Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling

The Soling Competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 27 July to 4 August 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. The competition was for the first time in a combined format. First the competitors had to sail a series of six fleet races. Points were awarded for placement in each race. The best five out of six race scores counted for placement in the match race series. After the fleetraces the top 6 placed boats sailed a round-robin series of match races. After the round-robin the best four proceeded to the semi-finals. Here the boat placed 1st met the boat placed 4th and the boat placed 2nd met the boat placed 3rd in a best out of three series of match races. Finally the winners of the semi-finals met in the final best out of three match races. The losers of the semi-finals also met in a best out of three series of matches for the bronze medal.[1]

Soling
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Soling
VenueBarcelona
Dates27 July to 4 August
Competitors72 from 24 nations
Teams24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Jesper Seier
 Denmark
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kevin Mahaney
Jim Brady
Doug Kern
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lawrie Smith
Robert Cruickshank
Ossie Stewart
 Great Britain
← 1988
1996 →

Results

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Results after Fleetrace

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Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Total
Points
[2]
Total
-1
[3]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1   Kevin Mahaney   (USA) Jim Brady  
Doug Kern  
1 0.0 7 13.0 3 5.7 1 0.0 3 5.7 DNC 31.0 55.4 24.4
2   Jesper Bank   (DEN) Steen Secher  
Jesper Seier  
2 3.0 2 3.0 1 0.0 8 14.0 8 14.0 DNC 31.0 65.0 34.0
3   Jochen Schümann   (GER) Thomas Flach  
Bernd Jäkel  
3 5.7 10 16.0 8 14.0 6 11.7 2 3.0 3 5.7 56.1 40.1
4   Magnus Holmberg   (SWE) Björn Alm  
Johan Barne  
14 20.0 5 10.0 2 3.0 7 13.0 10 16.0 2 3.0 65.0 45.0
5   Lawrie Smith   (GBR) Robert Cruikshank  
Ossie Stewart  
15 21.0 1 0.0 4 8.0 5 10.0 14 20.0 5 10.0 69.0 48.0
6   Fernando León Boissier   (ESP) Felipe de Borbón  
Alfredo Vázquez  
8 14.0 4 8.0 6 11.7 3 5.7 11 17.0 8 14.0 70.4 53.4
7   Paul Thomson   (CAN) Stuart Flinn  
Philip Gow  
6 11.7 6 11.7 7 13.0 4 8.0 6 11.7 12 18.0 74.1 56.1
8   Russell Coutts   (NZL) Simon Daubney  
Graham Fleury  
11 17.0 9 15.0 12 18.0 2 3.0 12 18.0 6 11.7 82.7 64.7
9   Serhiy Pichuhin   (EUN) Serhiy Khaindrava  
Volodymyr Korotkov  
10 16.0 14 20.0 PMS 31.0 10 16.0 19 25.0 1 0.0 108.0 77.0
10   Rune Jacobsen   (NOR) Thom Haaland  
Erling Landsværk  
4 8.0 18 24.0 9 15.0 17 23.0 4 8.0 18 24.0 102.0 78.0
11   William Hodder   (AUS) Tim Dorning  
Michael Mottl  
7 13.0 3 5.7 11 17.0 20 26.0 20 26.0 11 17.0 104.7 78.7
12   Kazunori Komatsu   (JPN) Yasuharu Fujiwara  
Hideaki Takashiro  
17 23.0 19 25.0 13 19.0 13 19.0 1 0.0 13 19.0 105.0 80.0
13   Jose Paulo Dias   (BRA) Jose Augusto Dias  
Daniel Adler  
16 22.0 13 19.0 5 10.0 11 17.0 9 15.0 17 23.0 106.0 83.0
14   Bruce Savage   (RSA) Giles Stanley  
Rick Mayhew  
13 19.0 8 14.0 15 21.0 12 18.0 7 13.0 20 26.0 111.0 85.0
15   Marc Bouet   (FRA) Fabrice Levet  
Alain Pointet  
12 18.0 11 17.0 14 20.0 14 20.0 15 21.0 7 13.0 109.0 88.0
16   Ricardo Fabini   (URU) Luis Chiapparro  
Nicolás Parodi  
5 10.0 12 18.0 PMS 31.0 16 22.0 17 23.0 14 20.0 124.0 93.0
17   Robin Tattersall   (IVB) Robert Hirst  
John Shirley  
19 25.0 20 26.0 19 25.0 21 27.0 5 10.0 4 8.0 121.0 94.0
18   Roy Heiner   (NED) Han Bergsma  
Peter Burggraaff  
18 24.0 17 23.0 10 16.0 15 21.0 13 19.0 10 16.0 119.0 95.0
19   Michael Luschan   (AUT) Stefan Lindner  
Georg Stadler  
9 15.0 15 21.0 17 23.0 9 15.0 18 24.0 19 25.0 123.0 98.0
20   Tassos Boudouris   (GRE) Dimitrios Deligiannis  
Michael Mitakis  
20 26.0 16 22.0 PMS 31.0 19 25.0 22 28.0 9 15.0 147.0 116.0
21   Antonio Tanger   (POR) Ricardo Batista  
Luis Miguel Santos  
21 27.0 21 27.0 16 22.0 18 24.0 16 22.0 15 21.0 143.0 116.0
22   Richard Hoad   (BAR) David Staples  
Jason Teller  
22 28.0 22 28.0 18 24.0 22 28.0 21 27.0 16 22.0 157.0 129.0
23   Colin Philp, Sr.   (FIJ) Colin Dunlop  
David Philp  
23 29.0 23 29.0 20 26.0 23 29.0 24 30.0 22 28.0 171.0 141.0
24   Mario Almario   (PHI) Teodorico Asejo  
Juan Miguel Torres  
24 30.0 24 30.0 21 27.0 24 30.0 23 29.0 21 27.0 173.0 143.0

DNF = Did Not Finish, DSQ = Disqualified, PMS = Premature Start
Crossed out results did not count for the total result.
  = Male,   = Female

Results after Matchracing

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Round Robin

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Team   United States (USA)   Denmark (DEN)   Germany (GER)   Great Britain (GBR)   Sweden (SWE)   Spain (ESP) Points Rank
  United States (USA) 1 0 1 1 1 4 1
  Denmark (DEN) 0 1 1 0 1 3 2
  Germany (GER) 1 0 1 0 1 3 3
  Great Britain (GBR) 0 0 0 1 1 2 4
  Sweden (SWE) 0 1 1 0 0 2 5
  Spain (ESP) 0 0 0 0 1 1 6

Finals (best of 3)

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Semi-Finals Finals
      
1   United States (USA) 2
4   Great Britain (GBR) 0
1     United States (USA) 0
2     Denmark (DEN) 2
2   Denmark (DEN) 2
3   Germany (GER) 0 Third place
4     Great Britain (GBR) 2
3   Germany (GER) 1

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the Soling during the 1992 Summer Olympics

Notes

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  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
  2. ^ The 1992 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ Total after applying discard.

References

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