Laser Standard

Class symbol
Laser Standard
Development
Designer	Bruce Kirby & Ian Bruce
Year	1969
Boat
Crew	1
Draft	0.787 m (2 ft 7.0 in)
Hull
Hull weight	58.97 kg (130.0 lb)
LOA	4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
LWL	3.81 m (12 ft 6 in)
Beam	1.39 m (4 ft 7 in)
Sails
Mainsail area	7.06 m2 (76.0 sq ft)
Racing
D-PN	91.1
RYA PN	1104
PHRF	217
Current Olympic equipment

The Laser Standard or ILCA 7 is a popular one-design class of single-handed sailing dinghy, originally built by Performance Sailcraft Canada. The laser is cat rigged, with a single mainsail and is a simple, light and fast boat to sail. The Laser Standard is the original of the Laser family of dinghies, which also includes the Laser Radial and Laser 4.7, both of which use the same hull, but have smaller rigs.

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1996 Atlanta	Robert Scheidt  Brazil	Ben Ainslie  Great Britain	Peer Moberg  Norway
2000 Sydney	Ben Ainslie  Great Britain	Robert Scheidt  Brazil	Michael Blackburn  Australia
2004 Athens	Robert Scheidt  Brazil	Andreas Geritzer  Austria	Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia
2008 Beijing	Paul Goodison  Great Britain	Vasilij Žbogar  Slovenia	Diego Romero  Italy
2012 London	Tom Slingsby  Australia	Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus	Rasmus Myrgren  Sweden
2016 Rio de Janeiro	Tom Burton  Australia	Tonči Stipanović  Croatia	Sam Meech  New Zealand
2020 Tokyo	Matthew Wearn  Australia	Tonči Stipanović  Croatia	Hermann Tomasgaard  Norway
2024 Paris	Matthew Wearn  Australia	Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus	Stefano Peschiera  Peru

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• ISAF Laser Radial Microsite
• ISAF Laser 4.7 Microsite
• LASER XD Sailing Guide