Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon

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Dragon
at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
File:1956 Dragon Victors.jpg
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		 File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ole Berntsen
Cyril Andresen
Christian von Bülow		 File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Graham Mann
Ronald Backus
Jonathan Janson		 File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Great Britain
← 1952
1960 →
Sailing at the
1956 Summer Olympics
File:Sailing pictogram.svg
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

File:Dragon insigna.svg
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) File:Flag of Sweden.svg Folke Bohlin File:Mars symbol.svg (SWE) Bengt Palmquist File:Mars symbol.svg
Leif Wikström File:Mars symbol.svg		 Slaghoken II. 8 402 2 1004 1 1305 8 402 9 351 1 1305 1 1305 6074 5723
2nd place, silver medalist(s) File:Flag of Denmark.svg Ole Berntsen File:Mars symbol.svg (DEN) Cyril Andresen File:Mars symbol.svg
Christian von Bülow File:Mars symbol.svg		 Tip 1 1305 4 703 4 703 2 1004 2 1004 2 1004 6 527 6250 5723
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) File:Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg Graham Mann File:Mars symbol.svg (GBR) Ronald Backus File:Mars symbol.svg
Jonathan Janson File:Mars symbol.svg		 Bluebottle 4 703 12 226 8 402 1 1305 6 527 5 606 2 1004 4773 4547
4 File:Flag of Argentina (1861–2010).svg Jorge Salas Chávez File:Mars symbol.svg (ARG) Arnoldo Pekelharing File:Mars symbol.svg
Boris Belada File:Mars symbol.svg		 Pampero 3 828 8 402 2 1004 7 460 DNF 0 3 828 4 703 4225 4225
5 File:Flag of Australia.svg Graham Horace Drane File:Mars symbol.svg (AUS) Brian Carolan File:Mars symbol.svg
Jim Carolan File:Mars symbol.svg		 Paula 2 1004 10 305 14 159 4 703 4 703 4 703 9 351 3928 3769
6 File:Flag of Italy.svg Sergio Sorrentino File:Mars symbol.svg (ITA) Piero Gorgatto File:Mars symbol.svg
Annibale Pelaschiar File:Mars symbol.svg		 Aretusa DSQ 0 1 1305 3 828 DNF 0 7 460 9 351 7 460 3404 3404
7 File:Flag of Norway.svg Thor Thorvaldsen File:Mars symbol.svg (NOR) Carl Otto Svae File:Mars symbol.svg
Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen File:Mars symbol.svg		 Pan II. 7 460 5 606 9 351 5 606 8 402 10 305 3 828 3558 3253
8 File:Flag of Canada (1921–1957).svg David Howard File:Mars symbol.svg (CAN) Cliff Howard File:Mars symbol.svg
Donald Tytler File:Mars symbol.svg		 Tomahawk III. 6 527 7 460 10 305 11 264 3 828 7 460 5 606 3450 3186
9 File:US flag 48 stars.svg Gene Walet III File:Mars symbol.svg (USA) Gene Walet Jr. File:Mars symbol.svg
Carlos Echeverria File:Mars symbol.svg
Danny Killeen File:Mars symbol.svg		 Spirit III. DNF 0 11 264 11 264 6 527 1 1305 6 527 11 264 3151 3151
10 File:Flag of Germany.svg Theodor Thomsen File:Mars symbol.svg (EUA) Erich Natusch File:Mars symbol.svg
Georg Nowka File:Mars symbol.svg		 Gustl XL 5 606 6 527 5 606 9 351 5 606 DNF 0 12 226 2922 2922
11 File:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Ivan Matveev File:Mars symbol.svg (URS) Andrei Mazovka File:Mars symbol.svg
Pyotr TolstikhinFile:Mars symbol.svg		 Neptun II. 12 226 3 828 7 460 13 191 12 226 12 226 13 191 2348 2157
12 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg Robert Stewart File:Mars symbol.svg (NZL) Albert Wallace Cuthbertson File:Mars symbol.svg
William Edgar Swinnerton File:Mars symbol.svg		 Red Dragon 9 351 DSQ 0 15 129 3 828 10 305 DSQ 0 8 402 2015 2015
13 File:Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo d'Almeida File:Mars symbol.svg (POR) Carlos Rogenmoser de Lourenco File:Mars symbol.svg
Sérgio Marques File:Mars symbol.svg		 Canopus 13 191 9 351 6 527 12 226 13 191 8 402 10 305 2193 2002
14 File:Flag of Finland.svg John Flinkenberg File:Mars symbol.svg (FIN) Tor-Kristian Lindh File:Mars symbol.svg
Joel Jahn File:Mars symbol.svg		 Xantippa 10 305 13 191 12 226 DNF 0 11 264 11 264 14 159 1409 1409
15 File:Flag of Bermuda (1910–1999).svg Brownlow Eve File:Mars symbol.svg (BER) Bernard Ward File:Mars symbol.svg
Jimmy Kempe File:Mars symbol.svg		 Pam 11 264 15 129 16 101 10 305 14 159 13 191 16 101 1250 1149
16 File:Flag of Singapore (1946-1959).svg Ned Holiday File:Mars symbol.svg (SIN) Kenneth Golding File:Mars symbol.svg
Robert Ho File:Mars symbol.svg
Keith Johnson File:Mars symbol.svg		 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
File:Mars symbol.svg = Male, File:Venus symbol.svg = Female

Daily standings

File:1956 Dragon Positions during the serie.png
Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1956 Summer Olympics

Conditions on Port Phillip

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

  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

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