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 | |||||||||||||
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 Soling | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Savannah | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 22 July to 2 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 66 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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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 – discard | ||||||||||
| 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 | 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 | 8 | 8.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 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 | 5 | 5.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 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 | 12 | 12.0 | 83.0 | 46.0 | ||||
| 5 (4) |  Canada
|
Bill Abbott Jr. |
Joanne Abbott  Brad Boston |
9 | 9.0 | 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 | 2 | 2.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 104.0 | 58.0 | ||||
| 7 |  Ukraine
|
Serhiy Pichuhin |
Serhiy Khaindrava Volodymyr Korotkov |
3 | 3.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 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 | 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 | 12 | 12.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 104.0 | 65.0 | ||||
| 10 |  Italy
|
Mario Celon |
Gianni Torboli Claudio Celon |
6 | 6.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 1 | 1.0 | 8 | 8.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 101.0 | 66.0 | ||||
| 11 |  France
|
Marc Bouet |
Sylvain Chtounder Gildas Morvan |
11 | 11.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 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 | 6 | 6.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 14 | 14.0 | 6 | 6.0 | 116.0 | 70.0 | ||||
| 13 |  Sweden
|
Magnus Holmberg |
Björn Alm Johan Barne |
12 | 12.0 | 9 | 9.0 | 3 | 3.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 4 | 4.0 | 13 | 13.0 | 5 | 5.0 | 108.0 | 71.0 | ||||
| 14 |  New Zealand
|
Kelvin Harrap |
Sean Clarkson Jamie Gale |
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 | 10 | 10.0 | 15 | 15.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 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 | 13 | 13.0 | 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 | 15 | 15.0 | 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 | 3 | 3.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 21 | 21.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 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 | 17 | 17.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 152.0 | 110.0 | ||||
| 20 |  Hungary
|
György Wossala |
László Kovácsi Károly Vezér |
14 | 14.0 | 19 | 19.0 | 12 | 12.0 | 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 |
17 | 17.0 | 20 | 20.0 | 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 | 18 | 18.0 | 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; |
The selected teams proceeded to the match race part of the event.
Results after Matchracing edit
| 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 | ||||||||||||
Daily standings edit
Conditions at Soling course area edit
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Black: Marinas
Blue: Alpha course
Green: Bravo course
Yellow: Charly course
Red: Delta course -
Olympic course ZO.
Fleetrace
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S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching) -
Olympic course WD.
Matchracerace
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S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)
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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 edit
- ^ "Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
References edit
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- 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.