# Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser

The men's Laser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 49 sailors, on 49 boats, from 49 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race. For the medal race, the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth.

## Schedule

| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Portland | ● | Race on Nothe | ● | Race on West | ● | Race on South | ● | Medal race on Nothe |
| Date | July | July | July | July | July | July | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August |
| Date | 26 Thu | 27 Fri | 28 Sat | 29 Sun | 30 Mon | 31 Tue | 1 Wed | 2 Thu | 3 Fri | 3 Fri | 4 Sat | 5 Sun | 6 Mon | 7 Tue | 8 Wed | 9 Thu | 10 Fri | 11 Sat | 12 Sun |
| Men's Laser | | | | ● | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day | 2 | 2 | 2 | Spare day | MR | | | | | | |

## Course areas and course configurations

For the Laser course areas Portland, Nothe, West, and South were used. The location (50° 35.19’ N, 02° 26.54’ W) points to the center Portland course area, the location (50° 36.18’ N 02° 25.98’ W) points to the center of the Nothe course area, the location (50° 37.18’ N 02° 23.55’ W) points to the center of the West course area and the location (50° 35.71’ N 02° 22.08’ W) points to the center of the South course area. The target time for the course was 60 minutes for the races and 30 minutes for the medal race. The race management could choose from many course configurations.

## Results

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | MR | Tot | Pts |
| | Tom Slingsby | Australia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 14$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 57.0 | 43.0 |
| | Pavlos Kontides | Cyprus | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12$^†$ | 7 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 71.0 | 59.0 |
| | Rasmus Myrgren | Sweden | 11 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 25$^†$ | 10 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | DPI 12 | 97.0 | 72.0 |
| 4 | Tonči Stipanović | Croatia | 5 | 6 | 20$^†$ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 97.0 | 77.0 |
| 5 | Andrew Murdoch | New Zealand | 12 | 8 | 17 | 18$^†$ | 1 | 7 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 105.0 | 87.0 |
| 6 | Simon Grotelüschen | Germany | 14 | 12 | 19$^†$ | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 111.0 | 92.0 |
| 7 | Paul Goodison | Great Britain | 10 | 23$^†$ | 16 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 116.0 | 93.0 |
| 8 | Alejandro Foglia | Uruguay | 15 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 30$^†$ | 6 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 136.0 | 106.0 |
| 9 | Juan Ignacio Maegli | Guatemala | 1 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 10 | 27$^†$ | 21 | 14 | 129.0 | 108.0 |
| 10 | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz | France | 3 | 21 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 34$^†$ | 10 | 153.0 | 119.0 |
| 11 | Julio Alsogaray | Argentina | 20 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 1 | BFD 50$^†$ | 26 | 7 | | 162.0 | 112.0 |
| 12 | Javier Hernández | Spain | 34$^†$ | 17 | 13 | 15 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 9 | | 152.0 | 118.0 |
| 13 | Bruno Fontes | Brazil | 17 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 27$^†$ | 23 | 21 | 16 | 5 | | 152.0 | 125.0 |
| 14 | Rutger van Schaardenburg | Netherlands | 33$^†$ | 11 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 5 | 19 | 23 | | 163.0 | 130.0 |
| 15 | Colin Cheng | Singapore | 4 | 25 | 26 | 20 | 27 | 34$^†$ | 10 | 2 | 17 | 14 | | 179.0 | 145.0 |
| 16 | Kristian Ruth | Norway | 32 | 14 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 5 | DNF 50$^†$ | 24 | 8 | 20 | | 195.0 | 145.0 |
| 17 | Kacper Ziemiński | Poland | 22 | 13 | 8 | 24 | 18 | 15 | 28$^†$ | 11 | 22 | 12 | | 173.0 | 145.0 |
| 18 | Karl-Martin Rammo | Estonia | 7 | 18 | 3 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 30 | 31 | 18 | 39$^†$ | | 187.0 | 148.0 |
| 19 | Thorbjørn Schierup | Denmark | 36$^†$ | 16 | 24 | 8 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 23 | 24 | 18 | | 193.0 | 157.0 |
| 20 | Andreas Geritzer | Austria | 6 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 6 | 28 | 22 | 22 | 32$^†$ | 16 | | 190.0 | 158.0 |
| 21 | Zsombor Berecz | Hungary | 30 | 34$^†$ | 11 | 12 | 33 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 31 | | 193.0 | 159.0 |
| 22 | Gustavo Lima | Portugal | 21 | 24 | 27 | 35$^†$ | 13 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 34 | 13 | | 208.0 | 173.0 |
| 23 | David Wright | Canada | 18 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 41$^†$ | 6 | 29 | 38 | | 225.0 | 184.0 |
| 24 | Ha Jee-min | South Korea | 8 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 35 | DNF 50$^†$ | DSQ 50 | 28 | 12 | 17 | | 238.0 | 188.0 |
| 25 | Cy Thompson | Virgin Islands | 24 | 22 | 32 | 23 | 17 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 36$^†$ | 22 | | 239.0 | 203.0 |
| 26 | Evangelos Cheimonas | Greece | DPI 13 | 19 | 21 | 41 | DSQ 50$^†$ | 33 | 15 | 30 | 15 | 19 | | 256.0 | 206.0 |
| 27 | Igor Lisovenko | Russia | 28 | 40$^†$ | 36 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 28 | 33 | | 271.0 | 231.0 |
| 28 | Viktor Teplý | Czech Republic | 29 | 27 | 31 | 34 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 34 | 37$^†$ | 11 | | 271.0 | 234.0 |
| 29 | Rob Crane | United States | 35 | 42 | 30 | 28 | 16 | 26 | 18 | 8 | 33 | 44$^†$ | | 280.0 | 236.0 |
| 30 | Milivoj Dukić | Montenegro | 26 | 33 | 35 | 32 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 38$^†$ | 23 | 24 | | 287.0 | 249.0 |
| 31 | Karlo Hmeljak | Slovenia | 23 | 30 | 18 | 33 | 34 | 31 | DNF 50$^†$ | 25 | 27 | 32 | | 303.0 | 253.0 |
| 32 | Matías del Solar | Chile | 16 | 32 | 25 | 43 | 20 | 17 | BFD 50$^†$ | 29 | 44 | 29 | | 305.0 | 255.0 |
| 33 | Mattias Lindfors | Finland | 25 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 36 | 22 | 20 | 42$^†$ | 39 | 40 | | 305.0 | 263.0 |
| 34 | Wannes Van Laer | Belgium | 19 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 38 | 31 | BFD 50$^†$ | 42 | 36 | | 326.0 | 276.0 |
| 35 | Michele Regolo | Italy | 31 | 35 | 46$^†$ | 10 | 21 | 32 | 43 | 35 | 43 | 30 | | 326.0 | 280.0 |
| 36 | James Espey | Ireland | 38 | 44 | 39 | 36 | 46$^†$ | 42 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 35 | | 359.0 | 313.0 |
| 37 | Andrew Lewis | Trinidad and Tobago | 46 | 43 | 38 | 40 | 28 | 47$^†$ | 34 | 46 | 14 | 26 | | 362.0 | 315.0 |
| 38 | Ricardo Montemayor | Mexico | 39 | 41 | 44 | 46$^†$ | 45 | 29 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 42 | | 366.0 | 320.0 |
| 39 | Mustafa Çakır | Turkey | 43 | 29 | 41 | DNF 50$^†$ | 37 | 35 | 44 | 19 | DNF 50 | 27 | | 375.0 | 325.0 |
| 40 | Andrey Quintero | Colombia | 40 | 31 | 37 | 25 | 39 | 41 | 36 | 39 | DNF 50$^†$ | 37 | | 375.0 | 325.0 |
| 41 | José Ruiz | Venezuela | 45 | 46$^†$ | 34 | 37 | 41 | 36 | 33 | 44 | 35 | 28 | | 379.0 | 333.0 |
| 42 | Rokas Milevičius | Lithuania | 37 | 37 | 33 | 38 | 43 | 37 | 40 | 43 | 31 | 46$^†$ | | 385.0 | 339.0 |
| 43 | Shi Jian | China | 27 | 39 | 43 | 45 | 42 | 46$^†$ | 32 | 41 | 30 | 41 | | 386.0 | 340.0 |
| 44 | Valeriy Kudryashov | Ukraine | 48$^†$ | 38 | 42 | DPI 30 | 38 | 40 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 43 | | 389.0 | 341.0 |
| 45 | Youssef Akrout | Tunisia | 41 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 31 | 39 | 39 | 33 | 45 | 48$^†$ | | 396.0 | 348.0 |
| 46 | Damien Desprat | Monaco | 44 | 45$^†$ | 45 | 39 | 40 | 43 | 42 | 32 | 41 | 25 | | 396.0 | 351.0 |
| 47 | Khairulnizam Afendy | Malaysia | 42 | 47 | 48$^†$ | 47 | 47 | 44 | 37 | 45 | 40 | 45 | | 442.0 | 394.0 |
| 48 | Keerati Bualong | Thailand | 47 | 48 | 47 | 42 | 44 | 45 | DSQ 50$^†$ | 37 | 47 | 47 | | 454.0 | 404.0 |
| 49 | Ilya Ignatiev | Kyrgyzstan | 49$^†$ | 49 | 49 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 38 | 47 | 46 | 49 | | 471.0 | 422.0 |
Scoring system: low-point system; Source: Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; DPI – Discretionary penalty imposed; DSQ – Disqualified; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;