# Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling

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.

## Results after Fleetrace

| 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 | Race 7 | Race 7 | Race 8 | Race 8 | Race 9 | Race 9 | Race 10 | Race 10 | Total | Total – discard |
| Rank | Country | Helmsman | Crew | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Total | Total – discard |
| 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

| Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Quarter finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Semi finals | Final | Final | 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 | Third place | Third place |
| | | | | | | 2 | United States | 3 |
| | | | | | | 4 | Great Britain | 1 |
    Canada (CAN) (5th) vs. Denmark (DEN) (6th) decided on basis of fleetrace result.

## Conditions at Soling course area

* Black: Marinas Blue: Alpha course Green: Bravo course Yellow: Charly course Red: Delta course
* Olympic course ZO. Fleetrace . S(Start) - 1 - 2 - 3 - - 2 - 3 - F(Finish reaching)
* Olympic course WD. Matchracerace . S(Start) - 1 - 4G - 1 - F(Finish downwind)
| 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 |