| 5.5 Metre at the Games of the XVI Olympiad |
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Medallists |
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| Venue | Port Phillip | |||||||||
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| Dates | 26-29 November and 3-5 December |
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| Competitors | 49 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
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| «1952 | 1960» | |||||||||
| Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics |
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| Finn | Open | ||||
| 12 m2 Sharpie | Open | ||||
| Star | Open | ||||
| Dragon | Open | ||||
| 5.5 Metre | Open | ||||
The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event of the Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics program on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 33 sailors, on 10 boats, from 10 nations competed.
Contents |
Rank |
Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Total Points [1] |
Total -1 [2] |
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| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||||
| Lars Thörn (SWE) | Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork |
Rush V. | 1 | 1101 | 1 | 1101 | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 1 | 1101 | 2 | 800 | 5929 | 5527 | |||
| Robert Stanley Perry, Gr. (GBR) | Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick John Desmond Dillon David Graham Bowker |
Vision | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 1 | 1101 | 4 | 499 | 5 | 402 | 3 | 624 | 4306 | 4050 | |||
| Jock Sturrock (AUS) | Devereaux R Mytton Douglas Raymond Buxton |
Buraddoo | 4 | 499 | 2 | 800 | 4 | 499 | 1 | 1101 | 3 | 624 | 4 | 499 | 4521 | 4022 | |||
| 4 | Ferdinand Paul Schoettle, Jr. (USA) | Victor Frank Sheronas John Kent Bryant Robert Stinson, Jr. |
Rush IV. | 2 | 800 | 3 | 624 | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 6 | 323 | 2 | 800 | 4169 | 3971 | ||
| 5 | Peder Lunde (NOR) | Odd Harsheim Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen, Jr. |
Viking | 1 | 1101 | 7 | 256 | 6 | 323 | 5 | 402 | 3 | 624 | 1 | 1101 | 4005 | 3807 | ||
| 6 | Albert Cadot (FRA) | Jean-Jacques Herbulot Dominique Perroud |
Gilliatt V. | 10 | 101 | 6 | 323 | 8 | 198 | 7 | 256 | 4 | 499 | 5 | 402 | 1779 | 1779 | ||
| 7 | Massimo Oberti (ITA) | Antonio Carattino Carlo Maria Spirito Antonio Cosentino |
Twins VIII. | 9 | 147 | 5 | 402 | 5 | 402 | 6 | 323 | 9 | 147 | 7 | 256 | 1677 | 1677 | ||
| 8 | Konstantin Alexandrov (URS) | Konstantin Melgounov Lev Alexeev |
Druzhba | 7 | 256 | 9 | 147 | 9 | 147 | 5 | 402 | 6 | 323 | 6 | 323 | 1598 | 1598 | ||
| 9 | Leslie Noel Horsfield (RSA) | Dennis Hegarty Geoffrey Vivian Myburgh |
Yeoman V. | 6 | 323 | 8 | 198 | 4 | 499 | 8 | 198 | 10 | 101 | 7 | 256 | 1575 | 1575 | ||
| 10 | Hans Johann Georg Lubinus (GER) | Adolf F. Stein Ludwig Bielenberg |
Tilly | 8 | 198 | 8 | 198 | 7 | 256 | 10 | 101 | 9 | 147 | 9 | 147 | 1148 | 1047 | ||
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female
Three race areas were needed during the Olympics on Port Phillip. Each class used the same scoring system. The center course was used for the 5.5 Metre.