Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon

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]

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 Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow  Denmark Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson  Great Britain
← 1952 1960 →

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	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
	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

 

Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1956 Summer Olympics

Conditions on Port Phillip

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

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

• 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) CS1 maint: numeric 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.