Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held at Torquay, on England's south coast.

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
6 metre class	United States (USA) Herman Whiton Alfred Loomis James Weekes James Smith Michael Mooney	Argentina (ARG) Enrique Sieburger Sr. Emilio Homp Rufino Rodriguez de la Torre Rodolfo Rivademar Enrique Sieburger Jr. Julio Sieburger	Sweden (SWE) Tore Holm Torsten Lord Martin Hindorff Carl-Robert Ameln Gösta Salen
Dragon class	Norway (NOR) Thor Thorvaldsen Sigve Lie Haakon Barfod	Sweden (SWE) Folke Bohlin Hugo Johnson Gösta Brodin	Denmark (DEN) William Berntsen Ole Berntsen Klaus Baess
Firefly class	Paul Bert Elvstrøm Denmark (DEN)	Ralph Evans United States (USA)	Jacobus de Jong Netherlands (NED)
Star class	United States (USA) Hilary Smart Paul Smart	Cuba (CUB) Carlos de Cardenas Culmell Carlos de Cardenas Pla	Netherlands (NED) Adriaan Maas Edward Stutterheim
Swallow class	Great Britain (GBR) Stewart Morris David Bond	Portugal (POR) Duarte de Almeida Bello Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello	United States (USA) Lockwood Pirie Owen Torrey

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	1	1	4
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	0	1	2
3	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
5	Sweden (SWE)	0	1	1	2
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Cuba (CUB)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
9	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	2	2

[edit] Reference

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-05.

Events at the 1948 Summer Olympics (London)
Athletics • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Lacrosse (demonstration) • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling

Sailing at the Summer Olympics
1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in sailing