High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Soling Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held from July 22 to August 2, 1996 in Savannah, Georgia, USA. 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.