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Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling

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Soling[1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Soling
VenueKiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors80 from 26 nations
Teams26
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Buddy Melges
William Bentsen
William Allen
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stig Wennerström
Bo Knape
Stefan Krook
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) David Miller
John Ekels
Paul Côté
 Canada
1976 →

The Soling was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled. Only six races were sailed due to weather conditions. 80 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nation competed.[2][3]

Race schedule

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Because of insufficient wind the scheduled race in the Soling was postponed on 5 September 1972. Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Finally for the Soling only six regattas took place. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.[4]

 ●  Event competitions  ●  Event finals
Date August September
26th
Sat
27th
Sun
28th
Mon
29th
Tue
30th
Wed
31st
Thu
1st
Fri
2nd
Sat
3rd
Sun
4th
Mon
5th
Tue
6th
Wed
7th
Thu
8th
Fri
9th
Sat
10th
Sun
11th
Mon
Soling (planning) Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Soling (actual) Spare
day
Spare
day
No
wind
Fog

Course area and course configuration

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For the Soling course area A (Alpha) was used. The location (54°29'50'’N, 10°22'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle.[1][5] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Final results

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These are the results of the Soling event.[6]

Rank Country Helmsman Crew Race 1 Race 2 Race 3 Race 4 Race 5 Race 6 Total Total

discard
Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts. Pos. Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Buddy Melges William Bentsen
William Allen
1 0.0 2 3.0 3 5.7 4 8.0 1 0.0 1 0.0 16.7 8.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook
Lennart Roslund Race 1 - 4
Bo Knape Race 5 & 6
2 3.0 1 0.0 16 22.0 8 14.0 2 3.0 6 11.7 52.7 31.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada David Miller John Ekels
Paul Côté
3 5.7 3 5.7 8 14.0 3 5.7 10 16.0 15 21.0 68.1 47.1
4  France Bertrand Cheret , first two races
Jean-Marie le Guillou , last four races
Bernard Drubay
Jean-Yves Pellerin
11 17.0 4 8.0 11 17.0 2 3.0 DSQ 35.0 4 8.0 88.0 53.0
5  Great Britain John Oakeley Charles Reynolds
Barry Dunning
20 26.0 11 17.0 9 15.0 1 0.0 3 5.7 11 17.0 80.7 54.7
6  Brazil Axel Schmidt Patrick Mascarenhas
Erik Schmidt
5 10.0 9 15.0 4 8.0 14 20.0 6 11.7 17 23.0 87.7 64.7
7  Soviet Union Timir Pinegin Valentin Zamotaykin
Rais Galimov
8 14.0 7 13.0 7 13.0 5 10.0 17 23.0 9 15.0 88.0 65.0
8  Poland Zygfryd Perlicki Józef Błaszczyk
Stanisław Stefański
19 10.0 14 20.0 5 10.0 9 15.0 5 10.0 14 20.0 100.0 75.0
9  Spain Ramón Balcells Rodón Ramón Balcells
Juan Llort
9 15.0 23 29.0 2 3.0 10 16.0 12 18.0 18 24.0 105.0 76.0
10  Norway Crownprince Harald Eirik Johannessen
Rolf Lund
6 11.7 12 18.0 18 24.0 19 25.0 14 20.0 2 3.0 101.7 76.7
11  West Germany Norbert Wagner Hans-Joachim Berndt
Friedrich May
12 18.0 6 11.7 20 26.0 22 28.0 4 8.0 7 13.0 104.7 76.7
12  Finland Peter Tallberg Johan Tallberg
Arndt Norrgård
4 8.0 10 16.0 10 16.0 16 22.0 9 15.0 22 28.0 105.0 77.0
13  Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Valdemar Bandolowski
Jan Kjærulff
7 13.0 17 23.0 1 0.0 6 11.7 DSQ 35.0 DNS 32.0 114.7 79.7
14  East Germany Roland Schwarz Werner Christoph
Lothar Koepsel
13 19.0 5 10.0 17 23.0 11 17.0 8 14.0 20 26.0 109.0 83.0
15  Bermuda Kirkland Cooper Alex Cooper
Jordy Walker
16 22.0 13 19.0 12 18.0 23 29.0 7 13.0 10 16.0 117.0 88.0
16  Australia Robert Miller Denis O'Neil
Ken Berkeley
15 21.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 12 18.0 11 17.0 13 19.0 115.0 94.0
17  Austria Uli Strohschneider Peter Denzel
Robert Haschka
26 32.0 16 22.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 13 19.0 8 14.0 127.0 95.0
18  Belgium Dirk De Bock Charles De Bondsridder
Walter Haverhals
17 23.0 21 27.0 14 20.0 21 27.0 15 21.0 5 10.0 128.0 101.0
19  Italy Giuseppe Milone Roberto Mottola di Amato
Antonio Oliviero
18 24.0 20 26.0 22 28.0 17 23.0 18 24.0 3 5.7 130.7 102.7
20  Switzerland Ronni Pieper Hans Gut
Peter Gerber
10 16.0 19 25.0 6 11.7 18 24.0 21 27.0 21 27.0 130.7 103.7
21  New Zealand Steve Marten Con Linton
Jack Scholes
14 20.0 18 24.0 19 25.0 20 26.0 20 26.0 12 18.0 139.0 113.0
22  Argentina Ricardo Boneo Héctor Campos
Pedro Ferrero
24 30.0 25 31.0 21 27.0 7 13.0 16 22.0 16 22.0 144.0 114.0
23  Mexico Armando Bauche Daniel Escalante
Esteban Gerard
22 28.0 8 14.0 26 32.0 26 32.0 22 28.0 23 29.0 163.0 131.0
24  Virgin Islands Dick Holmberg David Jones
David Kelly
21 27.0 24 30.0 23 29.0 24 30.0 19 25.0 19 25.0 166.0 136.0
25  Bahamas Bobby Symonette Craig Symonette
Percy Knowles
23 29.0 22 28.0 24 30.0 15 21.0 23 29.0 DNS 32.0 169.0 137.0
26  Philippines Mario Almario Alfonso Qua
Ambrosio Santos
25 31.0 26 32.0 25 31.0 25 31.0 24 30.0 24 30.0 185.0 153.0

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

Gender: – male; – female;

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Soling during the 1972 Summer Olympics

Further reading

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  • "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
  • "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

References

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  1. ^ a b (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
  4. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  6. ^ (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)