5	Fredrik	LOOF	Anders EKSTROM	SWEDEN	6	4604
6	Mateusz	KUSZNIEREWICZ	Dominik ZYCKI	POLAND	5	4602
7	Luca	MODENA	Michele MARCHESINI	ITALY	8	4456
8	Mark	REYNOLDS	Hal HAENEL	USA	9	4332
9	Diego	NEGRI	VIALE Luigi	ITALY	18	4328
10	John	DANE	Austin SPERRY	USA	10	4327

Yngling

Pos	Helm		Crew	Naionality	Previous pos	Points
1	Ulrike	SCHUEMANN	Ute HOEPTNER, Julia BLECK	GERMANY	7	4953
2	Vlada	ILIENKO	Nina SHTROMBERGER, Ekaterina KOVALENKO	RUSSIA	8	4837
3	Anna	BASALKINA	Ekaterina MAXIMOVA, Vlada UKRAINSTSERA	RUSSIA	9	4832
4	Sarah	AYTON	Sarah WEBB, Pippa WILSON	GREAT BRITAIN	2	4823
5	Sharon	FERRIS	Raynor SMEAL, Shandy BUCKLEY	NEW ZEALAND	3	4728
6	Sally	BARKOW	Carrie HOWE, Debbie CAPOZZI	USA	6	4647
7	Annie-Claire	LE BERRE	Alice PONSAR, Julie GERECHT	FRANCE	5	4586
8	Monica	AZON CANALDA	Sandra AZON CANALDA, Graciela PISONERO	SPAIN	1	4579
9	Anne	LEHELLEY	Marion DEPLANQUE, Catherine LEPESANT	FRANCE	4	4441
10	Janneke	HIN	Marije FABER, Floortje HENDRIKSEN	NETHERLANDS	10	4313

RS:X Men

Pos	Helm		Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Nick	DEMPSEY	GREAT BRITAIN	1	4489
2	Nicolas	LE GAL	FRANCE	8	4448
3	Ivan	PASTOR LAFUENTE	SPAIN	6	4366
4	Przemek	MIARCZYNSKI	POLAND	10	4331
5	Samuel	LAUNAY	FRANCE	14	4273
6	Piotr	MYSZKA	POLAND	11	4235
7	Maxim	OBEREMKO	UKRAINE	2	4230
8	Nicolas	HUGUET	FRANCE	7	4229
9	Toni	WILHELM	GERMANY	18	4201
10	Joao	RODRIGUES	PORTUGAL	16	4153

RS:X Women

Pos	Helm		Nationality	Previous pos	Points
1	Marina	ALABAU	S PAIN	2	4676
2	Bryony	SHAW	GREAT BRITAIN	4	4601
3	Lisa	VIDAL	FRANCE	10	4275
4	Marta	HLAVATY	POLAND	14	4134
5	Romy	KINZL	GERMANY	13	4105
6	Olga	MASLIVETS	UKRAINE	1	4101
7	Antonia	FREY	GREECE	3	4063
8	Flavia	TARTAGLINI	ITALY	5	4054
9	Zofia	KLEPACKA	POLAND	17	4036
10	Jannicke	STALSTROM	NORWAY	8	3946