Women's Laser Radial
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Laser Radial
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates30 July – 6 August
Competitors41 from 41 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Xu Lijia  China
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marit Bouwmeester  Netherlands
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Evi Van Acker  Belgium

The women's Laser Radial was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy.[1] Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 41 sailors, on 41 boats, from 41 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth, where each position scored double points.

Schedule[1][2]

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

Course areas and course configurations [3]

Course areas

For the Laser Radial 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
PosHelmsmanCountry IIIIIIIVVVIVIIVIIIIXXMRTot Pts
Xu Lijia China5811†3541412246.035.0
Marit Bouwmeester Netherlands6†345614361443.037.0
Evi Van Acker Belgium3238†158183648.040.0
4 Annalise Murphy Ireland1111819†210371063.044.0
5 Alison Young Great Britain7102221168BFD 42†48102.060.0
6 Gintarė Scheidt Lithuania213910314†117761496.082.0
7 Sari Multala Finland461541927†3216520115.094.0
8 Paige Railey United States8512174927†209812125.0104.0
9 Veronika Fenclová Czech Republic23†476212176121218128.0105.0
10 Tania Elías Calles Mexico129619†1333135131016149.0116.0
11 Alicia Cebrián Spain151114924†2359213 125.0101.0
12 Krystal Weir Australia18181023735†712422 156.0121.0
13 Anne-Marie Rindom Denmark171982212727†231111 157.0130.0
14 Nathalie Brugger Switzerland132518141510BFD 42†141016 177.0135.0
15 Tatiana Drozdovskaya Belarus107231616131916BFD 42†18 180.0138.0
16 Sarah Steyaert France211419121126†10192215 169.0143.0
17 Tina Mihelić Croatia14122225†172514131417 173.0148.0
18 Josefin Olsson Sweden2517518142429†29514 180.0151.0
19 Francesca Clapcich Italy2016247927†18252119 186.0159.0
20 Sara Winther New Zealand312321153531911BFD 42†9 227.0185.0
21 Cecilia Carranza Argentina928132810301235†2035 220.0185.0
22 Anna Weinzieher Poland1626†2521201622241527 212.0185.0
23 Marthe Enger Eide Norway302432†11231523211730 226.0194.0
24 Elizabeth Yin Singapore34†272913281226181925 231.0197.0
25 Adriana Kostiw Brazil111527312517BFD 42†263034 258.0216.0
26 Franziska Goltz Germany2620262418DNF 42†2815DNE 4221 262.0220.0
27 Danielle Dube Canada22212033†313225172428 253.0220.0
28 Sara Carmo Portugal3222172027203238†2824 260.0222.0
29 Nazlı Çağla Dönertaş Turkey1935163022382032BFD 42†20 274.0232.0
30 Nufar Edelman Israel33333334†29334281826 271.0237.0
31 Manami Doi Japan293231272636†30222729 289.0253.0
32 Andrea Aldana Guatemala24363439†38824332931 296.0257.0
33 Anna Agrafioti Greece2829303234†3415342332 291.0257.0
34 Svetlana Shnitko Russia37313535371831302538† 317.0279.0
35 Anna Pohlak Estonia273941†3736636363136 325.0284.0
36 Philipine van Aanholt Independent Olympic Athletes3638382933371627BFD 42†37 333.0291.0
37 Beth Lygoe Saint Lucia3837283839†2937372623 332.0293.0
38 Andrea Foglia Uruguay393437263240†38313333 343.0303.0
39 Paloma Schmidt Peru3530363630393341†3239 351.0310.0
40 Mayumi Roller Virgin Islands4041†4041412235403541 376.0335.0
41 Helema Williams Cook Islands41†403940402839393440 380.0339.0

    Scoring system: low-point system; Source: [4]
    Legend:   – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNE – Non excludable disqualification; DNF – Did not finish; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Women's Laser Radial during the 2012 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
    • "London 2012". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

    References

    1. 1 2 "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Notice of Race" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    2. ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Sailing Instructions" (PDF). Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    3. ↑ "London 2012 Olympic Sailing Competition Provisional course assignment" (PDF). 25 July 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2014.
    4. ↑ "Women's One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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