| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 30th |
| Event details | |
| Venue | Cascais, Portugal |
| Yachts | Star |
| Titles | 1 |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 58 |
| Competing nations | 11 |
| Results | |
 Gold |  Straulino & Rode |
 Silver |  Lippincott & Hubers |
 Bronze |  Bello & Bello |
The 1952 Star World Championship was held in Cascais, Portugal in 1952. [1]
| Pos | Boat name | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Merope | Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode | Italy | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 142 |
| | Flower | Robert Lippincott Dan Hubers |  United States | 6 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 117 |
| | Faneca | Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Bello | Portugal | 7 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 113 |
| 4 | Espadarte II | Joaquim Fiúza Francisco de Andrade | Portugal | 10 | 10 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 108 |
| 5 | Elletra | Tito Nordio Livio Sangulin | Italy | 8 | 5 | 2 | DSQ | 1 | 104 |
| 6 | Scylla | Charles Ulmer Sloane Farrington | United States | 9 | 11 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 97 |
| 7 | Dingo | James M. Schoonmaker Durward Knowles | United States | 3 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 97 |
| 8 | Ma' Lindo | João Miguel Tito Alberto Graça | Portugal | 18 | 3 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 95 |
| 9 | Kurush IV | Carlos de Cárdenas Carlos de Cárdenas Jr. |  Cuba | 5 | 12 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 94 |
| 10 | Mari-Tim | Timoleon Razelos Andreas Ziro |  Greece | 15 | 4 | 16 | 4 | 19 | 92 |
| 11 | Faneca | Mario Rivelli G. Schettino | Italy | 16 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 88 |
| 12 | Bu III | O. Dias Tacariju de Paula |  Brazil | 21 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 83 |
| 13 | Paka V | Paul E. Fischer Claus Wunderlich |  West Germany | 11 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 79 |
| 14 | Comanche | Jack Price Paul Smart | United States | 2 | 22 | 14 | 5 | WDR | 77 |
| 15 | Gam | Philippe Chancerel J. Maraut |  France | 12 | 9 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 77 |
| 16 | Pedrito IV | Ernesto de Mendonca Antonio Silva | Portugal | 14 | 19 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 74 |
| 17 | Aloha V | Yves Lorion J. Lorion | France | 19 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 73 |
| 18 | Perifidia III | H. Looser J. Both |  Switzerland | 22 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 70 |
| 19 | Ali Baba IV | Hans Bryner Kurt Bryner | Switzerland | 17 | 2 | 21 | WDR | 17 | 63 |
| 20 | Fiadolin | D. Selara A. Pelloti | Italy | DSQ | 13 | 7 | 12 | WDR | 58 |
| 21 | Vega | Fred. Mercier J. Rousse | France | 13 | 20 | 13 | WDR | 21 | 53 |
| 22 | Ayono | E. Perrissol A. Moses | France | 24 | 14 | 22 | 9 | WDR | 51 |
| 23 | Tremontane III | J. Herbulot A. Debarge | France | WDR | 8 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 49 |
| 24 | Shannon | E. W. Etchells J. Reynes | United States | 4 | WDR | 9 | DNS | DNS | 47 |
| 25 | Pandar III | C. Blankenburg O. Schlenzka | West Germany | 23 | 24 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 41 |
| 26 | Willy Nilly | J. Mitchell Mitchell |  Great Britain | 20 | WDR | 25 | 16 | 24 | 35 |
| 27 | Saucy Sue | S. H. N. Tay F. Thieck |  Morocco | 26 | 26 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 27 |
| 28 | Fada III | Pierre de Montaut J. de Montaut | France | 25 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 22 | 23 |
| 29 | Itrane | C. Metral J. Coursol | Morocco | 27 | 25 | DSQ | 22 | WDR | 16 |
Source: [1] [2]
Legend:DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;WDR – Withdrew;
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