Sailing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_–_Soling

Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling

Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Soling

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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]

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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]

RankCountryHelmsmanCrew Race 1Race 2Race 3Race 4Race 5Race 6TotalTotal

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Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.Pos.Pts.
1st place, gold medalist(s)  United States Buddy Melges William Bentsen
William Allen
10.023.035.7 4 8.010.010.016.78.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook
Lennart Roslund Race 1 - 4
Bo Knape Race 5 & 6
23.010.0 16 22.0814.023.0611.752.731.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Canada David Miller John Ekels
Paul Côté
35.735.7814.035.71016.0 15 21.068.147.1
4  France Bertrand Cheret , first two races
Jean-Marie le Guillou , last four races
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
510.0915.048.01420.0611.7 17 23.087.764.7
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 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 Haverhals
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. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    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. 146. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2012. Retrieved 5 March 2014. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    3. (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. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)
    4. (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. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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