# Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser

The Open Single Person Dinghy at the 2000 Summer Olympics was held from 20 to 29 September 2000 in Sydney in Australia. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards.

## Results

Results of individual races :
| Rank | Nation | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Total | Net |
| | Great Britain | Ben Ainslie | -22 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 4 | -36 | 100 | 42 |
| | Brazil | Robert Scheidt | 1 | 2 | -22 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | DSQ (-44) | 110 | 44 |
| | Australia | Michael Blackburn | 8 | 8 | 2 | -18 | 6 | 5 | -22 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 14 | 100 | 60 |
| 4 | Netherlands | Serge Kats | -29 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 10 | -31 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 132 | 72 |
| 5 | Austria | Andreas Geritzer | 2 | 11 | -38 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 15 | DNF (-44) | 5 | 3 | 160 | 78 |
| 6 | Portugal | Gustavo Lima | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 11 | 7 | OCS (-44) | 10 | -34 | 161 | 83 |
| 7 | Poland | Maciej Grabowski | 11 | 24 | -34 | 5 | 2 | 9 | -30 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 150 | 86 |
| 8 | Italy | Diego Negri | 9 | 17 | -18 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 1 | 8 | 13 | -20 | 9 | 129 | 91 |
| 9 | South Africa | Gareth Blanckenberg | -24 | 10 | -32 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 12 | 8 | 148 | 92 |
| 10 | Norway | Peer Moberg | 12 | 7 | 11 | -32 | 7 | 6 | -24 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 15 | 150 | 94 |
| 11 | Spain | Luis Martínez | 3 | -23 | 16 | 8 | OCS (-44) | 23 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 164 | 97 |
| 12 | United States | John Myrdal | 4 | 20 | -39 | 21 | OCS (-44) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 31 | 183 | 100 |
| 13 | Denmark | Peder Rønholt | 17 | -32 | 12 | 4 | 10 | -24 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 159 | 103 |
| 14 | Sweden | Karl Suneson | 10 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 17 | 8 | 14 | OCS (-44) | DSQ (-44) | 7 | 195 | 107 |
| 15 | Greece | Antonios Bougiouris | 16 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 21 | 8 | -32 | 6 | 7 | 15 | -22 | 165 | 111 |
| 16 | Belgium | Philippe Bergmans | 13 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 9 | 19 | -25 | 17 | -30 | 6 | 1 | 171 | 116 |
| 17 | Finland | Roope Suomalainen | DSQ (-44) | 13 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 14 | 23 | -25 | 19 | 16 | 196 | 127 |
| 18 | Hungary | Tamás Eszes | 5 | -26 | 9 | 13 | DSQ (-44) | 14 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 197 | 127 |
| 19 | Slovenia | Vasilij Žbogar | 7 | 6 | 30 | 19 | DNF (-44) | -33 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 16 | 5 | 219 | 142 |
| 20 | Russia | Vladimir Krutskikh | 15 | 9 | 15 | 17 | -31 | 12 | 19 | 24 | -29 | 14 | 18 | 203 | 143 |
| 21 | New Zealand | Peter Fox | 14 | 19 | 13 | OCS (-44) | 22 | 20 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 8 | -24 | 212 | 144 |
| 22 | Malaysia | Kevin Lim | -30 | -31 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 18 | 23 | 2 | 206 | 145 |
| 23 | Argentina | Diego Emilio Romero | 21 | 25 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 21 | 18 | -28 | -27 | 27 | 4 | 217 | 162 |
| 24 | Canada | Marty Essig | 27 | 16 | 7 | -35 | 25 | 13 | 23 | OCS (-44) | 26 | 18 | 21 | 255 | 176 |
| 25 | Lithuania | Giedrius Gužys | 18 | -30 | -35 | 22 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 25 | 29 | 242 | 177 |
| 26 | South Korea | Kim Ho-kon | 23 | 15 | 26 | 28 | -34 | -37 | 28 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 252 | 181 |
| 27 | Japan | Kunio Suzuki | -38 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 32 | -36 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 30 | 28 | 276 | 202 |
| 28 | Seychelles | Allan Julie | 19 | 21 | DSQ (-44) | 31 | 14 | 26 | -38 | 10 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 285 | 203 |
| 29 | Estonia | Peter Šaraškin | 25 | 29 | 6 | 30 | 28 | -32 | 27 | 32 | OCS (-44) | 21 | 12 | 286 | 210 |
| 30 | Uruguay | Adolfo Carrau | 20 | -35 | 29 | 25 | 27 | 27 | -33 | 27 | 21 | 29 | 25 | 298 | 230 |
| 31 | Thailand | Veerasit Puangnak | 37 | 36 | 28 | 20 | 23 | 38 | 3 | -40 | 20 | -39 | 33 | 317 | 238 |
| 32 | Belarus | Aleksandr Mumyga | 28 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 20 | 29 | -40 | -34 | 28 | 32 | 30 | 317 | 243 |
| 33 | Peru | Luis Alberto Olcese | 36 | 37 | 21 | DSQ (-44) | 15 | 30 | 37 | -38 | 11 | 31 | 35 | 335 | 253 |
| 34 | Turkey | Ali Kemal Tüfekçi | 33 | -40 | 33 | -37 | 29 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 331 | 254 |
| 35 | Cuba | José Urbay | 32 | 14 | -37 | 27 | 37 | 31 | 35 | 22 | OCS (-44) | 35 | 26 | 340 | 259 |
| 36 | Netherlands Antilles | Cor van Aanholt | 34 | 28 | OCS (-44) | 38 | 35 | -41 | 21 | 36 | 8 | 37 | 23 | 345 | 260 |
| 37 | Malta | Mario Aquilina | -40 | -41 | 25 | 33 | 30 | 35 | 9 | 35 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 353 | 272 |
| 38 | Singapore | Stanley Tan | 35 | -38 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 34 | -39 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 20 | 352 | 275 |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | Karl James | 26 | 34 | 27 | 34 | -38 | 25 | 29 | 33 | 35 | -38 | 38 | 357 | 281 |
| 40 | Cyprus | Aimilios Oikonomidis | 39 | 39 | 17 | -40 | 33 | -40 | 34 | 37 | 34 | 33 | 39 | 385 | 305 |
| 41 | Guam | Brett Gumi Chivers | 31 | 33 | 40 | 36 | 24 | 39 | DNC (-44) | DNC (-44) | DNC (44) | DNC (44) | DNC (44) | 423 | 335 |
| 42 | Iceland | Hafsteinn Geirsson | 41 | 42 | 31 | 39 | 36 | 42 | 41 | 39 | OCS (-44) | DNF (-44) | DNC (44) | 443 | 355 |
| 43 | Croatia | Mate Arapov | RET (-44) | RET (-44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | RET (44) | 484 | 396 |