# Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling

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.

## Race schedule

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.
| ● | Event competitions | ● | Event finals |
| Date | August | August | August | August | August | August | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September | September |
| Date | 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

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. The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

## Final results

These are the results of the Soling event.
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Race 3 | Race 3 | Race 4 | Race 4 | Race 5 | Race 5 | Race 6 | Race 6 | Total | Total – discard |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total | Total – discard |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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;