| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 34th |
| Event details | |
| Venue | Naples, Italy |
| Yachts | Star |
| Titles | 1 |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 118 |
| Competing nations | 13 |
| Results | |
 Gold |  Straulino & Rode |
 Silver |  North & Hill |
 Bronze |  de Cárdenas & de Cárdenas |
The 1956 Star World Championship was held in Naples, Italy in 1956. [1]
| Pos | Boat name | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | Merope III | Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode | Italy | 5 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 279 |
| | North Star II | Lowell North James B. Hill | United States | 3 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 277 |
| | Kurush IV | Alvaro de Cárdenas Jorge de Cárdenas | Cuba | 2 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 271 |
| 4 | Caprice | Roberto Ciappa Carlo Rolandi | Italy | 14 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 268 |
| 5 | Gale | Harry Gale Nye Jr. Robert Halperin | United States | 1 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 267 |
| 6 | Merope I | Antonio Cosentino Neri Stelle | Italy | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 265 |
| 7 | Faneca | Duarte de Almeida Bello Jose Bustorff |  Portugal | 10 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 261 |
| 8 | Anin | C. W. Lyon Jr. Frank Lyon | United States | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 260 |
| 9 | Gam II | Philippe Chancerel Michel Parent |  France | 11 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 248 |
| 10 | Mari | Sune Carlsson Olle Carlsson |  Sweden | 9 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 246 |
| 11 | Clementine IV | Harry Adler Luiz Ramos |  Brazil | 13 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 223 |
| 12 | Conch II | Foster Clarke Roy Cole |  Bahamas | 21 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 222 |
| 13 | Frip | Georges Pisani Noël Desaubliaux | France | 8 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 11 | 221 |
| 14 | Kurush IV | Carlos de Cárdenas Carlos de Cárdenas Jr. | Cuba | 6 | 32 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 219 |
| 15 | Nuvola Rossa | Dario Salata Giu. Barano | Italy | 17 | 12 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 213 |
| 16 | Katia II | Michel Gautier Jean L. Domerc |  Morocco | 16 | 29 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 211 |
| 17 | Espadarte II | Joaquim Fiúza Fernando Pessoa | Portugal | 15 | 3 | 13 | 11 | WDR | 198 |
| 18 | Ma' Lindo | Mário Quina Miguel Quina | Portugal | 27 | 13 | 35 | 12 | 27 | 186 |
| 19 | Ta Fatt | Jacob Engwall Börje Carlsson | Sweden | 23 | 25 | 21 | 23 | 24 | 184 |
| 20 | Candide | Albert Debarge Jean Peytel | France | 37 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 31 | 175 |
| 21 | Mechtild | Josef Pankofer Hans G. Link |  West Germany | 33 | 31 | 29 | 28 | 8 | 171 |
| 22 | Tupi | Jorge F. Geyer J. L. Pimental | Brazil | 38 | 16 | 22 | 39 | 17 | 168 |
| 23 | Tscha-Tscha | C. E. Burkhard F. Portier |  Switzerland | 35 | 36 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 166 |
| 24 | Iris III | Walter von Hütschler Jean Crespin | Brazil | 19 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 30 | 160 |
| 25 | Scylla | Charles Ulmer Herbert Hild | United States | 28 | 37 | 17 | 34 | 28 | 156 |
| 26 | Vesania | Riccardo de Sangro Fondi Gennaro De Luca | Italy | 7 | 30 | WDR | 29 | 18 | 156 |
| 27 | Atair | Jan Borh Charly Joos | Switzerland | 24 | 21 | 28 | 48 | 25 | 154 |
| 28 | Hux Flux IV | Bertil Nylund Lars Stensico | Sweden | 30 | 57 | 20 | 20 | 29 | 144 |
| 29 | Anna I | Carlo Boselli Livio Sangulin | Italy | 18 | 26 | 27 | 30 | DSQ | 139 |
| 30 | Arlu III | Nanni Porro R. Manars | Italy | 29 | 43 | 38 | 33 | 22 | 135 |
| 31 | Castore III | F. Romanello G. de Gaetano | Italy | 25 | DSQ | 30 | 35 | 19 | 131 |
| 32 | Itri | Claude Metral Henri Rungs | Morocco | 31 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 20 | 131 |
| 33 | Shitane | Maur Violette Geo. Olivier | France | 40 | 40 | 34 | 17 | 41 | 128 |
| 34 | Zwente Bold | Hans D. Wagner Eb. Hoesch | West Germany | 42 | 38 | 43 | 24 | 26 | 127 |
| 35 | Bu II | Tacariju de Paula C. A. de Brito | Brazil | 26 | 27 | 19 | WDR | 45 | 123 |
| 36 | Asterope | Aldo Moscovita Mario Mioni | Italy | 20 | 55 | 40 | 32 | 26 | 117 |
| 37 | Capucho IV | João Félix Capucho Antonio Maia | Portugal | 32 | 35 | 41 | 16 | WDR | 116 |
| 38 | Melody | Paul Smart Maarschalken | United States | 44 | 33 | 25 | 46 | 37 | 115 |
| 39 | Luti | Luise Castro M. Maneres | Portugal | 49 | 23 | 49 | 44 | 23 | 112 |
| 40 | Ali Baba V | Hans Bryner Urs Bucher | Switzerland | 48 | 6 | 47 | 49 | 39 | 111 |
| 41 | Vega VI | Fred. Mercier D. Benard | France | 41 | 22 | DSQ | 27 | 40 | 110 |
| 42 | Tornado | Franco Arditi Giorgio Marra | Italy | 50 | 45 | 32 | 31 | 32 | 110 |
| 43 | Cheri II | Bruno Tomasoni Bruno Dequal | Italy | 36 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 34 | 110 |
| 44 | Aloha VI | Yves Lorion Rocco Jemma | France | 52 | 17 | 51 | 50 | 35 | 95 |
| 45 | Twinkle | J. Roy Mitchell Jean Mitchell |  Great Britain | 34 | 49 | 37 | 38 | 49 | 93 |
| 46 | Danaldo | P. Migliaccio G. B. Leone | Italy | WDR | 20 | 23 | WDR | 47 | 90 |
| 47 | Tichiboo | Prince Bira Guy Dagonnot |  Thailand | WDR | 42 | 44 | 36 | 33 | 85 |
| 48 | Andiola | Gualtiero Corsi S. Bugliani | Italy | 46 | 28 | 45 | 52 | 48 | 81 |
| 49 | Polluce II | Rob. Palombieri Fr. Lapanje | Italy | 22 | 34 | DSQ | 53 | 50 | 81 |
| 50 | Nababbo II | Ott. Danelon Ant. Martinoli | Italy | 41 | 51 | 33 | 51 | 44 | 76 |
| 51 | Asrid | C. Frugoli Jr. E. Amatuzzo | Italy | 54 | 44 | 42 | 43 | 42 | 71 |
| 52 | Fuzzy | George Dehio Chr. Berglund | Sweden | 51 | 53 | 46 | 41 | 38 | 71 |
| 53 | Ito | L. Barbier Fr. Carvallo | Brazil | 43 | 46 | 50 | 40 | WDR | 61 |
| 54 | Faneca | A. Bizzarro A. Filippone | Italy | 39 | 48 | WDR | 47 | 46 | 60 |
| 55 | Guapa II | Mario Rivelli R. Camardella | Italy | 53 | 52 | 48 | 45 | WDR | 42 |
| 56 | Mira II | Albino Gargiuli A. Cicilisni | Italy | 56 | 54 | 52 | 55 | 51 | 32 |
| 57 | Furia | Gino Serafini O. Raimondi | Italy | 47 | 47 | DSQ | DNF | DNF | 26 |
| 58 | Meteor | F. D. McCarthy Al Bragdon | United States | WDR | 56 | 53 | 54 | DNF | 17 |
| 59 | Sabrina | Ottavio Puleo M. Masturzo | Italy | 55 | WDR | DNS | DNS | DNS | 5 |
Source: [1] [2]
Legend:DNF – Did not finish;DNS – Did not start;DSQ – Disqualified;WDR – Withdrew;
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