1996 Olympics: Yachting

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

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Laser: 1. Robert Scheidt, BRA (26 pts); 2. Ben Ainslie, GBR (37); 3. Peer Moberg, NOR (46).

Tornado: 1. Jose Luis Ballester & Fernando Leon, SPA (30 pts); 2. Mitch Booth & Andrew Landenberger, AUS (42); 3. Lars Grael & Kiko Pellicano, BRA (43).

Star: 1. Torben Grael & Marcelo Ferreira, BRA (25 pts); 2. Hans Wallen & Bobbie Lohse, SWE (29); 3. Colin Beashel & David Giles, AUS (32).

Soling: 1. Germany (Thomas Flach, Bernd Jaekel, Jochen Schuemann) def. 2. Russia (Georgiy Shayduko, Igor Skalin, Dmitriy Shabanov), 3-0; 3. United States (Jim Barton, Jeff Madrigali, Kent Massey) def. Great Britain (Andrew Beadsworth, Barry Parkin, Adrian Stead), 3-1.

Men

Finn: 1. Mateusz Kusznierewicz, POL (32 pts); 2. Sebastien Godefroid, BEL (45); 3. Roy Heiner, NET (50).

Mistral: 1. Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, GRE (17 pts); 2. Carlos Espinola, ARG (19); 3. Gal Fridman, ISR (21).

470: 1. Yevhen Braslavets & Iho Matviyenko, UKR (40 pts); 2. John Merricks & Ian Walker, GBR (60); 3. Vitor Rocha & Nuno Barreto, POR (62).

Women

Europe: 1. Kristine Roug, DEN (24 pts); 2. Margriet Matthijsse, NET (30); 3. Courtenay Becker-Dey, USA (39).

Mistral: 1. Lee Lai–Shan, HKG (16 pts); 2. Barbara Kendall, NZE (24); 3. Alessandra Sensini, ITA (28).

470: 1. Begona Via Dufresne & Theresa Zabell, SPA (25 pts); 2. Yumiko Shige & Alicia Kinoshita, JPN (36); 3. Olena Pakholchik & Ruslana Taran, UKR (38).

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