Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Laser

Men's Laser
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Laser
VenueWeymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy
Dates30 July – 6 August
Competitors49 from 49 nations
Medalists
Tom Slingsby  Australia
Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus
Rasmus Myrgren  Sweden

The men's Laser was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 2012 Summer Olympics program in Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy. Eleven races (last one a medal race) were scheduled and completed. 49 sailors, on 49 boats, from 49 nations competed. Ten boats qualified for the medal race. For the medal race, the top ten boats qualified. Each position scored double points. All medal races were sailed on course area Nothe in front of Weymouth.