Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling
| Soling at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
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Soling
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| Venue | Savannah | ||||||||||||
| Dates | July 22 to August 2 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 66 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 22 | ||||||||||||
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Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel |
 Germany
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Georgi Shayduko Dmitri Shabanov Igor Skalin |
 Russia
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Jeff Madrigali Jim Barton Kent Massey |
 United States
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The Soling Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from July 22 to August 2, 1996, in Savannah, Georgia, United States. The competition was in a combined format. First the competitors had to sail a series of ten fleet races. Points were awarded for placement in each race. The best eight out of ten race scores did count for the placement in the match race series. After the fleetraces a series of matchraces were held to determine the winners.
Legend: DNC – Did not compete; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; PMS – Premature start;
Gender: 
– male; 
– female;
The selected teams proceeded to the match race part of the event.
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