Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser Radial

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Women's Laser Radial[1]
at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Laser Radial.svg
Line drawing of the Laser Radial
Venue Qingdao International Sailing Centre
Dates First race: August 12, 2008 (2008-08-12)
Last race: August 19, 2008 (2008-08-19)
Competitors 28 from 28 nations
Medalists
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1st Anna Tunnicliffe  United States
2nd Gintarė Scheidt  Lithuania
3rd Xu Lijia  China
2012 →


Sailing at the
 2008 Summer Olympics 
Sailing pictogram.svg
RS:X men women
Laser Radial women
Laser men
Finn open
470 men women
49er open
Tornado open
Yngling women
Star men

The Laser Radial was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics program in Qingdao International Sailing Centre.[2] 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.[3] Ten boats qualified for the medal race.[4]

Race schedule[1][5]

 ●  Practice race  ●  Race on Yellow  ●  Race on Green  ●  Medal race on Yellow
Date August
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 [6]

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.[7]

Final results[8][9]

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Rank		 Country Helmsman Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Race 7 Race 8 Race 9 Medalrace Total Total
–
discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st  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
2nd  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
3rd  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: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not compete; DNF – Did not finish; OCS – On the course side of the starting line;
QUA – Qualified for next phase;
Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.


Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Laser Radial during the 2008 Summer Olympics

Notes

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Other information

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Further reading

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References

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  3. ↑ The 2008 Olympic scoring system was used.
  4. ↑ For the medal race the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Yellow in front of the Qingdao International Sailing Centre.
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