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 | |||||||||||||
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![]() Line drawing of the Laser | |||||||||||||
Venue | Qingdao International Sailing Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | First race: 12 August 2008 Last race: 19 August 2008 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 43 from 43 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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● | 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 | ● |
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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editIn 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]
Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | MR | Tot | Pts |
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Paul Goodison | Great Britain | 15† | 2 | 15 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 78.0 | 63.0 | |
Vasilij Žbogar | Slovenia | 24† | 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 95.0 | 71.0 | |
Diego Romero | Italy | 6 | 3 | 5 | 36† | 10 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 111.0 | 75.0 | |
4 | Gustavo Lima | Portugal | 5 | 8 | 3 | 27† | 17 | 6 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 103.0 | 76.0 |
5 | Andrew Murdoch | New Zealand | 2 | 5 | 40† | 20 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 121.0 | 81.0 |
6 | Rasmus Myrgren | Sweden | 7 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22† | 7 | 2 | 10 | 105.0 | 83.0 |
7 | Julio Alsogaray | Argentina | 1 | 12 | 10 | 28† | 14 | 1 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 4 | 123.0 | 92.0 |
8 | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz | France | 19 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 30 | 5 | 34† | 6 | 138.0 | 104.0 |
9 | Mike Leigh | Canada | 13 | 23 | 26 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 28† | 2 | 19 | 7 | 137.0 | 109.0 |
10 | Kristian Ruth | Norway | 10 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 38† | 8 | 147.0 | 109.0 |
11 | Igor Lisovenko | Russia | 11 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 37† | 19 | 7 | 133.0 | 96.0 | |
12 | Luka Radelić | Croatia | 26† | 15 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 17 | 127.0 | 101.0 | |
13 | Pavlos Kontides | Cyprus | 8 | 7 | 24 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 29 | 35† | 148.0 | 113.0 | |
14 | Javier Hernández | Spain | 17 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 28 | BFD 44† | 19 | 13 | 5 | 165.0 | 121.0 | |
15 | Evangelos Cheimonas | Greece | 22 | 21 | 9 | 11 | DSQ 44† | BFD 44 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 174.0 | 130.0 | |
16 | Maciej Grabowski | Poland | 9 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 32† | 20 | 4 | 163.0 | 131.0 | |
17 | Alejandro Foglia | Uruguay | 12 | 27 | 33 | 7 | 36† | 4 | 6 | 26 | 18 | 169.0 | 133.0 | |
18 | Kemal Muslubaş | Turkey | 4 | 42† | 27 | 19 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 15 | 32 | 188.0 | 146.0 | |
19 | Andreas Geritzer | Austria | 28 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 20 | BFD 44† | DNC 44 | 18 | 9 | 201.0 | 157.0 | |
20 | Shen Sheng | China | 40† | 35 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 14 | 10 | 28 | 25 | 199.0 | 159.0 | |
21 | Thomas Barrows | Virgin Islands | 20 | 28 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 31† | 15 | 10 | 21 | 195.0 | 164.0 | |
22 | Tom Slingsby | Australia | 21 | 22 | 21 | 22 | 35 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 40† | 204.0 | 164.0 | |
23 | Anders Nyholm | Denmark | 18 | 26 | 19 | 15 | 19 | BFD 44† | 27 | 27 | 13 | 208.0 | 164.0 | |
24 | Deniss Karpak | Estonia | 16 | 20 | 41† | 37 | 38 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 14 | 207.0 | 166.0 | |
25 | Andrew Campbell | United States | 14 | 18 | 1 | 26 | 32 | BFD 44† | 8 | DSQ 44 | 31 | 218.0 | 174.0 | |
26 | Matías del Solar | Chile | 3 | 34† | 30 | 25 | 21 | 9 | 25 | 23 | DNE 44 | 214.0 | 180.0 | |
27 | Bruno Fontes | Brazil | 31 | 17 | 31 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 35 | 22 | 39† | 223.0 | 184.0 | |
28 | Ha Jee-min | South Korea | 23 | 33 | 37† | 31 | 13 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 22 | 227.0 | 190.0 | |
29 | Zsombor Berecz | Hungary | 27 | 31 | 36 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 37† | 232.0 | 195.0 | |
30 | Pierre Collura | Finland | 25 | 10 | 18 | 41† | 23 | 25 | 20 | 33 | DNE 44 | 239.0 | 198.0 | |
31 | Martin Trčka | Czech Republic | 29 | 36 | 38 | 13 | 29 | 19 | 26 | DNF 44† | 12 | 246.0 | 202.0 | |
32 | Allan Julie | Seychelles | 33 | 37† | 13 | 33 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 240.0 | 203.0 | |
33 | Juan Ignacio Maegli | Guatemala | DSQ 44† | 9 | 39 | 16 | BFD 44 | 32 | 39 | 12 | 5 | 250.0 | 206.0 | |
34 | Rutger van Schaardenburg | Netherlands | 32 | 29 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 18 | 38† | 25 | 20 | 253.0 | 215.0 | |
35 | Yoichi Iijima | Japan | 36 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 31 | BFD 44† | 31 | DNF 44 | 28 | 279.0 | 235.0 | |
36 | Koh Seng Leong | Singapore | 35 | 41 | 29 | 39 | BFD 44† | 33 | 23 | 3 | 36 | 283.0 | 239.0 | |
37 | Christoph Bottoni | Switzerland | 34 | 13 | 32 | 40 | 39 | BFD 44† | 36 | 24 | 23 | 285.0 | 241.0 | |
38 | Kevin Lim | Malaysia | BFD 44† | 24 | 28 | 42 | 22 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 26 | 293.0 | 249.0 | |
39 | José Ruíz | Venezuela | 39 | 40† | 23 | 29 | 40 | 29 | 33 | 32 | 24 | 289.0 | 249.0 | |
40 | Raúl Aguayo | Dominican Republic | 37 | 30 | 35 | 38† | 34 | 28 | 29 | 36 | 29 | 296.0 | 258.0 | |
41 | Marc Schmit | Luxembourg | 30 | 39 | 25 | 35 | 30 | 35 | 41† | 40 | 33 | 308.0 | 267.0 | |
42 | Adil Mohammad | United Arab Emirates | 38 | 38 | 42 | 43† | 11 | 36 | 42 | 38 | 27 | 315.0 | 272.0 | |
43 | Greg Douglas | Barbados | 41 | 43† | 43 | 34 | 33 | 30 | 40 | 37 | 41 | 342.0 | 299.0 |
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; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;
Daily standings
editFurther reading
edit- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "Beijing 2008". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Laser), Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
- ^ 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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2014.