Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
VenueHarmaja
DatesJuly 20–28
Competitors49 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
   United States
   Norway
   Sweden
Sailing at the
 1952 Summer Olympics 
Finn Open
Star Open
Dragon Open
5.5 Metre Open
6 Metre Open

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 49 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[1]
Total
-1
[2]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1st, gold medalist(s) Britton Chance  (USA) Michael Schoettle
Edgar White
Sumner White
Complex II47031130510305112643828113051130560155751
2nd, silver medalist(s) Peder Lunde  (NOR) Vibeke Lunde
Børre Falkum-Hansen
Encore21004560621004210041030521004470356305325
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Folke Wassén  (SWE) Carl-Erik Ohlson
Magnus Wassén
Hojwa1130510305113053828746093511319147454554
4 Duarte de Almeida Bello  (POR) Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello
Júlio De Sousa Leite Gourinho
Sjöhäxa6527470356061130584024703560648524450
5 Rodolfo Albino Vollenweider  (ARG) Tomas Galfrascoli
Ludovico Enrique Kempter
Gullvinge3828935147037460210047460652743333982
6 Robert Perry  (GBR) John Dillon
Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick
Unique1126411264746056061130511264382839913727
7 Leslie Noel Horsfield  (RSA) Joseph Ellis-Brown
Eric Creighton Benningfield
Shoveller12226131913828652765273828840235293338
8 Hans Dittmar  (FIN) Arne Frithiof Louis Castrén
Johan Erik Stadigh
Teresita840238281222610305935184022100435183292
9 Hans Lubinus  (GER) Hans-Hermann Magnusson
Ludwig Bielenberg
Tom Kyle7460141598402840247036527935130042845
10 Dario Salata  (ITA) Giorgio Audizio
Egone Jackin
Mirtala93516527935147031319112226746028092618
11 Poul Arnold Ohff  (DEN) Henning Roger Christensen
Ingeman Peter Bylling Jensen
Jill56067460DNF01319156065606DSQ024692469
12 Henri Copponex  (SUI) Markus Schurch
Pierre Chuit
Tam-Tam II1319121004DSQ0141591512913191DSQ016741674
13 Wim de Vries Lentsch  (NED) Flip Keegstra
Piet Jan van der Giessen
De Ruyter141598402112641222614159103051222617411582
14 Jean Marie Pierre Roux-Delimal  (FRA) Jacques Henry Jules Allard
Noël Libert Calone
Damoiselle103051610165271512916101151291126415561455
15 Donald Carlton Pritchard  (BAH) Basil Herbert McKinney
Basil Trevor Kelly
Godfrey Walter Higgs
Yeoman151291222613191935112226161011030515291428
16 Konstantin Aleksandrov  (URS) Lev Alekseyev
Pavel Pankrashkin
Burevestnik161011512914159161011126414159141591072971

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1952 Summer Olympics

Conditions at Harmaja

Of the total of three race area's only two were needed during the Olympics in Harmaja. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system.

DateRaceSkyWind directionWind speed (m/s)
20-JUL-1952IGrand yachting weatherSW6-7
21-JUL-1952IICalm sea, later rainSW1-2
later
6-7
22-JUL-1952IIIMagnificent seasSW10
23-JUL-1952IV Shifty3-4
26-JUL-1952VRainySW3-6
27-JUL-1952VI SW4-6
28-JUL-1952VIIFine and sunnyShiftyLight

Notes

  1. The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
  2. Total after applying discard.

References

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