Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial

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Women's Laser Radial [1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Laser Radial.svg
Line drawing of the Laser Radial
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
DatesFirst race: 12 August 2008 (2008-08-12)
Last race: 19 August 2008 (2008-08-19)
Competitors28 from 28 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Anna Tunnicliffe Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Gintarė Scheidt Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania
Bronze medal icon.svg Xu Lijia Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
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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]

Race schedule [1] [6]

 ● Practice race ● Race on Yellow ● Race on Green ● Medal race on Yellow
DateAugust
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.

Outer courses

Inner courses

Windward-Leeward courses

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]

RankCountry Helmsman Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6Race 7Race 8Race 9MedalraceTotalTotal
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discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Anna Tunnicliffe 44.055.066.055.066.033.0 15 15.022.022.024.052.037.0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt 33.01313.088.011.011.044.0 21 21.066.044.012.063.042.0
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Xu Lijia 24 24.033.01010.066.055.022.011.01111.066.036.074.050.0
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Sarah Blanck 66.01111.077.0 19 19.044.01212.088.011.055.048.081.062.0
5Flag of France.svg  France Sarah Steyaert 1111.011.02121.033.0 BFD 29.011.033.01010.01111.0816.0106.077.0
6Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Nathalie Brugger 1313.066.01212.01212.0 22 22.01010.01010.088.099.0510.0112.090.0
7Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Jo Aleh 22 22.044.022.022.022.01414.01414.01414.02020.0918.0112.090.0
8Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Evi Van Acker 11.01010.01616.01010.01212.066.01212.044.0 18 18.01020.0109.091.0
9Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Katarzyna Szotyńska 55.02121.01111.0 24 24.02121.055.022.02020.01212.0612.0133.0109.0
10Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain Penny Clark 22.02222.011.02222.033.01717.01818.0 23 23.01313.0714.0135.0112.0
11Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia Mateja Petronijević 88.099.055.044.01919.01919.01313.02121.0 22 22.0--120.098.0
12Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Cecilia Carranza 1515.088.099.02020.088.01515.066.0 DNC 29.02323.0--133.0104.0
13Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Tania Elías Calles 2727.02525.0 DNF 29.01313.01515.01616.077.033.011.0--136.0107.0
14Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Karin Söderström 1919.01919.044.02525.099.01818.0 OCS 29.055.088.0--136.0107.0
15Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Petra Niemann 2020.02020.01919.088.0 BFD 29.077.044.01717.01414.0--138.0109.0
16Flag of Israel.svg  Israel Nufar Edelman 25 25.01212.033.01515.02525.01111.099.01919.01717.0--136.0111.0
17Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Lisa Ross 1616.02323.01313.01111.077.099.0 OCS 29.02525.077.0--140.0111.0
18Flag of Greece.svg  Greece Efi Mantzaraki 1414.01818.01414.01818.01616.088.055.02222.0 24 24.0--139.0115.0
19Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Larissa Nevierov 1717.01515.02222.099.01111.01313.01616.0 24 24.02121.0--148.0124.0
20Flag of Ireland (3-2).svg  Ireland Ciara Peelo 2323.01717.01515.077.01313.02424.0 25 25.01818.01010.0--152.0127.0
21Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Susana Romero 1818.077.02020.01414.02020.0 21 21.01919.01313.01616.0--148.0127.0
22Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Tuula Tenkanen 1010.01616.0 25 25.02121.01717.02020.02020.099.01515.0--153.0128.0
23Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus Tatiana Drozdovskaya 1212.02424.01717.01717.01010.02222.01111.01515.0 26 26.0--154.0128.0
24Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay Florencia Cerutti 28 28.022.02323.02323.02626.02525.01717.077.01919.0--170.0142.0
25Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Lo Man Yi 2121.01414.01818.02626.02424.0 27 27.02626.01616.033.0--175.0148.0
26Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Paloma Schmidt 99.02626.02727.0 28 28.01414.02626.02222.01212.02727.0--191.0163.0
27Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Anastasiya Chernova 77.0 28 28.02626.01616.01818.02323.02424.02626.02828.0--196.0168.0
28Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Cathrine Gjerpen 2626.02727.02424.02727.02323.0 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 2008 LASER RADIAL Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Laser Radial during the 2008 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 Official Report of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games • Volume II Ceremonies and Competitions: Celebration of the Games (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. 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). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2014. 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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