Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser

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. Ten boats qualified for the medal race. 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.

Men's Laser
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Laser
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates30 July – 6 August
Competitors49 from 49 nations
Medalists
Tom Slingsby  Australia
Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus
Rasmus Myrgren  Sweden

Schedule[1][2]

 ● 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

Course areas and course configurations [3]

Course areas

For the Laser course areas Portland, Nothe, West, and 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.

Results

Results of individual races
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTot Pts
Tom Slingsby  Australia21269214†1111857.043.0
Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus94112412†7742071.059.0
Rasmus Myrgren  Sweden1154525†1049102DPI 1297.072.0
4 Tonči Stipanović  Croatia5620†4318136151697.077.0
5 Andrew Murdoch  New Zealand1281718†171315338105.087.0
6 Simon Grotelüschen  Germany141219†37819413102111.092.0
7 Paul Goodison  Great Britain1023†162491712986116.093.0
8 Alejandro Foglia  Uruguay153282730†693564136.0106.0
9 Juan Ignacio Maegli  Guatemala11071352071027†2114129.0108.0
10 Jean Baptiste Bernaz  France3216919112182034†10153.0119.0
11 Julio Alsogaray  Argentina20751112231BFD 50†267 162.0112.0
12 Javier Hernández  Spain34†171315261361729 152.0118.0
13 Bruno Fontes  Brazil17212191027†2321165 152.0125.0
14 Rutger van Schaardenburg  Netherlands33†1114711142651923 163.0130.0
15 Colin Cheng  Singapore42526202734†1021714 179.0145.0
16 Kristian Ruth  Norway32141017155DNF 50†24820 195.0145.0
17 Kacper Ziemiński  Poland2213824181528†112212 173.0145.0
18 Karl-Martin Rammo  Estonia71832181230311839† 187.0148.0
19 Thorbjorn Scherup  Denmark36†1624823165232418 193.0157.0
20 Andreas Geritzer  Austria6202216628222232†16 190.0158.0
21 Zsombor Berecz  Hungary3034†11123332114431 193.0159.0
22 Gustavo Lima  Portugal21242735†13183203413 208.0173.0
23 David Wright  Canada1815930142441†62938 225.0184.0
24 Ha Jee-min  South Korea89151435DNF 50†DSQ 50281217 238.0188.0
25 Cy Thompson  Virgin Islands242232231721162636†22 239.0203.0
26 Evangelos Cheimonas  GreeceDPI 13192141DSQ 50†3315301519 256.0206.0
27 Igor Lisovenko  Russia2840†3622241925162833 271.0231.0
28 Viktor Teplý  Czech Republic292731343225113437†11 271.0234.0
29 Rob Crane  United States3542302816261883344† 280.0236.0
30 Milivoj Dukić  Montenegro2633353222302438†2324 287.0249.0
31 Karlo Hmeljak  Slovenia233018333431DNF 50†252732 303.0253.0
32 Matias del Solar  Chile163225432017BFD 50†294429 305.0255.0
33 Mattias Lindfors  Finland2528232936222042†3940 305.0263.0
34 Wannes van Laer  Belgium19262926293831BFD 50†4236 326.0276.0
35 Michele Regolo  Italy313546†10213243354330 326.0280.0
36 James Espey  Ireland3844393646†4227272535 359.0313.0
37 Andrew Lewis  Trinidad and Tobago464338402847†34461426 362.0315.0
38 Ricardo Montemayor  Mexico39414446†452929401142 366.0320.0
39 Mustafa Çakır  Turkey432941DNF 50†37354419DNF 5027 375.0325.0
40 Andrey Quintero  Colombia4031372539413639DNF 50†37 375.0325.0
41 José Ruiz  Venezuela4546†3437413633443528 379.0333.0
42 Rokas Milevičius  Lithuania37373338433740433146† 385.0339.0
43 Shi Jian  China273943454246†32413041 386.0340.0
44 Valeriy Kudryashov  Ukraine48†3842DPI 30384035363843 389.0341.0
45 Youssef Akrout  Tunisia41364044313939334548† 396.0348.0
46 Damien Desprat  Monaco4445†4539404342324125 396.0351.0
47 Khairulnizam Afendy  Malaysia424748†47474437454045 442.0394.0
48 Keerati Bualong  Thailand474847424445DSQ 50†374747 454.0404.0
49 Ilya Ignatiev  Kyrgyzstan49†494948484838474649 471.0422.0

    Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [4]
    Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    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. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    2. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    3. "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    4. "Men's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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