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
Venue	Savannah
Dates	22 July to 2 August
Competitors	66 from 22 nations
Teams	22
Medalists
Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel  Germany Georgy Shayduko Dmitri Shabanov Igor Skalin  Russia Jeff Madrigali Jim Barton Kent Massey  United States

Results after Fleetrace

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 – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
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	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
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
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
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
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	Dick 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

	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			Third place
	5	Russia	3								2	United States	3
											4	Great Britain	1

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

Daily standings

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

Conditions at Soling course area

• 
  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	°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

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

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