Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser
| Men's Laser[1] at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Line drawing of the Laser | ||||||||||
| Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | |||||||||
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| Dates | First race: August 12, 2008 Last race: August 19, 2008 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 43 from 43 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| RS:X | Men | Women | |||
| Laser Radial | Women | ||||
| Laser | Men | ||||
| Finn | Open | ||||
| 470 | Men | Women | |||
| 49er | Open | ||||
| Tornado | Open | ||||
| Yngling | Women | ||||
| Star | Men | ||||
The Laser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only ten races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 43 sailors, on 43 boats, from 43 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]
Race schedule[1][5]
| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Green | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
| Date | August | |||||||||||||||||
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| 7 Thu | 8 Fri | 9 Sat | 10 Sun | 11 Mon | 12 Tue | 13 Wed | 14 Thu | 15 Fri | 16 Sat | 17 Sun | 18 Mon | 19 Tue | 20 Wed | 21 Thu | 22 Fri | 23 Sat | 24 Sun | |
| Men's Laser | ● | 2 | 1 | No wind |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ● | |||||||||
Course areas and course configurations [6]
For the Laser course areas A (Yellow) and C (Green) 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 Green 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.
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Course Areas
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70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
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70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
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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
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. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[7]
Final results[8][9]
 Rank | Country | Helmsman | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Medalrace | Total | Total – discard | ||||||||||
| Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | |||||
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 Great Britain |
Paul Goodison | | | 2 | 2.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 78.0 | 63.0 |
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 Slovenia |
Vasilij Žbogar | | | 4 | 4.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 95.0 | 71.0 |
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 Italy |
Diego Romero | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | | | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 111.0 | 75.0 |
| 4 |  Portugal |
Gustavo Lima | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | | | 17 | 17.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 103.0 | 76.0 |
| 5 |  New Zealand |
Andrew Murdoch | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | | | 20 | 20.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 121.0 | 81.0 |
| 6 |  Sweden |
Rasmus Myrgren | 7 | 7.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | | | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 105.0 | 83.0 |
| 7 |  Argentina |
Julio Alsogaray | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 123.0 | 92.0 |
| 8 |  France |
Jean Baptiste Bernaz | 19 | 19.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 5 | 5.0 | | | 6 | 12.0 | 138.0 | 104.0 |
| 9 |  Canada |
Mike Leigh | 13 | 13.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | | | 2 | 2.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 137.0 | 109.0 |
| 10 |  Norway |
Kristian Ruth | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 21 | 21.0 | | | 8 | 16.0 | 147.0 | 109.0 |
| 11 |  Russia |
Igor Lisovenko | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 26 | 26.0 | | | 19 | 19.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 133.0 | 96.0 |
| 12 |  Croatia |
Luka Radelić | | | 15 | 15.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 17 | 17.0 | - | - | 127.0 | 101.0 |
| 13 |  Cyprus |
Pavlos Kontides | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 29 | 29.0 | | | - | - | 148.0 | 113.0 |
| 14 |  Spain |
Javier Hernández | 17 | 17.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 28 | 28.0 | | | 19 | 19.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | - | - | 165.0 | 121.0 |
| 15 |  Greece |
Evangelos Cheimonas | 22 | 22.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | 11.0 | | | BFD | 44.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 8 | 8.0 | - | - | 174.0 | 130.0 |
| 16 |  Poland |
Maciej Grabowski | 9 | 9.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 23 | 23.0 | | | 20 | 20.0 | 4 | 4.0 | - | - | 163.0 | 131.0 |
| 17 |  Uruguay |
Alejandro Foglia | 12 | 12.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 7 | 7.0 | | | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 18 | 18.0 | - | - | 169.0 | 133.0 |
| 18 |  Turkey |
Kemal Muslubaş | 4 | 4.0 | | | 27 | 27.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 32 | 32.0 | - | - | 188.0 | 146.0 |
| 19 |  Austria |
Andreas Geritzer | 28 | 28.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 20 | 20.0 | | | DNC | 44.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 9 | 9.0 | - | - | 201.0 | 157.0 |
| 20 |  China |
Shen Sheng | | | 35 | 35.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 25 | 25.0 | - | - | 199.0 | 159.0 |
| 21 |  Virgin Islands |
Thomas Barrows | 20 | 20.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 26 | 26.0 | | | 15 | 15.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 21 | 21.0 | - | - | 195.0 | 164.0 |
| 22 |  Australia |
Tom Slingsby | 21 | 21.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | | | - | - | 204.0 | 164.0 |
| 23 |  Denmark |
Anders Nyholm | 18 | 18.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 19 | 19.0 | | | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 13 | 13.0 | - | - | 208.0 | 164.0 |
| 24 |  Estonia |
Deniss Karpak | 16 | 16.0 | 20 | 20.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 2 | 2.0 | DNC | 4.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 207.0 | 166.0 |
| 25 |  United States |
Andrew Campbell | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 32 | 32.0 | | | 8 | 8.0 | DSQ | 44.0 | 31 | 31.0 | - | - | 218.0 | 174.0 |
| 26 |  Chile |
Matías del Solar | 3 | 3.0 | | | 30 | 30.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 23 | 23.0 | DNE | 44.0 | - | - | 214.0 | 180.0 |
| 27 |  Brazil |
Bruno Fontes | 31 | 31.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 22 | 22.0 | | | - | - | 223.0 | 184.0 |
| 28 |  South Korea |
Ha Jee-Min | 23 | 23.0 | 33 | 33.0 | | | 31 | 31.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 22 | 22.0 | - | - | 227.0 | 190.0 |
| 29 |  Hungary |
Zsombor Berecz | 27 | 27.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 14 | 14.0 | | | - | - | 232.0 | 195.0 |
| 30 |  Finland |
Pierre Angelo Collura | 25 | 25.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 18 | 18.0 | | | 23 | 23.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 33 | 33.0 | DNE | 44.0 | - | - | 239.0 | 198.0 |
| 31 |  Czech Republic |
Martin Trčka | 29 | 29.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 26 | 26.0 | | | 12 | 12.0 | - | - | 246.0 | 202.0 |
| 32 |  Seychelles |
Allan Julie | 33 | 33.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | 30.0 | - | - | 240.0 | 203.0 |
| 33 |  Guatemala |
Juan Ignacio Maegli | | | 9 | 9.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 16 | 16.0 | BFD | 44.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 15 | 15.0 | - | - | 250.0 | 206.0 |
| 34 |  Netherlands |
Rutger van Schaardenburg | 32 | 32.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 18 | 18.0 | | | 25 | 25.0 | 20 | 20.0 | - | - | 253.0 | 215.0 |
| 35 |  Japan |
Yoichi Iijima | 36 | 36.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 31 | 31.0 | | | 31 | 31.0 | DNF | 44.0 | 28 | 28.0 | - | - | 279.0 | 235.0 |
| 36 |  Singapore |
Koh Seng Leong | 35 | 35.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 39 | 39.0 | | | 33 | 33.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 36 | 36.0 | - | - | 283.0 | 239.0 |
| 37 |  Switzerland |
Christoph Bottoni | 34 | 34.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 39 | 39.0 | | | 36 | 36.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | - | - | 285.0 | 241.0 |
| 38 |  Malaysia |
Kevin Lim | | | 24 | 24.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 26 | 26.0 | - | - | 293.0 | 249.0 |
| 39 |  Venezuela |
José Ruíz | 39 | 39.0 | | | 23 | 23.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 24 | 24.0 | - | - | 289.0 | 249.0 |
| 40 |  Dominican Republic |
Raúl Aguayo | 37 | 37.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 35 | 35.0 | | | 34 | 34.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 29 | 29.0 | - | - | 296.0 | 258.0 |
| 41 |  Luxembourg |
Marc Schmit | 30 | 30.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 35 | 35.0 | | | 40 | 40.0 | 33 | 33.0 | - | - | 308.0 | 267.0 |
| 42 |  United Arab Emirates |
Adil Mohammad | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 38.0 | | | 43 | 43.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 27 | 27.0 | - | - | 315.0 | 272.0 |
| 43 |  Barbados |
Gregory Douglas | 41 | 41.0 | | | 43 | 43.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 41 | 41.0 | - | - | 342.0 | 299.0 |
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not compete; DNF – Did not finish; |
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the Laser during the 2008 Summer Olympics
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "Beijing 2008". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ↑ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
- ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
- ↑ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
- ↑ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2014.