Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
Venue	Harmaja
Dates	July 20–28
Competitors	49 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White  United States Peder Lunde Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen  Norway Folke Wassén Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén  Sweden

Sailing at the  1952 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
Star			Open
Dragon			Open
5.5 Metre			Open
6 Metre			Open

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 49 sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points	Total -1
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Britton Chance  (USA)	Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White	Complex II	4	703	1	1305	10	305	11	264	3	828	1	1305	1	1305	6015	5751
	Peder Lunde  (NOR)	Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen	Encore	2	1004	5	606	2	1004	2	1004	10	305	2	1004	4	703	5630	5325
	Folke Wassén  (SWE)	Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén	Hojwa	1	1305	10	305	1	1305	3	828	7	460	9	351	13	191	4745	4554
4	Duarte de Almeida Bello  (POR)	Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello Júlio De Sousa Leite Gourinho	Sjöhäxa	6	527	4	703	5	606	1	1305	8	402	4	703	5	606	4852	4450
5	Rodolfo Albino Vollenweider  (ARG)	Tomas Galfrascoli Ludovico Enrique Kempter	Gullvinge	3	828	9	351	4	703	7	460	2	1004	7	460	6	527	4333	3982
6	Robert Perry  (GBR)	John Dillon Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick	Unique	11	264	11	264	7	460	5	606	1	1305	11	264	3	828	3991	3727
7	22x20px Leslie Noel Horsfield  (RSA)	Joseph Ellis-Brown Eric Creighton Benningfield	Shoveller	12	226	13	191	3	828	6	527	6	527	3	828	8	402	3529	3338
8	Hans Dittmar  (FIN)	Arne Frithiof Louis Castrén Johan Erik Stadigh	Teresita	8	402	3	828	12	226	10	305	9	351	8	402	2	1004	3518	3292
9	Hans Lubinus  (GER)	Hans-Hermann Magnusson Ludwig Bielenberg	Tom Kyle	7	460	14	159	8	402	8	402	4	703	6	527	9	351	3004	2845
10	Dario Salata  (ITA)	Giorgio Audizio Egone Jackin	Mirtala	9	351	6	527	9	351	4	703	13	191	12	226	7	460	2809	2618
11	Poul Arnold Ohff  (DEN)	Henning Roger Christensen Ingeman Peter Bylling Jensen	Jill	5	606	7	460	DNF	0	13	191	5	606	5	606	DSQ	0	2469	2469
12	Henri Copponex  (SUI)	Markus Schurch Pierre Chuit	Tam-Tam II	13	191	2	1004	DSQ	0	14	159	15	129	13	191	DSQ	0	1674	1674
13	Wim de Vries Lentsch  (NED)	Flip Keegstra Piet Jan van der Giessen	De Ruyter	14	159	8	402	11	264	12	226	14	159	10	305	12	226	1741	1582
14	Jean Marie Pierre Roux-Delimal  (FRA)	Jacques Henry Jules Allard Noël Libert Calone	Damoiselle	10	305	16	101	6	527	15	129	16	101	15	129	11	264	1556	1455
15	22x20px Donald Carlton Pritchard  (BAH)	Basil Herbert McKinney Basil Trevor Kelly Godfrey Walter Higgs	Yeoman	15	129	12	226	13	191	9	351	12	226	16	101	10	305	1529	1428
16	22x20px Konstantin Aleksandrov  (URS)	Lev Alekseyev Pavel Pankrashkin	Burevestnik	16	101	15	129	14	159	16	101	11	264	14	159	14	159	1072	971

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

Daily standings

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Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1952 Summer Olympics

Conditions at Harmaja

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)
20-JUL-1952	I	Grand yachting weather	SW	6-7
21-JUL-1952	II	Calm sea, later rain	SW	1-2 later 6-7
22-JUL-1952	III	Magnificent seas	SW	10
23-JUL-1952	IV		Shifty	3-4
26-JUL-1952	V	Rainy	SW	3-6
27-JUL-1952	VI		SW	4-6
28-JUL-1952	VII	Fine and sunny	Shifty	Light