Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling
| Soling[1] at the Games of the XX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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![]() Line drawing of the Soling | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Kiel-Schilksee (Olympiazentrum) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | First race: 29 August 1972 Last race: 8 September 1972 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 80 from 26 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 26 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics | |
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| Finn | Open |
| Flying Dutchman | Open |
| Tempest | Open |
| Star | Open |
| Soling | |
| 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. 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 |
| Date | August | September | |||||||||||||||
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| 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 |
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| 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]
| 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. | ||||||
| Buddy Melges |
William Bentsen William Allen |
1 | 0.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 16.7 | 8.7 | ||||
| Stig Wennerström |
Stefan Krook Lennart Roslund Bo Knape |
2 | 3.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 52.7 | 31.7 | ||||
| David Miller |
John Ekels Paul Côté |
3 | 5.7 | 3 | 5.7 | 8 | 14.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 10 | 16.0 | 68.1 | 47.1 | ||||
| 4 | Bertrand Cheret Jean-Marie le Guillou |
Bernard Drubay Jean-Yves Pellerin |
11 | 17.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 88.0 | 53.0 | |||
| 5 | John Oakeley |
Charles Reynolds Barry Dunning |
11 | 17.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 11 | 17.0 | 80.7 | 54.7 | |||
| 6 | Axel Schmidt |
Patrick Mascarenhas Erik Schmidt |
5 | 10.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 87.7 | 64.7 | |||
| 7 | Timir Pinegin |
Valentin Zamotaykin Rais Galimov |
8 | 14.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 88.0 | 65.0 | |||
| 8 | Zygfryd Perlicki |
Józef Błaszczyk Stanisław Stefański |
14 | 20.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 100.0 | 75.0 | |||
| 9 | Ramón Balcells Rodón |
Ramón Balcells Juan Llort |
9 | 15.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 105.0 | 76.0 | |||
| 10 | Crownprince Harald |
Eirik Johannessen Rolf Lund |
6 | 11.7 | 12 | 18.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 2 | 3.0 | 101.7 | 76.7 | |||
| 11 | Norbert Wagner |
Hans-Joachim Berndt Friedrich May |
12 | 18.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 20 | 26.0 | 4 | 8.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 104.7 | 76.7 | |||
| 12 | Peter Tallberg |
Johan Tallberg Arndt Norrgård |
4 | 8.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 9 | 15.0 | 105.0 | 77.0 | |||
| 13 | Paul Elvstrøm |
Valdemar Bandolowski Jan Kjærulff |
7 | 13.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 6 | 11.7 | DNS | 32.0 | 114.7 | 79.7 | |||
| 14 | Roland Schwarz |
Werner Christoph Lothar Koepsel |
13 | 19.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 109.0 | 83.0 | |||
| 15 | Kirkland Cooper |
Alex Cooper Jordy Walker |
16 | 22.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 10 | 16.0 | 117.0 | 88.0 | |||
| 16 | Robert Miller |
Denis O'Neil Ken Berkeley |
15 | 21.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 11 | 17.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 115.0 | 94.0 | |||
| 17 | Uli Strohschneider |
Peter Denzel Robert Haschka |
16 | 22.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 13 | 19.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 127.0 | 95.0 | |||
| 18 | Dirk De Bock |
Charles De Bondsridder Walter Haverhals |
17 | 23.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 14 | 20.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 5 | 10.0 | 128.0 | 101.0 | |||
| 19 | Giuseppe Milone |
Roberto Mottola di Amato Antonio Oliviero |
18 | 24.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 17 | 23.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 3 | 5.7 | 130.7 | 102.7 | |||
| 20 | Ronni Pieper |
Hans Gut Peter Gerber |
10 | 16.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 6 | 11.7 | 18 | 24.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 130.7 | 103.7 | |||
| 21 | Steve Marten |
Con Linton Jack Scholes |
14 | 20.0 | 18 | 24.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 20 | 26.0 | 12 | 18.0 | 139.0 | 113.0 | |||
| 22 | Ricardo Boneo |
Héctor Campos Pedro Ferrero |
25 | 31.0 | 21 | 27.0 | 7 | 13.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 16 | 22.0 | 144.0 | 114.0 | |||
| 23 | Armando Bauche |
Daniel Escalante Esteban Gerard |
22 | 28.0 | 8 | 14.0 | 26 | 32.0 | 22 | 28.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 163.0 | 131.0 | |||
| 24 | Dick Holmberg |
David Jones David Kelly |
21 | 27.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 24 | 30.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 19 | 25.0 | 166.0 | 136.0 | |||
| 25 | Bobby Symonette |
Craig Symonette Percy Knowles |
23 | 29.0 | 22 | 28.0 | 24 | 30.0 | 15 | 21.0 | 23 | 29.0 | 169.0 | 137.0 | |||
| 26 | Mario Almario |
Alfonso Qua Ambrosio Santos |
25 | 31.0 | 25 | 31.0 | 25 | 31.0 | 24 | 30.0 | 24 | 30.0 | 185.0 | 153.0 | |||
Legend: DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; |
Daily standings

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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ The 1972 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ^ "Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.



