Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Paul Goodison  Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Diego Romero  Italy
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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]

Race schedule[1][6]

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 ●  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]

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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.

  • Course Areas
    Course Areas
  • 70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
    70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
  • 70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
    70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)
    Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Outer courses

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  • 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

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  • 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

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  • 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

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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]

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Results of individual races
Pos Helmsman Country I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX MR Tot Pts
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

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Laser during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Further reading

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  • "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

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  1. ^ a b 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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