Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling

Sailing at the Olympics

Soling

at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad

Soling

Venue| Savannah
Dates| 22 July to 2 August
Competitors| 66 from 22 nations
Teams| 22
Medalists
| |  |  Jochen Schümann
Thomas Flach
Bernd Jäkel|  Germany

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|  |  Georgy Shayduko
Dmitri Shabanov
Igor Skalin|  Russia
|  |  Jeff Madrigali
Jim Barton
Kent Massey|  United States

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Sailing at the
1996 Summer Olympics

Mistral| men| women
Europe| | women
Laser| open
Finn| men|
470| men| women
Tornado| open
Star| open
Soling| open

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The Soling Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 22 July to 2 August 1996, in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The competition was in a combined format. First the competitors had to sail a series of ten fleet races. Points were awarded for placement in each race. The best eight out of ten race scores did count for the placement in the match race series. After the fleetraces a series of matchraces were held to determine the winners.[1]

## Results after Fleetrace[edit]

Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Total | Total

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Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts.
1 (1)  |  Germany | Jochen Schümann | Thomas Flach
Bernd Jäkel | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | ~~9~~ | ~~9.0~~ | ~~9~~ | ~~9.0~~ | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 52.0 | 34.0
2 (5)  |  Russia | Georgy Shayduko | Dmitri Shabanov
Igor Skalin | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | ~~13~~ | ~~13.0~~ | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | ~~12~~ | ~~12.0~~ | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 75.0 | 50.0
3 (2)  |  United States | Jeff Madrigali | Jim Barton
Kent Massey | 1 | 1.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 5.0 | ~~19~~ | ~~19.0~~ | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | ~~12~~ | ~~12.0~~ | 67.0 | 36.0
4 (3)  |  Great Britain | Andy Beadsworth | Barry Parkin
Adrian Stead | 7 | 7.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 6 | 6.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 12 | 12.0 | ~~14~~ | ~~14.0~~ | 83.0 | 46.0
5 (4)  |  Canada | Bill Abbott Jr. | Joanne Abbott
Brad Boston | 9 | 9.0 | ~~20~~ | ~~20.0~~ | ~~16~~ | ~~16.0~~ | 10 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 83.0 | 47.0
6 (6)  |  Denmark | Stig Westergaard | Jan Eli Andersen
Jens Bojsen-Møller | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 104.0 | 58.0
7  |  Ukraine | Serhiy Pichuhin | Serhiy Khaindrava
Volodymyr Korotkov | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | ~~18~~ | ~~18.0~~ | 18 | 18.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 100.0 | 59.0
8  |  Spain | Luis Doreste | Domingo Manrique
David Vera | 4 | 4.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 12 | 12.0 | ~~13~~ | ~~13.0~~ | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 5 | 5.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 97.0 | 61.0
9  |  Norway | Herman Horn Johannessen | Paul Davis
Espen Stokkeland | 13 | 13.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 4 | 12.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | ~~16~~ | ~~16.0~~ | 7 | 7.0 | 104.0 | 65.0
10  |  Italy | Mario Celon | Gianni Torboli
Claudio Celon | 6 | 6.0 | ~~16~~ | ~~16.0~~ | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | ~~19~~ | ~~19.0~~ | 101.0 | 66.0
11  |  France | Marc Bouet | Sylvain Chtounder
Gildas Morvan | 11 | 11.0 | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 6 | 6.0 | ~~17~~ | ~~17.0~~ | 9 | 9.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 109.0 | 69.0
12  |  Australia | Matt Hayes | Steve Jarvin
Stephen McConaghy | 10 | 10.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 14 | 14.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 6.0 | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 116.0 | 70.0
13  |  Sweden | Magnus Holmberg | Björn Alm
Johan Barne | 12 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.0 | ~~DNC~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12.0 | ~~14~~ | ~~14.0~~ | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 108.0 | 71.0
14  |  New Zealand | Kelvin Harrap | Sean Clarkson
Jamie Gale | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~23.0~~ | ~~18~~ | ~~18.0~~ | 7 | 7.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 121.0 | 80.0
15  |  Netherlands | Willem Potma | Frank Hettinga
Gerhard Potma | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 10 | 10.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 2 | 2.0 | ~~17~~ | ~~17.0~~ | 16 | 16.0 | 124.0 | 84.0
16  |  Ireland | Marshall King | Garrett Connolly
Dan O'Grady | 3 | 3.0 | 10 | 10.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 16 | 16.0 | ~~17~~ | ~~17.0~~ | 13 | 13.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 14 | 14.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 133.0 | 93.0
17  |  South Africa | Bruce Savage | Rick Mayhew
Clynton Lehman | 17 | 17.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 11.0 | ~~20~~ | ~~20.0~~ | 15 | 15.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 11 | 11.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 145.0 | 102.0
18  |  Greece | Stavros Alevras | Panagiotis Alevras
Stefanos Chandakas | 14 | 14.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 18 | 18.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 11 | 11.0 | ~~20~~ | ~~20.0~~ | 13 | 13.0 | 151.0 | 107.0
19  |  Japan | Kazunori Komatsu | Masatoshi Hazama
Kazuyuki Hyodo | 16 | 16.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 14 | 14.0 | ~~21~~ | ~~21.0~~ | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | ~~21~~ | ~~21.0~~ | 11 | 11.0 | 152.0 | 110.0
20  |  Hungary | György Wossala | László Kovácsi
Károly Vezér | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 14 | 14.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 12 | 12.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 10 | 10.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 18 | 18.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 172.0 | 126.0
21  |  Brazil | Daniel Glomb | Edson de Araújo Jr.
Marcelo Reitz | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 17 | 17.0 | 20 | 20.0 | ~~PMS~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 17 | 17.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 19 | 19.0 | PMS | 23.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 181.0 | 135.0
22  |  Bahrain | Essa al-Busmait | Khaled Al-Sada
Ahmed Al-Saie | 18 | 18.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 21.0 | ~~DNF~~ | ~~23.0~~ | 18 | 18.0 | ~~22~~ | ~~22.0~~ | 22 | 22.0 | 17 | 17.0 | 22 | 22.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 205.0 | 160.0

Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start;
Gender:  – male;  – female;

The selected teams proceeded to the match race part of the event.

## Results after Matchracing[edit]

| Quarter finals | | | Semi finals | | | Final |

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| | | | 1 |  Germany | 3 | |
| 3 |  Great Britain | 3 | | | 3 |  Great Britain | 0 |
| 6 |  Denmark | 2 | | | | | | 1 |  Germany | 3 |
| | | | | | 5 |  Russia | 0 |
| | | | 2 |  United States | 0 |
| 4 |  Canada | 0 | | | 5 |  Russia | 3 |
| 5 |  Russia | 3 | | | | Third place

| | | 2 |  United States | 3
| | | 4 |  Great Britain | 1

Canada (CAN) (5th) vs.  Denmark (DEN) (6th) decided on basis of fleetrace result.

## Daily standings[edit]

Graph showing the daily standings in the Solingr during the 1996 Summer Olympics

## Conditions at Soling course area[edit]

* Black: Marinas
Blue: Alpha course
Green: Bravo course
Yellow: Charly course
Red: Delta course

* Olympic course ZO.
Fleetrace

S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)

* Olympic course WD.
Matchracerace

S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)

Date | Race |
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22 July 1996 | I | 30 |  | 7 | 0.4 | ZO | Delta
23 July 1996 | II | 29 |  | 10 | 0.8 | ZO | Delta
23 July 1996 | III | 29 |  | 13 | 0.8 | ZO | Delta
26 July 1996 | IV | 27 |  | 7 | 0.5 | ZO | Delta
26 July 1996 | V | 27 |  | 10 | 0.5 | ZO | Delta
27 July 1996 | VI | 28 |  | 5 | 0.5 | ZO | Delta
27 July 1996 | VII | 29 |  | 8 | 0.6 | ZO | Delta
28 July 1996 | VIII | 29 |  | 6 | 0.7 | ZO | Delta
29 July 1996 | IX | 29 |  | 11 | 0.6 | ZO | Delta
29 July 1996 | X | 30 |  | 11 | 0.6 | ZO | Delta
31 July 1996 | QF | 28 |  | 10-15 | 0.6 | WD | Delta
1 August 1996 | SF | 28 |  | 7 | 0.5 | WD | Delta
2 August 1996 | SF | 26 |  | 10 | 0.7 | WD | Delta
2 August 1996 | PF | 28-25 | - | 5-20 | 0.6-0.4 | WD | Delta
2 August 1996 | F | 27-28 | - | 10-6 | 0.6-0.4 | WD | Delta

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.

## References[edit]

* The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume I Planning and Organization (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
* The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume II The Centennial Olympic Games (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
* The Atlanta Committee for the Olympic Games (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
* Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
* Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sailing at the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
* "IYRU Olympic Update". ISAF. Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2011.

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Olympic champions in Soling

* 1972: Melges, Allen & Bentsen
* 1976: Høj Jensen, Bandolowski & Hansen
* 1980: Høj Jensen, Bandolowski & Hansen
* 1984: Haines, Davis & Trevelyan
* 1988: Schümann, Flach & Jäkel
* 1992: Bank, Secher & Seier
* 1996: Schümann, Flach & Jäkel
* 2000: Bank, Blakskjær & Jacobsen

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