Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser
| Men's Laser at the Games of the XXX Olympiad | |
|---|---|
| File:Laser dinghy.svg Line drawing of the Laser | |
| Venue | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy |
| Dates | 30 July – 6 August |
| Competitors | 49 from 49 nations |
| Medalists | |
| Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
| File:Sailing pictogram.svg | ||
| RS:X | men | women |
| Laser Radial | women | |
| Laser | men | |
| Finn | open | |
| 470 | men | women |
| 49er | open | |
| Elliott 6m | women | |
| Star | men | |
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.
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]
Portland (P) Nothe (N) West (W) | South (S) East (E) |
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
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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
Further reading
- "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
- "London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2014.