Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling

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Soling [1]
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Soling Line Drawing.svg
Line drawing of the Soling
Venue Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
DatesFirst race: 29 August 1972 (1972-08-29)
Last race: 8 September 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors80 from 26 nations
Teams26
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Buddy Melges
William Bentsen
William Allen
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Stig Wennerström
Bo Knape
Stefan Krook
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg David Miller
John Ekels
Paul Côté
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
1976  

The Soling was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics program in Kiel-Schilksee. Seven races were scheduled. Only six races were sailed due to weather conditions. 80 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nation competed. [2] [3]

Race schedule

Because of insufficient wind the scheduled race in the Soling was postponed on 5 September 1972. Due to the interruption of the Games on 6 September 1972, the race was postponed till 7 September. Then the race conditions were unsuitable. Heavy fog and poor wind conditions made it not possible to race until 8 September. Finally for the Soling only six regattas took place. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September. [4]

  Event competitions  Event finals
DateAugustSeptember
26th
Sat
27th
Sun
28th
Mon
29th
Tue
30th
Wed
31st
Thu
1st
Fri
2nd
Sat
3rd
Sun
4th
Mon
5th
Tue
6th
Wed
7th
Thu
8th
Fri
9th
Sat
10th
Sun
11th
Mon
Soling (planning)Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Spare
day
Soling (actual)Spare
day
Spare
day
No
wind
Fog

Course area and course configuration

For the Soling course area A (Alpha) was used. The location (54°29'50'’N, 10°22'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle. [1] [5] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

Final results

These are the results of the Soling event. [6]

RankCountry Helmsman CrewRace 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6TotalTotal

discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  United States Buddy Melges Mars symbol.svg William Bentsen Mars symbol.svg
William Allen Mars symbol.svg
10.023.035.7 4 8.010.010.016.78.7
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stig Wennerström Mars symbol.svg Stefan Krook Mars symbol.svg
Lennart Roslund Mars symbol.svg Race 1 - 4
Bo Knape Mars symbol.svg Race 5 & 6
23.010.0 16 22.0814.023.0611.752.731.7
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada David Miller Mars symbol.svg John Ekels Mars symbol.svg
Paul Côté Mars symbol.svg
35.735.7814.035.71016.0 15 21.068.147.1
4Flag of France.svg  France Bertrand Cheret Mars symbol.svg , first two races
Jean-Marie le Guillou Mars symbol.svg , last four races
Bernard Drubay Mars symbol.svg
Jean-Yves Pellerin Mars symbol.svg
1117.048.01117.023.0 DSQ 35.048.088.053.0
5Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain John Oakeley Mars symbol.svg Charles Reynolds Mars symbol.svg
Barry Dunning Mars symbol.svg
20 26.01117.0915.010.035.71117.080.754.7
6Flag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil Axel Schmidt Mars symbol.svg Patrick Mascarenhas Mars symbol.svg
Erik Schmidt Mars symbol.svg
510.0915.048.01420.0611.7 17 23.087.764.7
7Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Timir Pinegin Mars symbol.svg Valentin Zamotaykin Mars symbol.svg
Rais Galimov Mars symbol.svg
814.0713.0713.0510.0 17 23.0915.088.065.0
8Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland Zygfryd Perlicki Mars symbol.svg Józef Błaszczyk Mars symbol.svg
Stanisław Stefański Mars symbol.svg
19 10.01420.0510.0915.0510.01420.0100.075.0
9Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain Ramón Balcells Rodón Mars symbol.svg Ramón Balcells Mars symbol.svg
Juan Llort Mars symbol.svg
915.0 23 29.023.01016.01218.01824.0105.076.0
10Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Crownprince Harald Mars symbol.svg Eirik Johannessen Mars symbol.svg
Rolf Lund Mars symbol.svg
611.71218.01824.0 19 25.01420.023.0101.776.7
11Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Norbert Wagner Mars symbol.svg Hans-Joachim Berndt Mars symbol.svg
Friedrich May Mars symbol.svg
1218.0611.72026.0 22 28.048.0713.0104.776.7
12Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Peter Tallberg Mars symbol.svg Johan Tallberg Mars symbol.svg
Arndt Norrgård Mars symbol.svg
48.01016.01016.01622.0915.0 22 28.0105.077.0
13Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Mars symbol.svg Valdemar Bandolowski Mars symbol.svg
Jan Kjærulff Mars symbol.svg
713.01723.010.0611.7 DSQ 35.0DNS32.0114.779.7
14Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Roland Schwarz Mars symbol.svg Werner Christoph Mars symbol.svg
Lothar Koepsel Mars symbol.svg
1319.0510.01723.01117.0814.0 20 26.0109.083.0
15Flag of Bermuda (1910-1999).svg  Bermuda Kirkland Cooper Mars symbol.svg Alex Cooper Mars symbol.svg
Jordy Walker Mars symbol.svg
1622.01319.01218.0 23 29.0713.01016.0117.088.0
16Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Robert Miller Mars symbol.svg Denis O'Neil Mars symbol.svg
Ken Berkeley Mars symbol.svg
15 21.01521.01319.01218.01117.01319.0115.094.0
17Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Uli Strohschneider Mars symbol.svg Peter Denzel Mars symbol.svg
Robert Haschka Mars symbol.svg
26 32.01622.01521.01319.01319.0814.0127.095.0
18Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium Dirk De Bock Mars symbol.svg Charles De Bondsridder Mars symbol.svg
Walter Haverhals Mars symbol.svg
1723.02127.01420.0 21 27.01521.0510.0128.0101.0
19Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Giuseppe Milone Mars symbol.svg Roberto Mottola di Amato Mars symbol.svg
Antonio Oliviero Mars symbol.svg
1824.02026.0 22 28.01723.01824.035.7130.7102.7
20Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Ronni Pieper Mars symbol.svg Hans Gut Mars symbol.svg
Peter Gerber Mars symbol.svg
1016.01925.0611.71824.0 21 27.02127.0130.7103.7
21Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Steve Marten Mars symbol.svg Con Linton Mars symbol.svg
Jack Scholes Mars symbol.svg
1420.01824.01925.0 20 26.02026.01218.0139.0113.0
22Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Ricardo Boneo Mars symbol.svg Héctor Campos Mars symbol.svg
Pedro Ferrero Mars symbol.svg
24 30.02531.02127.0713.01622.01622.0144.0114.0
23Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Armando Bauche Mars symbol.svg Daniel Escalante Mars symbol.svg
Esteban Gerard Mars symbol.svg
2228.0814.0 26 32.02632.02228.02329.0163.0131.0
24Flag of the United States Virgin Islands.svg  Virgin Islands Dick Holmberg Mars symbol.svg David Jones Mars symbol.svg
David Kelly Mars symbol.svg
2127.0 24 30.02329.02430.01925.01925.0166.0136.0
25Flag of the Bahamas (1964-1973).svg  Bahamas Bobby Symonette Mars symbol.svg Craig Symonette Mars symbol.svg
Percy Knowles Mars symbol.svg
2329.02228.02430.01521.02329.0 DNS 32.0169.0137.0
26Flag of the Philippines (1936-1985, 1986-1998).svg  Philippines Mario Almario Mars symbol.svg Alfonso Qua Mars symbol.svg
Ambrosio Santos Mars symbol.svg
2531.0 26 32.02531.02531.02430.02430.0185.0153.0

    Legend:DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;
    Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

    Gender: Male symbol.svg – male; Venus symbol.svg – female;

    Daily standings

    Graph showing the daily standings in the Soling during the 1972 Summer Olympics 1972 SOLING Positions during the serie.png
    Graph showing the daily standings in the Soling during the 1972 Summer Olympics

    Further reading

    References

    1. 1 2 Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 147. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
    2. The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
    3. "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
    4. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 1 The organization" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
    5. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 2 The constructions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 211. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
    6. Kunze, Herbert, ed. (1974). "The official report of the Organizing Committee for the Games of the XXth Olympiad Munich 1972, Volume 3 The competitions" (PDF). Munich: proSport. p. 505. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014.