Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
Appearance
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6 Metre at the Games of the XV Olympiad | |
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Venue | Harmaja |
Dates | 20–28 July |
Competitors | 56 from 11 nations |
Teams | 11 |
Medalists | |
Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics | |
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Finn | Open |
Star | Open |
Dragon | Open |
5.5 Metre | Open |
6 Metre | Open |
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
[edit]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] | |||||||
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||||
Herman Whiton (USA) |
Julian Roosevelt |
Llanoria | 4 | 540 | 1 | 1142 | 1 | 1142 | 8 | 239 | 3 | 665 | 1 | 1142 | 5058 | 4870 | |||
Finn Ferner (NOR) | Tor Arneberg Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen |
Elisabeth X | 1 | 1142 | 4 | 540 | 2 | 841 | 4 | 540 | 1 | 1142 | 5 | 443 | 4790 | 4648 | |||
Ernst Westerlund (FIN) | Paul Sjöberg Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka |
Ralia [n 4] | 3 | 665 | 6 | 364 | 3 | 665 | 5 | 443 | 1 | 1142 | 3 | 665 | 3944 | 3944 | |||
4 | Sven Salén (SWE) | Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Lars Lundström Carl Robert Ameln |
May Be VII | 2 | 841 | 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 | 3632 | 3393 | ||
6 | Louis Noverraz (SUI) | André Firmenich Charles Stern François Chapot Marcel Stern |
Ylliam VIII | 9 | 188 | 1 | 1142 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 1901 | 1800 | ||
10 | Wolfgang Elsner (GER) | Hans Kadelbach Paul-Heinrich Lange Götz von Mirbach Andreas Howaldt |
Nirwana | 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 | 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
[edit]Conditions at Harmaja
[edit]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) |
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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
[edit]- ^ 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]
- ^ The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ^ Total after applying discard.
- ^ The Finnish boat Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.
References
[edit]Sources
[edit]- Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad (1955). Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. pp. 638–644.
- Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
- "Helsinki 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
Citations
[edit]- ^ "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 6 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
- ^ Churchill, Owen P. (1952). "Yachting". 1952 United States Olympic Book. US Olympic Committee. pp. 238–239.
- ^ Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad 1955, p.642