Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Laser
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2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...
was held from 20 to 29 September 2000 in
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. Points were awarded for placement in each race. Eleven races were scheduled and sailed. Each sailor had two discards.


Results


Notes

Points are assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points are totalled from the top 9 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 44 points are assigned for that race (as there were 43 sailors in this competition). Scoring abbreviations are defined as follows: *OCS –
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of the starting line *DSQ – Disqualified *DNF – Did Not Finish *DNS – Did Not Start *RDG – Redress Given


References


Sources

Results and weather take from https://web.archive.org/web/20050825083600/http://www.sailing.org/olympics2000/info2000/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Laser
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Laser (dinghy) class sailing competitions Unisex sailing at the Summer Olympics