| | Event type
Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open
| Date | 19 – 27 July 1976 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Olympic Yachting Centre, Portsmouth Harbour, Kingston, Ontario, CAN | |
| Participants | 72 from 24 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement. | |
This class came down to the final race, with Denmark, the United States, East Germany, and the Soviet Union all in the running for the gold medal. The finish was so close that the Danish team, skippered by Poul Richard Høj Jensen, did not know it had won until it returned to the docks. Høj Jensen had won a silver medal in the 1968 Dragon class, and would defend his title in the Soling at Moskva in 1980. He raced the Dragon class for most of his career but did win silver medals in Soling at the 1973 and 1979 World Championships. In 17th place, Austrian Hubert Raudaschl was making his fourth of nine Olympic appearances (1964-96).
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Net Points | Total Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark |  DEN | 46.7 | 65.7 | 3.0 (2) | 3.0 (2) | 19.0 (13) | 11.7 (6) | 19.0 (13) | .0 (1) | 10.0 (5) | Gold | |||||
| Erik Hansen • Poul Richard Høj Jensen • Valdemar Bandolowski | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | United States |  USA | 47.4 | 64.4 | 14.0 (8) | 5.7 (3) | 17.0 (11) | 3.0 (2) | 13.0 (7) | 11.7 (6) | .0 (1) | Silver | |||||
| John Kolius • Richard Hoepfner • Walter Glasgow, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | East Germany |  GDR | 47.4 | 60.4 | 10.0 (5) | 8.0 (4) | 5.7 (3) | 5.7 (3) | 10.0 (5) | 8.0 (4) | 13.0 (7) | Bronze | |||||
| Dieter Below • Michael Zachries • Olaf Engelhardt | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Soviet Union |  URS | 48.7 | 81.7 | 8.0 (4) | .0 (1) | 18.0 (12) | [33.0] ( | 5.7 (3) | 14.0 (8) | 3.0 (2) | ||||||
| Boris Budnikov • Nikolai Poljakov • Valentin Zamotaykin | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Netherlands |  NED | 58.0 | 88.0 | 20.0 (14) | 10.0 (5) | 3.0 (2) | 30.0 ( | .0 (1) | 10.0 (5) | 15.0 (9) | ||||||
| Geert Bakker • Harald de Vlaming • Pieter Keyzer | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | West Germany |  FRG | 60.7 | 77.7 | 17.0 (11) | 13.0 (7) | 8.0 (4) | 8.0 (4) | 17.0 (11) | 3.0 (2) | 11.7 (6) | ||||||
| Axel May • Karsten Meyer • Willi Kuhweide | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | France |  FRA | 64.0 | 87.0 | .0 (1) | 19.0 (13) | .0 (1) | 10.0 (5) | 23.0 (17) | 17.0 (11) | 18.0 (12) | ||||||
| Bruno Troublé • Patrick Haegeli • Patrick Oeuvrard | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Canada |  CAN | 68.7 | 87.7 | 15.0 (9) | 14.0 (8) | 16.0 (10) | .0 (1) | 18.0 (12) | 5.7 (3) | 19.0 (13) | ||||||
| Sandy Macmillan • Andreas Josenhans • Glen Dexter | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Sweden |  SWE | 71.7 | 91.7 | 5.7 (3) | 20.0 (14) | 15.0 (9) | 14.0 (8) | 3.0 (2) | 18.0 (12) | 16.0 (10) | ||||||
| Jörgen Sundelin • Peter Sundelin • Stefan Sundelin | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Brazil |  BRA | 81.4 | 104.4 | 23.0 (17) | 15.0 (9) | 11.7 (6) | 22.0 (16) | 8.0 (4) | 19.0 (13) | 5.7 (3) | ||||||
| Andreas Wengert • Gastão Brun • Vicente Brun | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Australia |  AUS | 92.7 | 125.7 | 25.0 (19) | 11.7 (6) | 20.0 (14) | 15.0 (9) | [33.0] ( | 13.0 (7) | 8.0 (4) | ||||||
| David Forbes • Denis O'Neil • John Anderson | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Spain |  ESP | 95.0 | 117.0 | 16.0 (10) | 17.0 (11) | 14.0 (8) | 16.0 (10) | 22.0 (16) | 15.0 (9) | 17.0 (11) | ||||||
| Félix Anglada • Humberto Costas • Juan Costas | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Great Britain |  GBR | 102.0 | 132.0 | 21.0 (15) | 22.0 (16) | 10.0 (5) | 19.0 (13) | 14.0 (8) | 16.0 (10) | 30.0 ( | ||||||
| Barry Dunning • Iain MacDonald-Smith • Michael Baker-Harber | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Greece |  GRE | 108.7 | 133.7 | 24.0 (18) | 18.0 (12) | 25.0 (19) | 18.0 (12) | 11.7 (6) | 23.0 (17) | 14.0 (8) | ||||||
| Georgios Andreadis • Georgios Perrakis • Konstantinos Lymperakis | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Italy |  ITA | 111.0 | 141.0 | 22.0 (16) | 16.0 (10) | 13.0 (7) | 13.0 (7) | 30.0 ( | 25.0 (19) | 22.0 (16) | ||||||
| Fabio Albarelli • Gianfranco Oradini • Leopoldo Di Martino | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Norway |  NOR | 118.7 | 145.7 | 11.7 (6) | 26.0 (20) | 27.0 (21) | 17.0 (11) | 20.0 (14) | 24.0 (18) | 20.0 (14) | ||||||
| Kim Torkildsen • Morten Rieker • Peder Lunde, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Austria |  AUT | 123.0 | 149.0 | 19.0 (13) | 23.0 (17) | 21.0 (15) | 26.0 (20) | 15.0 (9) | 22.0 (16) | 23.0 (17) | ||||||
| Hubert Raudaschl • Rudolf Mayr • Walter Raudaschl | |||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Finland |  FIN | 134.0 | 167.0 | 13.0 (7) | 25.0 (19) | 26.0 (20) | 23.0 (17) | 26.0 (20) | [33.0] ( | 21.0 (15) | ||||||
| Matti Jokinen • Matti Paloheimo • Reijo Laine | |||||||||||||||||
| 19 | New Zealand |  NZL | 135.0 | 161.0 | 26.0 (20) | 21.0 (15) | 23.0 (17) | 21.0 (15) | 25.0 (19) | 21.0 (15) | 24.0 (18) | ||||||
| Chris Urry • Gavin Bornholdt • Hugh Poole | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Argentina |  ARG | 138.0 | 166.0 | 28.0 (22) | 28.0 (22) | 24.0 (18) | 20.0 (14) | 21.0 (15) | 20.0 (14) | 25.0 (19) | ||||||
| Andrés Robinson • Jorge Rão • Pedro Ferrero | |||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Bermuda |  BER | 141.0 | 171.0 | 18.0 (12) | 24.0 (18) | 30.0 ( | 28.0 (22) | 16.0 (10) | 28.0 (22) | 27.0 (21) | ||||||
| Gordon Flood • Raymond Pitman • Richard Belvin | |||||||||||||||||
| 22 | Puerto Rico |  PUR | 153.0 | 180.0 | 27.0 (21) | 27.0 (21) | 22.0 (16) | 25.0 (19) | 27.0 (21) | 26.0 (20) | 26.0 (20) | ||||||
| James Fairbank • Juan Torruella, Sr. • Lee Gentil | |||||||||||||||||
| 23 | Monaco |  MON | 164.0 | 197.0 | 29.0 (23) | 29.0 (23) | 29.0 (23) | 24.0 (18) | 24.0 (18) | [33.0] ( | 29.0 (23) | ||||||
| Claude Rossi • Gérard Battaglia • Jean-Pierre Borro | |||||||||||||||||
| 24 | United States Virgin Islands |  ISV | 168.0 | 198.0 | 30.0 (24) | 30.0 (24) | 28.0 (22) | 27.0 (21) | 28.0 (22) | 27.0 (21) | 28.0 (22) | ||||||
| Dick Johnson • Doug Graham • Tim Kelbert | |||||||||||||||||