# 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. 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. Ten boats qualified for the medal race.

## Race schedule

| ● | Practice race | ● | Race on Yellow | ● | Race on Green | ● | Medal race on Yellow |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August | August |
| Date | 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

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.

## Final results

| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 9 | Medalrace | Medalrace | Total | Total – discard |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total | Total – discard |
| | United States | Anna Tunnicliffe | 4 | 4.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 4.0 | 52.0 | 37.0 |
| | Lithuania | Gintarė Volungevičiūtė-Scheidt | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 63.0 | 42.0 |
| | China | Xu Lijia | 24 | 24.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 74.0 | 50.0 |
| 4 | Australia | Sarah Blanck | 6 | 6.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 81.0 | 62.0 |
| 5 | France | Sarah Steyaert | 11 | 11.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 3 | 3.0 | BFD | 29.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 8 | 16.0 | 106.0 | 77.0 |
| 6 | Switzerland | Nathalie Brugger | 13 | 13.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 112.0 | 90.0 |
| 7 | New Zealand | Jo Aleh | 22 | 22.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 18.0 | 112.0 | 90.0 |
| 8 | Belgium | Evi Van Acker | 1 | 1.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 10 | 20.0 | 109.0 | 91.0 |
| 9 | Poland | Katarzyna Szotyńska | 5 | 5.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 6 | 12.0 | 133.0 | 109.0 |
| 10 | Great Britain | Penny Clark | 2 | 2.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 14.0 | 135.0 | 112.0 |
| 11 | Croatia | Mateja Petronijević | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 22 | 22.0 | - | - | 120.0 | 98.0 |
| 12 | Argentina | Cecilia Carranza | 15 | 15.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | DNC | 29.0 | 23 | 23.0 | - | - | 133.0 | 104.0 |
| 13 | Mexico | Tania Elías Calles | 27 | 27.0 | 25 | 25.0 | DNF | 29.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | - | - | 136.0 | 107.0 |
| 14 | Sweden | Karin Söderström | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 18 | 18.0 | OCS | 29.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | - | - | 136.0 | 107.0 |
| 15 | Germany | Petra Niemann | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 8 | 8.0 | BFD | 29.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | - | - | 138.0 | 109.0 |
| 16 | Israel | Nufar Edelman | 25 | 25.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 17 | 17.0 | - | - | 136.0 | 111.0 |
| 17 | Canada | Lisa Ross | 16 | 16.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 9 | 9.0 | OCS | 29.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 7 | 7.0 | - | - | 140.0 | 111.0 |
| 18 | Greece | Efi Mantzaraki | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 24 | 24.0 | - | - | 139.0 | 115.0 |
| 19 | Italy | Larissa Nevierov | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 21 | 21.0 | - | - | 148.0 | 124.0 |
| 20 | Ireland | Ciara Peelo | 23 | 23.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 10 | 10.0 | - | - | 152.0 | 127.0 |
| 21 | Spain | Susana Romero | 18 | 18.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 16 | 16.0 | - | - | 148.0 | 127.0 |
| 22 | Finland | Tuula Tenkanen | 10 | 10.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 15 | 15.0 | - | - | 153.0 | 128.0 |
| 23 | Belarus | Tatiana Drozdovskaya | 12 | 12.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 26 | 26.0 | - | - | 154.0 | 128.0 |
| 24 | Paraguay | Florencia Cerutti | 28 | 28.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 25 | 25.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 19 | 19.0 | - | - | 170.0 | 142.0 |
| 25 | Singapore | Lo Man Yi | 21 | 21.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 3 | 3.0 | - | - | 175.0 | 148.0 |
| 26 | Peru | Paloma Schmidt | 9 | 9.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 27 | 27.0 | - | - | 191.0 | 163.0 |
| 27 | Russia | Anastasiya Chernova | 7 | 7.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 26 | 26.0 | 28 | 28.0 | - | - | 196.0 | 168.0 |
| 28 | Norway | Cathrine Gjerpen | 26 | 26.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 24 | 24.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 28 | 28.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 27 | 27.0 | 25 | 25.0 | - | - | 230.0 | 202.0 |
* 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.