# 1996 Star World Championships

The 1996 Star World Championships were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil between January 9 and 21, 1996. The hosting yacht club was Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro.

## Results

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | Tot | Pts |
| | Enrico Chieffi (H) Roberto Sinibaldi | Italy | 62 PMS | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 79 | 17 |
| | Mark Reynolds (H) Hal Haenel | United States | 4 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 19 |
| | Torben Schmidt Grael (H) Marcelo Ferreira | Brazil | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 30 | 22 |
| 4 | Paul Cayard (H) George Iverson | United States | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 35 | 25 |
| 5 | Alan Adler (H) Rodrigo Meirleles | Brazil | 2 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 28 |
| 6 | Ross MacDonald (H) Eric Jespersen | Canada | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 42 | 29 |
| 7 | Hans Wallén (H) Bobby Lohse | Sweden | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 42 | 31 |
| 8 | Jose Doreste (H) Javier Hermida | Spain | 12 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 11 | 56 | 39 |
| 9 | Mats Johansson (H) Stefan Hemlin | Sweden | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 56 | 42 |
| 10 | Frank Butzmann (H) Kai Falkenthal | Germany | 8 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 31 | 6 | 78 | 47 |
| 11 | Colin Beashel (H) David Giles | Australia | 10 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 62 PMS | 110 | 48 |
| 12 | Joe Londrigan (H) Phil Trinter | United States | 14 | 14 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 74 | 52 |
| 13 | Roberto Benamati (H) Giuseppe Devoti | Italy | 16 | 62 DNF | 9 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 122 | 60 |
| 14 | Peter Bromby (H) Lee White | Bermuda | 1 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 26 | 18 | 93 | 67 |
| 15 | Peter E. Siemsen (H) Pedro Camargo | Brazil | 6 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 62 PMS | 134 | 72 |
| 16 | George Szabo III (H) Rick Peters | United States | 20 | 16 | 16 YMP | 16 | 19 | 7 | 94 | 74 |
| 17 | Paolo Semeraro (H) Mario Marenco | Italy | 17 | 11 | 19 | 62 DSQ | 15 | 26 | 150 | 88 |
| 18 | Enrico Passoni (H) Ermes Costa | Italy | 19 | 21 | 15 | 19 | 22 | 62 PMS | 158 | 96 |
| 19 | Vincent Brun (H) Magnus Liljedahl | United States | 62 DSQ | 4 | 20 | 62 DNF | 14 | 2 | 164 | 102 |
| 20 | Foss Miller (H) Garth Olsen | United States | 22 | 41 | 21 | 24 | 20 | 22 | 150 | 109 |
| 21 | Jurg Ryffel (H) Cyrille Fullemann | Switzerland | 15 | 33 | 37 | 14 | 29 | 25 | 153 | 113 |
| 22 | Rob Maine III (H) Gary Applebaum | United States | 33 | 19 | 23 | 18 | 35 | 24 | 152 | 117 |
| 23 | Riccardo Simoneschi (H) Corrado Cristaldini | Italy | 23 | 29 | 14 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 148 | 118 |
| 24 | Urs Hunkeler (H) Markus Lauber | Switzerland | 32 | 25 | 18 | 31 | 23 | 21 | 150 | 118 |
| 25 | Richard Grönblom (H) Ville Kurki | Finland | 26 YMP | 28 | 34 | 32 | 21 | 17 | 158 | 124 |
| 26 | John King (H) Wellington de Barros | Brazil | 62 DNF | 20 | 62 PMS | 21 | 10 | 15 | 190 | 128 |
| 27 | Anders Lundmark (H) Niklas Olsson | Sweden | 21 | 22 | 33 | 41 | 44 | 11 | 172 | 133 |
| 28 | Daniel Stegmeier (H) Beat Stegmeier | Switzerland | 28 | 23 | 27 | 29 | 50 | 28 | 185 | 135 |
| 29 | Gastao Brun (H) Ricardo Nunes Ermel | Brazil | 26 | 30 | 24 | 25 | 38 | 62 PMS | 205 | 143 |
| 30 | Pietro D'Ali (H) Ferdinando Colaninno | Italy | 35 | 62 DND | 59 YMP | 23 | 18 | 20 | 217 | 155 |
| 31 | Philip Graves (H) Kai Bjorn | Canada | 25 | 31 | 62 PMS | 22 | 17 | 62 DNS | 219 | 157 |
| 32 | Augusto Barrozo (H) Paulo Fabriani | Brazil | 18 | 42 | 62 DSQ | 34 | 37 | 31 | 224 | 162 |
| 33 | Peter King (H) Andre Lekszycki | Brazil | 37 | 35 | 29 | 33 | 28 | 62 PMS | 224 | 162 |
| 34 | Peter Moeckl (H) Christian Nehammer | Germany | 33 | 39 | 26 | 44 | 24 | 35 | 201 | 163 |
| 35 | Anastasios Boudouris (H) Dimitrios Boukis | Greece | 13 | 62 DND | 62 DSQ | 15 | 12 | 62 DNF | 226 | 164 |
| 36 | Jorge Zarif (H) Guilherme De Almeida | Brazil | 31 | 18 | 62 PMS | 27 | 27 | 62 DNF | 227 | 165 |
| 37 | Daniel A. Wilcox (H) Silvio De Luca | Brazil | 29 | 62 DNF | 13 | 28 | 24 | 62 PMS | 230 | 168 |
| 38 | Christoph Gautschi (H) Kurt Freuis | Switzerland | 38 | 32 | 42 | 37 | 45 | 19 | 213 | 168 |
| 39 | Diogo Cayolla (H) Miguel Costa | Portugal | 27 | 37 | 35 | 35 | 47 | 62 RET | 243 | 181 |
| 40 | Alberto Zanetti (H) Alejandro Colla | Argentina | 30 | 26 | 62 PMS | 62 DNF | 41 | 23 | 244 | 182 |
| 41 | Dieter Schön (H) Thomas Auracher | Germany | 62 PMS | 27 | 25 | 43 | 55 | 32 | 245 | 183 |
| 42 | Alberto La Tegola (H) Giovanni Di Cagno | Italy | 35 | 46 | 32 | 42 | 40 | 33 | 228 | 183 |
| 43 | Rainer Wilhelm (H) Scott Zimmer | Austria | 40 | 47 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 34 | 231 | 184 |
| 44 | Jose Dias (H) Arnaldo Coochi | Brazil | 24 | 38 | 38 | 46 | 43 | 62 PMS | 249 | 187 |
| 45 | Regi Schlubach (H) John Schlubach | Germany | 47 | 24 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 38 | 243 | 190 |
| 46 | Rainer R. Roellenbleg (H) Jörg Fricke | Germany | 62 DNF | 36 | 62 DNF | 26 | 39 | 29 | 254 | 192 |
| 47 | Davide Degennaro (H) Segrio Lambertenghi | Italy | 46 | 44 | 44 | 36 | 48 | 30 | 248 | 200 |
| 48 | Rolf Beck (H) Jurgen Eiermann | Netherlands | 45 | 62 DNF | 30 | 39 | 46 | 42 | 264 | 202 |
| 49 | Ingvar Krook (H) Hugo Oljemark | Sweden | 41 | 43 | 31 | 62 DSQ | 33 | 62 PMS | 272 | 210 |
| 50 | Urs Ryffel (H) Markus Thomet | Switzerland | 44 | 45 | 41 | 38 | 42 | 62 PMS | 272 | 210 |
| 51 | Rudi Houdek (H) Wolfgang Rappel | Germany | 40 | 40 | 28 | 48 | 62 DNC | 40 | 275 | 213 |
| 52 | Alfred Weber (H) Harry Hoeferer | Austria | 34 | 49 | 62 DNF | 51 | 54 | 39 | 289 | 227 |
| 53 | Gerhard Meyer (H) Ronald Seifert | Brazil | 42 | 48 | 39 | 57 | 60 | 44 | 290 | 230 |
| 54 | Peter D. Siemsen (H) Andre Mirsky | Brazil | 43 | 52 | 48 | 54 | 53 | 37 | 287 | 231 |
| 55 | Paulo Duarte (H) Luis Amaro | Brazil | 48 YMP | 50 | 43 | 49 | 58 | 41 | 289 | 231 |
| 56 | Dierk Thomsen (H) Jorge B. de Mattos | Germany | 49 | 62 DNF | 45 | 52 | 52 | 38 | 298 | 236 |
| 57 | Alessandro Pascolato (H) Nelson Falcao | Brazil | 62 PMS | 34 | 62 RET | 47 | 38 | 62 PMS | 303 | 241 |
| 58 | Antonio Tamburini (H) Giambatista Giacchetti | Italy | 50 | 53 | 48 | 50 | 59 | 45 | 305 | 246 |
| 59 | Harald Wirth (H) Paul Samonig | Austria | 48 | 51 | 47 | 53 | 49 | 62 DNF | 310 | 248 |
| 60 | Harry W. Walker (H) Juan Pablo Engelhard | United States | 51 | 62 DNF | 50 | 56 | 57 | 43 | 319 | 257 |
| 61 | Chris Reckmann (H) Markus Schmid | Switzerland | 52 | 62 DNF | 49 | 55 | 58 | 46 | 320 | 258 |
Legend: DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start; RET – Retired; YMP – Yacht materially prejudiced;