Soling World Championship results (1985–89)

This article stated the results of the World Soling Championships from 1985 till 1989. Unfortunitely not all crew names are documented in the major sources: United States Soling Association (USSA) bulletin "Leading Edge" and International Soling Association (ISA) magazine "Soling Sailing".

Soling

1985 Final results

Only the top 20 boats are documented.

1985

Event Title
Edition	18 [1][2][3][4]
Host	Sarnia Yacht Club
Event Details
Venue	Sarnia,  Canada
Dates	5–17 September
Yachts	39
Key people	Abbott Family
Opening ceremony	10 September
Competitors
Competitors	117
Competing nations	12
Results
Gold	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin
Silver	Brazil Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft
Bronze	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham
← 1984 1986 →

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total	Total – discard
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	United States	Dave Curtis	John Engel Wally Corwin	US 777	16	22.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	4	8.0	66.7	44.7
	Brazil	Torben Grael	Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	BL 45	8	14.0	10	16.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	64.4	48.4
	United States	John Kostecki	William Baylis Robert Billingham	US 736	10	16.0	3	5.7	5	10.0	2	3.0	7	13.0	12	18.0	2	3.0	68.7	50.7
4	United States	Kevin Mahaney	Not documented	US 772	2	3.0	12	18.0	10	16.0	16	22.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	34	40.0	99.0	59.0
5	Canada	Hans Fogh	Not documented	KC 176	6	11.7	1	0.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	2	3.0	9	15.0	14	20.0	81.4	61.4
6	Sweden	Lennart Person	Not documented	S 124	1	0.0	9	15.0	1	0.0	8	14.0	14	20.0	23	29.0	12	18.0	96.0	67.0
7	Canada	Terry McLaughlin	Not documented	KC 178	RET	46.0	5	10.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	4	8.0	14	20.0	11	17.0	122.7	76.7
8	Canada	Bill Abbott, Jr.	Don Beatty Larry Abbott	KC 1	26	32.0	2	3.0	4	8.0	7	13.0	3	5.7	31	37.0	19	25.0	123.7	86.7
9	Italy	Flavio Favini	Not documented	I 154	9	15.0	8	14.0	8	14.0	6	11.7	10	16.0	11	17.0	16	22.0	109.7	87.7
10	Australia	Peter Gilmour	Not documented	KA 157	5	10.0	18	24.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	16	22.0	4	8.0	17	23.0	114.0	90.0
11	Denmark	Valdemar Bandolowski	Not documented	D 84	11	17.0	11	17.0	9	15.0	18	24.0	6	11.7	16	22.0	8	14.0	120.7	96.7
12	Canada	Paul Thomson	Stuart Flinn Philip Gow	KC 158	4	8.0	13	19.0	17	23.0	4	8.0	17	23.0	30	36.0	10	16.0	133.0	97.0
13	United States	Gerard Coleman	Peter Coleman Paul Coleman	US 769	3	5.7	20	26.0	PMS	46.0	22	28.0	18	24.0	8	14.0	3	5.7	149.4	103.4
14	Finland	Tom Jungell	Not documented	L 47	13	19.0	17	23.0	18	24.0	13	19.0	15	21.0	2	3.0	15	21.0	130.0	106.0
15	West Germany	Thomas Jungblut	Not documented	G 262	7	13.0	6	11.7	PMS	46.0	9	15.0	9	15.0	18	24.0	28	34.0	158.7	112.7
16	Norway	Terje Wang	Not documented	N 96	17	23.0	19	25.0	20	26.0	11	17.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	28	34.0	151.0	117.0
17	West Germany	Erich Hirt, Jr.	Not documented	G 219	22	28.0	14	20.0	12	18.0	12	18.0	21	27.0	10	16.0	23	29.0	156.0	127.0
18	Canada	Jim Beatty	Not documented	KC 169	12	18.0	7	13.0	21	27.0	19	25.0	13	19.0	DNF	46.0	32	38.0	186.0	140.0
19	United States	Stuart H. Walker	Not documented	US 725	25	31.0	24	30.0	PMS	46.0	27	33.0	12	18.0	23	29.0	5	10.0	197.0	151.0
20	Italy	Sergio Santoni	Not documented	I 220	21	27.0	15	21.0	19	25.0	11	17.0	19	25.0	22	28.0	31	37.0	180.0	143.0

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RET – Retired; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1985 Progress

1986 Final results

1986

John Kostecki, Robert Billingham, William Baylis
Event Title
Edition	19 [5][2][6][7]
Host	Société nautique de La Trinité-sur-Mer
Event Details
Venue	La Trinite-sur-Mer,  France
Dates	4–14 September
Yachts	78
Opening ceremony	7 September
Competitors
Competitors	234
Competing nations	17
Results
Gold	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham
Silver	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin
Bronze	East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel
← 1985 1987 →

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total	Total – discard
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
1	United States	John Kostecki	Robert Billingham William Baylis	US 736	16	22.0	8	14.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	8	14.0	24	30.0	1	0.0	83.0	53.0
2	United States	David Curtis	John Engel Wally Corwin	US 777	6	11.7	12	18.0	18	24.0	25	31.0	3	5.7	3	5.7	3	5.7	101.8	70.8
3	East Germany	Jochen Schumann	Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	DDR 1	25	31.0	2	3.0	12	18.0	6	11.7	5	10.0	DSQ	85.0	2	3.0	161.7	76.7
4	Denmark	Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Not documented	D 90	12	18.0	7	13.0	4	8.0	12	18.0	16	22.0	12	18.0	4	8.0	105.0	83.0
5	Canada	Paul Thomson	Stuart Flinn Philip Gow	KC 158	21	27.0	5	10.0	44	50.0	17	23.0	1	0.0	2	3.0	14	20.0	133.0	83.0
6	Canada	Hans Fogh	Not documented	KC 176	9	15.0	9	15.0	20	26.0	2	3.0	9	15.0	22	28.0	11	17.0	119.0	91.0
7	East Germany	Jorg Herrmann	Not documented	DDR 5	7	13.0	4	8.0	11	17.0	29	35.0	12	18.0	4	8.0	25	31.0	130.0	95.0
8	Sweden	Lennart Persson	Not documented	S 124	10	16.0	3	5.7	30	36.0	10	16.0	2	3.0	27	33.0	16	22.0	131.7	95.7
9	Sweden	Patrick Spangs	Not documented	S 131	8	14.0	59	65.0	3	5.7	3	5.7	29	35.0	14	20.0	29	35.0	180.4	115.4
10	Soviet Union	Georgy Shayduko	Not documented	SR 28	35	41.0	28	34.0	24	30.0	4	8.0	14	20.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	159.0	118.0
11	East Germany	Helmar Nauck	Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering	DDR 4	14	20.0	1	0.0	8	14.0	54	60.0	6	11.7	RET	85.0	8	14.0	204.7	119.7
12	Finland	Tom Jungell	Not documented	L 47	39	45.0	14	20.0	1	0.0	15	21.0	20	26.0	15	21.0	26	32.0	165.0	120.0
13	Denmark	Valdemar Bandalowski	Not documented	D 84	18	24.0	30	36.0	57	63.0	19	25.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	5	10.0	185.0	122.0
14	Denmark	Jens Ranlov	Not documented	D 89	4	8.0	PMS	85.0	14	20.0	40	46.0	19	25.0	8	14.0	12	18.0	216.0	131.0
15	Canada	Bill Abbott, Jr.	Don Beatty Larry Abbott	KC 1	38	44.0	11	17.0	5	10.0	RET	85.0	4	8.0	21	27.0	22	28.0	219.0	134.0
16	Soviet Union	Boris Budnikov	Not documented	SR 33	34	40.0	15	21.0	7	13.0	30	36.0	30	36.0	11	17.0	6	11.7	174.7	134.7
17	Norway	Terje Wang	Not documented	N 104	13	19.0	10	16.0	61	67.0	11	17.0	37	43.0	6	11.7	23	29.0	202.7	135.7
18	Sweden	Hans Hamel	Not documented	S 130	31	37.0	19	25.0	31	37.0	5	10.0	10	16.0	10	16.0	39	45.0	186.0	141.0
19	Denmark	Jesper Bank	Not documented	D 83	27	33.0	13	19.0	22	28.0	21	27.0	13	19.0	33	39.0	10	16.0	181.0	142.0
20	United States	Kevin Mahaney	Not documented	US 772	11	17.0	24	30.0	28	34.0	23	29.0	7	13.0	23	29.0	34	40.0	192.0	152.0
21	West Germany	Jens-Peter Wrede	Not documented	G 261	67	73.0	17	23.0	34	40.0	8	14.0	25	31.0	18	24.0	15	21.0	226.0	153.0
22	Finland	Kenneth Thelen	Not documented	L 48	15	21.0	36	42.0	23	29.0	7	13.0	31	37.0	28	34.0	20	26.0	202.0	160.0
23	Sweden	Martin Palsson	Not documented	S 137	37	43.0	6	11.7	33	39.0	20	26.0	45	51.0	13	19.0	24	30.0	219.7	168.7
24	Brazil	Torben Grael	Not documented	BL 45	3	5.7	35	41.0	21	27.0	43	49.0	18	24.0	31	37.0	31	37.0	220.7	171.7
25	Netherlands	Ron van Manen	Not documented	H 24	1	0.0	55	61.0	36	42.0	42	48.0	22	28.0	17	23.0	30	36.0	238.0	177.0
26	Italy	Marco Rodolfi	Not documented	I 194	2	3.0	PMS	85.0	25	31.0	37	43.0	44	31.0	26	32.0	18	24.0	249.0	164.0
27	West Germany	Roman Koch	Maxl Koch Not documented	G 266	47	53.0	22	28.0	13	19.0	9	15.0	52	58.0	40	46.0	17	23.0	242.0	184.0
28	West Germany	Wolfgang Gerz	Not documented	G 260	49	55.0	33	39.0	15	21.0	22	28.0	17	33.0	25	31.0	43	49.0	256.0	201.0
29	Italy	Flavio Favini	Not documented	I 223	30	36.0	DSQ	85.0	9	15.0	16	22.0	39	45.0	34	40.0	33	39.0	282.0	197.0
30	West Germany	Thomas Jungblut	Not documented	G 269	20	26.0	RET	85.0	PMS	85.0	46	52.0	15	21.0	1	0.0	13	19.0	288.0	203.0
31	Australia	Glen Collings	Not documented	KA 144	58	64.0	21	27.0	56	62.0	39	45.0	34	40.0	19	25.0	9	15.0	278.0	214.0
32	Denmark	Tommi Krog Hansen	Not documented	D 79	48	54.0	23	29.0	10	16.0	28	34.0	41	47.0	29	35.0	50	56.0	271.0	215.0
33	Sweden	Arved von Gruenewaldt	Not documented	S 127	17	23.0	47	53.0	29	35.0	27	33.0	24	30.0	46	52.0	RET	85.0	311.0	226.0
34	Switzerland	Luc Dubois	Not documented	Z 258	65	71.0	37	43.0	6	11.7	55	61.0	21	27.0	32	38.0	41	47.0	298.7	227.7
35	West Germany	Karl Haist	Not documented	G 258	32	38.0	49	55.0	40	46.0	14	20.0	63	69.0	9	15.0	51	57.0	300.0	231.0
36	France	Patrick Haegeli	Not documented	F 142	19	25.0	42	48.0	27	33.0	DSQ	85.0	DSQ	85.0	16	22.0	21	27.0	325.0	240.0
37	Norway	Ole Schoyen	Not documented	N 102	22	28.0	34	40.0	54	60.0	33	39.0	27	33.0	51	57.0	38	44.0	301.0	241.0
38	Italy	Silvio Santoni	Not documented	I 220	RET	85.0	18	24.0	17	23.0	48	54.0	70	76.0	35	41.0	28	34.0	337.0	252.0
39	Spain	Guillermo Altadill	Not documented	E 140	41	47.0	29	35.0	45	51.0	13	19.0	RET	85.0	42	48.0	48	54.0	339.0	254.0
40	Italy	Antonio Lanza	Not documented	I 193	44	50.0	43	49.0	19	25.0	26	32.0	49	55.0	45	51.0	RET	85.0	347.0	262.0
41	United States	Stuart H. Walker	Not documented	US 725	24	30.0	51	57.0	16	22.0	57	63.0	36	42.0	63	69.0	45	51.0	334.0	265.0
42	Sweden	Jorgen Rosengren	Not documented	S 136	53	59.0	DSQ	85.0	PMS	85.0	18	24.0	35	41.0	30	36.0	19	25.0	355.0	270.0
43	West Germany	Daniel Diesing	Not documented	G 251	5	10.0	PMS	85.0	PMS	85.0	50	56.0	42	48.0	20	26.0	44	50.0	360.0	275.0
44	Sweden	Hedlund Marten	Not documented	S 132	33	39.0	63	69.0	26	32.0	24	30.0	PMS	85.0	36	42.0	57	63.0	319.0	250.0
45	Great Britain	Graham Baily	Not documented	K 141	50	56.0	16	22.0	37	43.0	66	72.0	55	61.0	50	56.0	35	41.0	351.0	279.0
46	France	Babou Pastureau	Not documented	F 151	42	48.0	31	37.0	63	69.0	58	64.0	33	39.0	39	45.0	40	46.0	348.0	279.0
47	Switzerland	Jurg Menzi	Not documented	Z 250	29	35.0	39	45.0	53	59.0	60	66.0	28	34.0	RET	85.0	37	43.0	367.0	282.0
48	Sweden	Henrik Lundberg	Not documented	S 129	43	49.0	40	46.0	47	53.0	34	40.0	56	62.0	37	43.0	46	52.0	345.0	283.0
49	Switzerland	Roger Guignard	Not documented	Z 259	DSQ	85.0	25	31.0	43	49.0	53	59.0	26	32.0	38	44.0	62	68.0	368.0	283.0
50	France	Pierre Souben	Not documented	F 129	28	34.0	53	59.0	50	56.0	35	41.0	51	57.0	48	54.0	42	48.0	349.0	290.0
51	Australia	Gar Shear	Not documented	KA 167	62	68.0	26	32.0	32	38.0	63	69.0	43	49.0	59	65.0	36	42.0	363.0	294.0
52	Australia	Murray Scott Smith	Not documented	KA158	23	29.0	52	58.0	58	64.0	47	53.0	54	60.0	60	66.0	27	33.0	363.0	297.0
53	Switzerland	Heiki Blok	Not documented	Z 267	64	70.0	27	33.0	46	52.0	41	47.0	32	38.0	61	67.0	55	61.0	368.0	298.0
54	Great Britain	William Henderson	Not documented	K 133	51	57.0	45	51.0	49	55.0	52	58.0	46	52.0	41	47.0	32	38.0	358.0	300.0
55	Sweden	Torbjorn Hansson	Not documented	S 138	56	62.0	50	56.0	DSQ	85.0	51	57.0	23	29.0	YMP	51.0	YMP	51.0	391.0	306.0
56	Netherlands	Kees Schriel	Theo de Lange	H 20	26	32.0	41	47.0	42	48.0	44	50.0	60	66.0	64	70.0	RET	85.0	398.0	313.0
57	Netherlands	Frank Verhagen	Not documented	H 21	40	46.0	32	38.0	52	58.0	67	73.0	38	44.0	49	55.0	DSQ	85.0	399.0	314.0
58	West Germany	Wilhelm Schweppe	Not documented	G 207	52	58.0	20	26.0	RET	85.0	36	42.0	48	54.0	43	49.0	DNS	85.0	399.0	314.0
59	France	Jean-Yves Furic	Not documented	F 149	45	51.0	46	52.0	51	57.0	31	37.0	58	64.0	57	63.0	63	69.0	393.0	324.0
60	Sweden	Per Cederholm	Not documented	S 128	59	65.0	48	54.0	41	47.0	62	68.0	40	46.0	52	58.0	52	58.0	396.0	328.0
61	Sweden	Mats Persson	Not documented	S 118	46	52.0	54	60.0	35	41.0	61	67.0	53	59.0	47	53.0	60	66.0	398.0	331.0
62	Great Britain	Ted Fort	Not documented	K 127	36	42.0	61	67.0	62	68.0	49	55.0	64	70.0	44	50.0	59	65.0	417.0	347.0
63	Netherlands	Rudy den Outer	Job Westening	H 22	66	72.0	38	44.0	39	45.0	71	77.0	47	53.0	65	71.0	61	67.0	429.0	352.0
64	Switzerland	Jurg Scheidegger	Not documented	Z 235	55	61.0	66	72.0	48	54.0	45	51.0	PMS	85.0	58	64.0	56	62.0	449.0	364.0
65	France	Yves Steff	Not documented	F 145	75	81.0	57	63.0	55	61.0	32	38.0	68	74.0	66	72.0	54	60.0	449.0	368.0
66	France	Jimmy Pahun	Not documented	F 126	60	66.0	44	50.0	DSQ	85.0	56	62.0	65	71.0	62	68.0	47	53.0	455.0	370.0
67	Canada	Bill Abbott, Sr.	Not documented	KC 175	57	63.0	60	66.0	38	44.0	59	65.0	59	65.0	67	73.0	65	71.0	447.0	374.0
68	West Germany	Werner Wilke	Not documented	G 216	72	78.0	68	74.0	67	73.0	38	44.0	50	56.0	54	60.0	DNS	85.0	470.0	385.0
69	Australia	Joan Harvey	Not documented	KA 166	54	60.0	56	62.0	65	71.0	72	78.0	66	72.0	68	74.0	49	55.0	472.0	394.0
70	France	Patrick de Pimodan	Not documented	F 139	68	74.0	67	73.0	59	65.0	65	71.0	57	63.0	56	62.0	58	64.0	472.0	398.0
71	France	Jean Cormier	Not documented	F 136	63	69.0	58	64.0	68	74.0	64	70.0	61	67.0	53	59.0	68	74.0	477.0	403.0
72	Switzerland	Gottlieb Horak	Not documented	Z 262	61	67.0	71	77.0	60	66.0	73	79.0	62	68.0	55	61.0	67	73.0	491.0	412.0
73	Switzerland	Jacques Schar	Not documented	Z 264	71	77.0	70	76.0	66	72.0	70	76.0	67	73.0	RET	85.0	53	59.0	518.0	433.0
74	France	Benoit Giry	Not documented	F 148	76	82.0	69	75.0	64	70.0	68	74.0	69	75.0	69	75.0	66	72.0	523.0	441.0
75	France	Phillippe Richard	Not documented	F 138	73	79.0	64	70.0	70	76.0	74	80.0	72	78.0	DSQ	85.0	64	70.0	538.0	453.0
76	France	Alain Guillou	Not documented	F 125	69	75.0	65	71.0	69	75.0	69	75.0	71	77.0	RET	85.0	DNS	85.0	543.0	458.0
77	West Germany	Ernest Wunder	Not documented	G 254	70	76.0	62	68.0	PMS	85.0	RET	85.0	DNS	85.0	DNS	85.0	DNS	85.0	569.0	484.0
78	France	Maxmilien Brabec	Not documented	F 134	74	80.0	DNS	85.0	DNS	85.0	DNS	85.0	DNS	85.0	DNS	85.0	RET	85.0	590.0	505.0

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1986 Progress

1987 Final results

1987

Event Title
Edition	20 [8][2]
Host	Kieler Yacht-Club
Event Details
Venue	Schilksee, Kiel,  West Germany
Dates	14–20 June
Yachts	86
Opening ceremony	14 June
Competitors
Competitors	258
Competing nations	24
Results
Gold	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering
Silver	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham
Bronze	Soviet Union Georgy Shayduko Nikolay Polyakov Sergey Kanov
← 1986 1988 →

Picture of the Kiel Worlds 1987 enamel plaque

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total	Total – discard
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	East Germany	Helmar Nauck	Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering	DDR 4	18	24.0	13	19.0	13	19.0	10	16.0	5	10.0	2	3.0	14	20.0	111.0	87.0
	United States	John Kostecki	Robert Billingham William Baylis	US 736	15	21.0	27	33.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	13	19.0	14	20.0	12	18.0	122.0	89.0
	Soviet Union	Georgy Shayduko	Sergey Kanov Nikolay Polyakov	SR 41	20	26.0	4	8.0	24	30.0	7	13.0	12	18.0	20	26.0	1	0.0	121.0	91.0
4	United States	Dave Curtis	Wally Corwin Murphy	US 777	8	14.0	10	16.0	27	33.0	8	14.0	10	16.0	21	27.0	5	10.0	130.0	97.0
5	Denmark	Valdemar Bandolowski	Leroy Larsen	D 84	27	33.0	21	27.0	11	17.0	9	15.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	21	27.0	140.7	107.7
6	West Germany	Jörg Diesch	Eckart Diesch Rupert Diesch	G 259	35	41.0	49	55.0	5	10.0	36	42.0	7	13.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	169.0	114.0
7	Sweden	Lennart Persson	Eje Öberg Tony Wallin	S 124	10	16.0	5	10.0	52	58.0	6	11.7	42	48.0	7	13.0	13	19.0	175.7	117.7
8	United States	Scott Mason	Twist Davis	US 716	25	31.0	24	30.0	40	46.0	21	27.0	2	3.0	18	24.0	2	3.0	164.0	118.0
9	Canada	Hans Fogh	Steve Calder Hank Lammens	KC 181	21	27.0	11	17.0	18	24.0	18	24.0	9	15.0	12	18.0	48	54.0	179.0	125.0
10	Italy	Gianluca Lamaro	Aurelio Dalla Vecchia Valerio Romano	I 209	22	28.0	6	11.7	14	20.0	24	30.0	16	22.0	4	8.0	30	36.0	155.7	119.7
11	West Germany	Thomas Jungblut	Thomas Maschkiwitz T. Kroger	G 269	37	43.0	19	25.0	7	13.0	DNF	93.0	8	14.0	13	19.0	8	14.0	221.0	128.0
12	Italy	Flavio Favini	Marco di Natale Roberto Passoni	I 223	16	22.0	22	28.0	30	36.0	11	17.0	21	27.0	9	15.0	18	24.0	169.0	133.0
13	United States	Kevin Mahaney	Nelson Lance Mahaney	US 772	7	13.0	7	13.0	25	31.0	12	18.0	34	40.0	46	52.0	19	25.0	192.0	140.0
14	Brazil	Torben Grael	Daniel Adler Roberto Senfft	BL 45	13	19.0	DNF	93.0	8	14.0	19	25.0	1	0.0	25	31.0	46	52.0	234.0	141.0
15	Sweden	Hans Hamel	Malmgren Sandberg	S 130	2	3.0	12	18.0	32	38.0	32	38.0	33	39.0	11	17.0	43	49.0	202.0	153.0
16	Denmark	Jesper Bank	Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher	D 92	1	0.0	8	14.0	31	37.0	38	44.0	19	25.0	41	47.0	28	34.0	201.0	154.0
17	Finland	Lundberg	Borenius Jansson	L 50	14	20.0	20	26.0	3	5.7	54	60.0	27	33.0	28	34.0	31	37.0	215.7	155.7
18	Canada	Bill Abbott, Jr.	Don Beatty Larry Abbott	KC 1	12	18.0	48	54.0	2	3.0	25	31.0	23	29.0	24	30.0	41	47.0	212.0	158.0
19	France	Patrick Haegeli	Vanier Borde	F 142	9	15.0	42	48.0	28	34.0	16	22.0	6	11.7	PMS	93.0	26	32.0	255.7	162.7
20	Finland	Tom Jungell	Mannstroem Harima	L 47	51	57.0	DSQ	93.0	16	22.0	35	41.0	15	21.0	6	11.7	6	11.7	257.4	164.4
21	United States	Cobb	Hupkins Not documented	US 779	5	10.0	16	22.0	26	32.0	31	37.0	20	26.0	35	41.0	DNS	93.0	261.0	168.0
22	Soviet Union	Serhiy Pichuhin	Oleg Miron Gennedi Strakh	SR 33	11	17.0	23	29.0	19	25.0	64	70.0	49	55.0	17	23.0	17	23.0	242.0	172.0
23	Finland	Kenneth Thelen	Henrik Thelen Juha Valtanen	L 48	38	44.0	53	59.0	9	15.0	3	5.7	25	31.0	15	21.0	55	61.0	236.7	175.7
24	Italy	Marco Rodolfi	Bergamaschi de Martino	I 194	65	71.0	2	3.0	6	11.7	DSQ	93.0	54	60.0	5	10.0	16	22.0	270.7	177.7
25	United States	Don Cohan	Larry Klein Brad Dellenbaugh	US 751	46	52.0	32	38.0	22	28.0	YMP	33.0	47	53.0	8	14.0	10	16.0	234.0	181.0
26	Norway	Terje Wang	Petterson Malm	N 104	4	8.0	18	24.0	23	29.0	55	61.0	DSQ	31.0	43	49.0	7	13.0	215.0	154.0
27	Norway	Dag Usterud	Johansen Børre Skui	N 111	36	42.0	63	69.0	1	0.0	29	35.0	24	30.0	50	56.0	20	26.0	258.0	189.0
28	East Germany	Jochen Schümann	Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	DDR 1	40	46.0	51	57.0	44	50.0	1	0.0	30	33.0	3	5.7	PMS	93.0	284.7	191.7
29	Canada	Paul Thomson	Phillip Gow Stuart Flinn	KC 158	3	5.7	DNF	93.0	10	16.0	17	23.0	22	28.0	56	62.0	58	64.0	291.7	198.7
30	West Germany	Jens-Peter Wrede	Stefan Knabe Matthias Adamczewski	G 261	34	40.0	3	5.7	48	54.0	4	8.0	58	64.0	PMS	93.0	24	30.0	294.7	201.7
31	New Zealand	Russel Coutts	Robinson Hansen	KZ 20	48	54.0	33	39.0	20	26.0	43	49.0	17	23.0	34	40.0	23	29.0	260.0	206.0
32	West Germany	Grahl	Cordes Kosak	G 244	49	55.0	38	44.0	35	41.0	61	67.0	28	34.0	16	22.0	9	15.0	278.0	211.0
33	Australia	Collings	Collings Drennan	KA 163	43	49.0	45	51.0	33	39.0	37	43.0	18	24.0	52	58.0	3	5.7	269.7	211.7
34	Sweden	Mats Persson	Petersson Björn Alm	S 118	19	25.0	34	40.0	12	18.0	47	53.0	37	43.0	40	46.0	35	41.0	266.0	213.0
35	Sweden	Peter Holmberg	Holmqvist Abenuis	S 135	26	32.0	26	32.0	34	40.0	45	51.0	31	37.0	22	28.0	53	59.0	279.0	220.0
36	Australia	Wilmot	Wilmot Percy	KA 168	58	64.0	1	0.0	46	52.0	PMS	93.0	14	20.0	49	55.0	33	39.0	323.0	230.0
37	Sweden	Martin Palsson	Wickman Mattsson	S 137	17	23.0	74	80.0	41	47.0	20	26.0	53	59.0	30	36.0	36	42.0	313.0	233.0
38	Greece	Tassos Boudouris	Dimitrios Deligiannis Benakis	GR 69	30	36.0	52	58.0	39	45.0	5	10.0	DNF	93.0	31	37.0	42	48.0	327.0	234.0
39	Denmark	Jens Ranlov	Hemmingsen Besser	D 89	DSQ	93.0	9	15.0	50	56.0	46	52.0	38	44.0	23	29.0	34	40.0	329.0	236.0
40	East Germany	Völker	Laurent Scheel Voigt	DDR 3	56	62.0	25	31.0	29	35.0	15	21.0	39	45.0	45	51.0	PMS	93.0	338.0	245.0
41	Japan	Kazunori Komatsu	Kazuo Hanaoka Tadashi Ikeda	J 33	6	11.7	44	50.0	51	57.0	22	28.0	45	51.0	42	48.0	56	62.0	307.7	245.7
42	West Germany	Willy Kuhweide	Karsten Meyer Axel May	G 267	52	58.0	58	64.0	43	49.0	26	32.0	40	46.0	38	44.0	15	21.0	314.0	250.0
43	France	Chourgnoz	Herpin Pelegri	F 150	66	72.0	17	23.0	17	23.0	41	47.0	66	72.0	63	69.0	11	17.0	323.0	251.0
44	Denmark	Hansen	Hansen Lindqviust	D 79	22	28.0	37	43.0	67	73.0	28	34.0	32	44.0	53	59.0	45	51.0	332.0	259.0
45	Australia	Allsep	Gash Read	KA 166	24	30.0	15	21.0	49	55.0	33	39.0	51	57.0	48	54.0	52	58.0	314.0	256.0
46	Sweden	Gidfors	Pettersson Gille	S 133	39	45.0	35	41.0	74	80.0	34	40.0	61	67.0	26	32.0	49	55.0	360.0	280.0
47	Sweden	Hansson	Hansson Hansson	S 138	60	66.0	36	42.0	15	21.0	30	36.0	64	70.0	47	53.0	PMS	93.0	381.0	288.0
48	West Germany	Andy Vincon	Doersch Goetz	G 260	44	50.0	29	35.0	60	66.0	50	56.0	41	47.0	62	68.0	32	38.0	360.0	292.0
49	Austria	Uli Strohschneider	Hannes Blaschke Georg Stadler	OE 73	47	53.0	61	67.0	56	62.0	27	33.0	50	56.0	51	57.0	27	33.0	361.0	294.0
50	Austria	Carl Auteried, Jr.	Neifing Beclin	OE 97	29	35.0	14	20.0	38	44.0	52	58.0	73	79.0	58	64.0	DNF	93.0	393.0	300.0
51	Poland	Rycmcik	Szymczak Ploski	PZ 7	68	74.0	60	66.0	57	63.0	13	19.0	43	49.0	36	42.0	57	63.0	376.0	302.0
52	Hungary	Rujak	Recz Vajta	M 77	64	70.0	39	45.0	DSQ	93.0	53	59.0	59	65.0	32	38.0	22	28.0	398.0	305.0
53	India	Mongia	Verghese Rao	IND 1	23	29.0	70	76.0	58	64.0	14	20.0	84	90.0	77	83.0	29	35.0	397.0	307.0
54	West Germany	Karl Haist	S. Nikolaus Meyer	G 258	45	51.0	59	65.0	55	61.0	48	54.0	26	32.0	44	50.0	54	60.0	373.0	308.0
55	Sweden	Erik Thorsell	Wallenberg Unger	S 122	31	37.0	56	62.0	47	53.0	40	46.0	44	50.0	57	63.0	DNS	93.0	404.0	311.0
56	Netherlands	Ron van Manen	Gijs Evers Martin Coffeng	H 26	54	60.0	28	34.0	PMS	93.0	23	29.0	29	35.0	55	61.0	PMS	93.0	405.0	312.0
57	Sweden	Spaengs	Osterberg Tornsten	S 131	28	34.0	DNF	93.0	21	27.0	PMS	93.0	11	17.0	37	43.0	DNS	93.0	400.0	307.0
58	Sweden	Hedlund	Schildt Mattsson	S 132	63	69.0	69	75.0	42	48.0	62	68.0	4	8.0	54	60.0	DNS	93.0	421.0	328.0
59	Great Britain	Glynn Charles	McMiIIan Andy Beadsworth	K 146	74	80.0	47	53.0	75	81.0	39	45.0	68	74.0	27	33.0	38	44.0	410.0	329.0
60	West Germany	Daniel Diesing	Schlitter Stryie	G 271	72	78.0	43	49.0	PMS	93.0	57	63.0	36	42.0	29	35.0	50	56.0	416.0	323.0
61	West Germany	Pflueger	Peuker Jacobso	G 233	76	82.0	50	56.0	61	67.0	67	73.0	67	73.0	33	39.0	25	31.0	421.0	339.0
62	United States	Stuart H. Walker	Philips Dunn	US 725	57	63.0	46	52.0	70	76.0	56	62.0	35	41.0	DNF	93.0	40	46.0	433.0	340.0
63	France	Yves Steff	le Guiliou Lemette	F 145	55	61.0	66	72.0	63	69.0	59	65.0	55	61.0	39	45.0	39	45.0	418.0	346.0
64	Spain	Turro	Valades Monjo	E 140	59	65.0	64	70.0	64	70.0	PMS	93.0	62	68.0	19	25.0	44	50.0	441.0	348.0
65	Netherlands	Rudy den Outer	Theo de Lange Robert Molsbergen	H 22	62	68.0	31	37.0	PMS	93.0	49	55.0	60	66.0	74	80.0	37	43.0	442.0	349.0
66	Netherlands	Fred lmhoff	Jos Schrier Frank Steeneken	H 25	50	56.0	75	81.0	37	43.0	42	48.0	48	54.0	PMS	93.0	62	68.0	443.0	350.0
67	West Germany	Roman Koch	Maxl Koch Jakob	G 266	33	39.0	54	60.0	45	51.0	51	57.0	70	76.0	72	78.0	DNS	93.0	454.0	361.0
68	Liechtenstein	Nikki Seemann	Seemann von Liechtenstein	FL 2	42	48.0	68	74.0	59	65.0	69	75.0	52	58.0	65	71.0	50	56.0	447.0	372.0
69	West Germany	Achim Kadelbach	Baumeyer Pochhamme	G 255	53	59.0	65	71.0	62	68.0	60	66.0	56	62.0	59	65.0	DNS	93.0	484.0	391.0
70	West Germany	Stache	Buhtz Fletch	G 230	73	79.0	41	47.0	36	42.0	63	69.0	74	80.0	69	75.0	DNF	93.0	485.0	392.0
71	Italy	Ciferri	Ravarotto Mondani	I 201	67	73.0	30	36.0	72	78.0	65	71.0	65	71.0	60	66.0	DNF	93.0	488.0	395.0
72	Norway	Schoeyen	Danialsen Schoeyen	N 102	69	75.0	40	46.0	PMS	93.0	44	50.0	57	63.0	64	70.0	PMS	93.0	490.0	397.0
73	Norway	Lie	Faeste Faeste	N 87	82	88.0	72	78.0	76	82.0	71	77.0	46	52.0	66	72.0	59	65.0	514.0	426.0
74	Sweden	Rosengren	Svensson Olsson	S 136	41	47.0	55	61.0	PMS	93.0	YMP	71.0	72	78.0	71	77.0	DNF	93.0	520.0	427.0
75	West Germany	Baumueller	Schorr Louis	G 252	83	89.0	57	63.0	69	75.0	73	79.0	79	85.0	75	81.0	51	57.0	529.0	440.0
76	Greece	Papazoglou	Niforos Neopoulo	GR 26	61	67.0	80	86.0	65	71.0	76	82.0	80	86.0	78	84.0	47	53.0	529.0	443.0
77	Switzerland	Jurg Menzi	Fumasoli Christen	Z 250	DSQ	93.0	62	68.0	54	60.0	58	64.0	63	69.0	DNS	93.0	DNS	93.0	540.0	447.0
78	France	de Pimodan	Maravai Fontenea	F 139	75	81.0	71	77.0	66	72.0	70	76.0	69	75.0	73	79.0	PMS	93.0	553.0	460.0
79	West Germany	Ross	Bogun Rohwed	G 212	77	83.0	79	85.0	68	74.0	68	74.0	71	77.0	67	73.0	DNF	93.0	559.0	466.0
80	West Germany	Hans Heitmann	Martin Heitmann Mathias Heitmann	G 215	80	86.0	77	83.0	71	77.0	66	72.0	81	87.0	61	67.0	DNS	93.0	565.0	472.0
81	West Germany	Michael Dietzel	Lederer Schmid	G 187	71	77.0	76	82.0	73	79.0	74	80.0	75	81.0	68	74.0	DNS	93.0	566.0	473.0
82	Portugal	Antonio Tanger	Heimann Canyolla	P 9	78	84.0	73	79.0	53	59.0	DNS	93.0	78	84.0	70	76.0	DNS	93.0	568.0	475.0
83	France	Jean-Marie le Guillou	le Signeu le Guillou	F 153	79	85.0	67	73.0	79	85.0	72	78.0	77	83.0	76	82.0	DNF	93.0	579.0	486.0
84	France	Steff	Baudu Marcha	F 81	81	87.0	DNF	93.0	78	84.0	77	83.0	76	82.0	79	85.0	61	67.0	581.0	488.0
85	West Germany	Herzer	Herzer Bertsch	G 228	84	90.0	78	84.0	80	86.0	75	81.0	83	89.0	80	86.0	DNS	93.0	609.0	516.0
86	West Germany	Hiss	Seamann Carstens	G 256	70	76.0	YMP	86.6	77	83.0	DNS	93.0	82	88.0	PMS	93.0	DNS	93.0	612.6	519.6

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start; RET – Retired; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1987 Progres

1988 Final results

1988

Kostecki, Billingham and Bayliss World Champion Soling 1988
Event Title
Edition	21 [9][2][10][11]
Host	Royal Melbourne Yacht Squadron
Event Details
Venue	Melbourne,  Australia
Dates	6–12 January
Yachts	46
Opening ceremony	6 January
Competitors
Competitors	138
Competing nations	15
Results
Gold	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham
Silver	United States Dave Curtis Paul Murphy Wally Corwin
Bronze	Australia Gary Sheard Crew not documented
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Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Race 7		Total	Total – discard
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	United States	John Kostecki	Robert Billingham William Baylis	US 736	2	3.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	10	16.0	1	0.0	3	5.7	46.4	30.4
	United States	Dave Curtis	Wally Corwin Paul Murphy	US 777	1	0.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	3	5.7	13	19.0	5	10.0	5	10.0	53.4	34.4
	Australia	Gary Sheard	Tim Dorning Dean Gordon	KA 165	12	18.0	15	21.0	19	25.0	2	3.0	2	3.0	9	15.0	10	16.0	101.0	76.0
4	Sweden	Martin Palsson	Not documented	S 140	11	17.0	13	19.0	5	10.0	7	13.0	31	37.0	2	3.0	9	15.0	114.0	77.0
5	New Zealand	Russell Coutts	Not documented	KZ 20	15	21.0	21	27.0	4	8.0	10	16.0	16	22.0	8	14.0	2	3.0	111.0	84.0
6	Denmark	Jesper Bank	Jan Mathiasen Steen Secher	D 92	5	10.0	6	11.7	1	0.0	21	27.0	19	25.0	7	13.0	PMS	53.0	139.7	86.7
7	United States	Kevin Mahaney	Not documented	US 787	6	11.7	12	18.0	7	13.0	8	14.0	18	24.0	13	19.0	6	11.7	111.4	87.4
8	Canada	Hans Fogh	Not documented	KC 181	20	26.0	1	0.0	17	23.0	6	11.7	20	26.0	4	8.0	24	30.0	124.7	94.7
9	Italy	Flavio Favini	Marco di Natale Roberto Passoni	I 223	10	16.0	4	8.0	11	17.0	9	15.0	9	15.0	23	29.0	26	32.0	132.0	100.0
10	Italy	Tomasso Chieffi	Not documented	I 215	33	39.0	18	24.0	16	22.0	DSQ	53.0	4	8.0	16	22.0	1	0.0	168.0	115.0
11	New Zealand	Tom Dodson	Simon Daubney Aran Hansen	KZ 16	9	15.0	24	30.0	DSQ	53.0	4	8.0	11	17.0	3	5.7	37	43.0	171.7	118.7
12	West Germany	Jörg Diesch	Eckart Diesch Rupert Diesch	G 259	24	30.0	19	25.0	22	28.0	DNF	53.0	5	10.0	10	16.0	7	13.0	175.0	122.0
13	Australia	Andy Allsep	Not documented	KA 166	16	22.0	16	22.0	33	39.0	30	36.0	1	0.0	22	28.0	8	14.0	161.0	122.0
14	Finland	Tom Jungell	Not documented	L 47	4	8.0	7	13.0	DSQ	53.0	26	32.0	14	20.0	26	32.0	12	18.0	176.0	123.0
15	Australia	Bobby Wilmot	Not documented	KA 168	3	5.7	10	16.0	24	30.0	DSQ	53.0	7	13.0	6	11.7	PMS	53.0	182.4	129.4
16	Finland	Hendrik Lundberg	Not documented	L 50	7	13.0	17	23.0	13	19.0	12	18.0	30	36.0	18	24.0	27	33.0	166.0	130.0
17	Great Britain	Chris Law	Not documented	K 143	22	28.0	11	17.0	12	18.0	15	21.0	21	27.0	DSQ	53.0	15	21.0	185.0	132.0
18	Australia	Glenn Collings	Not documented	KA 170	34	40.0	20	26.0	10	16.0	5	10.0	25	31.0	12	18.0	25	31.0	172.0	132.0
19	Sweden	Hans Hamel	Not documented	S 130	13	19.0	23	29.0	2	3.0	20	26.0	PMS	53.0	24	30.0	20	26.0	186.0	133.0
20	Finland	Kenneth Thelen	Henrik Thelen Juha Valtanen	L 48	8	14.0	DNF	53.0	21	27.0	19	25.0	17	23.0	20	26.0	13	19.0	187.0	134.0
21	Japan	Kazunori Komatsu	Kazuo Hanaoka Tadashi Ikeda	J 33	26	32.0	22	28.0	15	21.0	24	30.0	3	5.7	14	20.0	35	41.0	177.7	136.7
22	Canada	Bill Abbott, Jr.	Don Beatty Larry Abbott	KC 1	14	20.0	26	32.0	29	35.0	13	19.0	6	11.7	15	21.0	32	38.0	176.7	138.7
23	West Germany	Thomas Jungblut	Thomas Maschkiwitz T. Kroger	G 269	DNF	53.0	3	5.7	8	14.0	18	24.0	27	33.0	11	17.0	PMS	53.0	199.7	146.7
24	United States	Scott Mason	Not documented	US 716	25	31.0	14	20.0	25	31.0	17	23.0	22	28.0	21	27.0	22	28.0	188.0	157.0
25	Norway	Terje Wang	Not documented	N 107	32	38.0	DNF	53.0	27	33.0	16	22.0	12	18.0	19	25.0	16	22.0	211.0	158.0
26	Great Britain	Glynn Charles	Not documented	K 146	18	24.0	8	14.0	30	36.0	DSQ	53.0	23	29.0	29	35.0	18	24.0	215.0	162.0
27	Denmark	Valdenar Bandolowski	Not documented	D 94	23	29.0	DNF	53.0	26	32.0	23	29.0	PMS	53.0	17	23.0	4	8.0	227.0	174.0
28	Australia	Jamie Wilmot	Not documented	KA 45	31	37.0	DNF	53.0	9	15.0	25	31.0	15	21.0	DNF	53.0	14	20.0	230.0	177.0
29	Netherlands	Fred Imhoff	John Hofland, Jr. Frank Steeneken	H 25	30	36.0	36	42.0	23	29.0	11	17.0	29	35.0	25	31.0	33	39.0	229.0	187.0
30	Italy	Francesco de Angelis	Not documented	I 232	39	45.0	9	15.0	35	41.0	32	38.0	32	38.0	34	40.0	11	17.0	234.0	189.0
31	Canada	Paul Thomson	Philip Gow Stuart Flinn	KC 182	17	23.0	DNF	53.0	20	26.0	22	28.0	34	40.0	28	34.0	34	40.0	244.0	191.0
32	Sweden	Martin Hedlund	Not documented	S 141	27	33.0	27	33.0	32	38.0	37	43.0	8	14.0	31	37.0	30	36.0	234.0	191.0
33	France	Patrick Haegeli	Not documented	F 142	19	25.0	32	38.0	DSQ	53.0	28	34.0	33	39.0	27	33.0	17	23.0	245.0	192.0
34	Spain	Antonio Gorostegui	Not documented	E 140	35	41.0	25	31.0	18	24.0	29	35.0	DNF	53.0	30	36.0	29	35.0	255.0	202.0
35	Australia	Peter Gilmour	Not documented	KA 157	21	27.0	31	37.0	28	34.0	31	37.0	24	30.0	DSQ	53.0	31	37.0	255.0	202.0
36	New Zealand	Gray Gibson	Not documented	KZ 28	28	34.0	28	34.0	DSQ	53.0	27	33.0	28	34.0	DNF	53.0	23	29.0	270.0	217.0
37	Italy	Marco Rodolfi	Not documented	I 194	29	35.0	DNF	53.0	DSQ	53.0	14	20.0	26	32.0	DNF	53.0	19	25.0	271.0	218.0
38	Australia	Jim Hardy	Not documented	KA 169	37	43.0	29	35.0	31	37.0	33	39.0	38	44.0	36	42.0	21	27.0	267.0	223.0
39	United States	Gerard Coleman	Peter Coleman Paul Coleman	US 769	36	42.0	30	36.0	14	20.0	35	41.0	PMS	53.0	33	39.0	PMS	53.0	284.0	231.0
40	Australia	Kim McKendrick	Not documented	KA 154	38	44.0	34	40.0	DNF	53.0	34	40.0	35	41.0	32	38.0	36	42.0	298.0	245.0
41	Australia	David Bull	Not documented	KA 122	40	46.0	35	41.0	39	45.0	39	45.0	37	43.0	35	41.0	28	34.0	295.0	249.0
42	Australia	Dean McAulay	Not documented	KA 156	42	48.0	38	44.0	38	44.0	41	47.0	39	45.0	38	44.0	38	44.0	316.0	268.0
43	Australia	Mark Loveday	Not documented	KA 159	43	49.0	DNF	53.0	34	40.0	36	42.0	36	42.0	37	43.0	DNF	53.0	322.0	269.0
44	West Germany	Daniel Diesing	Not documented	G 271	44	50.0	37	43.0	36	42.0	38	44.0	40	46.0	DNC	53.0	DNC	53.0	331.0	278.0
45	Australia	David James	Not documented	KA 142	41	47.0	33	39.0	37	43.0	40	46.0	DNF	53.0	DNF	53.0	DNC	53.0	334.0	281.0
46	Australia	Ross Raine	Not documented	KA 141	45	51.0	39	45.0	40	46.0	42	48.0	41	47.0	DNC	53.0	39	45.0	335.0	282.0

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start; RET – Retired; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1988 Progress

1989 Final results

1989

The 1989 Soling World's that Wasn't
Event Title
Edition	22 [2][12][13][14]
Host	Balatonfüredi Yacht Club
Event Details
Venue	Balatonfüred,  Hungary
Dates	9 - 19 May
Yachts	79
Key people	Organization and sponsoring György Wossala
Opened by	Károly Grósz
Opening ceremony	12 May
Competitors
Competitors	237
Competing nations	21
← 1988 1990 →

Championship not completed (lack of wind). However four races were completed. The final results of this series is stated below. The first race was sailed in a storm. During the race winds were reported over 70 km/h. During the start sequens there was even more. Out of 79 boats only 43 made it to the first mark and only 29 to the finish line! The rest of the week was characterize by light air. Since 5 races need to be completed for a valid championship, the team of Denmark won the series but not the World Championship.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Total
					Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
1	Denmark	Jesper Bank	Jesper Seier Steen Secher	D 92	5	10.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	4	8.0	21.0
2	Finland	Kenneth Thelen	Hendrik Thelen Juha Valtanen	L 48	1	0.0	4	8.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	29.7
3	East Germany	Jochen Schümann	Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	DDR 1	11	17.0	9	15.0	4	8.0	2	3.0	43.0
4	East Germany	Helmar Nauck	Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering	DDR 4	2	3.0	11	17.0	33	39.0	1	0.0	59.0
5	Sweden	Magnus Holmberg	Johan Barne Björn Alm	S 135	6	11.7	12	18.0	9	15.0	17	23.0	67.7
6	Spain	Antonio Gorostegui	Domingo Manrique Manuel Doreste	E 221	21	27.0	5	10.0	8	14.0	13	19.0	70.0
7	Austria	Michael Luschan	Georg Stadler Hannes Blaschke	OE 73	15	21.0	3	5.7	16	22.0	20	26.0	74.7
8	Italy	Flavio Favini	Marco Di_Natale Alberto Marelli	I 234	8	14.0	10	16.0	25	31.0	8	14.0	75.0
9	East Germany	Jörg Herrmann	A. Sczesny Ingo Herrmann	DDR 5	4	8.0	1	0.0	44	50.0	12	18.0	76.0
10	East Germany	Björn Oestereich	Laurent Scheel Steffen Voigt	DDR 3	3	5.7	7	13.0	50	56.0	14	20.0	94.7
11	Sweden	Goeran Sandberg	Jan Bjornberg Peter Andersson	S 126	14	20.0	46	52.0	13	19.0	3	5.7	96.7
12	Italy	Mario Celon	Claudio Celon S. Bonetti	I 232	18	24.0	43	49.0	5	10.0	9	15.0	98.0
13	Great Britain	Rory Bowman	T. Stevens Mark Ingram	K 147	9	15.0	36	42.0	14	20.0	22	28.0	105.0
14	West Germany	Roman Koch	Maxl Koch D. Link	G 266	27	33.0	45	51.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	107.0
15	France	Thierry Peponnet	Daniel Ferre E. Hubert	F 188	19	25.0	18	24.0	20	26.0	34	40.0	115.0
16	United States	Don Cohan	Wally Corwin R. Williams	US 801	10	16.0	13	19.0	67	73.0	11	17.0	125.0
17	Sweden	Lennart Persson	L. Tornsten P. Eriksson	S 124	7	13.0	14	20.0	41	47.0	43	49.0	129.0
18	Soviet Union	Serhiy Pichuhin	Gennedi Strakh Andrey Nikandrov	SR 41	DNF	86.0	6	11.7	6	11.7	16	22.0	131.4
19	Hungary	Gyorgy Finaczy	Z. Nagy G. Galantha	M 25	25	31.0	15	21.0	39	45.0	31	37.0	134.0
20	Hungary	A. Korcsog	T. Orszag V. Hatyka	M 8	22	28.0	26	32.0	40	46.0	27	33.0	139.0
21	Sweden	Peter Carlsson	Karl-Otto Strömberg D. Stenberg	S 131	17	23.0	28	34.0	46	52.0	38	44.0	153.0
22	Soviet Union	Sergey Borodinov	Oleg Miron Nikolay Polyakov	SR 28	DNF	86.0	34	40.0	12	18.0	6	11.7	155.7
23	Hungary	Szabolcs Detre	Zsolt Detre Zoltan Sass	M 63	23	29.0	DSQ	86.0	2	3.0	36	42.0	160.0
24	Soviet Union	Alar Volmer	E. Kosk A. Kruusmagi	SR 30	13	19.0	52	58.0	23	29.0	49	55.0	161.0
25	Australia	William Hodder	J. Collings C. Rose	KA 172	DNF	86.0	33	39.0	18	24.0	7	33.0	162.0
26	Denmark	Morten Henriksen	Per Andersen Jan Andersen	D 96	DNF	86.0	17	23.0	10	16.0	32	38.0	163.0
27	Hungary	T. Stefan	Z. Sabjan L. Paal	M 6	DNF	86.0	16	22.0	11	17.0	33	39.0	164.0
28	Hungary	Miklós Tuss	K. Sardu S. David	M 81	16	22.0	38	44.0	57	63.0	30	36.0	165.0
29	West Germany	H. Gerth	M. Butzke M. Meier	G 232	DNF	86.0	29	35.0	17	23.0	23	29.0	173.0
30	Soviet Union	A. Abruzov	N. Korostelev D. Shabanov	SR 1	DNF	86.0	8	14.0	42	48.0	21	27.0	175.0
31	Spain	Fernando León Boissier	A. Vasquez J. Vallejo	E 183	12	18.0	RET	86.0	34	40.0	29	35.0	179.0
32	Australia	Jim Hardy	Warwick Anderson G. Cassidy	KA 169	24	30.0	48	54.0	30	36.0	54	60.0	180.0
33	Soviet Union	Tõnu Tõniste	Heiki Tauts Tilt Vikson	SR 29	DNF	86.0	22	28.0	27	33.0	28	34.0	181.0
34	Hungary	I. Rujak	T. Ory B. Bankuty	M 18	DNF	86.0	35	41.0	28	34.0	15	21.0	182.0
35	Soviet Union	V. lgnatenko	Aleksandr Budnikov Volodymyr Korotkov	SR 3	DNC	86.0	32	38.0	32	38.0	18	24.0	186.0
36	Hungary	T. Tusnai	J. Agost P. Steer	M 71	DNF	86.0	19	25.0	31	37.0	47	53.0	201.0
37	United States	Charlie Kamps	Joe Hoeksema Toby Kamps	US 715	DNF	86.0	31	37.0	45	51.0	24	30.0	204.0
38	West Germany	Thomas Jungblut	Gerrit Bartel K. Stryi	G 269	28	34.0	41	47.0	37	43.0	PMS	86.0	210.0
39	West Germany	W. Oehler	C. Oehler D. Heitmann	G 244	29	35.0	70	76.0	52	58.0	39	45.0	214.0
40	West Germany	B. Blombach	A. Merleved L. Lange	G 241	26	32.0	39	45.0	78	84.0	48	54.0	215.0
41	Greece	A. Bonas	P. Bisios I. Agropoulos	GR 31	DNC	86.0	51	57.0	24	30.0	42	48.0	221.0
42	Netherlands	Rudy den_Outer	Erik de Vrijer Robert Molsbergen	H 22	PMS	86.0	57	63.0	43	49.0	19	25.0	223.0
43	Hungary	György Wossala	László Kovácsi R. Kovacs	M 77	DNF	86.0	21	27.0	74	80.0	25	31.0	224.0
44	Hungary	B. Gyenes	B. Balogh Gabor Meretei	M 13	DNF	86.0	37	43.0	49	55.0	37	43.0	227.0
45	Greece	S. Kanaris	D. Pourantzis E. Glaridis	GR 30	DNF	86.0	59	65.0	21	27.0	44	50.0	228.0
46	Hungary	A. Szekely	M. Csermendy T. Pomucz	M 7	DNF	86.0	62	68.0	29	35.0	35	41.0	230.0
47	West Germany	Jens-Peter Wrede	Stefan Knabe Matthias Adamczewski	G 277	DNF	86.0	25	31.0	22	28.0	DNC	86.0	231.0
48	Hungary	P. Majoross	T. lzsak T. Farkas	M 24	DNS	86.0	60	66.0	15	21.0	53	59.0	232.0
49	Hungary	I. Munch	P. Haberl P. Gonzy	M 111	DNS	86.0	60	66.0	15	21.0	53	59.0	232.0
50	West Germany	J. Minarek	M. Romberg T. Romberg	G 272	DNF	86.0	63	69.0	26	32.0	45	51.0	238.0
51	Italy	F. Stopani	D. Bonsignore A. Ribolli	I 223	DNF	86.0	23	29.0	68	74.0	46	52.0	241.0
52	West Germany	Vincent Hösch	D. Stadler R. Stark	G 259	DNF	86.0	40	46.0	19	25.0	DNC	86.0	243.0
53	Switzerland	Daniel Schenker	Christoph Schenker H. Jasli	Z 271	20	26.0	68	74.0	54	60.0	DNC	86.0	246.0
54	Hungary	F. Bartha	L. Szilasi C. Erenyi	M 23	DNC	86.0	53	59.0	36	42.0	55	61.0	248.0
55	Portugal	Antonio Tanger	T. Otton T. Tarsczy	P 9	DNS	86.0	49	55.0	56	62.0	41	47.0	250.0
56	Netherlands	Rien Segaar	Jeroen Hopman Arne Dolle	H 20	DNF	86.0	47	53.0	58	64.0	50	56.0	259.0
57	Hungary	I. Petro	A. Boza I. Frank	M 12	DNF	86.0	44	50.0	64	70.0	51	57.0	263.0
58	Switzerland	C. Grimm	F. Grimm M. Vauthey	Z 258	DNC	86.0	20	26.0	61	67.0	DNC	86.0	265.0
59	West Germany	Mathias Dulce	R. Stussel N. Brinkmann	G 223	DNF	86.0	50	56.0	55	61.0	57	63.0	266.0
60	West Germany	Andy Vincon	P. Dorsch E. Meier	G 280	DNF	86.0	27	33.0	60	66.0	DNC	86.0	271.0
61	Austria	Carl Auteried, Jr.	F. Neufing T. Beclin	OE 97	DNF	86.0	24	30.0	66	72.0	DNC	86.0	274.0
62	Norway	Rune Jacobsen	Pai Christoffersen Anders Andersen	N 104	DNF	86.0	58	64.0	38	44.0	DNC	86.0	280.0
63	Austria	P. Menzel	E. Hufnagel M. Rubelmann	OE 51	DNF	86.0	55	61.0	76	82.0	52	58.0	287.0
64	Sweden	P. Nilsson	L. Persson F. Franssen	S 121	DNF	86.0	54	60.0	53	59.0	DNC	86.0	291.0
65	Austria	F. Wageneder	R. Fodinger L. Raudaschl	OE 36	DNF	86.0	75	81.0	73	79.0	40	46.0	292.0
66	Liechtenstein	C. Seemann	J. Hartenstein Nikki Seeman	FL 2	DNF	86.0	42	48.0	69	75.0	DNC	86.0	295.0
67	West Germany	G. Baumuller	A. Schorr . Louis	G 252	DNF	86.0	66	72.0	46	52.0	DNC	86.0	296.0
68	West Germany	Daniel Diesing	Thomas Maschkiwitz C. Haake	G 271	DNF	86.0	PMS	86.0	35	41.0	DNC	86.0	299.0
69	Italy	F. D'Adda	G. D'Adda G. Chiandussi	I 210	DNF	86.0	67	73.0	72	78.0	56	62.0	299.0
70	Austria	Christian Spiessberger	T. Linoriner P. Burian	OE 78	DNF	86.0	69	75.0	48	54.0	DNC	86.0	301.0
71	West Germany	T. Beck	H. Meier G. Berz	G 212	DNF	86.0	56	62.0	65	71.0	DNC	86.0	305.0
72	West Germany	U. Fernholz	M. Leukel Mathias Heitmann	G 226	DNF	86.0	71	77.0	51	57.0	DNC	86.0	306.0
73	West Germany	Axel Mertens	Michael Dümchen A. Schulz	G 276	PMS	86.0	65	71.0	59	65.0	DNC	86.0	308.0
74	Italy	G. Beneditti	S. Marass G. Fras	I 163	DNF	86.0	64	70.0	62	68.0	DNC	71.0	310.0
75	Italy	G. Veronesi	V. Gianluca A. Aloisi	I 187	DNF	86.0	73	79.0	63	69.0	DNC	86.0	320.0
76	Yugoslavia	Boštjan Antončič	O. Orel Marco Kocjancic	Y 1	DNF	86.0	61	67.0	77	83.0	DNC	86.0	322.0
77	West Germany	A. Forschner	C. Moosman R. Teufel	G 234	DNF	86.0	72	78.0	70	76.0	DNC	86.0	326.0
78	West Germany	M. Schulze	A. Fine M. Bonness	G 245	DNS	86.0	74	80.0	79	85.0	DNC	86.0	337.0
79	Italy	A. Burlinna	L. Primosi P. Simoniti	I 225	DNF	86.0	DSQ	86.0	75	81.0	DNC	86.0	339.0

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start; RET – Retired; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1989 Progress

Further results

For further results see:

• Soling World Championship results (1969–79)
• Soling World Championship results (1980–84)
• Soling World Championship results (1985–89)
• Soling World Championship results (1990–99)
• Soling World Championship results (2000–09)
• Soling World Championship results (2010–19)
• Soling World Championship results (2020–29)

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