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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

Sailing at the
1952 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
StarOpen
DragonOpen
5.5 MetreOpen
6 MetreOpen

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 56 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 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
[n 2] 		Total
-1
[n 3]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Herman Whiton  (USA)

Julian Roosevelt
Everard Endt
John Morgan
Eric Ridder
Alternates:[n 1]
Emelyn Whiton[n 1]
W. Gubelmann
F. Merle-Smith

Llanoria 4 540 9 188 1 1142 1 1142 8 239 3 665 1 1142 5058 4870
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Finn Ferner  (NOR) Tor Arneberg
Johan Ferner
Erik Heiberg
Carl Mortensen 		Elisabeth X 1 1142 4 540 2 841 4 540 10 142 1 1142 5 443 4790 4648
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Ernst Westerlund  (FIN) Paul Sjöberg
Ragnar Jansson
Jonas Konto
Rolf Turkka 		Ralia [n 4] 3 665 6 364 3 665 5 443 1 1142 DNS 0 3 665 3944 3944
4  Sven Salén  (SWE) Martin Hindorff
Torsten Lord
Lars Lundström
Carl Robert Ameln 		May Be VII 2 841 DSQ 0 5 443 3 665 2 841 5 443 4 540 3773 3773
5  Enrique Sieburger, Sr.  (ARG) Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre
Werner von Foerster
Horacio Monti
Hércules Morini 		Djinn 6 364 2 841 4 540 6 364 5 443 2 841 8 239 3632 3393
6  Louis Noverraz  (SUI) André Firmenich
Charles Stern
François Chapot
Marcel Stern 		Ylliam VIII 9 188 1 1142 DNF 0 9 188 7 297 6 364 2 841 3020 3020
7  Bill Gooderham  (CAN) Ken Bradfield
Bill Copeland
Bill MacIntosh
Donald Tytler 		Trickson VI 8 239 3 665 DNF 0 2 841 3 665 8 239 6 364 3013 3013
8  Enrico Poggi  (ITA) Antonio Cosentino
Pietro Reggio
Giusto Spigno
Andrea Ferrari 		Ciocca 5 443 5 443 7 297 7 297 4 540 4 540 7 297 2857 2560
9  Kenneth Preston  (GBR) Robert Steele
Frank Murdoch
Franklin Woodroffe
Martin Sharp 		Titia 7 297 8 239 6 364 8 239 6 364 7 297 11 101 1901 1800
10  Wolfgang Elsner  (GER) Hans Kadelbach
Paul-Heinrich Lange
Götz von Mirbach
Andreas Howaldt 		Nirwana 10 142 7 297 9 188 10 142 9 188 9 188 9 188 1333 1191
11  Nikolay Yermakov  (URS) Kirill Kozhevnikov
Boris Lobashkov
Nikolay Matveyev
Fyodor Shutkov 		Circe 11 101 10 142 8 239 11 101 11 101 10 142 10 142 968 867

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

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre during the 1952 Summer Olympics

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

Notes

  1. ^ a b c The crew and alternates are from the U.S. Olympic Committee's report, which includes a photograph of "Messrs. Whiton, Ridder, Gubelmann, Roosevelt, and Morgan" at the medal ceremony, and omits Emelyn Whiton from its list of U.S. medalists.[2] The Helsinki Organizing Committee's report lists Emelyn Whiton as a participant, omitting Gubelmann and Merle-Smith altogether.[3]
  2. ^ The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ Total after applying discard.
  4. ^ The Finnish boat Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.

References

Sources

Citations

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 6 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
  2. ^ Churchill, Owen P. (1952). "Yachting". 1952 United States Olympic Book. US Olympic Committee. pp. 238–239.
  3. ^ Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad 1955, p.642