Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling

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]

Soling
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Soling
VenueSavannah
Dates22 July to 2 August
Competitors66 from 22 nations
Teams22
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jochen Schümann
Thomas Flach
Bernd Jäkel
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Georgy Shayduko
Dmitri Shabanov
Igor Skalin
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jeff Madrigali
Jim Barton
Kent Massey
 United States
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Results after Fleetrace

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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

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Quarter finals Semi finals Final
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

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

Conditions at Soling course area

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Date Race  
°C
   
Knot
 
Meter
Course Course area
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

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

References

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