Olympics

Below the winners and top 5 finishers of the Laser and Laser Radial championships competed at the Olympic Games. The Laser was first sailed at the Olympics in 1996 and the Laser Radial in 2008.

Year Laser Standard Men Laser Radial Women Links

2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 
 

1st - Tom Burton AUS
2nd - Tonci Stipanovic CRO
3rd - Sam Meech NZL
4th - Robert Scheidt BRA
5th - Jean Baptiste Bernaz FRA
46 Countries
1st - Marit Bouwmeester NED
2nd - Annalise Murphy IRL
3rd - Anne-Marie Rindom DEN
4th - Evi Van Acker BEL
5th - Tuula Tenkanen FIN
37 Countries
 
2012
London, UK
1st - Tom Slingsby AUS
2nd  - Pavlos Kontides CYP
3rd - Rasmus Myrgren SWE
4th - Tonci Stipanović CRO
5th - Andrew Murdoch NZL
49 countries
1st - Lija Xu CHN
2nd - Marit Bouwmeester NED
3rd - Evi Van Acker BEL
4th - Annalise Murphy IRL
5th - Alison Young GBR
41 countries

ILCA Olympic Sailor's Blogs:
Laser Standard Sailors       Laser Radial Sailors

ISAF Olympics micro site: 
Overall Results

2008
Beijing, China
1st - Paul Goodison GBR
2nd  - Vasilij Zbogar SLO
3rd - Diego Romero ITA
4th - Gustavo Lima POR
5th - Andrew Murdoch NZL
43 countries
1st - Anna Tunnicliffe USA
2nd - Gintare Volungeviciute LTU
3rd - Lija Xu CHN
4th - Sarah Blanck AUS
5th - Sarah Steyaert FRA
28 countries
 
2004
Athens, Greece
1st - Robert Scheidt BRA
2nd - Andreas Geritzer AUT
3rd - Vasilij Zbogar SLO
4th - Paul Goodison GBR
5th - Gustavo Lima POR
42 countries
   
2000
Sydney, Australia
1st - Ben Ainslie GBR
2nd - Robert Scheidt BRA
3rd - Michael Blackburn AUS
4th - Serge Kats NED
5th - Andreas Geritzer AUT
Countries: 43
   
1996
Savannah, USA
1st - Robert Scheidt BRA
2nd - Ben Ainslie GBR
3rd - Peer Moberg NOR
4th - Michael Blackburn AUS
5th - Stefan Warkalla GER
Countries: 56