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Chris Grube and Luke Patience were edged out of claiming a medal in the men's 470 dinghy, after failing to improve on their overall fifth place heading into the final race.

The duo had strong hopes of being able to potentially snatch a bronze or even a silver medal heading into the medal race but could only place eighth to consolidate their fifth position overall.

Patience, who was competing on his 35th birthday, was hoping to add to the silver medal he picked up at the London Games in 2012.

Luke Patience and Chris Grube of Team GB could only consolidate fifth place overall following a disappointing medal race in the men's 470 class

Australia's Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan dominated the event to claim the gold medal

Australian duo Mathew Belcher and Will Ryan dominated the event from the start and cruised to a gold medal which never looked in doubt after cruising to victory.

After a thrilling battle for silver, Sweden's Anton Dahlberg and Fredrik Bergstrom came out on top while Jordi Xammar and Nicolas Rodriguez Garcia-Paz picked up the bronze for Spain.

The Australian pair performed brilliantly in the opening series, winning three races and finishing in the top five in nine of the 10 preliminaries to set themselves up for a cruise to gold in a medal race staged in blazing sunshine.

Belcher and Ran celebrate taking gold after dominating the 470 class in the sailing 

Staying out of trouble at the start, Belcher and Ryan took over at the mid-point of the race and did not look back, crossing the line first to complete a dominant victory in the competition.

The pair, who picked up silver in Rio five years ago, only needed to avoid disqualification in the medal race to win gold as the fleet behind them engaged in a classic tussle.

The Swedes managed to keep pace with the Australians as they made their break, coming out on top in their battle with the Spaniards to finish second in both the medal race as well as in the overall standings to take silver.