Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Soling

Soling
at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Soling
VenueSavannah
Dates22 July to 2 August
Competitors66 from 22 nations
Teams22
Medalists
Jochen Schümann
Thomas Flach
Bernd Jäkel
 Germany
Georgy Shayduko
Dmitri Shabanov
Igor Skalin
 Russia
Jeff Madrigali
Jim Barton
Kent Massey
 United States

The Soling Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from 22 July to 2 August 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.