The
Soling Three Person Keelboat was sailed at the
2000 Summer Olympics
The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, officially branded as Sydney 2000, and also known as the Games of the New Millennium, were an international multi-sport event held from 15 September to 1 October ...
held from 17 to 30 September 2000 in
Sydney
Sydney is the capital city of the States and territories of Australia, state of New South Wales and the List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city in Australia. Located on Australia's east coast, the metropolis surrounds Syd ...
, Australia. The series started as a fleet race and then switched to match racing for the twelve best crew. 16 crews from 16 countries competed on 16 boats with a total of 48 sailors.
The Norwegian crew of
Herman Horn Johannessen,
Paul Davis and
Espen Stokkeland finished first in the fleet racing stage, while Danish crew of
Jesper Bank,
Henrik Blakskjær and
Thomas Jacobsen won the Olympic gold medal by beating the German crew of 1996 champion helmsman
Jochen Schümann
Jochen Schümann (; born 8 June 1954) is a German sailor and three-time Olympic champion.
He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he won a gold medal in the '' finn class''.
He competed in the Soling class at the 1988, 1996 ...
,
Gunnar Bahr and
Ingo Borkowski with 4–3 in the final series. Norway won the bronze medal through beating the Netherlands with 3–1 in matches.
Results
Fleet race
Points are assigned based on the finishing position in each race (1 for first, 2 for second, etc.). The points are totalled from the top 10 results of the 11 races, with lower totals being better. If a sailor was disqualified or did not complete the race, 26 points are assigned for that race (as there were 25 sailors in this competition).
Match race
Round robin 1
Round robin 2
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match for third place
Final
References
Sources
* Results and weather take from https://web.archive.org/web/20050825083600/http://www.sailing.org/olympics2000/info2000/
sports-reference
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Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Tornado
Soling at the Olympics