Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser

Open One Person Dinghy; at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
	Laser (Standard Rig)
Venue	Savannah
Dates	July 22 to August 2
Competitors	56 from 56 nations
Teams	56
Medalists
	2000 →

Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Mistral	Men		Women
Europe			Women
Laser		Open
Finn	Men
470	Men		Women
Tornado		Open
Star		Open
Soling		Open

The Laser Competition was a sailing event on the program at the 1996 Summer Olympics that was held from July 22 to August 2, 1996, in Savannah, Georgia, USA. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards.

Results

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 ^[1]	Total -1 ^[2]
Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total Points ^[1]	Total -1 ^[2]
	Robert Scheidt (BRA)	2	2.0	9	~~9.0~~	3	3.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	3	3.0	7	7.0	2	2.0	1	1.0	1	1.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	92.0	26.0
	Ben Ainslie (GBR)	28	~~28.0~~	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	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	122.0	37.0
	Peer Moberg (NOR)	1	1.0	7	7.0	9	9.0	1	1.0	9	9.0	10	10.0	1	1.0	21	~~21.0~~	3	3.0	5	5.0	11	~~11.0~~	78.0	46.0
4	Michael Blackburn (AUS)	5	5.0	6	6.0	6	6.0	22	~~22.0~~	10	10.0	22	~~22.0~~	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	15	~~15.0~~	6	6.0	5	5.0	7	7.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	126.0	54.0
6	John Harrysson (SWE)	3	3.0	8	8.0	8	8.0	33	~~33.0~~	4	4.0	6	6.0	20	~~20.0~~	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	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	3	3.0	9	9.0	11	11.0	11	11.0	12	12.0	16	~~16.0~~	7	7.0	147.0	74.0
8	Thomas Johanson (FIN)	18	~~18.0~~	14	14.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	11	11.0	13	13.0	6	6.0	15	~~15.0~~	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	19.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	2	2.0	19	19.0	4	4.0	159.0	79.0
10	Hamish Pepper (NZL)	15	15.0	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	19	19.0	19	19.0	6	6.0	2	2.0	4	4.0	3	3.0	21	~~21.0~~	6	6.0	10	10.0	162.0	84.0
11	Mark Lyttle (IRL)	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	13	13.0	1	1.0	9	9.0	14	14.0	5	5.0	8	8.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	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	24	~~24.0~~	20	20.0	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	10	10.0	8	8.0	3	3.0	17	17.0	171.0	90.0
13	Serge Kats (NED)	6	6.0	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	12	12.0	13	13.0	5	5.0	7	7.0	22	22.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	19	19.0	11	11.0	3	3.0	212.0	98.0
14	Franz Urlesberger (AUT)	19	19.0	30	~~30.0~~	15	15.0	16	16.0	16	16.0	23	~~23.0~~	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	25	~~25.0~~	21	21.0	21	21.0	8	8.0	14	14.0	22	22.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	218.0	136.0
16	David Hibberd (RSA)	10	10.0	10	10.0	20	20.0	20	20.0	8	8.0	17	17.0	31	~~31.0~~	13	13.0	29	~~29.0~~	18	18.0	22	22.0	198.0	138.0
17	Jens Eckardt (DEN)	31	~~31.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	230.0	142.0
18	Philippe Bergmans (BEL)	11	11.0	11	11.0	25	~~25.0~~	10	10.0	20	20.0	15	15.0	25	~~25.0~~	22	22.0	28	28.0	24	24.0	6	6.0	197.0	144.0
19	Luis Felipe Echenique (CHI)	20	20.0	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	31	~~31.0~~	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 Zelenovskiy (BLR)	38	~~38.0~~	23	23.0	28	~~28.0~~	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	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	13	13.0	7	7.0	13	13.0	14	14.0	10	10.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	27	27.0	14	14.0	DSQ	57.0	278.0	164.0
22	Anton Garrote (ESP)	17	17.0	15	15.0	18	18.0	36	~~36.0~~	26	26.0	31	31.0	18	18.0	18	18.0	17	17.0	12	12.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	265.0	172.0
23	Kim Ho-Kon (KOR)	16	16.0	18	18.0	30	~~30.0~~	5	5.0	15	15.0	12	12.0	35	35.0	28	28.0	32	~~32.0~~	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	30	~~30.0~~	33	~~33.0~~	12	12.0	14	14.0	18	18.0	21	21.0	20	20.0	239.0	176.0
25	Robert Hirst (IVB)	39	~~39.0~~	19	19.0	29	29.0	17	17.0	31	31.0	25	25.0	32	~~32.0~~	9	9.0	20	20.0	30	30.0	12	12.0	263.0	192.0
26	Rod Davies (CAN)	22	22.0	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	24	24.0	25	25.0	17	17.0	28	~~28.0~~	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	33	~~33.0~~	26	26.0	28	28.0	20	20.0	25	~~25.0~~	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	42	~~42.0~~	31	~~31.0~~	30	30.0	29	29.0	26	26.0	285.0	212.0
29	Andrey Kirilyuk (RUS)	36	~~36.0~~	25	25.0	26	26.0	31	31.0	32	~~32.0~~	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	38	~~38.0~~	23	23.0	22	22.0	32	32.0	16	16.0	30	30.0	35	35.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	21	21.0	311.0	216.0
31	Tamás Eszes (HUN)	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	20	20.0	33	33.0	43	~~43.0~~	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	Xiaobo Cao (CHN)	30	30.0	24	24.0	32	~~32.0~~	28	28.0	28	28.0	29	29.0	30	30.0	27	27.0	38	~~38.0~~	32	32.0	13	13.0	311.0	241.0
33	Antonio Goeters (MEX)	34	34.0	38	38.0	42	~~42.0~~	30	30.0	43	~~43.0~~	36	36.0	17	17.0	24	24.0	23	23.0	33	33.0	30	30.0	350.0	265.0
34	22x20px Paul Dielemans (AHO)	33	33.0	21	21.0	23	23.0	42	~~42.0~~	29	29.0	27	27.0	39	39.0	35	35.0	24	24.0	36	36.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	366.0	267.0
35	Rodion Luka (UKR)	27	27.0	34	34.0	43	43.0	37	37.0	44	~~44.0~~	34	34.0	3	3.0	23	23.0	36	36.0	37	37.0	~~DSQ~~	~~57.0~~	375.0	274.0
36	Chi Tan (SIN)	41	~~41.0~~	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	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	48	~~48.0~~	33	33.0	40	40.0	41	~~41.0~~	25	25.0	389.0	300.0
38	Allan Julie (SEY)	YMP	22.0	36	36.0	27	27.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	38	38.0	44	44.0	47	~~47.0~~	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	52	~~52.0~~	45	~~45.0~~	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	40	40.0	41	~~41.0~~	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	49	~~49.0~~	42	42.0	33	33.0	38	38.0	46	~~46.0~~	46	46.0	34	34.0	432.0	337.0
42	22x20px Malcolm Smith (BER)	40	40.0	31	31.0	41	41.0	32	32.0	42	42.0	45	~~45.0~~	46	~~46.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	34	34.0	45	45.0	49	~~49.0~~	40	40.0	28	28.0	446.0	340.0
44	Brett Chivers (GUM)	29	29.0	37	37.0	50	~~50.0~~	45	~~45.0~~	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)	42	~~42.0~~	40	40.0	40	40.0	38	38.0	41	41.0	41	41.0	37	37.0	32	32.0	42	42.0	44	~~44.0~~	31	31.0	428.0	342.0
46	22x20px Fung Yang (HKG)	44	44.0	33	33.0	47	47.0	39	39.0	46	~~46.0~~	43	43.0	44	44.0	29	29.0	47	~~47.0~~	43	43.0	36	36.0	451.0	357.0
47	Robert Dunkley (BAH)	48	~~48.0~~	41	41.0	46	~~46.0~~	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 Ispas (ROM)	43	43.0	43	43.0	49	49.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	47	47.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	24	24.0	DSQ	57.0	45	45.0	48	48.0	38	38.0	508.0	394.0
49	Khalifa al-Hitml (QAT)	46	46.0	42	42.0	45	45.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	48	48.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	DSQ	57.0	34	34.0	37	37.0	47	47.0	41	41.0	511.0	397.0
50	22x20px Gaston Vedani (ECU)	47	47.0	44	44.0	48	48.0	48	48.0	50	~~50.0~~	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	36	36.0	39	39.0	48	48.0	50	50.0	39	39.0	506.0	399.0
51	22x20px Mohamed al-Sada (BRN)	50	50.0	45	45.0	51	51.0	47	47.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	~~DNS~~	~~57.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	~~PMS~~	~~57.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	51	51.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	53	53.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	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	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	55	55.0	~~DNF~~	~~57.0~~	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

File:1996 LASER Positions during the serie.png

Graph showing the daily standings in the Laser during the 1996 Summer Olympics

Conditions at the Laser course area's

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 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 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)

Olympic course XI.
S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - 4G - 1 - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

Date	Race	°C	Knot	Meter	Course	Course area
23-JUL-1996	I	29	10	0.8		Bravo
23-JUL-1996	II	29	16	0.7	ZI	Bravo
24-JUL-1996	III	28	11	0.7		Bravo
24-JUL-1996	IV	29	14	0.8		Bravo
25-JUL-1996	V	29	13	0.7	ZI	Bravo
25-JUL-1996	VI	29	19	0.1	ZI	Bravo
26-JUL-1996	VII	26	4	0.4	ZO	Bravo
26-JUL-1996	VIII	27	10	0.5	ZO	Bravo
29-JUL-1996	IX	28	11	0.6	XI	Bravo
29-JUL-1996	X	28	11	0.4	XI	Bravo
31-JUL-1996	XI	28	10	0.6	ZI	Bravo