Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medallists
Venue	Port Phillip
Dates	26–29 November and 3–5 December
Competitors	49 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
Lars Thörn Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork   Sweden   Robert Perry Neil Cochran Patrick John Dillon David Bowker   Great Britain   Jock Sturrock Devereaux Mytton Douglas Buxton   Australia

Sailing at the  1956 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
12 m^2 Sharpie			Open
Star			Open
Dragon			Open
5.5 Metre			Open

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event of the Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics program on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 33 sailors, on 10 boats, from 10 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]
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Lars Thörn  (SWE)	Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork	Rush V.	5	402	1	1101	1	1101	3	624	2	800	1	1101	2	800	5929	5527
	Robert Perry  (GBR)	Neil Cochran-Patrick John Dillon David Graham Bowker	Vision	3	624	2	800	7	256	1	1101	4	499	5	402	3	624	4306	4050
	Jock Sturrock  (AUS)	Devereaux Mytton Douglas Buxton	Buraddoo	4	499	4	499	2	800	4	499	1	1101	3	624	4	499	4521	4022
4	Ferdinand Paul Schoettle, Jr.  (USA)	Victor Frank Sheronas John Kent Bryant Robert Stinson, Jr.	Rush IV.	2	800	3	624	3	624	2	800	6	323	2	800	8	198	4169	3971
5	Peder Lunde  (NOR)	Odd Harsheim Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen, Jr.	Viking	1	1101	7	256	6	323	5	402	3	624	8	198	1	1101	4005	3807
6	Albert Cadot  (FRA)	Jean-Jacques Herbulot Dominique Perroud	Gilliatt V.	10	101	6	323	DSQ	0	8	198	7	256	4	499	5	402	1779	1779
7	Massimo Oberti  (ITA)	Antonio Carattino Carlo Maria Spirito Antonio Cosentino	Twins VIII.	9	147	5	402	5	402	6	323	9	147	7	256	DNF	0	1677	1677
8	Konstantin Alexandrov  (URS)	Konstantin Melgounov Lev Alexeev	Druzhba	7	256	9	147	9	147	DNF	0	5	402	6	323	6	323	1598	1598
9	Leslie Noel Horsfield  (RSA)	Dennis Hegarty Geoffrey Vivian Myburgh	Yeoman V.	6	323	8	198	4	499	DNF	0	8	198	10	101	7	256	1575	1575
10	Hans Johann Georg Lubinus  (EUA)	Adolf F. Stein Ludwig Bielenberg	Tilly	8	198	10	101	8	198	7	256	10	101	9	147	9	147	1148	1047

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 1956 Summer Olympics

Conditions on Port Phillip

Course areas on Port Phillip

Three race areas were needed during the Olympics on Port Phillip. Each class used the same scoring system. The center course was used for the 5.5 Metre.

Notes

1. The 1956 Olympic scoring system was used.
2. Total after applying discard.

References

• The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 (1958). The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (pdf).
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Melbourne - Stockholm 1956". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.