Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser

Open One Person Dinghy at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Laser (Standard Rig)
Venue	Savannah
Dates	23 July to 31 July
Competitors	56 from 56 nations
Teams	56
Medalists
Robert Scheidt  Brazil Ben Ainslie  Great Britain Peer Moberg  Norway

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.

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	Total -1
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	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	Dave 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 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 Zelenovsky  (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	Antón 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	Cao Xiaobo  (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	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	Ben 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	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	Yang Fung  (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 Ispaș  (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-Hitmi  (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	Gastón 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	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

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

Conditions at the Laser course areas

• 
  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)

Date	Race	°C		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

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