Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

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5.5 Metre
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medallists
VenuePort Phillip
Dates26–29 November and
3–5 December
Competitors49 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lars Thörn
Hjalmar Karlsson
Sture Stork		  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Robert Perry
Neil Cochran Patrick
John Dillon
David Bowker		  Great Britain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jock Sturrock
Devereaux Mytton
Douglas Buxton		  Australia
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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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  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
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  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
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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

File:1956 OG Course areas.jpg
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).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
  • "Melbourne - Stockholm 1956". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
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