Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Laser

== Course areas and course configurations ==

Source: For the Laser 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. File:Sailing at the 2008 Summer Olympics Course area's.png|Course Areas File:70 Degree Trapezoid Outer Course 2008 Sailing Olympics.png|70° Trapezoid Outer Course (O) File:70 degree Trapezoid Inner 2008 Sailing Olympics.png|70° Trapezoid Inner Course (I) File:Windward - Leeward 2008 Sailing Olympics.png|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 ==

Sources: {{sailing result legend | discard2 = yes | BFD = yes | DNF = yes | DNE = yes | DPI = yes | OCS = yes | MR = yes == Daily standings ==