Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser

The sailing competition in the laser at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held in the Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy from July 30 to August 6, 2012. 49 athletes took part.

The competition was carried out in eleven races ( fleet race ). The first ten races were completed by all starters. Here, points were awarded for the place number. In the final account, the worst result was deleted. The ten sailors with the lowest score were qualified for the medal race. The previous points were taken, but doubles the placement points for the medal race.

For false starts ( OCS on course side), and a race crash ( DNF ) received the glider in question 50 points. Also in disqualification ( DSQ ), the starter got 50 points. In addition, the jury could also distribute throughout the race penalty points (DPI = Discretionary Penalty Imposed ).

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Regatta

Race 1 and 2: July 30, 2012 Race 3 and 4: July 31, 2012 Race 5 and 6: August 1, 2012 Race 7 and 8: August 3, 2012 Race 9 and 10: August 4, 2012

Note: The worst scores are in italics. All qualified Medal Race sailors are highlighted in light green.

Medal race

August 6, 2012, 15:00 CEST clock

Full Time

Tom Slingsby is the first Australian Olympic champion of this class of boat. Pavlos Kontides is the first Cypriot medalist in Olympic history.