Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

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5.5 Metre
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue Enoshima
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Teams65
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bill Northam
Peter O'Donnell
James Sargeant
Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg Lars Thorn
Sture Stork
Arne Karlsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg John J. McNamara
Francis Scully
Joseph Batchelder
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1960
1968  

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed. [1]

Results

5.5 Metre insigna blue.svg
Rank
Helmsman (Country)CrewYachtnameSail No.Race IRace IIRace IIIRace IVRace VRace VIRace VIITotal
Points
[2]
Total
-1
[3]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Australia.svg  Bill Northam Mars symbol.svg  (AUS) Peter O'Donnell Mars symbol.svg
James Sargeant Mars symbol.svg
BarrenjoeyKA
14
112776499297611277DNF10111277467560825981
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of Sweden.svg  Lars Thorn Mars symbol.svg  (SWE) Arne Karlsson Mars symbol.svg
Sture Stork Mars symbol.svg
Rush VIIS
37
46754675467546751127746751127759295254
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the United States.svg  John J. McNamara Mars symbol.svg  (USA) Joseph Batchelder Mars symbol.svg
Francis Scully Mars symbol.svg
BingoUS
50
102771127711277649929763800DNF10152075106
4Flag of Italy.svg  Agostino Straulino Mars symbol.svg  (ITA) Bruno Petronio Mars symbol.svg
Massimo Minervin Mars symbol.svg
GrifoneI
42
2976297638001123674322976557849744738
5Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Fritz Kopperschmidt Mars symbol.svg  (EUA) Herbert Reich Mars symbol.svg
Eckart Wagner Mars symbol.svg
SubbnboanaG
12
1413183746499DNF10146755578380031583057
6Flag of Finland.svg  Johan Gullichsen Mars symbol.svg  (FIN) Peter Fazer Mars symbol.svg
Juhani Salovaara Mars symbol.svg
Chaje IIL
24
649955789323557855788374743233623039
7Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Sandy MacDonald Mars symbol.svg  (CAN) Douglas Woodward Mars symbol.svg
Bernard Skinner Mars symbol.svg
State VIKC
58
1316338005578932393237432649931182955
8Flag of Norway.svg  HrH Crownprince Harald Mars symbol.svg  (NOR) Eirik Johannessen Mars symbol.svg
Stein Føyen Mars symbol.svg
Fram IIIN
27
7432932374322976102779323837431372860
9Flag of the Bahamas (1953-1964).svg  Robert Symonette Mars symbol.svg  (BAH) Roy Ramsay Mars symbol.svg
Percy Knowles Mars symbol.svg
John BBA
1
9323131631123638003800102771027728762713
10Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Paul Ramelet Mars symbol.svg  (SUI) Roger Rouge Mars symbol.svg
Jean Graul Mars symbol.svg
Alain IVZ
45
3800DNF10113163DSQ01123612198297624742474
11Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Robin Aisher Mars symbol.svg  (GBR) Eric Denham Mars symbol.svg
Adrian Jardine Mars symbol.svg
Yeoman XIIK
12
8374102778374837464996499932327202443
12Flag of Denmark.svg  William Berntsen Mars symbol.svg  (DEN) Carl Christian Lassen Mars symbol.svg
Per Holm Mars symbol.svg
Web IIID
11
5578743212198102778374131631123622582095
13Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Konstantin Alexandrov Mars symbol.svg  (URS) Konstantin Melgunov Mars symbol.svg
Valentin Zamotaikin Mars symbol.svg
DruzhbaSR
1
1123611 [4] 21710277743212198112361219817941596
14Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Fujiya Matsumoto Mars symbol.svg  (JPN) Masao Yoshida Mars symbol.svg
Takeshi Hagiwara Mars symbol.svg
RoyJ
1
1219811 [4] 217141311219813163141311316312011070
15Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Víctor de la Lama Mars symbol.svg  (MEX) Iker Belausteguigoitía Mars symbol.svg
Luis Aguilar Mars symbol.svg
XolotlMX
1
15101141311510113163141311510114131859758

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 1964 Summer Olympics 1964 5.5 Metre Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1964 Summer Olympics

Conditions at Enoshima

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Enoshima. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The Easterly course area was used for the 5.5 Metre.

DateRaceWeatherWind directionWind speed (m/s)
12 October 1964ICloudy ENE 0.4
13 October 1964IICloudy NNE 5.5
14 October 1964IIICloudy N 12
15 October 1964IVFine N 8
19 October 1964VCloudy N 4.5
20 October 1964VIFine NNE 12
21 October 1964VIICloudy S 11

Notes

  1. "Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics: 5.5 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. The 1964 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. Total after applying discard.
  4. 1 2 The Soviet and the Japanese 5.5 Metre finished at exactly the same moment. Therefore they both got 11th place. Both got the average of 11th and 12th place points, being 217 points.

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