Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling

Soling[1] at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Line drawing of the Soling
Venue	Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum)
Dates	First race: August 29, 1972 Last race: September 8, 1972
Competitors	78 from 26 nations
Teams	26
Medalists
Buddy Melges William Bentsen William Allen   United States   Stig Wennerström Bo Knape Stefan Krook   Sweden   David Miller John Ekels Paul Côté   Canada

Sailing at the  1972 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
Flying Dutchman			Open
Tempest			Open
Star			Open
Soling			Open
Dragon			Open

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. 78 sailors, on 26 boats, from 26 nation competed.^[2]

Race schedule^[3]

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 September 8. Finally for the Soling only six regattas took place. Also the medal ceremony was also postponed until 8 September.

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Event competitions

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Event finals

Date	August						September
	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(lpha) was used. The location (54°29'50'’N, 10°22'00'’E) points to the center of the 2 nm radius circle.^[1][4] The distance between mark 1 and 3 was about 2nm.

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Final results^[5]

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Total	Total – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	United States	Buddy Melges	William Bentsen William Allen	1	0.0	2	3.0	3	5.7	4	8.0	1	0.0	1	0.0	16.7	8.7
	Sweden	Stig Wennerström	Bo Knape Stefan Krook	2	3.0	1	0.0	16	22.0	8	14.0	2	3.0	6	11.7	52.7	31.7
	Canada	David Miller	John Ekels Paul Côté	3	5.7	3	5.7	8	14.0	3	5.7	10	16.0	15	21.0	68.1	47.1
4	France	Jean-Marie le Guillou	Bernard Drubay Jean-Yves Pellerin	11	17.0	4	8.0	11	17.0	2	3.0	DSQ	35.0	4	8.0	88.0	53.0
5	Great Britain	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	Brazil	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	Soviet Union	Timir Pinegin	Valentin Zamotaykin Rais Galimov	8	14.0	7	13.0	7	13.0	5	10.0	17	23.0	9	15.0	88.0	65.0
8	Poland	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	Spain	Ramón Balcells Rodón	Ramón Balcells 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	Norway	HrH Crownprince Harald	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	West Germany	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	Finland	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	Denmark	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	East Germany	Roland Schwarz	Werner Christoph Lothar Koepsel	13	19.0	5	10.0	17	23.0	11	17.0	8	14.0	20	26.0	109.0	83.0
15	Bermuda	Kirkland Cooper	Alex 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	Australia	Robert Miller	Denis O'Neil Ken Berkeley	15	21.0	15	21.0	13	19.0	12	18.0	11	17.0	13	19.0	115.0	94.0
17	Austria	Uli 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	Belgium	Dirk De Bock	Charles De Bondsridder Walter Haverhaels	17	23.0	21	27.0	14	20.0	21	27.0	15	21.0	5	10.0	128.0	101.0
19	Italy	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	Switzerland	Ronni 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	New Zealand	Steve Marten	Con Linton Jack Scholes	14	20.0	18	24.0	19	25.0	20	26.0	20	26.0	12	18.0	139.0	113.0
22	Argentina	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	Mexico	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	Virgin Islands	Dick 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	Bahamas	Bobby Symonette	Craig Symonette Percy Knowles	23	29.0	22	28.0	24	30.0	15	21.0	23	29.0	DNS	32.0	169.0	137.0
26	Philippines	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

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

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Soling during the 1972 Summer Olympics

Further reading

• "Digital Library Collection (Official Olympic Reports 1896 - 2008)". Digital Library Collection at la84.org. la84foundation. Retrieved 3 March 2014.
• "Sailing at the 1972 München Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

References

1. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (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. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
2. The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (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. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
4. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (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.
5. (ed.) Kunze, Herbert (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. Retrieved 5 March 2014.