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 did count for the 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
Venue	Barcelona
Dates	27 July to 4 August
Competitors	72 from 24 nations
Teams	24
Medalists
Jesper Bank Steen Secher Jesper Seier  Denmark Kevin Mahaney Jim Brady Doug Kern  United States Lawrie Smith Robert Cruickshank Ossie Stewart  Great Britain

Results

Results after Fleetrace

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 VI of Spain 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 Dick 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

Round Robin

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)

	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

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

Notes

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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