Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre explained

Event:	5.5 Metre
Games:	1952 Summer
Venue:	Harmaja
Dates:	20–28 July
Competitors:	50
Nations:	16
Teams:	16
Goldnoc:	USA
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Next:	1956

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 50 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[2]	Total -1 ^[3]
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
		Michael Schoettle 13px Edgar White 13px Sumner White 13px	Complex II	4	703	1	1305	10	305	11	264	3	828	1	1305	1	1305	6015	5751
		Vibeke Lunde 13px Børre Falkum-Hansen 13px	Encore	2	1004	5	606	2	1004	2	1004	10	305	2	1004	4	703	5630	5325
		Carl-Erik Ohlson 13px Magnus Wassén 13px	Hojwa	1	1305	10	305	1	1305	3	828	7	460	9	351	13	191	4745	4554
4			Sjöhäxa	6	527	4	703	5	606	1	1305	8	402	4	703	5	606	4852	4450
5		Tomás Galfrascoli 13px Ludovico Kempter 13px	Gullvinge	3	828	9	351	4	703	7	460	2	1004	7	460	6	527	4333	3982
6		John Dillon 13px Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick 13px	Unique	11	264	11	264	7	460	5	606	1	1305	11	264	3	828	3991	3727
7		Joe Ellis-Brown 13px Eric Beningfield 13px	Shoveller	12	226	13	191	3	828	6	527	6	527	3	828	8	402	3529	3338
8		Aarne Castrén 13px Erik Stadigh 13px	Teresita	8	402	3	828	12	226	10	305	9	351	8	402	2	1004	3518	3292
9		Hans-Hermann Magnussen 13px Ludwig Bielenberg 13px	Tom Kyle	7	460	14	159	8	402	8	402	4	703	6	527	9	351	3004	2845
10		Giorgio Audizio 13px Egone Jakin 13px	Mirtala	9	351	6	527	9	351	4	703	13	191	12	226	7	460	2809	2618
11		Henning Christensen 13px Ingemann Bylling Jensen 13px	Jill	5	606	7	460	DNF	0	13	191	5	606	5	606	DSQ	0	2469	2469
12		Markus Schurch 13px Pierre Chuit 13px	Tam-Tam II	13	191	2	1004	DSQ	0	14	159	15	129	13	191	DSQ	0	1674	1674
13		Flip Keegstra 13px Piet Jan van der Giessen 13px	De Ruyter	14	159	8	402	11	264	12	226	14	159	10	305	12	226	1741	1582
14		Jacques Allard 13px Noël Calone 13px	Damoiselle	10	305	16	101	6	527	15	129	16	101	15	129	11	264	1556	1455
15		Basil McKinney 13px Basil Trevor Kelly 13px Godfrey Higgs 13px	Yeoman	15	129	12	226	13	191	9	351	12	226	16	101	10	305	1529	1428
16		Lev Alekseyev 13px Pavel Pankrashkin 13px	Burevestnik	16	101	15	129	14	159	16	101	11	264	14	159	14	159	1072	971

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
13px = Male, 13px = Female

Daily standings

Conditions at Harmaja

Of the total of three race area's only two were needed during the Olympics in Harmaja. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system.

Date	Race	Sky	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)
20 July 1952	I	Grand yachting weather	SW	6-7
21 July 1952	II	Calm sea, later rain	SW	1-2 later 6-7
22 July 1952	III	Magnificent seas	SW	10
23 July 1952	IV		Shifty	3-4
26 July 1952	V	Rainy	SW	3-6
27 July 1952	VI		SW	4-6
28 July 1952	VII	Fine and sunny	Shifty	Light

References

• Book: The Officiel Report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952. 1955. pdf.
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 5.5 metres, Open . Olympedia . 1 June 2020.
2. The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.