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Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling

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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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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]

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 1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 3
5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Russia 0
2  United States 0
4  Canada 0 5  Russia 3
5  Russia 3 Third place
2 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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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