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
Dates First race: August 12, 2008 (2008-08-12)
Last race: August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19)
Competitors 43 from 43 nations
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Paul Goodison  Great Britain
2nd, silver medalist(s) Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Diego Romero  Italy

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
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.

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]

RankCountryHelmsman Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st, gold medalist(s)  Great Britain Paul Goodison 15 15.022.01515.011.099.077.011.044.066.0918.078.063.0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Slovenia Vasilij Žbogar 24 24.044.01414.066.022.01111.01818.011.01111.024.095.071.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Italy Diego Romero66.033.055.0 36 36.01010.01515.01111.099.01010.036.0111.075.0
4  Portugal Gustavo Lima55.088.033.0 27 27.01717.066.01616.088.033.0510.0103.076.0
5  New Zealand Andrew Murdoch22.055.0 40 40.02020.02424.055.055.01717.011.012.0121.081.0
6  Sweden Rasmus Myrgren77.01616.088.022.088.01313.0 22 22.077.022.01020.0105.083.0
7  Argentina Julio Alsogaray11.01212.01010.0 28 28.01414.011.022.03131.01616.048.0123.092.0
8  France Jean Baptiste Bernaz1919.011.01212.099.066.01010.03030.055.0 34 34.0612.0138.0104.0
9  Canada Mike Leigh1313.02323.02626.055.044.033.0 28 28.022.01919.0714.0137.0109.0
10  Norway Kristian Ruth1010.01111.01717.01010.033.088.01313.02121.0 38 38.0816.0147.0109.0
11  Russia Igor Lisovenko1111.01414.044.088.077.02626.0 37 37.01919.077.0--133.096.0
12  Croatia Luka Radelić 26 26.01515.077.02121.011.02121.033.01616.01717.0--127.0101.0
13  Cyprus Pavlos Kontides88.077.02424.01414.055.01212.01414.02929.0 35 35.0--148.0113.0
14  Spain Javier Hernández1717.02525.01111.033.02828.0 BFD 44.01919.01313.055.0--165.0121.0
15  Greece Evangelos Cheimonas2222.02121.099.01111.0 DSQ 44.0BFD44.099.066.088.0--174.0130.0
16  Poland Maciej Grabowski99.01919.02222.01818.01616.02323.0 32 32.02020.044.0--163.0131.0
17  Uruguay Alejandro Foglia1212.02727.03333.077.0 36 36.044.066.02626.01818.0--169.0133.0
18  Turkey Kemal Muslubaş44.0 42 42.02727.01919.01515.02727.077.01515.03232.0--188.0146.0
19  Austria Andreas Geritzer2828.066.022.03030.02020.0 BFD 44.0DNC44.01818.099.0--201.0157.0
20  China Shen Sheng 40 40.03535.066.044.03737.01414.01010.02828.02525.0--199.0159.0
21  Virgin Islands Thomas Barrows2020.02828.02020.02424.02626.0 31 31.01515.01010.02121.0--195.0164.0
22  Australia Tom Slingsby2121.02222.02121.02222.03535.02020.01212.01111.0 40 40.0--204.0164.0
23  Denmark Anders Nyholm1818.02626.01919.01515.01919.0 BFD 44.02727.02727.01313.0--208.0164.0
24  Estonia Deniss Karpak1616.02020.0 41 41.03737.03838.022.0DNC4.03535.01414.0--207.0166.0
25  United States Andrew Campbell1414.01818.011.02626.03232.0 BFD 44.088.0DSQ44.03131.0--218.0174.0
26  Chile Matías del Solar33.0 34 34.03030.02525.02121.099.02525.02323.0DNE44.0--214.0180.0
27  Brazil Bruno Fontes3131.01717.03131.01212.01212.02424.03535.02222.0 39 39.0--223.0184.0
28  South Korea Ha Jee-min2323.03333.0 37 37.03131.01313.01717.01717.03434.02222.0--227.0190.0
29  Hungary Zsombor Berecz2727.03131.03636.02323.01818.02222.02424.01414.0 37 37.0--232.0195.0
30  Finland Pierre Collura2525.01010.01818.0 41 41.02323.02525.02020.03333.0DNE44.0--239.0198.0
31  Czech Republic Martin Trčka2929.03636.03838.01313.02929.01919.02626.0 DNF 44.01212.0--246.0202.0
32  Seychelles Allan Julie3333.0 37 37.01313.03333.02727.01616.02121.03030.03030.0--240.0203.0
33  Guatemala Juan Ignacio Maegli DSQ 44.099.03939.01616.0BFD44.03232.03939.01212.01515.0--250.0206.0
34  Netherlands Rutger van Schaardenburg3232.02929.03434.03232.02525.01818.0 38 38.02525.02020.0--253.0215.0
35  Japan Yoichi Iijima3636.03232.01616.01717.03131.0 BFD 44.03131.0DNF44.02828.0--279.0235.0
36  Singapore Koh Seng Leong3535.04141.02929.03939.0 BFD 44.03333.02323.033.03636.0--283.0239.0
37  Switzerland Christoph Bottoni3434.01313.03232.04040.03939.0 BFD 44.03636.02424.02323.0--285.0241.0
38  Malaysia Kevin Lim BFD 44.02424.02828.04242.02222.03434.03434.03939.02626.0--293.0249.0
39  Venezuela José Ruíz3939.0 40 40.02323.02929.04040.02929.03333.03232.02424.0--289.0249.0
40  Dominican Republic Raúl Aguayo3737.03030.03535.0 38 38.03434.02828.02929.03636.02929.0--296.0258.0
41  Luxembourg Marc Schmit3030.03939.02525.03535.03030.03535.0 41 41.04040.03333.0--308.0267.0
42  United Arab Emirates Adil Mohammad3838.03838.0 42 42.04343.01111.03636.04242.03838.02727.0--315.0272.0
43  Barbados Gregory Douglas4141.0 43 43.04343.03434.03333.03030.04040.03737.04141.0--342.0299.0

    Legend:      – Qualified for next phase; BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for 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. 1 2 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. ↑ Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    6. ↑ "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    7. ↑ "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. ↑ Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    9. ↑ "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Men's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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