Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser

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][5]

Men's Laser[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Laser
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 12 August 2008 (2008-08-12)
Last race: 19 August 2008 (2008-08-19)
Competitors43 from 43 nations
Medalists
Paul Goodison  Great Britain
Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia
Diego Romero  Italy

Race schedule[1][6]

  Practice race  Race on Yellow  Race on Green  Medal race on Yellow
Date August
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 [7]

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.

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.[8]

Final results[9][10]

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXMRTot Pts
Paul Goodison  Great Britain15215197146978.063.0
Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia24414621118111295.071.0
Diego Romero  Italy635361015119103111.075.0
4 Gustavo Lima  Portugal5832717616835103.076.0
5 Andrew Murdoch  New Zealand25402024551711121.081.0
6 Rasmus Myrgren  Sweden71682813227210105.083.0
7 Julio Alsogaray  Argentina1121028141231164123.092.0
8 Jean Baptiste Bernaz  France191129610305346138.0104.0
9 Mike Leigh  Canada132326543282197137.0109.0
10 Kristian Ruth  Norway10111710381321388147.0109.0
11 Igor Lisovenko  Russia11144872637197 133.096.0
12 Luka Radelić  Croatia261572112131617 127.0101.0
13 Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus872414512142935 148.0113.0
14 Javier Hernández  Spain172511328BFD 4419135 165.0121.0
15 Evangelos Cheimonas  Greece2221911DSQ 44BFD 44968 174.0130.0
16 Maciej Grabowski  Poland9192218162332204 163.0131.0
17 Alejandro Foglia  Uruguay122733736462618 169.0133.0
18 Kemal Muslubaş  Turkey4422719152771532 188.0146.0
19 Andreas Geritzer  Austria28623020BFD 44DNC 44189 201.0157.0
20 Shen Sheng  China4035643714102825 199.0159.0
21 Thomas Barrows  Virgin Islands202820242631151021 195.0164.0
22 Tom Slingsby  Australia212221223520121140 204.0164.0
23 Anders Nyholm  Denmark1826191519BFD 44272713 208.0164.0
24 Deniss Karpak  Estonia1620413738243514 207.0166.0
25 Andrew Campbell  United States141812632BFD 448DSQ 4431 218.0174.0
26 Matías del Solar  Chile33430252192523DNE 44 214.0180.0
27 Bruno Fontes  Brazil311731121224352239 223.0184.0
28 Ha Jee-min  South Korea233337311317173422 227.0190.0
29 Zsombor Berecz  Hungary273136231822241437 232.0195.0
30 Pierre Collura  Finland2510184123252033DNE 44 239.0198.0
31 Martin Trčka  Czech Republic29363813291926DNF 4412 246.0202.0
32 Allan Julie  Seychelles333713332716213030 240.0203.0
33 Juan Ignacio Maegli  GuatemalaDSQ 4493916BFD 443239125 250.0206.0
34 Rutger van Schaardenburg  Netherlands322934322518382520 253.0215.0
35 Yoichi Iijima  Japan3632161731BFD 4431DNF 4428 279.0235.0
36 Koh Seng Leong  Singapore35412939BFD 443323336 283.0239.0
37 Christoph Bottoni  Switzerland3413324039BFD 44362423 285.0241.0
38 Kevin Lim  MalaysiaBFD 442428422234343926 293.0249.0
39 José Ruíz  Venezuela394023294029333224 289.0249.0
40 Raúl Aguayo  Dominican Republic373035383428293629 296.0258.0
41 Marc Schmit  Luxembourg303925353035414033 308.0267.0
42 Adil Mohammad  United Arab Emirates383842431136423827 315.0272.0
43 Greg Douglas  Barbados414343343330403741 342.0299.0

    Scoring system: low-point system;
    Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; OCSOn the course side of the starting line; – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    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. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    2. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    3. The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
    4. 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.
    5. "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Laser), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
    6. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    7. "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    9. Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    10. "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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