| Soling at the Games of the XXIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Soling | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Long Beach | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 31 July to 8 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 66 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 22 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics | ||
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| Windglider | Men | |
| Finn | Open | |
| 470 | Open | |
| Flying Dutchman | Open | |
| Tornado | Open | |
| Star | Open | |
| Soling | Open | |
The Soling was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics program in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, California . Seven races were scheduled. 66 sailors, on 22 boats, from 22 nations competed. [1]
 Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Total Points [2] | Total -1 [3] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | |||||
 |  Robbie Haines  (USA) | Rod Davis Edward Trevelyan | 1 | 0.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 62.7 | 33.7 | ||
 |  Torben Grael (BRA) | Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 59.4 | 43.4 | ||
 |  Hans Fogh (CAN) | Steve Calder John Kerr | 4 | 8.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 63.7 | 49.7 | ||
| 4 |  Chris Law (GBR) | Edward Leask Jeremy Richards | 2 | 3.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | YMP | 16.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 73.7 | 54.7 | ||
| 5 |  Dag Usterud (NOR) | Børre Skui Stein Lund Halvorsen | 11 | 17.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 7 | 13.0 | 86.7 | 57.7 | ||
| 6 |  Tassos Boudouris (GRE) | Dimitrios Deligiannis Georgios Spyridis | 8 | 14.5 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 9 | 15.0 | 88.2 | 59.2 | ||
| 7 |  Gary Sheard (AUS) | Tim Dorning Dean Gordon | 5 | 10.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 5 | 10.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 83.4 | 62.4 | ||
| 8 |  Willy Kuhweide (FRG) | Axel May Eckhard Löll | 10 | 16.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 92.0 | 71.0 | ||
| 9 |  Gianluca Lamaro (ITA) | Valerio Romano Aurelio Dalla Vecchia | 6 | 11.7 | 2 | 3.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 91.7 | 73.7 | ||
| 10 |  Magnus Grävare (SWE) | Martin Grävare Eric Wallin | 7 | 13.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 94.0 | 74.0 | ||
| 11 |  Tom Dodson (NZL) | Simon Daubney Aran Hansen | 12 | 18.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 117.7 | 88.7 | ||
| 12 |  Jesper Bank (DEN) | Thomas Andersen Jan Mathiasen | 8 | 14.5 | 7 | 13.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 111.5 | 92.5 | ||
| 13 |  Pedro Ferrero (ARG) | Carlos Sanguinetti Alberto Llorens | 15 | 21.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 14 | 20.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 116.7 | 93.7 | ||
| 14 |  Patrick Haegeli (FRA) | Michel Audoin Philippe Massu | 14 | 20.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 8 | 14.0 | DSQ | 29.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 139.7 | 110.7 | ||
| 15 |  Michael Farthofer (AUT) | Christian Holler Richard Holler | 12 | 18.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 142.0 | 113.0 | ||
| 16 |  Bernd Knuppel (URU) | Alejandro Ferreiro Enrique Dupont | 16 | 22.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 13 | 19.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 139.7 | 116.7 | ||
| 17 |  Takaharu Hirozawa (JPN) | Minoru Okita Takumi Fujiwara | 14 | 20.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 151.0 | 124.0 | ||
| 18 |  Louis Herman (CHI) | Jorge Zvazola Manuel Gonzalez | 13 | 19.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 154.0 | 128.0 | ||
| 19 |  Eric Tulla (PUR) | Jerry Pignolet Ronnie Ramos | 19 | 25.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 174.0 | 145.0 | ||
| 20 |  Khalid Akhtar (PAK) | Adnan Yousoof Naseem Khan | 18 | 24.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 172.0 | 145.0 | ||
| 21 |  Robin Tattersall (IVB) | Keith Thomas Elvet Meyers | 17 | 23.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 173.0 | 146.0 | ||
| 22 |  Jean Braure (ISV) | Kirk Grybowski Marlon Singh | 19 | 25.0 | 22 | 28.0 | 22 | 28.0 | 22 | 28.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 188.0 | 160.0 | ||
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start, YMP = Yacht Materially Prejudiced
= Male, 
= Female
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