Sailing at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Venues | Harmaja |
Dates | First race: 20 July 1952 Last race: 28 July 1952 |
Competitors | 227 from 29 nations |
Boats | 93 |
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 to 28 July 1952 of the coast of Harmaja. [1]
The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses. The start was made in the center of a set of 8 numbered marks that were places in a circle. During the starting procedure the sequence of the marks was communicated to the sailors. By picking the mark that was most upwind the start could always be made upwind. This system is, at least in certain German lakes, still in use.
Island Lighthouse Harmaja | |
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Coordinates: 60°6′16.88″N24°58′26.93″E / 60.1046889°N 24.9741472°E |
Liuskasaari Olympic Harbor | |
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Coordinates: 60°9′6″N24°56′52″E / 60.15167°N 24.94778°E |
Two course areas were created in front of Helsinki. One for the Finn just outside the island Liuskasaari. The Finn course was 5.4 nm long and triangular in shape. For the keelboats a course area near the Harmaja lighthouse was used. A 13.1 nm course was set for Star, Dragon, 5.5 & 6 Metre just over one nm South of the lighthouse. Specially the keelboat course was situated in an area of fair sailing conditions. No currents or tidal movements, and no obstacles around the course that could create wind shadows. On the other hand, the Finn course was set near sheltered islands and thus safe for this type of sailing. This course give the spectators also a nice view of the races.
The races were held from 20 to 23 and 26–28 July. In between the sailors could recover or made boat repairs.
Three yacht clubs were involved:
Continents | Countries | Classes | Boats | Male | Female |
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5 | 29 | 5 | 93 | 227 | 3 |
Argentina (ARG) | Australia (AUS) | Austria (AUT) |
Bahamas (BAH) | Belgium (BEL) | Brazil (BRA) |
Canada (CAN) | Cuba (CUB) | Denmark (DEN) |
Spain (ESP) | Finland (FIN) | France (FRA) |
Great Britain (GBR) | Germany (GER) | Greece (GRE) |
Ireland (IRL) | Italy (ITA) | Japan (JPN) |
Monaco (MON) | Netherlands (NED) | Norway (NOR) |
Portugal (POR) | South Africa (RSA) | Switzerland (SUI) |
Sweden (SWE) | Soviet Union (URS) | Uruguay (URU) |
United States (USA) | Yugoslavia (YUG) |
Class | Type | Event | Sailors | Trapeze | Mainsail | Jib/Genoa | Spinnaker | First OG | Olympics so far |
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Finn | Dinghy | 1 | 0 | + | – | – | 1952 | 1 | |
Star | Keelboat | 2 | 0 | + | + | – | 1932 | 4 | |
Dragon | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1948 | 2 | |
5.5 Metre | Keelboat | 3 | 0 | + | + | + | 1952 | 1 | |
6 Metre | Keelboat | 5 | 0 | + | + | + | 1908 | 9 | |
Legend: = Male, = Female, = Open | |||||||||
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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1952: Finn | Denmark (DEN) Paul Elvstrøm | Great Britain (GBR) Charles Currey | Sweden (SWE) Rickard Sarby |
1952: Star | Italy (ITA) Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode | United States (USA) John Price John Reid | Portugal (POR) Joaquim Fiúza Francisco de Andrade |
1952: Dragon | Norway (NOR) Thor Thorvaldsen Haakon Barfod Sigve Lie | Sweden (SWE) Per Gedda Erland Almqvist Sidney Boldt-Christmas | Germany (GER) Theodor Thomsen Erich Natusch Georg Nowka |
1952: 5.5 Metre | United States (USA) Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White | Norway (NOR) Peder Lunde Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen | Sweden (SWE) Folke Wassén Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén |
1952: 6 Metre | United States (USA) Herman Whiton Everard Endt John Morgan Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt Emelyn Whiton | Norway (NOR) Finn Ferner Tor Arneberg Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen | Finland (FIN) Ernst Westerlund Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka Paul Sjöberg |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | United States (USA) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
5 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (9 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
During the sailing regattas at the 1952 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:
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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.
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The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 47 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed.
The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 28 sailors, on 28 boats, from 28 nations competed.
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The Dragon was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Fifty sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.
The Dragon was a sailing event on the 1960 Summer Olympics sailing program in Naples. Seven races were scheduled. Eighty-one sailors, on 27 boats, from 27 nations competed.
The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 70 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nations competed.
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