Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon
| Dragon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Medallists | ||||||||||
| Venue | Port Phillip | |||||||||
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| Dates | 26–29 November and 3–5 December | |||||||||
| Competitors | 50 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 Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics program on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Fifty sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 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 | ||||||
 |  Folke Bohlin  (SWE) | Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikstrom | Slaghoken II. | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 1 | 1305 | 8 | 402 | 1 | 1305 | 1 | 1305 | 6074 | 5723 | ||
 |  Ole Berntsen (DEN) | Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow | Tip | 1 | 1305 | 4 | 703 | 4 | 703 | 2 | 1004 | 2 | 1004 | 2 | 1004 | 6250 | 5723 | ||
 |  Graham Mann (GBR) | Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson | Bluebottle | 4 | 703 | 8 | 402 | 1 | 1305 | 6 | 527 | 5 | 606 | 2 | 1004 | 4773 | 4547 | ||
| 4 |  Jorge Salas Chávez (ARG) | Arnoldo Pekelharing Boris Adolfo Belada | Pampero | 3 | 828 | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 7 | 460 | 3 | 828 | 4 | 703 | 4225 | 4225 | ||
| 5 |  Graham Horace Drane (AUS) | Brian Barrett Carolan James Arthur Carolane | Paula | 2 | 1004 | 10 | 305 | 4 | 703 | 4 | 703 | 4 | 703 | 9 | 351 | 3928 | 3769 | ||
| 6 |  Sergio Sorrentino (ITA) | Piero Gorgatto Annibale Pelaschiar | Aretusa | 1 | 1305 | 3 | 828 | DNF | 0 | 7 | 460 | 9 | 351 | 7 | 460 | 3404 | 3404 | ||
| 7 |  Thor Thorvaldsen (NOR) | Carl Otto Svae Bjorn Oscar Gulbrandsen | Pan II. | 7 | 460 | 5 | 606 | 9 | 351 | 5 | 606 | 8 | 402 | 3 | 828 | 3558 | 3253 | ||
| 8 |  David Howard (CAN) | Cliff Howard Donald Tytler | Tomahawk III. | 6 | 527 | 7 | 460 | 11 | 264 | 3 | 828 | 7 | 460 | 5 | 606 | 3450 | 3186 | ||
| 9 |  Eugene Henry Walet III (USA) | Eugene H. Walet, Jr. Carlos Porfiri Echeverria, Jr. Daniel Bernard Killeen | Spirit III. | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 6 | 527 | 1 | 1305 | 6 | 527 | 11 | 264 | 3151 | 3151 | ||
| 10 |  Theodor Thomsen (GER) | Erich Natusch Georg Nowka | Gustl XL | 5 | 606 | 6 | 527 | 5 | 606 | 9 | 351 | 5 | 606 | 12 | 226 | 2922 | 2922 | ||
| 11 | .svg.png){kind=small} Ivan Matveev (URS) | Andrei Mazovka Pyotr Tolstikhine | Neptun II. | 12 | 226 | 3 | 828 | 7 | 460 | 13 | 191 | 12 | 226 | 12 | 226 | 2348 | 2157 | ||
| 12 |  Robert Stewart (NZL) | Albert Wallace Cuthbertson William Edgar Swinnerton | Red Dragon | 9 | 351 | 15 | 129 | 3 | 828 | 10 | 305 | DSQ | 0 | 8 | 402 | 2015 | 2015 | ||
| 13 |  Bernardo Mendes D'Almeida Conde de Caria (POR) | Carlos Rogenmoser de Lourenco Sérgio Marques | Canopus | 9 | 351 | 6 | 527 | 12 | 226 | 13 | 191 | 8 | 402 | 10 | 305 | 2193 | 2002 | ||
| 14 |  John Flinkenberg (FIN) | Thor-Kristian Lind Joel Jahn | Xantippa | 10 | 305 | 13 | 191 | 12 | 226 | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 14 | 159 | 1409 | 1409 | ||
| 15 |  Howard Brownlow Eve (BER) | James Bernard Ward James Wasson Kempe | Pam | 11 | 264 | 15 | 129 | 10 | 305 | 14 | 159 | 13 | 191 | 16 | 101 | 1250 | 1149 | ||
| 16 | .svg.png){kind=small} Edward Gilbert Holiday (SIN) | Kenneth Dunstan Golding Robert Ho Keith Littlewood Johnson | Rika II. | 14 | 159 | 14 | 159 | 13 | 191 | 15 | 129 | 14 | 159 | 15 | 129 | 926 | 926 | ||
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, 
= Female
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1956 Summer Olympics
Conditions on Port Phillip
Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in the Port Phillip Bay. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The center course was used for the Dragon.
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.