Soling European Championship results (1968–79)

This article stated the results of the European Soling Championships from 1968 till 1979. Unfortunately not all crew names are documented in the major sources: United States Soling Association (USSA) bulletin "Leading Edge" and International Soling Association (ISA) magazine "Soling Sailing".

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1968 Final results

1968

Edition	1 [1][2][3]
Venue	Skovshoved,  Denmark
Dates	15–22 July
Host	Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub (KDY)
Opening ceremony	16 July
Competitors	75
Yachts	25
Results
Gold	Norway Per Spilling Crew not documented
Silver	Netherlands Geert Bakker Crew not documented
Bronze	Denmark Niels Bolt Jörgensen Crew not documented
1969 →

Only the results of the top five boats were documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Total	Total – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Norway	Per Spelling	N 7	1	0.0	1	0.0	RET	32.0	6	11.7	3	5.7	2	3.0	52.4	20.4
	Netherlands	Geert Bakker	H 1	2	3.0	10	16.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	4	8.0	1	0.0	37.0	21.0
	Denmark	Niels Bolt Jörgensen	D 19	4	8.0	5	10.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	2	3.0	5	10.0	36.7	26.7
4	Norway	Finn Ferner	N 2	6	11.7	2	3.0	5	10.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	6	11.7	39.4	27.7
	Denmark	Tom Carlsen	D 18	5	10.0	3	5.7	6	11.7	4	8.0	6	11.7	7	13.0	60.1	47.1

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1968 Progress

1969 Final results

1969

Sailor Hotel Sandhamn
Edition	2 [1][2][3]
Venue	Sandhamn,  Sweden
Host	Kungliga Svenska Segelsallskapet (KSSK)
Competitors	138
Yachts	46
Competing nations	11
Results
Gold	Sweden Arved von Grünewaldt Crew not documented
Silver	Sweden H. Kellner Crew not documented
Bronze	West Germany Eckart Wagner Crew not documented
← 1968 1970 →

Only the results of the top five boats were documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Sail No.	Race 1		Race 2		Race 3		Race 4		Race 5		Race 6		Total	Total – discard
				Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.	Pos.	Pts.
	Sweden	Arved von Grünewaldt	S 21	8	14.0	2	3.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	5	10.0	12	18.0	55.0	37.0
	Sweden	H. Keller	S 27	11	17.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	15	21.0	58.4	37.4
	West Germany	Eckart Wagner	G 24	24	30.0	8	14.0	4	8.0	4	8.0	4	8.0	1	0.0	68.0	38.0
4	Sweden	Stig Wennerstrom	S 35	10	16.0	1	0.0	5	10.0	6	11.7	2	3.0	28	34.0	74.7	40.7
5	Australia	K. Winterbottom	KA 57	14	20.0	4	8.0	3	5.7	1	0.0	14	20.0	7	13.0	66.7	46.7

Legend: DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; Discard is crossed out and does not count for the overall result.

• 1969 Progress

1970 Final results

1970

A tough start followed by General Recall, European Championship, Hankø, Norway, July 1970
Edition	3 [2][3]
Venue	Hankø,  Norway
Results
Gold	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Niels Jensen Poul Mik Meyer
Silver	Sweden Arved von Grünewaldt Tommy Nilsson Anders Nordin
Bronze	Sweden Pelle Petterson Crew not documented
← 1969 1971 →

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• 1970 Progress

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1971 Final results

1971

Travemünde Harbor
Edition	4 [4][2][3]
Venue	Travemünde,  West Germany
Results
Gold	Sweden Paul Elvstrøm Niels Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski
Silver	Soviet Union Timur Pinegin Valentin Zamotaykin Rais Galimov
Bronze	West Germany Niels Bolt Jörgensen Crew not documented
← 1970 1972 →

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• 1971 Progress

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1972 Final results

1972

Edition	5 [2][3]
Venue	Skovshoved,  Denmark
Dates	8-16 August
Host	Kongelig Dansk Yachtklub (KDY)
Opening ceremony	10 August
Results
Gold	East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph
Silver	United Kingdom John Oakeley Charles Reynolds Barry Dunning
Bronze	West Germany Paul Elvstrøm Niels Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski
← 1971 1973 →

No further results found yet!

• 1972 Progress

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1973 Final results

1973

Measurement Committee discuss a problem during the 1973 Soling Europeans. To the left Andre Dupont the Chief Measurer and to the right Geert Bakker.
Edition	6 [2][3]
Venue	Medemblik,  Netherlands
Dates	14-22 July
Host	Koninklijke Zeil- en Roeivereniging Hollandia
Opening ceremony	16 July
Results
Gold	East Germany Dieter Below Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries
Silver	Austria Uli Strohschneider Crew not documented
Bronze	East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph
← 1972 1974 →

No further results found yet!

• 1973 Progress

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1974 Final results

1974

'Darling' winning the Soling Europeans 1974
Edition	7 [2][3][5]
Venue	Helensburgh,  United Kingdom
Dates	1-8 September
Host	Royal Northern and Clyde Yacht Club
Opening ceremony	2 September
Competitors	159
Yachts	53
Results
Gold	West Germany Willi Kuhweide Axel May Karsten Meyer
Silver	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Crew not documented
Bronze	East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph
← 1973 1975 →

Only the top 6 and 10 ranking is documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No	Boat name	Total – discard
	FRG	Willi Kuhweide	Axel May Karsten Meyer	G 135	Darling	23.0
	DEN	Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Not documented	D 60	Bo-Bo	40.4
	GDR	Roland Schwarz	Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph		Optimist	69.0
4	GDR	Dieter Below	Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries	GO 5	Rasmus	69.4
5	FRG	Erich Hirt	Not documented	G 139	Frechdachs	91.7
6	AUT	Uli Strohschneider	Not documented	OE 18	Baladin	93.4
10	GBR	Charles Ingham	Not documented	K 111	Chameleon Too	101.7

• 1974 Progress

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1975 Final results

1975

Start at the Soling Europeans 1975 Alassio (ITA)
Edition	8 [2][3][6]
Venue	Alassio,  Italy
Dates	17 - 25 May
Host	Circolo Nautico al Mare
Opening ceremony	19 May
Competitors	186
Yachts	62
Results
Gold	Sweden Stig Wennerström Lennart Roslund Stefan Krook
Silver	East Germany Roland Schwarz Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph
Bronze	Italy Fabio Albarelli Leopoldo di Martino Guidotti
← 1974 1976 →

Only the top 20 ranking is documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No	Boat name	Total – discard
	SWE	Stig Wennerström	Lennart Roslund Stefan Krook	S 111	Blott XVII	32.7
	GDR	Roland Schwarz	Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph	GO 6	NN	49.4
	ITA	Fabio Albarelli	Leopoldo di Martino Guidotti	I 164	Peler II	54.7
4	AUT	Hubert Raudaschl	Not documented	OE 41	May Be	56.0
5	GDR	Dieter Below	Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries	GO 5	Rasmus	60.0
6	FRG	Willi Kuhweide	Axel May Karsten Meyer	G 155	Darling	62.7
7	FRG	Erich Hirt	Not documented	G 139	Frechdachs	63.0
8	ITA	Scala	Not documented	OE 18	Canaco	71.7
9	DEN	Valdemar Bandolowski	Not documented	D 66	NN	86.7
10	ITA	Coccoloni	Not documented	I 145	Finco III	92.0
11	DEN	Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Not documented	D 65	Bobo	93.7
12	ITA	Luigi Croce	E. Enrico Not documented	I 152	Simone Boccanegra	124.0
13	FRG	Achim Kadelbach	Not documented	G 116	Scampex	125.0
14	AUT	Uli Strohschneider	Not documented	OE 48	Baladin	127.7
15	FRA	Bertrand Cheret	Not documented	F 121	NN	128.0
16	GBR	Charled Ingham	Not documented	K 111	Chameleon Too	128.0
17	NED	Heiki Blok	Not documented	H 14	Brave Hendrik VII	137.0
18	SUI	Edwin Bernet	Not documented	Z 161	Mistere	147.0
19	NED	Rien Rozendaal	Not documented	H 15	Bojo	148.0
20	GBR	E. Simonds	Not documented	K 115	Pandemonium III	153.0

• 1975 Progress

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1976 Final results

1976

Soling "Rasmus" Dieter Below, Olaf Engelhardt and Michael Zachries
Edition	9 [2][3][7][8]
Venue	Geneva
Dates	28 April - 8 May
Host	Société Nautique de Genève
Opening ceremony	30 April
Competitors	162
Yachts	54
Competing nations	18
Key people
● Gerard Devaud   Switzerland President of the organizing committee ● Alan Elmassian   Switzerland Race Officer ● Eric Cake  United Kingdom Chairman of the Jury
Results
Gold	East Germany Dieter Below Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries
Silver	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hermann Hansen
Bronze	Austria Herbert Raudaschl Walter Raudaschl Rudi Mayer
← 1975 1977 →

No further results details documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No	Boat name	Total – discard
	GDR	Dieter Below	Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries	GO 5	Rasmus	37.7
	DEN	Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Valdemar Bandolowski Erik Hermann Hansen	D 67	Bobo	52.7
	AUT	Herbert Raudaschl	Walter Raudaschl Rudi Mayer	OE 51	May Be	59.0
4	GDR	Roland Schwarz	Lothar Köpsel Werner Christoph	GO 6	Optimist	60.0
5	URS	Boris Budnikov	Not documented	SR 16	Olen	60.0
6	SWE	Jörgen Sundelin	Peter Sundelin Ulf Sundelin	S 105	Debutant	61.7
7	FRA	Bertrand Cheret	Not documented	F 131	Partos	100.7
8	NED	Geert Bakker	Not documented	H 17	Cadans	109.0
9	FRG	Fritz Geis	Werde Meyer	G 152	Lady for Three	113.0
10	GBR	John Oakeley	Not documented	K 123	Go	114.4
11	SUI	A. Caronica	Not documented	Z 190	Onac III	127.0
12	FIN	Kai Wagello	Not documented	L 31	Nordic VII	128.7
13	SUI	Edwin Bernet	Not documented	Z 211	Mystere	131.7
14	ITA	Fabio Albarelli	Not documented	I 154	Peler	133.0
15	AUT	Uli Strohschneider	Not documented	OE 58	Baladin	134.7
16	FIN	Matti Jokinen	M. Paloheimo Not documented	L 35	Finnmaid	138.7
17	BRA	Augusto Barroso	Not documented	BL 20	Feitico V	142.0
18	FIN	Sam Hartikainen	Not documented	L 37	TWink	142.0
19	NED	Heiki Blok	Not documented	H 18	Brave Hendrik VIII	144.0
20	FRG	Max Koch	Not documented	G 145	Mauzi	144.0
21	SUI	A. Lanz	Not documented	Z 208	Rafti	153.0
22	FRG	Erich Hirt	Not documented	G 139	Frechs Dachs	154.7
23	FIN	Kurt Nyman	Not documented	L 38	May Be	162.7
24	CAN	Glen Dexter	Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan	KC 122	Tycups II	163.0
25	SWE	Stig Wennerstrom	Not documented	S 111	Blott XVII	165.7
26	MON	Gérard Battaglia	Jean-Pierre Borro Claude Rossi	MO 1	Artea II	169.0
27	FRG	Heiner Hedike	Not documented	G 154	Traum VII	171.0
28	GBR	Charles Ingham	Not documented	K 111	Chameleon Two	185.0
29	GBR}	Watson	Cochrane Woolard	K 113	Bullet II	187.0
30	FRA	Henri Samuel	Not documented	F 127	Galaxie	188.0
31	SUI	A. Schürch	Not documented	Z 203	Hokai	189.0
32	GRE	George Andreadis	Not documented	GR 24	Okeanis III	194.0
33	BRA	Eduardo de Souza	Not documented	BL 33	Krishna	198.0
34	SUI	R. Bourquin	Not documented	Z 120	Pabo	202.0
35	FRA	René Sence	Not documented	F 134	Christe	205.0
36	SUI	R. Guigrard	Not documented	Z 176	Gavroche IV	211.0
37	GBR	E.S. Ford	Not documented	K 118	Romance	213.0
38	FRG	Rainer Niemann	Not documented	G 95	Sauzahn	227.0
39	SUI	U. Colombi	Not documented	Z 171	Salty Tiger	227.7
40	SUI	J. Christen	Not documented	Z 173	Nadia	232.0
41	FRG	Hans Peter Berkes	Not documented	G 168	Blauer Peter	236.0
42	FRG	Alfred Niermann	Not documented	G 127	Weizenbock	246.0
43	GRE	Not documented	Not documented	GR 16	Arctouros III	274.0
44	BEL	W. Haverhals	Not documented	B 9	Blue Girl III	277.0
45	ITA	Not documented	Not documented	I 109	Franca II	286.0
46	SUI	A. Amherd	Not documented	Z 210	Viola	290.0
47	AUT	Helmuth Reischer	Not documented	OE 50	Shangri-La	293.0
48	SUI	R. Martin-Du-Pan	Not documented	Z 146	Soukha	293.0
49	ITA	Stefano Rossari	Not documented	I 141	Lerone	295.0
50	ITA	Negri	Baldioli Not documented	I 89	Snoopy II	298.0
51	FIN	Vladimir Marchan	Baldioli Not documented	L 40	Carmen	298.0
52	SUI	Peter Mischler	Not documented	Z 188	Challenger	299.0
53	FRA	Bonacorsi	Not documented	F 107	Raf	322.0
54	YUG	David Antocic	Not documented	Y 1	Arius	332.0

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1977 Final results

1977

Soling European Champions 1977, Fritz Geis and Gerhard Fehner
Edition	10 [2][3][9]
Venue	Piraeus
Dates	26 August - 6 September
Host	Yacht Club of Greece
Opening ceremony	30 August
Results
Gold	West Germany Fritz Geis Gerhard Fehzner Andreas Bock
Silver	West Germany Willi Kuhweide Axel May Karsten Meyer
Bronze	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Crew not documented
← 1976 1978 →

Only the ranking results of the first 10 teams are documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew	Sail No	Total – discard
	FRG	Fritz Geis	Gerhard Fehzner Andreas Bock	G 192	40.7
	FRG	Willi Kuhweide	Axel May Karsten Meyer	G 185	42.7
	DEN	Valdemar Bandolowski	Not documented	D 73	46.1
4	SWE	Stig Wennerstrom	Not documented	GO 6	63.7
5	URS	Boris Budnikov	Not documented	SR 16	68.0
6	FRA	Patrick Haegeli	Not documented	F 132	78.4
7	SUI	Edwin Bernet	Not documented	Z 211	99.0
8	AUT	Uli Strohschneider	Not documented	OE 58	100.0
9	SWE	Arved von Gruenewaldt	Not documented	S 83	101.0
10	FRG	Karl Heist	Not documented	G 178	105.7

• 1977 Progress

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1978 Final results

1978

Olympiazentrum Schilksee
Edition	11 [2][3][10][11]
Venue	Kiel
Dates	2-9 July
Host	Kieler Yacht-Club
Opening ceremony	4 July
Results
Gold	Canada Hans Fogh John Kerr Dennis Toews
Silver	Canada Glenn Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan
Bronze	East Germany Dieter Below Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries
← 1977 1979 →

Race 2 on July 4th, was abandoned due to winds over 60 knots and windshift of 60 degrees on the last reach. Only 22 teams out of 73 entries were able to finish. Four boats sunk some probably by infringements of the class rules. Only two of them could be recovered. Due to the weather conditions the planned races were sailed in the following sequence:

• 4 July Race 1
• 7 July Race 2 + 5
• 8 July Race 3 + 6
• 9 July Race 4 + 7

Rank	1	2	3	4	5
Race 1:	Canada Hans Fogh	Sweden Jörgen Sundelin	Sweden Stig Wennerstrom	West Germany Fritz Geis	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen
Race 2:	Canada Hans Fogh	Canada Peter Hall	Netherlands Geert Bakker	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov
Race 3:	Canada Glen Dexter	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr.	East Germany Dieter Below	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov	West Germany Willi Kuhweide
Race 4:	West Germany Fritz Geis	Sweden Stig Wennerstrom	Greece George Andreadis	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr.	France Patrick Haegeli
Race 5:	East Germany Dieter Below	Brazil Eduardo de Souza	Austria Carl Auteried, Sr.	Canada Hans Fogh	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr.
Race 6:	West Germany Willi Kuhweide	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen	East Germany Dieter Below	Canada Hans Fogh
Race 7:	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov	United Kingdom Phil Crebbin	West Germany Erich Hirt	Canada Glen Dexter	Brazil Eduardo Ramos

Overall results

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew
	CAN	Hans Fogh	John Kerr Dennis Toews
	CAN	Glenn Dexter	Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan
	GDR	Dieter Below	Olaf Engelhardt Michael Zachries
4	URS	Boris Budnikov	Not documented
5	CAN	Bill Abbott, Jr.	Not documented
6	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
7	SWE	Stig Wennerstrom	Not documented
8	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
9	Not documented	Not documented	Not documented
10	CAN	Peter Hall	Not documented

• 1978 Progress

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1979 Final results

1979

Port entry at night
Edition	12 [2][3][12]
Venue	La Rochelle,  France
Dates	26 August - 2 September
Opening ceremony	27 August
Competitors	43
Yachts	129
Competing nations	14
Results
Gold	Brazil Eduardo Ramos Manfred Kaufman Thomas Heiman
Silver	Netherlands Geert Bakker Pieter Keijzer Harald de Vlaming
Bronze	Sweden Arved von Grünewaltdt Tommy Nilsson Anders Nordin
← 1978 1980 →

Only the ranking of the top ten boats were documented.

Rank	Country	Helmsman	Crew
	BRA	Eduardo Ramos	Manfred Kaufman Thomas Heiman
	NED	Geert Bakker	Pieter Keijzer Harald de Vlaming
	SWE	Arved von Grünewaltdt	Tommy Nilsson Anders Nordin
4	ITA	Dotti	Not documented
5	FRA	Bertrand Cheret	Not documented
6	GBR	Colin Simonds	Not documented
7	SUI	Jean-François Corminboeuf	Not documented
8	ITA	Barozzo	Not documented
9	FRA	Serge Maury	Not documented
10	FRG	Fritz Geis	Not documented

• 1979 Progress

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Further results

For further results see:

• Soling European Championship results (1968–79)
• Soling European Championship results (1980–84)
• Soling European Championship results (1985–89)
• Soling European Championship results (1990–99)
• Soling European Championship results (2000–09)
• Soling European Championship results (2010–19)
• Soling European Championship results (2020–29)

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