| Event: | 5.5 Metre |
| Games: | 1956 Summer |
| Venue: | Port Phillip |
| Dates: | 26–29 November and 3–5 December |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Nations: | 10 |
| Teams: | 10 |
| Goldnoc: | SWE |
| Silver: | Robert Perry Neil Cochran Patrick John Dillon David Bowker |
| Silvernoc: | GBR |
| Bronzenoc: | AUS |
| Prev: | 1952 |
| Next: | 1960 |
The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 33 sailors, on 10 boats, from 10 nations competed.[1]
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 | |||||||
| Hjalmar Karlsson 13px Sture Stork 13px | Rush V. | 1 | 1101 | 1 | 1101 | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 1 | 1101 | 2 | 800 | 5929 | 5527 | |||||
| Neil Cochran-Patrick 13px John Dillon 13px David Graham Bowker 13px | Vision | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 1 | 1101 | 4 | 499 | 5 | 402 | 3 | 624 | 4306 | 4050 | |||||
| Devereaux Mytton 13px Douglas Buxton 13px | Buraddoo | 4 | 499 | 2 | 800 | 4 | 499 | 1 | 1101 | 3 | 624 | 4 | 499 | 4521 | 4022 | |||||
| 4 | Victor Sheronas 13px John Bryant 13px Robert Stinson 13px | Rush IV. | 2 | 800 | 3 | 624 | 3 | 624 | 2 | 800 | 6 | 323 | 2 | 800 | 4169 | 3971 | ||||
| 5 | Odd Harsheim 13px Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen Jr. 13px | Viking | 1 | 1101 | 7 | 256 | 6 | 323 | 5 | 402 | 3 | 624 | 1 | 1101 | 4005 | 3807 | ||||
| 6 | Jean-Jacques Herbulot 13px Dominique Perroud 13px | Gilliatt V. | 10 | 101 | 6 | 323 | 8 | 198 | 7 | 256 | 4 | 499 | 5 | 402 | 1779 | 1779 | ||||
| 7 | Antonio Carattino 13px Carlo Maria Spirito 13px Antonio Cosentino 13px | Twins VIII. | 9 | 147 | 5 | 402 | 5 | 402 | 6 | 323 | 9 | 147 | 7 | 256 | 1677 | 1677 | ||||
| 8 | Konstantin Melgounov 13px Lev Alexeev 13px | Druzhba | 7 | 256 | 9 | 147 | 9 | 147 | 5 | 402 | 6 | 323 | 6 | 323 | 1598 | 1598 | ||||
| 9 | Denis Hegarty 13px Geoffrey Vivian Myburgh 13px | Yeoman V. | 6 | 323 | 8 | 198 | 4 | 499 | 8 | 198 | 10 | 101 | 7 | 256 | 1575 | 1575 | ||||
| 10 | Adolf Stein 13px Ludwig Bielenberg 13px | Tilly | 8 | 198 | 8 | 198 | 7 | 256 | 10 | 101 | 9 | 147 | 9 | 147 | 1148 | 1047 | ||||
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.