# Soling European Championship

The Soling European Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the International Soling Association under auspiciën of World Sailing. Over 50 Soling European Championship were held. The popularity grew during the Olympic period of the Soling. After that era the event continued and is still reasonable successful. The Soling European Championship is an "Open" event. This means that competitors from all over the world are eligible to enter.
During the Olympic era of the Soling (1969 - 2000) the European Championships were a primary selection event for the NOC's to determine their Olympic delegation in the class.

## Editions

| # | Year | City | Country | Dates | Boats | Athletes | Nations | Note/ Reference |
| 1 | 1968 | Skovshoved | Denmark | 15–22 July | 25 | 75 | ? | |
| 2 | 1969 | Sandhamn | Sweden | | 46 | 138 | 11 | |
| 3 | 1970 | Hankø | Norway | 15–22 July | | | | |
| 4 | 1971 | Travemünde | West Germany | 8–16 August | | | | |
| 5 | 1972 | Skovshoved | Denmark | 8–16 August | | | | |
| 6 | 1973 | Medemblik | Netherlands | 14–22 July | | | | |
| 7 | 1974 | Helensburgh | United Kingdom | 1–8 September | 53 | 159 | | |
| 8 | 1975 | Alassio | Italy | 17–25 May | 62 | 168 | | |
| 9 | 1976 | Geneva | Switzerland | 28 April – 8 May | 54 | 162 | | |
| 10 | 1977 | Piraeus | Greece | 26 August – 6 September | | | | |
| 11 | 1978 | Kiel | West Germany | 2–9 July | 73 | 219 | | |
| 12 | 1979 | La Rochelle | France | 26 August – 2 September | 43 | 129 | 14 | |
| 13 | 1980 | Helsinki | Finland | 4–13 June | 40 | 120 | 13 | |
| 14 | 1981 | Attersee | Austria | 30 August – 6 September | 43 | 129 | 13 | |
| 15 | 1982 | Dragør | Denmark | 11–19 September | 51 | 153 | 13 | |
| 16 | 1983 | Medemblik | Netherlands | 2–10 September | 50 | 150 | 17 | |
| 17 | 1984 | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games | |
| 18 | 1985 | Balatonfüred | Hungary | 17–27 May | 53 | 159 | 16 | |
| 19 | 1986 | Warnemünde | East Germany | 4–13 July | 47 | 141 | 16 | |
| 20 | 1987 | Karlshamn | Sweden | 28 August – 6 September | 51 | 153 | 18 | |
| 21 | 1988 | Alassio | Italy | 8–14 May | 63 | 189 | 20 | |
| 22 | 1989 | Oslo | Norway | 1–9 September | 48 | 144 | 17 | |
| 23 | 1990 | Prien am Chiemsee | West Germany | 30 April – 6 May | 69 | 207 | 19 | |
| 24 | 1991 | La Baule | France | 30 May – 9 June | 83 | 249 | 20 | |
| 25 | 1992 | Lake Garda | Italy | 17–26 September | 45 | 235 | 14 | |
| 26 | 1993 | Portorož | Slovenia | 5–12 June | 39 | 117 | 13 | |
| 27 | 1994 | Vilamoura | Portugal | 17–23 September | 32 | 96 | 16 | |
| 28 | 1995 | Marstrand | Sweden | 12–18 June | 56 | 168 | 21 | |
| 29 | 1996 | Lake Balaton | Hungary | 19–27 September | 31 | 93 | 12 | |
| 30 | 1997 | Troon | United Kingdom | 6–12 September | 37 | 111 | 13 | |
| 31 | 1998 | Izola | Slovenia | 4–11 July 1998 | 51 | 153 | 17 | |
| 32 | 1999 | Sandefjord | Norway | 25–31 July | 47 | 141 | 19 | |
| 33 | 2000 | La Rochelle | France | 11–17 June | 27 | 81 | 14 | |
| 34 | 2001 | Attersee | Austria | 1–8 September | 31 | 93 | 10 | |
| 35 | 2002 | Castiglione della Pescaia | Italy | 27 May – 1 June | 32 | 96 | 10 | |
| 36 | 2003 | Nago–Torbole | Italy | 31 August - 4 September | 24 | 72 | 10 | |
| 37 | 2004 | Tønsberg | Norway | 2–8 August | 20 | 60 | 9 | |
| 38 | 2005 | Medemblik | Netherlands | 7–12 August | 20 | 60 | 7 | |
| 39 | 2006 | Balatonfüred | Hungary | 13–19 May | 25 | 75 | 12 | |
| 40 | 2007 | Arendal | Norway | 28 July – 3 August | 52 | 156 | 14 | |
| 41 | 2008 | Balatonfured | Hungary | 20–27 April | 19 | 57 | 10 | |
| 42 | 2009 | Lovere | Italy | 31 July – 8 August | 36 | 108 | 10 | |
| 43 | 2010 | La Trinité-sur-Mer | France | 28 August – 4 September | 25 | 75 | 11 | |
| 44 | 2011 | Attersee | Austria | 27 August – 4 September | 32 | 96 | 10 | |
| 45 | 2012 | Aarhus | Denmark | 9–15 June | 33 | 99 | 12 | |
| 46 | 2013 | Castiglione della Pescaia | Italy | 28 March – 3 April | 21 | 63 | 10 | |
| 47 | 2014 | Quiberon | France | 14–19 June | 16 | 48 | 12 | |
| 48 | 2015 | Berlin | Germany | 13–19 September | 27 | 84 | 6 | |
| 49 | 2016 | Ebensee | Austria | 2–5 May | 35 | 105 | 11 | |
| 50 | 2017 | Riva del Garda | Italy | 13–16 June | 37 | 111 | 11 | |
| 51 | 2018 | Alsóörs | Hungary | 1–5 May | 22 | 66 | 09 | |
| 52 | 2019 | Torbole | Italy | 25–29 June | 32 | 96 | 11 | |
| 53 | 2020 | Warnemunde | Germany | 16-21 June | Not held due to COVID-19 | Not held due to COVID-19 | Not held due to COVID-19 | |
| 54 | 2021 | Santander, Spain | Spain | | Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 | Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 | Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 | |
| 54 | 2021 | Mandello del Lario | Italy | 30 September – 3 October | 25 | 75 | 9 | , |
| 55 | 2022 | Attersee (lake) | Austria | 29 August - 3 September | 31 | 93 | 10 | |
| 56 | 2023 | Warnemunde | Germany | | | | | |

## Medalists

| Yearvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1968 Denmark Skovshoved details | Norway Per Spilling Jim Mc Elvin Dag Blomdal | Netherlands Geert Bakker Crew not documented | Denmark Niels Bolt Jörgensen Crew not documented |
| 1969 Sweden Sandhamn details | Sweden Arved von Grünewaldt Tommy Nilsson Anders Nordin | Sweden H. Kellner Crew not documented | West Germany Norbert Wagner Crew not documented |
| 1970 Norway Hankø details | Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Poul Mik-Meyer Jan Kjærulff | Sweden Arved von Grünewaldt Tommy Nilsson Anders Nordin | Sweden Pelle Petterson Crew not documented |
| 1971 West Germany Travemünde details | Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Flemming Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski | Soviet Union Timur Pinegin Valentin Zamotaykin Rais Galimov | Denmark Niels Bolt Jörgensen Crew not documented |
| 1972 Denmark Skovshoved details | East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph | United Kingdom John Oakeley Charles Reynolds Barry Dunning | Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Niels Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski |
| 1973 Netherlands Medemblik details | East Germany Dieter Below Michael Zachries Olaf Engelhardt | Austria Uli Strohschneider Crew not documented | East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph |
| 1974 United Kingdom Firth of Clyde details | West Germany Willi Kuhweide Karsten Meyer Axel May | Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Crew not documented | East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph |
| 1975 Italy Alassio details | Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook Lennart Roslund | East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph | Italy Fabio Albarelli Leopoldo di Martino Guidotti |
| 1976 Switzerland Geneva details | East Germany Dieter Below Michael Zachries Olaf Engelhardt | Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hermann Hansen | Austria Herbert Raudaschl Walter Raudaschl Rudi Mayer |
| 1977 Greece Piraeus details | West Germany Fritz Geis Gerhard Fehlner Ernst Günter Beck | West Germany Willi Kuhweide Axel May Karsten Meyer | Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Crew not documented |
| 1978 West Germany Kiel details | Canada Hans Fogh John Kerr Dennis Toews | Canada Glenn Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan | East Germany Dieter Below Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries |
| 1979 France La Rochelle details | Brazil Eduardo de Souza Manfred Kaufman Thomas Heiman | Netherlands Geert Bakker Pieter Keijzer Harald de Vlaming | Sweden Arved von Grünewaltdt Tommy Nilsson Anders Nordin |
| 1980 Finland Helsinki details | Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Nikolay Polyakov Aleksandr Budnikov | West Germany Willi Kuhweide Eckart Loell Sebastian Ziegelmayer | Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hermann Hansen |
| 1981 Austria Attersee (lake) details | Austria Michael Farthofer Christian Holler Georg Vartian | East Germany Jörg Hermann B. Becker O. Olbrich | West Germany Fritz Geis Richard Fricke Karl Fricke |
| 1982 Denmark Dragør details | Canada Hans Fogh John Kerr Poul Richard Høj Jensen | Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Aleksandr Budnikov Nikolay Polyakov | Soviet Union Eugenij Kudriavtsev Crew not documented |
| 1983 Netherlands Medemblik details | Canada Hans Fogh John Kerr (sailor) Steve Calder | Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Gennadi Strakh Oleg Miron | East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering |
| 1984 | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games | Not held due to Olympic Games |
| 1985 Hungary Balatonfüred details | Norway Terje Wang Jørn Petterson Tom Stian Selander | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | Soviet Union Georgy Shayduko Sergej Kanov Nikolay Polyakov |
| 1986 East Germany Warnemünde details | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | Sweden Lennart Persson Eje Öberg Tony Wallin | Germany Thomas Jungblut Thomas Maschkiwitz Tim Kröger |
| 1987 Sweden Karlshamn details | Soviet Union Georgy Shayduko Sergej Kanov Nikolay Polyakov | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | Canada Hans Fogh Steve Calder Hank Lammens |
| 1988 Italy Alassio details | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham | Denmark Jesper Bank Jan Mathiassen Steen Secher |
| 1989 Norway Oslo details | Denmark Jesper Bank Jesper Seier Steen Secher | Soviet Union Sergey Pichuguin Gennadi Strakh Andrei Nikandrov | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel |
| 1990 Germany Prien am Chiemsee details | France Marc Bouet Alain Pointet Fabrice Levet | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | Netherlands Roy Heiner Ed van der Steene Yska Minks |
| 1991 France La Baule details | United States Dave Curtis Brad Dellenbaugh Paul Murphy | Sweden Magnus Holmberg Björn Alm Johan Barne | East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel |
| 1992 Italy Torbole details | Sweden Per Åhlby Stefan Nordström Jan-Olov Sandberg | Austria Michael Luschan Stefan Lindner Georg Stadler | Sweden Magnus Holmberg Björn Alm Johan Barne |
| 1993 Slovenia Portorose details | Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | Germany Albert Batzill Peter Lang Eddy Eich | Norway Rune Jacobsen Erling Landsværk Thom Haaland |
| 1994 Portugal Vilamoura details | Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel | Denmark Stig Westergaard Jens Bojsen-Møller Bjørn Westergaard | Australia Ian Walker Michael Peel Stephan Jackson |
| 1995 Sweden Marstrand details | Denmark Jesper Bank Kræn Nielsen Thomas Jacobsen | Norway Herman Horn Johannessen Paul Davis Espen Stokkeland | Australia Cameron Miles James Mayjor Chris Links |
| 1996 Hungary Balatonfüred details | Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Serhiy Khaindrava Volodymyr Korotkov | Austria Christian Binder Franz Fellner Volker Moser | Hungary György Wossala László Kovácsi Károly Vezér |
| 1997 United Kingdom Troon details | Germany Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski | Great Britain Andy Beadsworth Barry Parkin Mason | Norway Herman Horn Johannessen Paul Davis Espen Stokkeland |
| 1998 Slovenia Izola details | Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Volodymyr Korotkov Serhiy Timokhov | Russia Georgy Shayduko Sergey Voltshkov S. Kramskoy | Germany Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski |
| 1999 Sweden Sandefjord details | Netherlands Roy Heiner Peter Van Niekerk Dirk de Ridder | Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Volodymyr Korotkov Serhiy Timokhov | Germany Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski |
| 2000 France La Rochelle details | Denmark Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjær Thomas Jacobsen | Russia Georgy Shayduko Oleg Khopyorsky Andrei Kiriliuk | Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Volodymyr Korotkov Serhiy Timokhov |
| 2001 Austria Attersee (lake) details | Austria Christian Binder Nicky Fellner Volker Moser | Germany Heiko Winkler Stefan Wenzel Jens Niemann | Austria Carl Auteried Jr. Thomas Beclin Martin Kendler |
| 2002 Italy Castiglione della Pescaia details | Austria Carl Auteried, Jr. Martin Kendler Thomas Beclin | Austria Markus Schneeberger Volker Moser Christian Panek | Hungary György Wossala László Kovácsi Károly Vezér |
| 2003 Italy Torbole details | Hungary Gyenese Balázs Gyula Mónus Károly Vezér | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | Germany Karl Haist Daniel Diesing Jacob Carsten |
| 2004 Norway Tonsberg details | Austria Markus Schneeberger Volker Moser Christian Panek | Slovenia Boštjan Antončič Gennadi Strakh Zeljko Perovic | Norway Pål Christoffersen Karl Book Espen Kamperhaug |
| 2005 Netherlands Medemblik details | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | Hungary György Wossala Pepe Németh Károly Vezér | Norway Dag Usterud Arne Ottestad Eskil Sønju Le Bruyn Goldeng |
| 2006 Hungary Balatonfüred details | Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Ivan Chehlatiy Serhiy Timokhov | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | Austria Carl Auteried, Jr. Udo Moser Martin Kendler |
| 2007 Norway Arendal details | Slovenia Boštjan Antončič Gennadi Strakh Serhiy Pichuhin | Germany Thomas Maschkiwitz Christian Öhler Kristof Wossala | Argentina Gustavo Warburg Maximo Smith Miguel Lacour |
| 2008 Hungary Balatonfüred details | Hungary György Wossala Károly Vezér Pepe Németh | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | Netherlands Johan Offermans Bas Dusee Dominik Meissner |
| 2009 Italy Lovere details | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | Austria Carl Auteried, Jr. Udo Moser Martin Kendler | Hungary György Wossala Peper Németh Károly Vezér |
| 2010 France La Trinite sur Mer details | Hungary György Wossala Károly Vezér Pepe Németh | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | Argentina Gustavo Warburg Maximo Smith Hernan Celedoni |
| 2011 Austria Attersee (lake) details | Germany Uwe Steingross Karsten Eller Tim Giesecke | United States Stuart H. Walker Georg Stadler Johannes Spitzk | Austria Johann Kahls Christian Kahls Ronnie Zeiler |
| 2012 Denmark Arhus details | Argentina Gustavo Warburg Rodrigo Ferrés Miguel Lacour | Germany Karl Haist Martin Zeileis Patrick Wichmann | Netherlands Rudy den Outer Gavin Lidlow Ramzi Souli |
| 2013 Italy Castiglione della Pescaia details | Ukraine Igor Yushko Serhiy Pichuhin Dmitriy Yarmolenka | Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann | United States Charlie Kamps Jeremy McMahon Toby Kamps |
| 2014 Italy Saint-Pierre-Quiberon details | Germany Uwe Steingross Karsten Eller Tim Giesecke | Canada Peter Hall Steve Lacey William Hall | Netherlands Rudy den Outer Gavin Lidlow Ramzi Souli |
| 2015 Germany Grünau (Berlin) details | Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Ingo Borkowski & Bernd Jäkel (last race) | Hungary Litkey Farkas Károly Vezér Gabor Croszlan | Ukraine Igor Yushko Sergey Pichugin Igor Severianov |
| 2016 Austria Ebensee am Traunsee details | Austria Christian Binder Klaus Kratochwill Christian Feichtinger | Hungary Litkey Farkas Joo Kristoff Gabor Croszlan | Canada Peter Hall Steve Lacey William Hall |
| 2017 Italy Riva del Garda details | Hungary Litkey Farkas Károly Vezér Csaba Weinhardt | Austria Florian Felzmann Michael Felzmann Margund Schuh | Ukraine Igor Yushko Serhiy Pichuhin Igor Severianov |
| 2018 Hungary Alsóörs details | Hungary Sándor Varjas László Kovácsi Gábor Meretei | Hungary György Wossala Peter Németh Christoph Wossala | Hungary Annamária Sabján Bea Majoross András Bajusz |
| 2019 Italy Torbole details | Finland Eki Heinonen Gabor Helmhout Mathias Heinonen | Hungary Sándor Varjas László Kovácsi Gábor Meretei | Austria Florian Felzmann Michael Felzmann Markus Gnan |
| 2020 Germany Warnemünde details | Not held due to COVID-19 | Not held due to COVID-19 | Not held due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 Spain Santander details | Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 | Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 | Rescheduled and relocated due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 Italy Mandello del Lario details | Netherlands Rudy den Outer Theo de Lange Ramzi Souli | Hungary Sándor Varjas László Kovácsi Gábor Meretei | Hungary György Wossala Károly Vezér Christoph Wossala |
| 2022 Austria Attersee (lake) details | Austria Florian Felzmann Stephan Beurle Michael Felzmann | Hungary Sándor Varjas László Kovácsi Gábor Meretei | Austria Christian Spiessberger Max Reisinger Gerhard Schlipfinger |

## Medal table

1968 - 2022 :
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany | 8 | 9 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Austria | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |
| 3 | Hungary | 6 | 6 | 5 | 17 |
| 4 | East Germany | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Sweden | 4 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | Denmark | 4 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 7 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 | Canada | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Soviet Union | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | West Germany | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | Norway | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | United States | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 14 | Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 16 | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Finland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | France | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Great Britain | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Russia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (22 entries) | Totals (22 entries) | 54 | 52 | 53 | 159 |

## Other statistics

Competing Countries in the European Soling Championships :
| Country | Host | Visitor | Competed |
| Argentina | | 6 | 6 |
| Australia | | 10 | 10 |
| Austria | 4 | 38 | 42 |
| Belgium | | 2 | 2 |
| Bermuda | | 1 | 1 |
| Belarus | | 3 | 3 |
| Brazil | | 8 | 8 |
| Canada | | 23 | 23 |
| Croatia | | 2 | 2 |
| Czech Republic | | 3 | 3 |
| East Germany | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Denmark | 4 | 33 | 37 |
| Spain | | 11 | 11 |
| Finland | 1 | 17 | 18 |
| France | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| West Germany | 3 | 15 | 18 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 28 | 30 |
| Germany | 1 | 29 | 30 |
| Greece | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Hungary | 5 | 28 | 33 |
| Ireland | | 4 | 4 |
| Italy | 10 | 25 | 35 |
| Japan | | 5 | 5 |
| Liechtenstein | | 1 | 1 |
| Monaco | | 1 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 40 | 43 |
| Norway | 5 | 26 | 31 |
| New Zealand | | 2 | 2 |
| Pakistan | | 1 | 1 |
| Poland | | 6 | 6 |
| Portugal | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| South Africa | | 2 | 2 |
| Russia | | 4 | 4 |
| Slovenia | 2 | 17 | 19 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 13 | 14 |
| Slovakia | | 3 | 3 |
| Sweden | 3 | 22 | 25 |
| Ukraine | | 12 | 12 |
| Soviet Union | | 13 | 13 |
| United States | | 34 | 34 |
| Yugoslavia | | 1 | 1 |

## Race details

For further detailed results see:
* Soling European Championship results (1968–1979)
* Soling European Championship results (1980–1984)
* Soling European Championship results (1985–1989)
* Soling European Championship results (1990–1994)
* Soling European Championship results (1995–1999)
* Soling European Championship results (2000–2004)
* Soling European Championship results (2005–2009)
* Soling European Championship results (2010–2014)
* Soling European Championship results (2015–2019)
* Soling European Championship results (2020–2024)