Dragon at the Games of the XVI Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Port Phillip | ||||||||||||
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 in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Fifty sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 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] | |||||||
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||||
Folke Bohlin (SWE) | Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström | 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 Belada | Pampero | 3 | 828 | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 7 | 460 | 3 | 828 | 4 | 703 | 4225 | 4225 | ||
5 | Graham Horace Drane (AUS) | Brian Carolan Jim Carolan | 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 Bjørn 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 | Gene Walet III (USA) | Gene Walet Jr. Carlos Echeverria Danny Killeen | Spirit III. | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 6 | 527 | 1 | 1305 | 6 | 527 | 11 | 264 | 3151 | 3151 | ||
10 | Theodor Thomsen (EUA) | Erich Natusch Georg Nowka | Gustl XL | 5 | 606 | 6 | 527 | 5 | 606 | 9 | 351 | 5 | 606 | 12 | 226 | 2922 | 2922 | ||
11 | Ivan Matveev (URS) | Andrei Mazovka Pyotr Tolstikhin | 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 d'Almeida (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) | Tor-Kristian Lindh Joel Jahn | Xantippa | 10 | 305 | 13 | 191 | 12 | 226 | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 14 | 159 | 1409 | 1409 | ||
15 | Brownlow Eve (BER) | Bernard Ward Jimmy Kempe | Pam | 11 | 264 | 15 | 129 | 10 | 305 | 14 | 159 | 13 | 191 | 16 | 101 | 1250 | 1149 | ||
16 | Ned Holiday (SIN) | Kenneth Golding Robert Ho Keith 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
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.
Venezuela competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia, and in the equestrian events held in Stockholm, Sweden. Twenty-two competitors, all men, were selected by the Venezuelan Olympic Committee to take part in sixteen events across five sports. The delegation featured no female competitors, for the second time, and won no medals. While most of the Venezuelan athletes did not advance past the qualifying rounds of their sports, there were some good placings in the shooting, with Germán Briceño and Carlos Monteverde finishing in the top 10 of their events.
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1956 consisted of a total of five sailing classes. For each class seven races were scheduled from 26 November to 5 December 1956 at Port Phillip Bay.
Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1960 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 29 August 1960 to 7 September 1960 off the coast of Naples at the Gulf of Naples.
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.
The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 51 sailors, on 17 boats, from 17 nations competed.
Over time, several scoring systems for Sailing were used during the Summer Olympics. Many of these systems were also used by other regattas in their times. In order to understand how the medals in the Olympics were handed out one must have a look at the scoring system of that specific olympic sailing regatta.
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.
The Star was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 24 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed.
The 12m² Sharpie was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Twenty-six sailors, on 13 boats, from 13 nations competed.
The Finn was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 20 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed.
The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program in Naples. Seven races were scheduled. 35 sailors, on 35 boats, from 35 nations competed.
The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program in Naples. Seven races were scheduled. 64 sailors, on 31 boats, from 31 nations competed.
The Dragon was a sailing event on the 1960 Summer Olympics sailing program in Naples. Seven races were scheduled. Eighty-one sailors, on 27 boats, from 27 nations competed.
The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics program in Naples. Seven races were scheduled. 57 sailors, on 19 boats, from 19 nations competed.
The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 33 sailors on 33 boats, from 33 nations competed.
The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed.
The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 70 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nations competed.
The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 71 sailors, on 23 boats, from 23 nations competed.
The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 40 sailors, on 20 boats, from 20 nations competed.
The Flying Dutchman was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Acapulco. Seven races were scheduled. 62 sailors, on 30 boats, from 30 nations competed.
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