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Three Person Keelboat (Soling), Open

Date17 – 30 September 2000
StatusOlympic
LocationRushcutters Bay Marina, Rose Bay, New South Wales
Participants48 from 16 countries

Soling had been the Olympic three-person keelboat class at the Olympics since 1972. In 1972 there were two three-person keelboat classes, with the Dragon also held, but that class would be eliminated after 1972. After 2000 there were no further three-person keelboat events for men or mixed classes, but women would contest the Yngling class, a three-person keelboat, at the 2004-08 Olympics, and the Elliott 6-metre class at the 2012 Olympics.

There were 16 boats entered, with six fleet races held to advance 12 teams to two groups of round-robin match races. The top three boats in each group advanced to quarter-final round-robin of match racing. This was won by Denmark and Germany, who each won four races. The Netherlands, Norway, and New Zealand all tied for third with two wins. The Jury of Appeal chose Norway and New Zealand to advance to the semi-finals, based on the results of the fleet racing, but the Dutch appealed, and it was successful, with the jury declaring that the Netherlands and New Zealand should have a one-race sail-off to decide. They did, and the Dutch team advanced.

The semi-finals were a series of best-of-five match races, with Germany and Denmark both winning their semis, 3-1. The final was a best-of-seven affair and it came down to the final race, with Danish helmsman Jesper Bank outracing Germany’s Jochen Schümann to win the gold medal. Norway defeated the Netherlands, 3-1, in the bronze medal races.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1DenmarkDENGold
Jesper BankHenrik BlakskjærThomas Jacobsen
2GermanyGERSilver
Jochen SchümannGunnar BahrIngo Borkowski
3NorwayNORBronze
Herman Horn JohannessenPaul DavisEspen Stokkeland
4NetherlandsNED
Roy HeinerPeter van NiekerkDirk de Ridder
5New ZealandNZL
Rod DavisDon CowieAlan Smith
6Russian FederationRUS
Georgy ShaydukoOleg KhopyorskyAndrey Kirilyuk
7SwedenSWE
Hans WallénJohan BarneMagnus Augustson
8AustraliaAUS
Neville WitteyJosh GraceDavid Edwards
9United StatesUSA
Jeff MadrigaliCraig HealyHartwell Jordan
10FranceFRA
Philippe PrestiPascal RambeauJean-Marie Dauris
11UkraineUKR
Serhiy PichuhinVolodymyr KorotkovSerhiy Timokhov
12Great BritainGBR
Andy BeadsworthRichard SydenhamBarry Parkin
13CanadaCAN
Bill AbbottMatt AbbottBrad Boston
14ItalyITA
Nicola CelonDaniele De LucaMichele Paoletti
15SpainESP
Manuel DoresteDomingo ManriqueJuan Luis Wood
16FinlandFIN
Jali MäkiläErkki HeinonenSami Tamminen

Fleet Races (17 – 20 September 2000)

Six fleet races with best five of six race scores to count towards total. Top three finishers in fleet racing advanced to the quarter-final pool racing. Places 4-6 in fleet racing advanced to Pool B. Places 7-12 in Pool A advanced to Pool A.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCNet PointsTP
1NorwayNOR16.033.0
Herman Horn JohannessenPaul DavisEspen Stokkeland
2New ZealandNZL18.028.0
Rod DavisDon CowieAlan Smith
3NetherlandsNED19.032.0
Roy HeinerPeter van NiekerkDirk de Ridder
4United StatesUSA24.040.0
Jeff MadrigaliCraig HealyHartwell Jordan
5Russian FederationRUS28.037.0
Georgy ShaydukoOleg KhopyorskyAndrey Kirilyuk
6AustraliaAUS35.049.0
Neville WitteyJosh GraceDavid Edwards
7Great BritainGBR36.049.0
Andy BeadsworthRichard SydenhamBarry Parkin
8UkraineUKR38.055.0
Serhiy PichuhinVolodymyr KorotkovSerhiy Timokhov
9FranceFRA39.052.0
Philippe PrestiPascal RambeauJean-Marie Dauris
10GermanyGER41.055.0
Jochen SchümannGunnar BahrIngo Borkowski
11SwedenSWE42.059.0
Hans WallénJohan BarneMagnus Augustson
12DenmarkDEN45.061.0
Jesper BankHenrik BlakskjærThomas Jacobsen
13CanadaCAN48.061.0
Bill AbbottMatt AbbottBrad Boston
14ItalyITA49.065.0
Nicola CelonDaniele De LucaMichele Paoletti
15SpainESP56.072.0
Manuel DoresteDomingo ManriqueJuan Luis Wood
16FinlandFIN57.072.0
Jali MäkiläErkki HeinonenSami Tamminen

Round One (23 September 2000)

Pool A (23 September 2000)

Consists of boats finishing 7-12 in fleet racing. Round-robin races. Top three advanced to Pool B.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsDrawsLossesPoints
=1GermanyGER4018Q
Jochen SchümannGunnar BahrIngo Borkowski
=1SwedenSWE4018Q
Hans WallénJohan BarneMagnus Augustson
3DenmarkDEN3026Q
Jesper BankHenrik BlakskjærThomas Jacobsen
4FranceFRA2034
Philippe PrestiPascal RambeauJean-Marie Dauris
=5UkraineUKR1042
Serhiy PichuhinVolodymyr KorotkovSerhiy Timokhov
=5Great BritainGBR1042
Andy BeadsworthRichard SydenhamBarry Parkin

Race One GER SWE
Race Two DEN GER
Race Three GER FRA
Race Four GER UKR
Race Five GER GBR
Race Six SWE DEN
Race Seven SWE FRA
Race Eight SWE UKR
Race Nine SWE GBR
Race Ten DEN FRA
Race Eleven DEN UKR
Race Twelve GBR DEN
Race Thirteen FRA UKR
Race Fourteen FRA GBR
Race Fifteen UKR GBR

Pool B (24 September 2000)

Consists of boats finishing 4-6 in fleet racing and top three from Pool A. Round-robin races. Top three advanced to quarter-finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsDrawsLossesPoints
1DenmarkDEN4018Q
Jesper BankHenrik BlakskjærThomas Jacobsen
=2GermanyGER3026Q
Jochen SchümannGunnar BahrIngo Borkowski
=2Russian FederationRUS3026Q
Georgy ShaydukoOleg KhopyorskyAndrey Kirilyuk
=2SwedenSWE3026
Hans WallénJohan BarneMagnus Augustson
=4AustraliaAUS1042
Neville WitteyJosh GraceDavid Edwards
=4United StatesUSA1042
Jeff MadrigaliCraig HealyHartwell Jordan

Race One DEN GER
Race Two DEN RUS
Race Three SWE DEN
Race Four DEN AUS
Race Five DEN USA
Race Six GER RUS
Race Seven GER SWE
Race Eight GER AUS
Race Nine USA GER
Race Ten RUS SWE
Race Eleven RUS AUS
Race Twelve RUS USA
Race Thirteen SWE AUS
Race Fourteen SWE USA
Race Fifteen AUS USA

Quarter-Finals (26 September 2000)

Six boats, consisting of top 3 from fleet racing, and top 3 from Pool B. Round-robin races. Top four advanced to semi-finals.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCWinsDrawsLossesPoints
=1GermanyGER4018Q
Jochen SchümannGunnar BahrIngo Borkowski
=1DenmarkDEN4018Q
Jesper BankHenrik BlakskjærThomas Jacobsen
=3NorwayNOR2034Q
Herman Horn JohannessenPaul DavisEspen Stokkeland
=3NetherlandsNED2034Q
Roy HeinerPeter van NiekerkDirk de Ridder
5New ZealandNZL2034
Rod DavisDon CowieAlan Smith
6Russian FederationRUS1042
Georgy ShaydukoOleg KhopyorskyAndrey Kirilyuk

Race One GER DEN
Race Two GER NOR
Race Three GER NED
Race Four GER NZL
Race Five RUS GER
Race Six DEN NOR
Race Seven DEN NED
Race Eight DEN NZL
Race Nine DEN RUS
Race Ten NOR NED
Race Eleven NZL NOR
Race Twelve NOR RUS
Race Thirteen NED NZL
Race Fourteen NED RUS
Race Fifteen NZL RUS

Semi-Finals (29 September 2000)

Best of five races. Winner of heat advanced to final round.

Heat One GER 3 – 1NED
Heat Two DEN 3 – 1NOR

Final Round (30 September 2000)

Best of seven races.

Match 1/2 DEN 4 – 3GER
Match 3/4 NOR 3 – 1NED