Sailing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Soling

Soling
at the Games of the XXV Olympiad
Soling
VenueBarcelona
Dates27 July to 4 August
Competitors72 from 24 nations
Teams24
Medalists
Jesper Bank
Steen Secher
Jesper Seier
 Denmark
Kevin Mahaney
Jim Brady
Doug Kern
 United States
Lawrie Smith
Robert Cruickshank
Ossie Stewart
 Great Britain

The Soling Competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was held from 27 July to 4 August 1992 in Barcelona, Spain. The competition was for the first time in a combined format. First the competitors had to sail a series of six fleet races. Points were awarded for placement in each race. The best five out of six race scores counted for placement in the match race series. After the fleetraces the top 6 placed boats sailed a round-robin series of match races. After the round-robin the best four proceeded to the semi-finals. Here the boat placed 1st met the boat placed 4th and the boat placed 2nd met the boat placed 3rd in a best out of three series of match races. Finally the winners of the semi-finals met in the final best out of three match races. The losers of the semi-finals also met in a best out of three series of matches for the bronze medal.