Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre
| 5.5 Metre at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Medallists | ||||||||||
| Venue | Port Phillip | |||||||||
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| Dates | 26–29 November and 3–5 December | |||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 16 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| 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.
Results
 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 Perry (GBR) | Neil Cochran-Patrick John Dillon David Graham Bowker | Vision | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 1 | 1101 | 4 | 499 | 5 | 402 | 3 | 624 | 4306 | 4050 | ||
 |  Jock Sturrock (AUS) | Devereaux Mytton Douglas 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 | .svg.png){kind=small} 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
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1956 Summer Olympics
Conditions on Port Phillip
Course areas on Port Phillip
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.
Notes
- ↑ The 1956 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ↑ Total after applying discard.
References
- The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 (1958). The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (pdf).
- Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
- "Melbourne 1956". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.