Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon

Sailing at the Olympics

Dragon

at the Games of the XVI Olympiad

Medallists

Venue| Port Phillip
Dates| 26–29 November and
3–5 December
Competitors| 50 from 16 nations
Teams| 16
Medalists
| |  |  Folke Bohlin
Bengt Palmquist
Leif Wikström|  Sweden

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|  |  Ole Berntsen
Cyril Andresen
Christian von Bülow|  Denmark
|  |  Graham Mann
Ronald Backus
Jonathan Janson|  Great Britain

<- 1952

1960 ->

Sailing at the
1956 Summer Olympics

Finn| Open
12 m2 Sharpie| Open
Star| Open
Dragon| Open
5.5 Metre| Open

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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
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Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points
|  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
|  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
|  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]

* The Organizing Committee of the XVI Olympiad, Melbourne, 1956 (1958). The Official Report of the Organizing Committee for the Games XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956 (PDF).`{{cite book}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
* Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
* "Melbourne - Stockholm 1956". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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Olympic champions in Dragon

* 1948:  Thorvaldsen, Barfod & Lie (NOR)
* 1952:  Thorvaldsen, Barfod & Lie (NOR)
* 1956:  Bohlin, Palmquist & Wikström (SWE)
* 1960:  Crown Prince Constantine, Eskitzoglou & Zaimis (GRE)
* 1964:  Berntsen, von Bülow & Poulsen (DEN)
* 1968:  Friedrichs, Jahncke & Schreck (USA)
* 1972:  Cuneo, Anderson & Shaw (AUS)

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