# Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Laser

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 I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Race VIII | Race VIII | Race IX | Race IX | Race X | Race X | Race XI | Race XI | Total Points | Total -1 |
| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | 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
## 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 |