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{{short description|Sailing at the Olympics}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = 5.5 Metre
|games = 1960 Summer
|image = 5.5 (Olympic Configuration 1960).svg
|caption = Olympic Configuration 1960
|venue = [[Naples]]
|dates =
|competitors = 57
|nations = 19
|teams = 19
|gold = [[George O'Day]] <br> [[James Hunt (sailor)|James Hunt]] <br> [[David Smith (sailor)|David Smith]]
|goldNOC = USA
|silver = [[William Berntsen]] <br> [[Søren Hancke]] <br> [[Steen Christensen (sailor)|Steen Christensen]]
|silverNOC = DEN
|bronze = [[Henri Copponex]] <br> [[Manfred Metzger]] <br> [[Pierre Girard (sailor)|Pierre Girard]]
|bronzeNOC = SUI
|prev = [[Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre|1956]]
|next = [[Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre|1964]]
}}
{{SailingAt1960SummerOlympics}}
The '''[[5.5 Metre (keelboat)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/9720 |title=Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics: 5.5 metres, Open |work=Olympedia |accessdate=7 June 2020}}</ref>
== Results ==
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"
|-
!rowspan="2"|[[Image:5.5 Metre insigna blue.svg|x30px]]<br>Rank
!rowspan="2"|Helmsman (Country)
!rowspan="2"|Crew
!rowspan="2"|Yachtname
!rowspan="2"|Sail No.
!colspan="2"|Race I
!colspan="2"|Race II
!colspan="2"|Race III
!colspan="2"|Race IV
!colspan="2"|Race V
!colspan="2"|Race VI
!colspan="2"|Race VII
!rowspan="2"|Total <br>Points <br> <ref>The [[Scoring systems for Sailing at the Summer Olympics#1960 Olympic scoring system|1960 Olympic scoring system]] was used.</ref>
!rowspan="2"|Total<br>-1<br> <ref>Total after applying discard.</ref>
|-
!Rank!!Points!!Rank!!Points!!Rank!!Points!!Rank!!Points!!Rank!!Points!!Rank!!Points!!Rank!!Points
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|{{gold01}}||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[George O'Day]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|USA|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[James Hunt (sailor)|James Hunt]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[David Smith (sailor)|David Smith]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Minotaur||align=center|US<br>26||2||1079||4||778||1||1380||3||903||1||1380||<s>7</s>||<s>535</s>||1||1380||7435||6900
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|{{silver02}}||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[William Berntsen]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|DEN|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Søren Hancke]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Steen Christensen (sailor)|Steen Christensen]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Web II||align=center|D<br>10||1||1380||5||681||5||681||1||1380||10||380||<s>8</s>||<s>477</s>||2||1079||6058||5678
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|{{bronze03}}||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Henri Copponex]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|SUI|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Pierre Girard (sailor)|Pierre Girard]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Manfred Metzger]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Ballerina IV||align=center|Z<br>37||3||903||1||1380||4||778||5||681||8||477||3||903||<s>13</s>||<s>266</s>||5388||5122
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|4||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Roberto Sieburger]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|ARG|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Carlos Sieburger]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Enrique Sieburger, Jr.]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Ardilla||align=center|A<br>2||<s>9</s>||<s>426</s>||2||1079||6||602||2||1079||5||681||9||426||7||535||4828||4402
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|5||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Bengt Sjösten]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|SWE|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Claes Turitz]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Göran Witting]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Iasha||align=center|S<br>29||6||602||6||602||7||535||<s>8</s>||<s>477</s>||11||338||1||1380||5||681||4615||4277
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|6||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Robin Aisher]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|GBR|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[George Nicholson (sailor)|George Nicholson]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[John Ruggles (sailor)|John Ruggles]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Yeoman VII||align=center|K<br>10||10||380||<s>DSQ</s>||<s>0</s>||3||903||11||338||2||1079||5||681||9||426||3807||3807
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|7||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Finn Ferner]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|NOR|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Odd Harsheim]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Knut Wang]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Struten||align=center|N<br>18||<s>14</s>||<s>234</s>||3||903||10||380||7||535||4||778||13||266||3||903||3999||3765
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|8||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Robert Symonette]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|BAH|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Basil Kelly (sailor)|Basil Kelly]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[George Roy Ramsay]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|John B||align=center|BA<br>1||7||535||13||266||11||338||<s>15</s>||<s>204</s>||6||602||2||1079||15||204||3228||3024
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|9||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Herbert Scholl]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|EUA|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Hans Baars-Lindner]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Karl-August Stolze]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Bronia||align=center|G<br>7||<s>16</s>||<s>176</s>||8||477||9||426||10||380||3||903||14||234||6||602||3198||3022
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|10||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jock Sturrock]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|AUS|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[David Bingham (sailor)|David Bingham]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Ernest Wagstaff]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Buraddoo||align=center|KA<br>5||4||778||12||301||2||1079||13||266||14||234||12||301||<s>18</s>||<s>124</s>||3083||2959
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|11||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Pietro Reggio]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|ITA|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Franco Zucchi (sailor)|Franco Zucchi]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Marco Novaro]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Voloira II||align=center|I<br>27||12||301||10||380||8||477||6||602||9||426||11||338||<s>14</s>||<s>234</s>||2758||2524
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|12||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Bert Darrell]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|BER|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Walter J. Jones]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Norman C. Jones]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Bermudes||align=center|KB<br>2||17||149||7||535||<s>DNF</s>||<s>101</s>||18||124||7||535||4||778||16||176||2398||2297
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|13||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Eusebio Bertrand]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|ESP|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Jorge Martí]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Juan Antonio Ragué]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Posillipo III||align=center|E<br>l||13||266||9||426||<s>17</s>||<s>149</s>||12||301||17||149||6||602||12||301||2194||2045
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|14||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Viktor Gorlov]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|URS|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Konstantin Melgunov]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Pavel Parshin]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Viktorija||align=center|SR<br>89||11||338||16||176||12||301||9||426||13||266||<s>17</s>||<s>149</s>||8||477||2133||1984
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|15||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Peter Tallberg]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|FIN|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Fredrik Eklöf]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Peik Gästrin]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Inga-lill XXXXIIII||align=center|L<br>20||15||204||14||234||13||266||<s>16</s>||<s>176</s>||12||301||10||380||10||380||1941||1765
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|16||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Duarte Bello]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|POR|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Fernando Bello (sailor, born 1924)|Fernando Bello]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Júlio Gourinho]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Ciocca III||align=center|P<br>18||<s>19</s>||<s>101</s>||15||204||15||204||4||778||15||204||16||176||19||101||1768||1667
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|17||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Gotfrid Köchert]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|AUT|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Erich Moritz]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Gerhard Huska]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Surprise||align=center|OE<br>4||8||477||11||338||16||176||14||234||<s>19</s>||<s>101</s>||DNF||101||11||338||1765||1664
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|18||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jacques Lebrun]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|FRA|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Louis Chauvot]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Pierre Buret]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Snowten III||align=center|F<br>16||<s>18</s>||<s>124</s>||17||149||14||234||17||149||18||124||15||204||4||778||1762||1638
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
|align=center|19||align=left| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Mel Gould]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]|CAN|1960 Summer}} ||align=left| [[Jerome Conway]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]<br> [[Barclay Livingstone]] [[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]]||align=center|Saga II||align=center|KC<br>14||5||681||<s>DNF</s>||<s>101</s>||18||124||19||101||16||176||DNF||101||17||149||1433||1332
|}
DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified <br>
[[image:Mars symbol.svg|13px]] = Male, [[image:Venus symbol.svg|13px]] = Female
=== Daily standings ===
[[Image:1960 5.5 Metre Positions during the serie.png|500px|thumb|left|Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1960 Summer Olympics]]
{{clear}}
== Conditions at Naples ==
Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Naples. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The Southern course was used for the 5.5 Metre.
{|class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:90%"
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!Date!!Race!!Sea!!Wind direction!!Wind speed (m/s)
|-
|29 August 1960||align=center|I||align=left|Calm||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|SSW]]||align=center|4-5
|-
|30 August 1960||align=center|II||align=left|Calm||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|SW]]||align=center|3
|-
|31 August 1960||align=center|III||align=left|Slightly rough||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|W]]||align=center|6-8
|-
|1 September 1960||align=center|IV||align=left|Calm||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|SSW]]||align=center|3
|-
|5 September 1960||align=center|V||align=left|Calm||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|SSW]]||align=center|4-5
|-
|6 September 1960||align=center|VI||align=left|[[Sea force]] two ||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|WSW]]||align=center|7-8
|-
|7 September 1960||align=center|VII||align=left|Sea force 1||align=center|[[Boxing the compass#Compass points|W]]||align=center|2-3
|-
|}
== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}
== References ==
* {{cite book |title=The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One|author=The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad|year=1960|url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v1.pdf|format=pdf}}
* {{cite book |title=The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two (a)|author=The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad|year=1960|url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt1.pdf|format=pdf}}
* {{cite book |title=The Games of the XVII Olympiad Rome 1960, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two (b)|author=The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad|year=1960|url=http://la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1960/OR1960v2pt2.pdf|format=pdf}}
*{{cite book|title=Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008|author=Hugh Drake & [[Paul Henderson (sailor)|Paul Henderson]]|publisher=CYA|location=Toronto|year=2009}}
* {{IOC games|games=1960 Summer Olympics }}
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