Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial

The Laser Radial was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled. Only ten races were completed including the medal race due to lack of wind. 28 sailors, on 28 boats, from 28 nations competed.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4][5]

Women's Laser Radial[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Laser Radial
VenueQingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 12 August 2008 (2008-08-12)
Last race: 19 August 2008 (2008-08-19)
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Anna Tunnicliffe  United States
Gintarė Scheidt  Lithuania
Xu Lijia  China
Sailing at the
2008 Summer Olympics
RS:Xmenwomen
Laser Radialwomen
Lasermen
Finnopen
470menwomen
49eropen
Tornadoopen
Ynglingwomen
Starmen

Race schedule[1][6]
 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Green ● Medal race on Yellow
Date August
7
Thu		8
Fri		9
Sat		10
Sun		11
Mon		12
Tue		13
Wed		14
Thu		15
Fri		16
Sat		17
Sun		18
Mon		19
Tue		20
Wed		21
Thu		22
Fri		23
Sat		24
Sun
Women's Laser Radial ● 2 1 No
wind 		1 1 1 3 ●

Course areas and course configurations [7]

For the Laser Radial course areas A (Yellow) and C (Green) were used. The location (36°1'26"’N, 120°26'52"E) points to the center of the 0.6nm radius Yellow course area and the location (36°2'44"N, 120°28'9"E) points to the center of the 0.75nm radius Green course area. The target time for the course was about 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from several course configurations.

  • Course Areas
  • 70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O)
  • 70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I)
  • Windward - Leeward Course (W)

Outer courses
  • O1: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O2: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • O3: START – 1 – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3s/3p – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Inner courses
  • I1: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH
  • I3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 2 – 3p – FINISH

Windward-Leeward courses
  • W2: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
  • W3: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH
  • W4: START – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – 4s/4p – 1 – FINISH

Weather conditions

In the lead up to the Olympics many questioned the choice of Qingdao as a venue with very little predicted wind. During the races the wind was pretty light and quite unpredictable. Due to lack of wind (< 1.6 knots) one racing day had to be cancelled and the medal race needed to be postponed to the next day.[8]

Final results[9][10]
RankCountryHelmsman Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9MedalraceTotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
 United States Anna Tunnicliffe44.055.066.055.066.033.0 15 15.022.022.024.052.037.0
 Lithuania Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt33.01313.088.011.011.044.0 21 21.066.044.012.063.042.0
 China Xu Lijia 24 24.033.01010.066.055.022.011.01111.066.036.074.050.0
4  Australia Sarah Blanck66.01111.077.0 19 19.044.01212.088.011.055.048.081.062.0
5  France Sarah Steyaert1111.011.02121.033.0 BFD 29.011.033.01010.01111.0816.0106.077.0
6  Switzerland Nathalie Brugger1313.066.01212.01212.0 22 22.01010.01010.088.099.0510.0112.090.0
7  New Zealand Jo Aleh 22 22.044.022.022.022.01414.01414.01414.02020.0918.0112.090.0
8  Belgium Evi Van Acker11.01010.01616.01010.01212.066.01212.044.0 18 18.01020.0109.091.0
9  Poland Katarzyna Szotyńska55.02121.01111.0 24 24.02121.055.022.02020.01212.0612.0133.0109.0
10  Great Britain Penny Clark22.02222.011.02222.033.01717.01818.0 23 23.01313.0714.0135.0112.0
11  Croatia Mateja Petronijević88.099.055.044.01919.01919.01313.02121.0 22 22.0--120.098.0
12  Argentina Cecilia Carranza1515.088.099.02020.088.01515.066.0 DNC 29.02323.0--133.0104.0
13  Mexico Tania Elías Calles2727.02525.0 DNF 29.01313.01515.01616.077.033.011.0--136.0107.0
14  Sweden Karin Söderström1919.01919.044.02525.099.01818.0 OCS 29.055.088.0--136.0107.0
15  Germany Petra Niemann2020.02020.01919.088.0 BFD 29.077.044.01717.01414.0--138.0109.0
16  Israel Nufar Edelman 25 25.01212.033.01515.02525.01111.099.01919.01717.0--136.0111.0
17  Canada Lisa Ross1616.02323.01313.01111.077.099.0 OCS 29.02525.077.0--140.0111.0
18  Greece Efi Mantzaraki1414.01818.01414.01818.01616.088.055.02222.0 24 24.0--139.0115.0
19  Italy Larissa Nevierov1717.01515.02222.099.01111.01313.01616.0 24 24.02121.0--148.0124.0
20  Ireland Ciara Peelo2323.01717.01515.077.01313.02424.0 25 25.01818.01010.0--152.0127.0
21  Spain Susana Romero1818.077.02020.01414.02020.0 21 21.01919.01313.01616.0--148.0127.0
22  Finland Tuula Tenkanen1010.01616.0 25 25.02121.01717.02020.02020.099.01515.0--153.0128.0
23  Belarus Tatiana Drozdovskaya1212.02424.01717.01717.01010.02222.01111.01515.0 26 26.0--154.0128.0
24  Paraguay Florencia Cerutti 28 28.022.02323.02323.02626.02525.01717.077.01919.0--170.0142.0
25  Singapore Lo Man Yi2121.01414.01818.02626.02424.0 27 27.02626.01616.033.0--175.0148.0
26  Peru Paloma Schmidt99.02626.02727.0 28 28.01414.02626.02222.01212.02727.0--191.0163.0
27  Russia Anastasiya Chernova77.0 28 28.02626.01616.01818.02323.02424.02626.02828.0--196.0168.0
28  Norway Cathrine Gjerpen2626.02727.02424.02727.02323.0 28 28.02323.02727.02525.0--230.0202.0

    Legend:   – Qualified for next phase; BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

    Daily standings
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Laser Radial during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Further reading
    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "Beijing 2008". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.

    References
    1. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    2. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume I Bid Documents and Analysis: Passion behind the Bid (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    3. The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
    4. For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
    5. "Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics: One Person Dinghy (Laser Radial), Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 June 2020.
    6. Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume III Preparation for the Games: New Beijing Great Olympics (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    7. "The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Sailing Competition: Sailing Instructions" (PDF). International Sailing Federation. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    8. "Qingdao Report - Luke Van Der Kamp" (PDF). Team GBR. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
    9. Official Results book Part 3 (Sailing) (PDF). Retrieved 21 March 2014.
    10. "Sailing at the 2008 Beijing Summer Games: Women's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
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