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 (1972-08-29)
Last race: September 8, 1972 (1972-09-08)
Competitors 78 from 26 nations
Teams 26
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Buddy Melges
William Bentsen
William Allen		  United States
2nd, silver medalist(s) Stig Wennerström
Bo Knape
Stefan Krook		  Sweden
3rd, bronze medalist(s) David Miller
John Ekels
Paul Côté		  Canada

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.

 ● Event competitions ● 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.

Final results[5]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6TotalTotal
–
discard
Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st, gold medalist(s)  United States Buddy Melges William Bentsen
William Allen 		10.023.035.7 4 8.010.010.016.78.7
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Stig Wennerström Bo Knape
Stefan Krook 		23.010.0 16 22.0814.023.0611.752.731.7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Canada David Miller John Ekels
Paul Côté 		35.735.7814.035.71016.0 15 21.068.147.1
4  France Jean-Marie le Guillou Bernard Drubay
Jean-Yves Pellerin 		1117.048.01117.023.0 DSQ 35.048.088.053.0
5  Great Britain John Oakeley Charles Reynolds
Barry Dunning 		20 26.01117.0915.010.035.71117.080.754.7
6  Brazil Axel Schmidt Patrick Mascarenhas
Erik Schmidt 		5 10.0915.048.01420.0611.71723.087.764.7
7  Soviet Union Timir Pinegin Valentin Zamotaykin
Rais Galimov 		814.0713.0713.0510.0 17 23.0915.088.065.0
8  Poland Zygfryd Perlicki Józef Błaszczyk
Stanisław Stefański 		19 10.01420.0510.0915.0510.01420.0100.075.0
9  Spain Ramón Balcells Rodón Ramón Balcells
Juan Llort 		915.0 23 29.023.01016.01218.01824.0105.076.0
10  Norway HrH Crownprince Harald Eirik Johannessen
Rolf Lund 		611.71218.01824.0 19 25.01420.023.0101.776.7
11  West Germany Norbert Wagner Hans-Joachim Berndt
Friedrich May 		1218.0611.72026.0 22 28.048.0713.0104.776.7
12  Finland Peter Tallberg Johan Tallberg
Arndt Norrgård 		48.01016.01016.01622.0915.0 22 28.0105.077.0
13  Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Valdemar Bandolowski
Jan Kjærulff 		713.01723.010.0611.7 DSQ 35.0DNS32.0114.779.7
14  East Germany Roland Schwarz Werner Christoph
Lothar Koepsel 		1319.0510.01723.01117.0814.0 20 26.0109.083.0
15  Bermuda Kirkland Cooper Alex Cooper
Jordy Walker 		1622.01319.01218.0 23 29.0713.01016.0117.088.0
16  Australia Robert Miller Denis O'Neil
Ken Berkeley 		15 21.01521.01319.01218.01117.01319.0115.094.0
17  Austria Uli Strohschneider Peter Denzel
Robert Haschka 		26 32.01622.01521.01319.01319.0814.0127.095.0
18  Belgium Dirk De Bock Charles De Bondsridder
Walter Haverhaels 		1723.02127.01420.0 21 27.01521.0510.0128.0101.0
19  Italy Giuseppe Milone Roberto Mottola di Amato
Antonio Oliviero 		1824.02026.0 22 28.01723.01824.035.7130.7102.7
20  Switzerland Ronni Pieper Hans Gut
Peter Gerber 		1016.01925.0611.71824.0 21 27.02127.0130.7103.7
21  New Zealand Steve Marten Con Linton
Jack Scholes 		1420.01824.01925.0 20 26.02026.01218.0139.0113.0
22  Argentina Ricardo Boneo Héctor Campos
Pedro Ferrero 		24 30.02531.02127.0713.01622.01622.0144.0114.0
23  Mexico Armando Bauche Daniel Escalante
Esteban Gerard 		2228.0814.0 26 32.02632.02228.02329.0163.0131.0
24  Virgin Islands Dick Holmberg David Jones
David Kelly 		2127.0 24 30.02329.02430.01925.01925.0166.0136.0
25  Bahamas Bobby Symonette Craig Symonette
Percy Knowles 		2329.02228.02430.01521.02329.0 DNS 32.0169.0137.0
26  Philippines Mario Almario Alfonso Qua
Ambrosio Santos 		2531.0 26 32.02531.02531.02430.02430.0185.0153.0

    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. 1 2 (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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2007. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
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