Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueEnoshima
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Teams65
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bill Northam
Peter O'Donnell
James Sargeant
 Australia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lars Thorn
Sture Stork
Arne Karlsson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John J. McNamara
Francis Scully
Joseph Batchelder
 United States
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The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.[1]

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Sail No. 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)  Bill Northam  (AUS) Peter O'Donnell
James Sargeant
Barrenjoey KA
14
1 1277 6 499 2 976 1 1277 DNF 101 1 1277 4 675 6082 5981
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lars Thorn  (SWE) Arne Karlsson
Sture Stork
Rush VII S
37
4 675 4 675 4 675 4 675 1 1277 4 675 1 1277 5929 5254
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  John J. McNamara  (USA) Joseph Batchelder
Francis Scully
Bingo US
50
10 277 1 1277 1 1277 6 499 2 976 3 800 DNF 101 5207 5106
4  Agostino Straulino  (ITA) Bruno Petronio
Massimo Minervin
Grifone I
42
2 976 2 976 3 800 11 236 7 432 2 976 5 578 4974 4738
5  Fritz Kopperschmidt  (EUA) Herbert Reich
Eckart Wagner
Subbnboana G
12
14 131 8 374 6 499 DNF 101 4 675 5 578 3 800 3158 3057
6  Johan Gullichsen  (FIN) Peter Fazer
Juhani Salovaara
Chaje II L
24
6 499 5 578 9 323 5 578 5 578 8 374 7 432 3362 3039
7  Sandy MacDonald  (CAN) Douglas Woodward
Bernard Skinner
State VI KC
58
13 163 3 800 5 578 9 323 9 323 7 432 6 499 3118 2955
8  HrH Crownprince Harald  (NOR) Eirik Johannessen
Stein Føyen
Fram III N
27
7 432 9 323 7 432 2 976 10 277 9 323 8 374 3137 2860
9  Robert Symonette  (BAH) Roy Ramsay
Percy Knowles
John B BA
1
9 323 13 163 11 236 3 800 3 800 10 277 10 277 2876 2713
10  Paul Ramelet  (SUI) Roger Rouge
Jean Graul
Alain IV Z
45
3 800 DNF 101 13 163 DSQ 0 11 236 12 198 2 976 2474 2474
11  Robin Aisher  (GBR) Eric Denham
Adrian Jardine
Yeoman XII K
12
8 374 10 277 8 374 8 374 6 499 6 499 9 323 2720 2443
12  William Berntsen  (DEN) Carl Christian Lassen
Per Holm
Web III D
11
5 578 7 432 12 198 10 277 8 374 13 163 11 236 2258 2095
13  Konstantin Alexandrov  (URS) Konstantin Melgunov
Valentin Zamotaikin
Druzhba SR
1
11 236 11[4] 217 10 277 7 432 12 198 11 236 12 198 1794 1596
14  Fujiya Matsumoto  (JPN) Masao Yoshida
Takeshi Hagiwara
Roy J
1
12 198 11[4] 217 14 131 12 198 13 163 14 131 13 163 1201 1070
15  Víctor de la Lama  (MEX) Iker Belausteguigoitía
Luis Aguilar
Xolotl MX
1
15 101 14 131 15 101 13 163 14 131 15 101 14 131 859 758

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

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1964 Summer Olympics

Conditions at Enoshima

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Enoshima. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The Easterly course area was used for the 5.5 Metre.

Date Race Weather Wind direction Wind speed (m/s)
12 October 1964 I Cloudy ENE 0.4
13 October 1964 II Cloudy NNE 5.5
14 October 1964 III Cloudy N 12
15 October 1964 IV Fine N 8
19 October 1964 V Cloudy N 4.5
20 October 1964 VI Fine NNE 12
21 October 1964 VII Cloudy S 11

Notes

  1. ^ "Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics: 5.5 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2020.
  2. ^ The 1964 Olympic scoring system was used.
  3. ^ Total after applying discard.
  4. ^ a b The Soviet and the Japanese 5.5 Metre finished at exactly the same moment. Therefore they both got 11th place. Both got the average of 11th and 12th place points, being 217 points.

References