The Laser Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from 23 July to 31 July 1996, in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards.[1]
| Open One Person Dinghy at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Savannah | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23 July to 31 July | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 56 from 56 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Results edit
 Rank |
Helmsman (Country) | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Race VIII | Race IX | Race X | Race XI | Total Points [2] |
Total -1 [3] | |||||||||||
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| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||
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 Robert Scheidt  (BRA) |
2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 92.0 | 26.0 | ||||
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 Ben Ainslie (GBR) |
4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 122.0 | 37.0 | ||||
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 Peer Moberg (NOR) |
1 | 1.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 78.0 | 46.0 | ||||
| 4 |  Michael Blackburn (AUS) |
5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 92.0 | 48.0 | ||||
| 5 |  Stefan Warkalla (GER) |
13 | 13.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 126.0 | 54.0 | ||||
| 6 |  John Harrysson (SWE) |
3 | 3.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 108.0 | 55.0 | ||||
| 7 |  Vasco Serpa (POR) |
8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 147.0 | 74.0 | ||||
| 8 |  Thomas Johanson (FIN) |
14 | 14.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 111.0 | 78.0 | ||||
| 9 |  Santiago Lange (ARG) |
4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 19.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 159.0 | 79.0 | |||
| 10 |  Hamish Pepper (NZL) |
15 | 15.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 162.0 | 84.0 | ||||
| 11 |  Mark Lyttle (IRL) |
13 | 13.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 202.0 | 88.0 | ||||
| 12 |  Francesco Bruni (ITA) |
12 | 12.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 171.0 | 90.0 | ||||
| 13 |  Serge Kats (NED) |
6 | 6.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 212.0 | 98.0 | ||||
| 14 |  Franz Urlesberger (AUT) |
19 | 19.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 175.0 | 122.0 | ||||
| 15 |  Guillaume Florent (FRA) |
7 | 7.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 218.0 | 136.0 | ||||
| 16 |  Dave Hibberd (RSA) |
10 | 10.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 198.0 | 138.0 | ||||
| 17 |  Jens Eckardt (DEN) |
16 | 16.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 230.0 | 142.0 | ||||
| 18 |  Philippe Bergmans (BEL) |
11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 197.0 | 144.0 | ||||
| 19 |  Luis Echenique (CHI) |
20 | 20.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 246.0 | 158.0 | ||||
| 20 |  Aleksandr Zelenovsky (BLR) |
23 | 23.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 229.0 | 163.0 | ||||
| 21 |  Nick Adamson (USA) |
9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 14 | 14.0 | DSQ | 57.0 | 278.0 | 164.0 | ||||
| 22 |  Antón Garrote (ESP) |
17 | 17.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 265.0 | 172.0 | ||||
| 23 |  Kim Ho-kon (KOR) |
16 | 16.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 240.0 | 173.0 | ||||
| 24 |  Peter Šaraškin (EST) |
14 | 14.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 239.0 | 176.0 | ||||
| 25 |  Robert Hirst (IVB) |
19 | 19.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 263.0 | 192.0 | ||||
| 26 |  Rod Davies (CAN) |
22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 279.0 | 194.0 | ||||
| 27 |  Dimitrios Theodorakis (GRE) |
21 | 21.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 264.0 | 203.0 | ||||
| 28 |  Tomoyuki Sasaki (JPN) |
24 | 24.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 285.0 | 212.0 | ||||
| 29 |  Andrey Kirilyuk (RUS) |
25 | 25.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 280.0 | 212.0 | ||||
| 30 |  Ricardo Fabini (URU) |
25 | 25.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 311.0 | 216.0 | ||||
| 31 |  Tamás Eszes (HUN) |
20 | 20.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 28 | 28.0 | DSQ | 57.0 | 348.0 | 234.0 | ||||
| 32 |  Cao Xiaobo (CHN) |
30 | 30.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 311.0 | 241.0 | ||||
| 33 |  Antonio Goeters (MEX) |
34 | 34.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 30 | 30.0 | 350.0 | 265.0 | ||||
| 34 |  Paul Dielemans (AHO) |
33 | 33.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 366.0 | 267.0 | ||||
| 35 |  Rodion Luka (UKR) |
27 | 27.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 375.0 | 274.0 | ||||
| 36 |  Ben Tan (SIN) |
34 | 34.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 382.0 | 284.0 | ||||
| 37 |  Kevin Lim (MAS) |
32 | 32.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 389.0 | 300.0 | ||||
| 38 |  Allan Julie (SEY) |
YMP | 22.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 409.0 | 305.0 | ||||
| 39 |  John van Batenburg Stafford (CAY) |
37 | 37.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 415.0 | 318.0 | ||||
| 40 |  Alp Alpagut (TUR) |
35 | 35.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 409.0 | 328.0 | ||||
| 41 |  John Tabone (MLT) |
26 | 26.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 432.0 | 337.0 | ||||
| 42 |  Malcolm Smith (BER) |
40 | 40.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 429.0 | 338.0 | ||||
| 43 |  Karl James (ANT) |
45 | 45.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 446.0 | 340.0 | ||||
| 44 |  Brett Chivers (GUM) |
29 | 29.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 435.0 | 340.0 | ||||
| 45 |  Michael Green (LCA) |
40 | 40.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 32 | 32.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 31 | 31.0 | 428.0 | 342.0 | ||||
| 46 |  Yang Fung (HKG) |
44 | 44.0 | 33 | 33.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 29 | 29.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 451.0 | 357.0 | ||||
| 47 |  Robert Dunkley (BAH) |
41 | 41.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 473.0 | 379.0 | ||||
| 48 |  Horia Ispaș (ROM) |
43 | 43.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 24 | 24.0 | DSQ | 57.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 38 | 38.0 | 508.0 | 394.0 | ||||
| 49 |  Khalifa Al-Hitmi (QAT) |
46 | 46.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 48 | 48.0 | DSQ | 57.0 | 34 | 34.0 | 37 | 37.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 41 | 41.0 | 511.0 | 397.0 | ||||
| 50 |  Gastón Vedani (ECU) |
47 | 47.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 36 | 36.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 50 | 50.0 | 39 | 39.0 | 506.0 | 399.0 | ||||
| 51 |  Mohamed Al-Sada (BRN) |
50 | 50.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 51 | 51.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 50 | 50.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 50 | 50.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 40 | 40.0 | 543.0 | 429.0 | ||||
| 52 |  Rodney Reader (BAR) |
52 | 52.0 | 47 | 47.0 | 52 | 52.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 52 | 52.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 54 | 54.0 | 51 | 51.0 | 42 | 42.0 | 558.0 | 444.0 | ||||
| 53 |  Constantino Scarpetta (PAR) |
51 | 51.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 53 | 53.0 | 51 | 51.0 | DSQ | 57.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 51 | 51.0 | 52 | 52.0 | 43 | 43.0 | 564.0 | 450.0 | ||||
| 54 |  Tiko Crofoot (FIJ) |
YMP | 48.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 54 | 54.0 | 53 | 53.0 | PMS | 57.0 | 51 | 51.0 | 53 | 53.0 | 54 | 54.0 | 44 | 44.0 | 577.0 | 463.0 | ||||
| 55 |  Mohamed Youssouf (DJI) |
53 | 53.0 | 48 | 48.0 | 56 | 56.0 | DNS | 57.0 | 51 | 51.0 | 50 | 50.0 | 56 | 56.0 | 53 | 53.0 | 45 | 45.0 | 583.0 | 469.0 | ||||
| 56 |  Luca Belluzzi (SMR) |
54 | 54.0 | 55 | 55.0 | DNC | 57.0 | DNC | 57.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 49 | 49.0 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 55.0 | 46 | 46.0 | 591.0 | 477.0 | ||||
Daily standings edit
Conditions at the Laser course areas edit
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Black: Marinas
Blue: Alpha course
Green: Bravo course
Yellow: Charly course
Red: Delta course -
Olympic course ZO.
S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching) -
Olympic course ZI.
S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching) -
Olympic course XI.
S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
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| Date | Race |  °C |
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 Knot |
 Meter |
Course | Course area |
| 23 July 1996 | I | 29 |  |
10 | 0.8 | Bravo | |
| 23 July 1996 | II | 29 |  |
16 | 0.7 | ZI | Bravo |
| 24 July 1996 | III | 28 |  |
11 | 0.7 | Bravo | |
| 24 July 1996 | IV | 29 |  |
14 | 0.8 | Bravo | |
| 25 July 1996 | V | 29 | |
13 | 0.7 | ZI | Bravo |
| 25 July 1996 | VI | 29 | |
19 | 0.1 | ZI | Bravo |
| 26 July 1996 | VII | 26 | |
4 | 0.4 | ZO | Bravo |
| 26 July 1996 | VIII | 27 |  |
10 | 0.5 | ZO | Bravo |
| 29 July 1996 | IX | 28 | |
11 | 0.6 | XI | Bravo |
| 29 July 1996 | X | 28 | |
11 | 0.4 | XI | Bravo |
| 31 July 1996 | XI | 28 | |
10 | 0.6 | ZI | Bravo |
Notes edit
- ^ "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Laser), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
- ^ The 1996 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ^ Total after applying discard.
References edit
- The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume I Planning and Organization (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games: Laser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- "IYRU Olympic Update". ISAF. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.