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Dragon
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
VenueHarmaja
DatesJuly 20–28
Competitors51 from 17 nations
Teams17
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thor Thorvaldsen
Sigve Lie
Håkon Barfod		  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Gedda
Sidney Boldt-Christmas
Erland Almqvist		  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Theodor Thomsen
Erich Natusch
Georg Nowka		  Germany
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Sailing at the
1952 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
StarOpen
DragonOpen
5.5 MetreOpen
6 MetreOpen

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 51 sailors, on 17 boats, from 17 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][2] 		Total
-1
[3]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Thor Thorvaldsen  (NOR) Sigve Lie
Håkon Barfod 		Pan 2 1030 1 1331 9 377 1 1331 6 553 6 553 1 1331 6506 6129
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Per Gedda  (SWE) Sidney Boldt-Christmas
Erland Almqvist 		Tornado 5 632 3 854 3 854 2 1030 5 632 1 1331 3 854 6187 5555
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Theodor Thomsen  (GER) Erich Natusch
Georg Nowka 		Gustel X 4 729 8 428 6 553 3 854 1 1331 3 854 2 1030 5779 5351
4  Roberto Sieburger  (ARG) Jorge del Río Sálas
H. Campi 		Pampero 7 486 2 1030 2 1030 4 729 2 1030 2 1030 7 486 5821 5335
5  Ole Valdemar Henrik Berntsen  (DEN) William Eldred Berntsen
Aage Birch 		Snude 3 854 7 486 1 1331 5 632 4 729 8 428 17 101 4561 4460
6  Wim van Duyl  (NED) Biem Dudok van Heel
Michiel Dudok van Heel 		Thalatta 1 1331 9 377 DSQ 0 7 486 7 486 5 632 4 729 4041 4041
7  Wolfgang Edgard Richter  (BRA) Peter Mangels
Francisco Antonio Felici Italo Osoldi 		Escapade 12 252 4 729 11 290 6 553 10 331 4 729 15 155 3039 2884
8  Joao Miguez Tito  (POR) Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenço
Alberto Graca 		Alcaid 6 553 11 290 12 252 9 377 3 854 10 331 9 377 3034 2782
9  Giuseppe Carattino  (ITA) Carlo Maria Spirito
Antonio Carattino 		Galatea II 9 377 5 632 14 185 8 428 14 185 16 127 5 632 2566 2439
10  John Robertson  (CAN) Don Hains
Archie Howie 		Jet 8 428 12 252 4 729 11 290 15 155 12 252 12 252 2358 2203
11  William Landon Horton, Sr.  (USA) Muriel Joyce Horton
William Landon Horton, Jr. 		Skidoo 17 101 6 553 10 331 15 155 13 218 7 486 8 428 2272 2171
12  Jock Sturrock  (AUS) Douglas Buxton
Bevan James Worcester 		Vinha 10 331 14 185 5 632 10 331 12 252 14 185 14 185 2101 1916
13  Thomas Vivian Somers  (GBR) Edward Dyson
John Craig Barrington-Ward 		Sabre 15 155 17 101 8 428 13 218 9 377 9 377 10 331 1987 1886
14  Eric Fabricius  (FIN) Bror Einar Johansson
Leo Nagornoff 		Tu-Fri 13 218 10 331 15 155 14 185 11 290 11 290 6 553 2022 1867
15  Ivan Matveev [ru]  (URS) Yuri Golubev
Andrei Mazovka 		Korshun 16 127 15 155 7 486 17 101 8 428 13 218 11 290 1805 1704
16  Marcel de Kerviler  (FRA) Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie
Guy Le Mouroux 		Virginie 11 290 16 127 DSQ 0 12 252 16 127 15 155 16 127 1078 1078
17  Jean Lucien de Meulemeester  (BEL) Andre Maurice Deryckere
Auguste Charles Galeyn 		Girl Pat 14 185 13 218 13 218 16 127 17 101 17 101 13 218 1168 1067

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

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon 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.

Date Race Sky Wind direction Wind speed (m/s)
20-JUL-1952 I Grand yachting weather SW 6-7
21-JUL-1952 II Calm sea, later rain SW 1-2
later
6-7
22-JUL-1952 III Magnificent seas SW 10
23-JUL-1952 IV Shifty 3-4
26-JUL-1952 V Rainy SW 3-6
27-JUL-1952 VI SW 4-6
28-JUL-1952 VII Fine and sunny Shifty Light

Notes

  1. ^ The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
  2. ^ The officiel records contain several minor errors in the calculation of the points. However, this does not alter the final result.
  3. ^ Total after applying discard.

References

  • Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (1955). The Officiel Report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (pdf).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
  • "Helsinki 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
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