Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre explained

Event:	6 Metre
Games:	1948 Summer
Venue:	Torbay
Dates:	3–12 August
Competitors:	64
Nations:	11
Teams:	11
Goldnoc:	USA
Silvernoc:	ARG
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1936
Next:	1952

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 64 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 nations competed.^[1]

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew ^[2]	Yachtname ^[3]	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points ^[4]	Total -1 ^[5]
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
		Alfred Loomis 13px James Weekes 13px James Smith 13px Michael Mooney 13px	Llanoria	4	540	1	1142	1	1142	3	665	8	239	1	1142	2	841	5711	5472
		Emilio Homps 13px Rodolfo Rivademar 13px Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre 13px Enrique Sieburger, Jr. 13px Julio Sieburger 13px	Djinn	3	665	3	665	3	665	2	841	1	1142	4	540	1	1142	5660	5120
		Carl-Robert Ameln 13px Martin Hindorff 13px Torsten Lord 13px Gösta Salén 13px	Ali baba II	5	443	2	841	2	841	1	1142	3	665	DSQ	0	11	101	4033	4033
4		Anders Evensen 13px Lars Skage Musæus 13px Håkon Solem 13px Ragnar Hargreaves 13px	Apache	8	239	DNS	0	9	188	5	443	2	841	2	841	3	665	3217	3217
5		Douglas Hume 13px Bonar Hardie 13px Hamish Hardie 13px Harry Hunter 13px	Johan	7	297	4	540	8	239	7	297	4	540	3	665	4	540	3118	2879
6		Émile Hayoit 13px Willy Huybrechts 13px Henri Van Riel 13px Willy Van Rompaey 13px	Lalage	1	1142	8	239	11	101	9	188	5	443	7	297	5	443	2853	2752
7			Ylliam VII	2	841	6	364	7	297	4	540	9	188	6	364	10	142	2736	2594
8		Renato Costentino 13px Beppe Croce 13px Luigi Poggi 13px Enrico Poggi 13px Federico De Luca 13px Giorgio Audizio 13px	Ciocca II	6	364	DNS	0	5	443	6	364	7	297	5	443	9	188	2099	2099
9			Raili ^[7]	9	188	7	297	10	142	8	239	6	364	8	239	6	364	1833	1691
10			Morena	10	142	5	443	4	540	11	101	10	142	10	142	8	239	1749	1648
11		Jean Castel 13px Claude Desouches 13px Robert Lacarrière 13px François Laverne 13px	La bandera	11	101	9	188	6	364	10	142	11	101	9	188	7	297	1381	1280

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

Daily standings

Courses at Torbay

A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.

Further reading

• Book: The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948. 1951. pdf.
• Book: Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson. CYA. Toronto. 2009.
  • "Olympics, 1948". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics: 6 metres, Open . Olympedia . 31 May 2020.
2. Per yacht a maximum of four crew members was selected from these sailors, but it is unknown in which race each of them competed.
3. Four of the boats including gold medal winning Llanoria and silver medal winning Djinn will also compete in the 1952 competition.
4. The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
5. Total after applying discard.
6. Reserve team member.
7. Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.