Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser
| Men's Laser at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Line drawing of the Laser | ||||||||||
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy | |||||||||
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| Dates | First race: July 30, 2012 Last race: August 6, 2012 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 49 nations | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The Men's Laser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 49 sailors, on 49 boats, from 49 nations competed.[2] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[3]
Race schedule[1][4]
| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Portland | ● | Race on Nothe | ● | Race on West | ● | Race on South | ● | Medal race on Nothe |
| Date | July | August | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | 29 Sun | 30 Mon | 31 Tue | 1 Wed | 2 Thu | 3 Fri | 4 Sat | 5 Sun | 6 Mon | 7 Tue | 8 Wed | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun | ||
| Men's Laser | ● | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day |
2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day |
MR | |||||||||
| Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics  | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RS:X | men | women | |||
| Laser Radial | women | ||||
| Laser | men | ||||
| Finn | open | ||||
| 470 | men | women | |||
| 49er | open | ||||
| Elliott 6m | women | ||||
| Star | men | ||||
Course areas and course configurations [5]
Course Areas
For the Laser Radial course areas P (Portland), N (Nothe), W (West) and S (South) were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area, the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area and the location (50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W) points to the center of the South course area. The target time for the course was 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.
Further information: Sailing courses at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Final results[2][6]
 Rank | Country | Helmsman | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Medalrace | Total | Total – discard | |||||||||||
| Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | |||||
 |
 Australia |
Tom Slingsby | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | | | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 57.0 | 43.0 |
 |
 Cyprus |
[Pavlos Kontides ] | 9 | 9.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | | | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 71.0 | 59.0 |
 |
 Sweden |
Rasmus Mygren | 11 | 11.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.0 | | | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | DPI | 12.0 | 97.0 | 72.0 |
| 4 |  Croatia |
Tonči Stipanović | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | | | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 97.0 | 77.0 |
| 5 |  New Zealand |
Andrew Murdoch | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 17 | 17.0 | | | 1 | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 105.0 | 87.0 |
| 6 |  Germany |
Simon Grotelüschen | 14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12.0 | | | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 111.0 | 92.0 |
| 7 |  Great Britain |
Paul Goodison | 10 | 10.0 | | | 16 | 16.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 116.0 | 93.0 |
| 8 |  Uruguay |
Alejandro Foglia | 15 | 15.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 27 | 27.0 | | | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 136.0 | 106.0 |
| 9 |  Guatemala |
Juan Ignacio Maegli | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 21 | 21.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 129.0 | 108.0 |
| 10 |  France |
Jean Baptiste Bernaz | 3 | 3.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 20 | 20.0 | | | 5 | 10.0 | 153.0 | 119.0 |
| 11 |  Argentina |
Julio Alsogaray | 20 | 20.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 1.0 | | | 26 | 26.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 162.0 | 112.0 |
| 12 |  Spain |
Javier Hernández | | | 17 | 17.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 9.0 | - | - | 152.0 | 118.0 |
| 13 |  Brazil |
Bruno Fontes | 17 | 17.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 10 | 10.0 | | | 23 | 23.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 5 | 5.0 | - | - | 152.0 | 125.0 |
| 14 |  Netherlands |
Rutger van Schaardenburg | | | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 23 | 23.0 | - | - | 163.0 | 130.0 |
| 15 |  Singapore |
Colin Cheng | 4 | 4.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 27 | 27.0 | | | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 179.0 | 145.0 |
| 16 |  Norway |
Kristian Ruth | 32 | 32.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 5 | 5.0 | | | 24 | 24.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 20 | 20.0 | - | - | 195.0 | 145.0 |
| 17 |  Poland |
Kacper Ziemiński | 22 | 22.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 15 | 15.0 | | | 11 | 11.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 12 | 12.0 | - | - | 173.0 | 145.0 |
| 18 |  Estonia |
Karl-Martin Rammo | 7 | 7.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 18 | 18.0 | | | - | - | 187.0 | 148.0 |
| 19 |  Denmark |
Thorbjorn Scherup | | | 16 | 16.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 18 | 18.0 | - | - | 193.0 | 157.0 |
| 20 |  Austria |
Andreas Geritzer | 6 | 6.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 22.0 | | | 16 | 16.0 | - | - | 190.0 | 158.0 |
| 21 |  Hungary |
Zsombor Berecz | 30 | 30.0 | | | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 31 | 31.0 | - | - | 193.0 | 159.0 |
| 22 |  Portugal |
Gustavo Lima | 21 | 21.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | 27.0 | | | 13 | 13.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 13 | 13.0 | - | - | 208.0 | 173.0 |
| 23 |  Canada |
David Wright | 18 | 18.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 24 | 24.0 | | | 6 | 6.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 38 | 38.0 | - | - | 225.0 | 184.0 |
| 24 |  South Korea |
Ha Jee-Min | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 35 | 35.0 | | | DSQ | 50.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 17 | 17.0 | - | - | 238.0 | 188.0 |
| 25 |  Virgin Islands |
Cy Thompson | 24 | 24.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 26 | 26.0 | | | 22 | 22.0 | - | - | 239.0 | 203.0 |
| 26 |  Greece |
Vagelis Himonas | DPI | 13.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 41 | 41.0 | | | 33 | 33.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 19 | 19.0 | - | - | 256.0 | 206.0 |
| 27 |  Russia |
Igor Lisovenko | 28 | 28.0 | | | 36 | 36.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 33 | 33.0 | - | - | 271.0 | 231.0 |
| 28 |  Czech Republic |
Viktor Teplý | 29 | 29.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 34 | 34.0 | | | 11 | 11.0 | - | - | 271.0 | 234.0 |
| 29 |  United States |
Rob Crane | 35 | 35.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 33 | 33.0 | | | - | - | 280.0 | 236.0 |
| 30 |  Montenegro |
Milivoj Dukić | 26 | 26.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 24 | 24.0 | | | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | - | - | 287.0 | 249.0 |
| 31 |  Slovenia |
Karlo Hmeljak | 23 | 23.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 31 | 31.0 | | | 25 | 25.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 32 | 32.0 | - | - | 303.0 | 253.0 |
| 32 |  Chile |
Matias del Solar | 16 | 16.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 17 | 17.0 | | | 29 | 29.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 29 | 29.0 | - | - | 305.0 | 255.0 |
| 33 |  Finland |
Mattias Lindfors | 25 | 25.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | | | 39 | 39.0 | 40 | 40.0 | - | - | 305.0 | 263.0 |
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Wannes van Laer | 19 | 19.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 31 | 31.0 | | | 42 | 42.0 | 36 | 36.0 | - | - | 326.0 | 276.0 |
| 35 |  Italy |
Michele Regolo | 31 | 31.0 | 35 | 35.0 | | | 10 | 10.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 30 | 30.0 | - | - | 326.0 | 280.0 |
| 36 |  Ireland |
James Espey | 38 | 38.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 36 | 36.0 | | | 42 | 42.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 35 | 35.0 | - | - | 359.0 | 313.0 |
| 37 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Andrew Lewis | 46 | 46.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 28 | 28.0 | | | 34 | 34.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 26 | 26.0 | - | - | 362.0 | 315.0 |
| 38 |  Mexico |
Ricardo Montemayor | 39 | 39.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 44 | 44.0 | | | 45 | 45.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 42 | 42.0 | - | - | 366.0 | 320.0 |
| 39 |  Turkey |
Mustafa Çakır | 43 | 43.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 41 | 41.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 19 | 19.0 | DNF | 50.0 | 27 | 27.0 | - | - | 375.0 | 325.0 |
| 40 |  Colombia |
Andrey Quintero | 40 | 40.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 39 | 39.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | - | - | 375.0 | 325.0 |
| 41 |  Venezuela |
José Ruiz | 45 | 45.0 | | | 34 | 34.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 28 | 28.0 | - | - | 379.0 | 333.0 |
| 42 |  Lithuania |
Rokas Milevičius | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 31 | 31.0 | | | - | - | 385.0 | 339.0 |
| 43 |  China |
Shi Jian | 27 | 27.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 42 | 42.0 | | | 32 | 32.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 41 | 41.0 | - | - | 386.0 | 340.0 |
| 44 |  Ukraine |
Valeriy Kudryashov | | | 38 | 38.0 | 42 | 42.0 | DPI | 30.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 43 | 43.0 | - | - | 389.0 | 341.0 |
| 45 |  Tunisia |
Youssef Akrout | 41 | 41.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 45 | 45.0 | | | - | - | 396.0 | 348.0 |
| 46 |  Monaco |
Damien Desprat | 44 | 44.0 | | | 45 | 45.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 25 | 25.0 | - | - | 396.0 | 351.0 |
| 47 |  Malaysia |
Khairulnizam Afendy | 42 | 42.0 | 47 | 47.0 | | | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 45 | 45.0 | - | - | 442.0 | 394.0 |
| 48 |  Thailand |
Keerati Bualong | 47 | 47.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 45 | 45.0 | | | 37 | 37.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 47.0 | - | - | 454.0 | 404.0 |
| 49 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Ilya Ignatiev | | | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 49 | 49.0 | - | - | 471.0 | 422.0 |
Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; |
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the Men's Laser during the 2012 Summer Olympics
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "London 2012". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
References
- 1 2 "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- 1 2 The 2012 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 Nothe in front of Weymouth.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "Men's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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