Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon

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Dragon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medallists
VenuePort Phillip
Dates26–29 November and
3–5 December
Competitors50 from 16 nations
Teams16
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Folke Bohlin
Bengt Palmquist
Leif Wikström		  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ole Berntsen
Cyril Andresen
Christian von Bülow		  Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Graham Mann
Ronald Backus
Jonathan Janson		  Great Britain
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Sailing at the
1956 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
12 m2 SharpieOpen
StarOpen
DragonOpen
5.5 MetreOpen

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]

Results[edit]


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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Folke Bohlin  (SWE) Bengt Palmquist
Leif Wikström 		Slaghoken II. 8 402 2 1004 1 1305 8 402 9 351 1 1305 1 1305 6074 5723
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Ole Berntsen  (DEN) Cyril Andresen
Christian von Bülow 		Tip 1 1305 4 703 4 703 2 1004 2 1004 2 1004 6 527 6250 5723
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Graham Mann  (GBR) Ronald Backus
Jonathan Janson 		Bluebottle 4 703 12 226 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 DNF 0 3 828 4 703 4225 4225
5  Graham Horace Drane  (AUS) Brian Carolan
Jim Carolan 		Paula 2 1004 10 305 14 159 4 703 4 703 4 703 9 351 3928 3769
6  Sergio Sorrentino  (ITA) Piero Gorgatto
Annibale Pelaschiar 		Aretusa DSQ 0 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 10 305 3 828 3558 3253
8  David Howard  (CAN) Cliff Howard
Donald Tytler 		Tomahawk III. 6 527 7 460 10 305 11 264 3 828 7 460 5 606 3450 3186
9  Gene Walet III  (USA) Gene Walet Jr.
Carlos Echeverria
Danny Killeen 		Spirit III. DNF 0 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 DNF 0 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 13 191 2348 2157
12  Robert Stewart  (NZL) Albert Wallace Cuthbertson
William Edgar Swinnerton 		Red Dragon 9 351 DSQ 0 15 129 3 828 10 305 DSQ 0 8 402 2015 2015
13  Bernardo d'Almeida  (POR) Carlos Rogenmoser de Lourenco
Sérgio Marques 		Canopus 13 191 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 DNF 0 11 264 11 264 14 159 1409 1409
15  Brownlow Eve  (BER) Bernard Ward
Jimmy Kempe 		Pam 11 264 15 129 16 101 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 DNF 0 15 129 14 159 15 129 926 926

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

Daily standings[edit]

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1956 Summer Olympics

Conditions on Port Phillip[edit]

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.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Dragon), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  2. ^ The 1956 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ Total after applying discard.

References[edit]

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