1956 Summer Olympics / Sailing
Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics |
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venue | Melbourne |
Competition venue | Port Phillip |
Nations | 28 |
Athletes | 154 (154 ) |
date | November 26th to December 5th, 1956 |
decisions | 5 |
← Helsinki 1952 |
At the XVI. At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne , five sailing competitions were held.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Sweden | 2 | - | - | 2 |
2 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
3 | United States | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
4th | New Zealand | 1 | - | - | 1 |
5 | Great Britain | - | 1 | 2 | 3 |
6th | Australia | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
7th | Belgium | - | 1 | - | 1 |
7th | Italy | - | 1 | - | 1 |
9 | Bahamas | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
Results
Finn dinghy
space | country | athlete | Points |
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1 | THE | Paul Elvstrøm | 7509 |
2 | BEL | André Nelis | 6254 |
3 | United States | John Marvin | 5953 |
4th | EUA | Jürgen Vogler | 4199 |
5 | SWE | Rickard Sarby | 3990 |
6th | RSA | Eric Bougers | 3912 |
7th | ITA | Adelchi Pelaschier | 3409 |
8th | BAH | Kenneth Albury | 3182 |
star
space | country | Athletes | Points |
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1 | United States |
Lawrence Low Herbert Williams |
5876 |
2 | ITA |
Nicolò Rode Agostino Straulino |
5649 |
3 | BAH |
Sloane Farrington Durward Knowles |
5223 |
4th | POR |
Duarte Manuel Bello José Silva |
3825 |
5 | FRA |
Philippe Chancerel Michel Parent |
3126 |
6th | CUB |
Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell Jorge de Cárdenas |
2714 |
7th | GBR |
Bruce Banks Stanley Potter |
2387 |
8th | URS |
Timir Pinegin Fyodor Shutkov |
1778 |
Sharpie
space | country | Athletes | Points |
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1 | NZL |
Jack Cropp Peter Mander |
6086 |
2 | OUT |
John Scott Rolly Tasker |
6086 |
3 | GBR |
Jasper Blackall Terence Smith |
4859 |
4th | ITA |
Mario Capio Emilio Massino |
3928 |
5 | RSA |
John Sully Alfred Evans |
2917 |
6th | EUA |
Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow |
2840 |
7th | URS |
Boris Ilyin Alexander Chumakov |
2479 |
8th | FRA |
Roger Tiriau Claude Flahault |
2058 |
Dragons
space | country | Athletes | Points |
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1 | SWE |
Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström |
5723 |
2 | THE |
Cyril Andresen Ole Berntsen Christian von Bülow |
5723 |
3 | GBR |
Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson Graham Mann |
4547 |
4th | ARG |
Jorge Salas Chavez Arnoldo Pekelharing Boris Belada |
4225 |
5 | OUT |
Graham Drane Brian Carolan James Carolane |
3769 |
6th | ITA |
Sergio Sorrentino Piero Gorgatto Annibale Pelaschiar |
3404 |
7th | NOR |
Thor Thorvaldsen Carl Svæ Bjørn Gulbrandsen |
3253 |
8th | CAN |
David Howard Cliff Howard Donald Tytler |
3186 |
5.5 mR class
space | country | Athletes | Points |
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1 | SWE |
Hjalmar Karlsson Lars Thörn Sture Stork |
5527 |
2 | GBR |
David Bowker Neil Cochran-Patrick John Dillon Robert Perry |
4050 |
3 | OUT |
Douglas Buxton Devereaux Mytton Jock Sturrock |
4022 |
4th | United States |
Ferdinand Schoettle Victor Sheronas John Bryant Robert Stinson |
3971 |
5 | NOR |
Peder Lunde senior Odd Harsheim Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen |
3807 |
6th | FRA |
Albert Cadot Jean-Jacques Herbulot Dominique Perroud |
1779 |
7th | ITA |
Massimo Oberti Antonio Carattino Carlo Spirito Antonio Cosentino |
1677 |
8th | URS |
Konstantin Alexandrow Konstantin Melgunow Lev Alexejew |
1598 |
Web links
- Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )