Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

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5.5 Metre
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
1952 5.5 Metre Gold Medslists.jpg
Medalists
Venue Harmaja
Dates20–28 July
Competitors50 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Britton Chance
Michael Schoettle
Edgar White
Sumner White
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Peder Lunde
Vibeke Lunde
Børre Falkum-Hansen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Folke Wassén
Carl-Erik Ohlson
Magnus Wassén
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1956  

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 50 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed. [1]

Results

5.5 Metre insigna blue.svg
Rank
Helmsman (Country)CrewYachtnameRace IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal
Points
[2]
Total
-1
[3]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svgUS flag 48 stars.svg  Britton Chance Mars symbol.svg  (USA) Michael Schoettle Mars symbol.svg
Edgar White Mars symbol.svg
Sumner White Mars symbol.svg
Complex II47031130510305112643828113051130560155751
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Norway.svg  Peder Lunde Mars symbol.svg  (NOR) Vibeke Lunde Venus symbol.svg
Børre Falkum-Hansen Mars symbol.svg
Encore21004560621004210041030521004470356305325
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Folke Wassén Mars symbol.svg  (SWE) Carl-Erik Ohlson Mars symbol.svg
Magnus Wassén Mars symbol.svg
Hojwa1130510305113053828746093511319147454554
4Flag of Portugal.svg  Duarte de Almeida Bello Mars symbol.svg  (POR) Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello Mars symbol.svg
Júlio De Sousa Leite Gourinho Mars symbol.svg
Sjöhäxa6527470356061130584024703560648524450
5Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Rodolfo Vollenweider Mars symbol.svg  (ARG) Tomás Galfrascoli Mars symbol.svg
Ludovico Kempter Mars symbol.svg
Gullvinge3828935147037460210047460652743333982
6Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Robert Perry Mars symbol.svg  (GBR) John Dillon Mars symbol.svg
Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick Mars symbol.svg
Unique1126411264746056061130511264382839913727
7Flag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Noel Horsfield Mars symbol.svg  (RSA) Joe Ellis-Brown Mars symbol.svg
Eric Beningfield Mars symbol.svg
Shoveller12226131913828652765273828840235293338
8Flag of Finland.svg  Hans Dittmar Mars symbol.svg  (FIN) Aarne Castrén Mars symbol.svg
Erik Stadigh Mars symbol.svg
Teresita840238281222610305935184022100435183292
9Flag of Germany.svg  Hans Lubinus Mars symbol.svg  (GER) Hans-Hermann Magnussen Mars symbol.svg
Ludwig Bielenberg Mars symbol.svg
Tom Kyle7460141598402840247036527935130042845
10Flag of Italy.svg  Dario Salata Mars symbol.svg  (ITA) Giorgio Audizio Mars symbol.svg
Egone Jakin Mars symbol.svg
Mirtala93516527935147031319112226746028092618
11Flag of Denmark.svg  Poul Ohff Mars symbol.svg  (DEN) Henning Christensen Mars symbol.svg
Ingemann Bylling Jensen Mars symbol.svg
Jill56067460DNF01319156065606DSQ024692469
12Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Henri Copponex Mars symbol.svg  (SUI) Markus Schurch Mars symbol.svg
Pierre Chuit Mars symbol.svg
Tam-Tam II1319121004DSQ0141591512913191DSQ016741674
13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Wim de Vries Lentsch Mars symbol.svg  (NED) Flip Keegstra Mars symbol.svg
Piet Jan van der Giessen Mars symbol.svg
De Ruyter141598402112641222614159103051222617411582
14Flag of France.svg  Jean Roux-Delimal Mars symbol.svg  (FRA) Jacques Allard Mars symbol.svg
Noël Calone Mars symbol.svg
Damoiselle103051610165271512916101151291126415561455
15Flag of the Bahamas (1923-1953).svg  Don Pritchard Mars symbol.svg  (BAH) Basil McKinney Mars symbol.svg
Basil Trevor Kelly Mars symbol.svg
Godfrey Higgs Mars symbol.svg
Yeoman151291222613191935112226161011030515291428
16Flag of the Soviet Union (1936-1955).svg  Konstantin Aleksandrov Mars symbol.svg  (URS) Lev Alekseyev Mars symbol.svg
Pavel Pankrashkin Mars symbol.svg
Burevestnik161011512914159161011126414159141591072971

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
Mars symbol.svg = Male, Venus symbol.svg = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1952 Summer Olympics 1952 5.5 Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre 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.

DateRaceSkyWind directionWind speed (m/s)
20 July 1952IGrand yachting weather SW 6-7
21 July 1952IICalm sea, later rain SW 1-2
later
6-7
22 July 1952IIIMagnificent seas SW 10
23 July 1952IV Shifty 3-4
26 July 1952VRainy SW 3-6
27 July 1952VI SW 4-6
28 July 1952VIIFine and sunny Shifty Light

Notes

  1. "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 5.5 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. Total after applying discard.

References