# Vela nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1972 - Soling

Vela nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1972 :
| Finn | aberta |
| Flying Dutchman | aberta |
| Tempest | aberta |
| Star | aberta |
| Soling | aberta |
| Dragon | aberta |
As provas da classe Soling da vela nos Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 1972 ocorreram entre 29 de agosto e 8 de setembro daquele ano no Olympiazentrum Schilksee, na Baía de Quiel, na Alemanha Ocidental. O programa compunha seis regatas. Para esta classe, houve 80 velejadores de 26 nações inscritas.

## Calendário

| ● | Competições desportivas | ● | Finais |
| Data | Agosto | Agosto | Agosto | Agosto | Agosto | Agosto | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro | Setembro |
| Data | 26 Sáb | 27 Dom | 28 Seg | 29 Ter | 30 Qua | 31 Qui | 1 Sex | 2 Sáb | 3 Dom | 4 Seg | 5 Ter | 6 Qua | 7 Qui | 8 Sex | 9 Sáb | 10 Dom | 11 Seg |
| Soling (planejamento) | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | Dia de descanso | Dia de descanso | ● | ● | ● | Dia de descanso | Dia de descanso | | | |
| Soling (real) | | | | ● | ● | ● | ● | Dia de descanso | Dia de descanso | ● | Sem vento | | Névoa | ● | | | |

## Medalhistas

O trio estadunidense Harry Melges, William Allen e William Bentsen finalizou a competição em primeiro lugar e conquistou a medalha de ouro. A prata firmou-se com os suecos Stig Wennerström, Bo Knape, Stefan Krook e Lennart Roslund. Por fim, a medalha de bronze ficou com David Miller, Paul Côté e John Ekels, do Canadá.
| USA Estados Unidos | SWE Suécia | CAN Canadá |
| Harry Melges William Allen William Bentsen | Stig Wennerström Bo Knape Stefan Krook Lennart Roslund | David Miller Paul Côté John Ekels |

## Resultados

Estes foram os resultados da competição:
| Pos. | Tripulação | Regata I | Regata I | Regata II | Regata II | Regata III | Regata III | Regata IV | Regata IV | Regata V | Regata V | Regata VI | Regata VI | Total de pontos | Total -1 |
| Pos. | Tripulação | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Total de pontos | Total -1 |
| | USA Harry Melges William Allen William Bentsen | 1 | 0,0 | 2 | 3,0 | 3 | 5,7 | 4 | 8,0 | 1 | 0,0 | 1 | 0,0 | 16,7 | 8,7 |
| | SWE Stig Wennerström Bo Knape Stefan Krook Lennart Roslund | 2 | 3,0 | 1 | 0,0 | 16 | 22,0 | 8 | 14,0 | 2 | 3,0 | 6 | 11,7 | 52,7 | 31,7 |
| | CAN David Miller Paul Côté John Ekels | 3 | 5,7 | 3 | 5,7 | 8 | 14,0 | 3 | 5,7 | 10 | 16,0 | 15 | 21,0 | 68,1 | 47,1 |
| 4 | FRA Jean-Marie le Guillou Bernard Drubay Jean-Yves Pellerin Bertrand Cheret | 11 | 17,0 | 4 | 8,0 | 11 | 17,0 | 2 | 3,0 | DSQ | 35,0 | 4 | 8,0 | 88,0 | 53,0 |
| 5 | GBR 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 | BRA 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 | URS Timir Pinegin Walentin Samotaikin Rais Galimow | 8 | 14,0 | 7 | 13,0 | 7 | 13,0 | 5 | 10,0 | 17 | 23,0 | 9 | 15,0 | 88,0 | 65,0 |
| 8 | POL 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 | ESP Ramón Balcells Rodón Ramón Balcells Comas 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 | NOR Harald V. 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 | FRG 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 | FIN 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 | DNK 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 | GDR Roland Schwarz Werner Christoph Lothar Köpsel | 13 | 19,0 | 5 | 10,0 | 17 | 23,0 | 11 | 17,0 | 8 | 14,0 | 20 | 26,0 | 109,0 | 83,0 |
| 15 | BER Kirk Cooper Alexander 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 | AUS Robert Miller Dennis O’Neil Klaas Berkeley | 15 | 21,0 | 15 | 21,0 | 13 | 19,0 | 12 | 18,0 | 11 | 17,0 | 13 | 19,0 | 115,0 | 94,0 |
| 17 | AUT Ulrich 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 | BEL 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 | ITA 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 | SUI Ronald 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 | NZL Stephen Marten Cornelius Linton John Scholes | 14 | 20,0 | 18 | 24,0 | 19 | 25,0 | 20 | 26,0 | 20 | 26,0 | 12 | 18,0 | 139,0 | 113,0 |
| 22 | ARG 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 | MEX 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 | ISV Richard 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 | BAH Robert Symonette Craig Symonette Percival Knowles | 23 | 29,0 | 22 | 28,0 | 24 | 30,0 | 15 | 21,0 | 23 | 29,0 | DNS | 32,0 | 169,0 | 137,0 |
| 26 | PHI 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 |