Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow

Sailing at the Olympics

Swallow

at the Games of the XIV Olympiad

Gold medalist

Venue| Torbay
Dates| 3–12 August
Competitors| 38 from 12 nations
Teams| 12
Medalists
| |  |  Stewart Morris
David Bond
|  Great Britain

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|  |  Duarte de Almeida Bello
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello|  Portugal
|  |  Lockwood Pirie
Owen Torrey|  United States
Sailing at the
1948 Summer Olympics

Firefly| Open
Star| Open
Swallow| Open
Dragon| Open
6 Metre| Open

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The Swallow was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 38 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed.[1]

## Results

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Rank  | Helmsman (Country)  | Crew [2] | Yachtname  | Race I  | Race II  | Race III  | Race IV  | Race V  | Race VI  | Race VII  | Total
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points
|  Stewart Morris (GBR) | David Bond | Swift | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~0~~ | 4 | 645 | 5625 | 5625
|  Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) | Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello | Symphony | 1 | 1247 | 4 | 645 | 4 | 645 | ~~5~~ | ~~548~~ | 1 | 1247 | 5 | 548 | 1 | 1247 | 6129 | 5579
|  Lockwood Pirie (USA) | Owen Torrey | Margaret | 5 | 548 | 9 | 293 | 5 | 548 | 3 | 770 | ~~11~~ | ~~206~~ | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4558 | 4352
4 |  Stig Hedberg (SWE) | Lars Matton | Change | 2 | 946 | 3 | 770 | ~~14~~ | ~~101~~ | 8 | 344 | 4 | 645 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 3443 | 3342
5 |  Johan Rathje (DEN) | Naalli Petersen | NN | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 1 | 1247 | 9 | 293 | 10 | 247 | 7 | 402 | ~~12~~ | ~~168~~ | 3103 | 2935
6 |  Dario Salata (ITA) | Achille Roncoroni | Entoria | ~~12~~ | ~~168~~ | 6 | 469 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 946 | 9 | 293 | 4 | 645 | 9 | 293 | 3061 | 2893
7 |  John Robertson (CAN) | Dick Townsend | Scaup | 7 | 402 | 2 | 946 | 2 | 946 | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | ~~DSQ~~ | ~~0~~ | 11 | 206 | 2807 | 2807
8 |  Øivind Christensen (NOR) | Knut Bengtson
K. Heje
Oivind Thommessen | Nora | 4 | 645 | 10 | 247 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 6 | 469 | 3 | 770 | ~~13~~ | ~~133~~ | 2901 | 2768
9 |  Jacques Lebrun (FRA) | Henri Perrissol
Jean Peytel | Red Indian | 6 | 469 | 5 | 548 | ~~11~~ | ~~206~~ | 10 | 247 | 3 | 770 | 9 | 293 | 7 | 402 | 2935 | 2729
10 |  Victorio Walter Dos Reis Ferraz (BRA) | Carlos Borchers | Andorinha | 9 | 293 | 11 | 206 | 9 | 293 | ~~12~~ | ~~168~~ | 8 | 344 | 2 | 946 | 5 | 548 | 2798 | 2630
11 |  Wim de Vries Lentsch (NED) | Flip Keegstra | St. Margrite | DNF | 0 | ~~13~~ | 133 | 6 | 469 | 4 | 645 | 13 | 133 | 8 | 344 | 3 | 770 | 2494 | 2494
12 |  Carlos Sáez (URU) | Juan Bidegaray
J. Gamenara | Nortazo | 10 | 247 | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 7 | 402 | ~~12~~ | ~~168~~ | 6 | 469 | 8 | 344 | 2376 | 2208
13 |  Alf Delany (IRL) | Hugh Allen
E. Macnally
David Sullivan | The Cloud | DNF | 0 | 12 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 13 | 133 | 5 | 548 | 11 | 206 | ~~14~~ | ~~101~~ | 1500 | 1500
14 |  Gastón Cibert (ARG) | M. Lawrence
Silvio Merlo
Horacio Monti | Antares | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 13 | 133 | ~~DNF~~ | ~~0~~ | 7 | 402 | 10 | 247 | 10 | 247 | 1336 | 1336

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 Swallow during the 1948 Summer Olympics

## Courses at Torbay

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A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.

## Notes

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1. ^ "Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Swallow), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
2. ^ Per yacht a maximum of two crew members was selected from these sailors, but it is unknown in which race each of them competed.
3. ^ The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
4. ^ Total after applying discard.

## References

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* Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (PDF).`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
* Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
* "London 1948". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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Olympic champions in Swallow

* 1948:  Morris & Bond (GBR)

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