Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon

Dragon
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
VenueHarmaja
Dates20–28 July
Competitors51 from 17 nations
Teams17
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thor Thorvaldsen
Sigve Lie
Håkon Barfod		  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Per Gedda
Sidney Boldt-Christmas
Erland Almqvist		  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Theodor Thomsen
Erich Natusch
Georg Nowka		  Germany
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Sailing at the
1952 Summer Olympics
FinnOpen
StarOpen
DragonOpen
5.5 MetreOpen
6 MetreOpen

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 51 sailors, on 17 boats, from 17 nations competed.[1]

Results


Rank 		Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[2][3] 		Total
-1
[4]
Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Thor Thorvaldsen  (NOR) Sigve Lie
Håkon Barfod 		Pan 2 1030 1 1331 9 377 1 1331 6 553 6 553 1 1331 6506 6129
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Per Gedda  (SWE) Sidney Boldt-Christmas
Erland Almqvist 		Tornado 5 632 3 854 3 854 2 1030 5 632 1 1331 3 854 6187 5555
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Theodor Thomsen  (GER) Erich Natusch
Georg Nowka 		Gustel X 4 729 8 428 6 553 3 854 1 1331 3 854 2 1030 5779 5351
4  Roberto Sieburger  (ARG) Jorge del Río Sálas
Horacio Campi 		Pampero 7 486 2 1030 2 1030 4 729 2 1030 2 1030 7 486 5821 5335
5  Ole Berntsen  (DEN) William Berntsen
Aage Birch 		Snude 3 854 7 486 1 1331 5 632 4 729 8 428 17 101 4561 4460
6  Wim van Duyl  (NED) Biem Dudok van Heel
Michiel Dudok van Heel 		Thalatta 1 1331 9 377 DSQ 0 7 486 7 486 5 632 4 729 4041 4041
7  Wolfgang Edgard Richter  (BRA) Peter Mangels
Francisco Isoldi 		Escapade 12 252 4 729 11 290 6 553 10 331 4 729 15 155 3039 2884
8  João Tito  (POR) Carlos Lourenço
Alberto Graça 		Alcaid 6 553 11 290 12 252 9 377 3 854 10 331 9 377 3034 2782
9  Giuseppe Carattino  (ITA) Carlo Spirito
Antonio Carattino 		Galatea II 9 377 5 632 14 185 8 428 14 185 16 127 5 632 2566 2439
10  John Robertson  (CAN) Donald Hains
Archibald Howie 		Jet 8 428 12 252 4 729 11 290 15 155 12 252 12 252 2358 2203
11  William Horton Sr.  (USA) Joyce Horton
William Horton Jr. 		Skidoo 17 101 6 553 10 331 15 155 13 218 7 486 8 428 2272 2171
12  Jock Sturrock  (AUS) Douglas Buxton
Bevan Worcester 		Vinha 10 331 14 185 5 632 10 331 12 252 14 185 14 185 2101 1916
13  Thomas Somers  (GBR) Edward Dyson
John Barrington-Ward 		Sabre 15 155 17 101 8 428 13 218 9 377 9 377 10 331 1987 1886
14  Eric Fabricius  (FIN) Bror Johansson
Leo Nagornoff 		Tu-Fri 13 218 10 331 15 155 14 185 11 290 11 290 6 553 2022 1867
15  Ivan Matveyev  (URS) Yury Golubev
Andrey Mazovka 		Korshun 16 127 15 155 7 486 17 101 8 428 13 218 11 290 1805 1704
16  Marcel de Kerviler  (FRA) Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie
Guy le Mouroux 		Virginie 11 290 16 127 DSQ 0 12 252 16 127 15 155 16 127 1078 1078
17  Jean De Meulemeester  (BEL) André Deryckére
Auguste Galeyn 		Girl Pat 14 185 13 218 13 218 16 127 17 101 17 101 13 218 1168 1067

DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon 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 July 1952 I Grand yachting weather SW 6-7
21 July 1952 II Calm sea, later rain SW 1-2
later
6-7
22 July 1952 III Magnificent seas SW 10
23 July 1952 IV Shifty 3-4
26 July 1952 V Rainy SW 3-6
27 July 1952 VI SW 4-6
28 July 1952 VII Fine and sunny Shifty Light

Notes

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: Three Person Keelboat (Dragon), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  2. ^ The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ The officiel records contain several minor errors in the calculation of the points. However, this does not alter the final result.
  4. ^ Total after applying discard.

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