# Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Soling

The Soling Three Person Keelboat was sailed at the 2000 Summer Olympics held from 17 to 30 September 2000 in Sydney, Australia. The series started as a fleet race and then switched to match racing for the twelve best crew. 16 crews from 16 countries competed on 16 boats with a total of 48 sailors.
The Norwegian crew of Herman Horn Johannessen, Paul Davis and Espen Stokkeland finished first in the fleet racing stage, while Danish crew of Jesper Bank, Henrik Blakskjær and Thomas Jacobsen won the Olympic gold medal by beating the German crew of 1996 champion helmsman Jochen Schümann, Gunnar Bahr and Ingo Borkowski with 4–3 in the final series. Norway won the bronze medal through beating the Netherlands with 3–1 in matches.

## Results
### Fleet race

Points are assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points are totalled from the top 10 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 26 points are assigned for that race (as there were 25 sailors in this competition).
Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Tot | Pts |
| 1 | Herman Horn Johannessen Paul Davis Espen Stokkeland | Norway | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | DNS 17$^†$ | 33 | 16 |
| 2 | Rod Davis Don Cowie Alan Smith | New Zealand | 3 | 3 | 10$^†$ | 2 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 18 |
| 3 | Roy Heiner Peter van Niekerk Dirk de Ridder | Netherlands | 1 | 5 | 13$^†$ | 11 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 19 |
| 4 | Jeff Madrigali Craig Healy Hartwell Jordan | United States | 4 | 14 | 2 | 16$^†$ | 2 | 2 | 40 | 24 |
| 5 | Georgy Shayduko Oleg Khopyorsky Andrey Kirilyuk | Russia | 2 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 9$^†$ | 37 | 28 |
| 6 | Neville Wittey Josh Grace David Edwards | Australia | 8 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14$^†$ | 49 | 35 |
| 7 | Andy Beadsworth Richard Sydenham Barry Parkin | Great Britain | 13$^†$ | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 49 | 36 |
| 8 | Sergiy Pichugin Volodymyr Korotkov Sergiy Timokhov | Ukraine | 12 | 1 | 7 | 6 | OCS 17$^†$ | 12 | 55 | 38 |
| 9 | Philippe Presti Pascal Rambeau Jean-Marie Dauris | France | 9 | 13$^†$ | 11 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 52 | 39 |
| 10 | Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski | Germany | 14$^†$ | 10 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 55 | 41 |
| 11 | Hans Wallen Johan Barne Magnus Augustson | Sweden | 7 | 15 | 5 | 10 | OCS 17$^†$ | 5 | 59 | 42 |
| 12 | Jesper Bank Henrik Blakskjær Thomas Jacobsen | Denmark | 6 | 16$^†$ | 12 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 61 | 45 |
| 13 | Bill Abbott Matt Abbott Brad Boston | Canada | 10 | 9 | 9 | 13$^†$ | 12 | 8 | 61 | 48 |
| 14 | Nicola Celon Daniele De Luca Michele Paoletti | Italy | 16$^†$ | 6 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 65 | 49 |
| 15 | Jali Mäkilä Eki Heinonen Sami Tamminen | Finland | 11 | 4 | 15$^†$ | 14 | 13 | 15 | 72 | 57 |
| 16 | Manuel Doreste Domingo Manrique Juan Luis Wood | Spain | 15 | 12 | 16$^†$ | 15 | 8 | 6 | 74 | 58 |
Legend: – Advance to Quarter-finals; – Advance to Round robin 2; – Advance to Round robin 1; DNS – Did not start; OCS – On the course side of the starting line; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;

### Match race
#### Round robin 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | | GER | SWE | DEN | FRA | UKR | GBR |
| 1 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | Advance to Round robin 2 | — | W | L | W | W | W |
| 2 | Sweden | 5 | 4 | 1 | Advance to Round robin 2 | L | — | W | W | W | W |
| 3 | Denmark | 5 | 3 | 2 | Advance to Round robin 2 | W | L | — | W | W | L |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 3 | | L | L | L | — | W | W |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 4 | | L | L | L | L | — | W |
| 6 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 4 | | L | L | W | L | L | — |
* 1 2 Germany won against Sweden.
* 1 2 Ukraine won against Great Britain.

#### Round robin 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | | DEN | GER | RUS | SWE | AUS | USA |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 1 | Advance to Quarter-finals | — | W | W | L | W | W |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | Advance to Quarter-finals | L | — | W | W | W | L |
| 3 | Russia | 5 | 3 | 2 | Advance to Quarter-finals | L | L | — | W | W | W |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | | W | L | L | — | W | W |
| 5 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 4 | | L | L | L | L | — | W |
| 6 | United States | 5 | 1 | 4 | | L | W | L | L | L | — |
* 1 2 3 Germany won against Russia and Sweden, Russia won against Sweden.
* 1 2 Australia won against USA.

#### Quarter-finals

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | | DEN | GER | NED | NOR | NZL | RUS |
| 1 | Denmark | 5 | 4 | 1 | Advance to Semi-finals | — | L | W | W | W | W |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 4 | 1 | Advance to Semi-finals | W | — | W | W | W | L |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 3 | Advance to Semi-finals | L | L | — | L | W | W |
| 4 | Norway | 5 | 2 | 3 | Advance to Semi-finals | L | L | W | — | L | W |
| 5 | New Zealand | 5 | 2 | 3 | | L | L | L | W | — | W |
| 6 | Russia | 5 | 1 | 4 | | L | W | L | L | L | — |
* 1 2 Denmark won against Germany.
* 1 2 3 Netherlands won against New Zealand and Norway, Norway won against New Zealand.

#### Semi-finals

| Team | I | II | III | IV | Pts |
| Germany | L | W | W | W | 3 |
| Netherlands | W | L | L | L | 1 |
| Team | I | II | III | IV | Pts |
| Denmark | W | L | W | W | 3 |
| Norway | L | W | L | L | 1 |

#### Match for third place

| Team | I | II | III | IV | Pts |
| Norway | W | L | W | W | 3 |
| Netherlands | L | W | L | L | 1 |

#### Final

| Team | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | Pts |
| Denmark | W | L | L | W | L | W | W | 4 |
| Germany | L | W | W | L | W | L | L | 3 |