Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
6 Metre; at the Games of the XV Olympiad
	Medalists
Venue	Harmaja
Dates	20–28 July
Competitors	56 from 11 nations
Teams	11
Medalists
	← 1948

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 56 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 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 ^{[n 2]}	Total -1 ^{[n 3]}
Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Total Points ^{[n 2]}	Total -1 ^{[n 3]}
	Herman Whiton (USA)	Julian Roosevelt Everard Endt John Morgan Eric Ridder Alternates:^{[n 1]} Emelyn Whiton^{[n 1]} W. Gubelmann F. Merle-Smith	Llanoria	4	540	9	~~188~~	1	1142	1	1142	8	239	3	665	1	1142	5058	4870
	Finn Ferner (NOR)	Tor Arneberg Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen	Elisabeth X	1	1142	4	540	2	841	4	540	10	~~142~~	1	1142	5	443	4790	4648
	Ernst Westerlund (FIN)	Paul Sjöberg Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka	Ralia ^{[n 4]}	3	665	6	364	3	665	5	443	1	1142	~~DNS~~	0	3	665	3944	3944
4	Sven Salén (SWE)	Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Lars Lundström Carl Robert Ameln	May Be VII	2	841	~~DSQ~~	0	5	443	3	665	2	841	5	443	4	540	3773	3773
5	Enrique Sieburger, Sr. (ARG)	Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Werner von Foerster Horacio Monti Hércules Morini	Djinn	6	364	2	841	4	540	6	364	5	443	2	841	8	~~239~~	3632	3393
6	Louis Noverraz (SUI)	André Firmenich Charles Stern François Chapot Marcel Stern	Ylliam VIII	9	188	1	1142	~~DNF~~	0	9	188	7	297	6	364	2	841	3020	3020
7	Bill Gooderham (CAN)	Ken Bradfield Bill Copeland Bill MacIntosh Donald Tytler	Trickson VI	8	239	3	665	~~DNF~~	0	2	841	3	665	8	239	6	364	3013	3013
8	Enrico Poggi (ITA)	Antonio Cosentino Pietro Reggio Giusto Spigno Andrea Ferrari	Ciocca	5	443	5	443	7	~~297~~	7	297	4	540	4	540	7	297	2857	2560
9	Kenneth Preston (GBR)	Robert Steele Frank Murdoch Franklin Woodroffe Martin Sharp	Titia	7	297	8	239	6	364	8	239	6	364	7	297	11	~~101~~	1901	1800
10	Wolfgang Elsner (GER)	Hans Kadelbach Paul-Heinrich Lange Götz von Mirbach Andreas Howaldt	Nirwana	10	~~142~~	7	297	9	188	10	142	9	188	9	188	9	188	1333	1191
11	Nikolay Yermakov (URS)	Kirill Kozhevnikov Boris Lobashkov Nikolay Matveyev Fyodor Shutkov	Circe	11	~~101~~	10	142	8	239	11	101	11	101	10	142	10	142	968	867

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

Daily standings[]

Graph showing the daily standings in the 6 Metre 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[]

^ ^a ^b ^c The crew and alternates are from the U.S. Olympic Committee's report, which includes a photograph of "Messrs. Whiton, Ridder, Gubelmann, Roosevelt, and Morgan" at the medal ceremony, and omits Emelyn Whiton from its list of U.S. medalists.^[2] The Helsinki Organizing Committee's report lists Emelyn Whiton as a participant, omitting Gubelmann and Merle-Smith altogether.^[3]
^ The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
^ Total after applying discard.
^ The Finnish boat Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.

References[]

Sources[]

Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad (1955). Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad, Helsinki, 1952. Porvoo: Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö. pp. 638–644.
Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
"Helsinki 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

Citations[]

^ "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 6 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 June 2020.
^ Churchill, Owen P. (1952). "Yachting". 1952 United States Olympic Book. US Olympic Committee. pp. 238–239.
^ Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad 1955, p.642

[uscrew-1] The crew and alternates are from the U.S. Olympic Committee's report, which includes a photograph of "Messrs. Whiton, Ridder, Gubelmann, Roosevelt, and Morgan" at the medal ceremony, and omits Emelyn Whiton from its list of U.S. medalists.^[2] The Helsinki Organizing Committee's report lists Emelyn Whiton as a participant, omitting Gubelmann and Merle-Smith altogether.^[3]

[3] The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.

[4] Total after applying discard.

[7] The Finnish boat Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.

[2] "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 6 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 June 2020.

[5] Churchill, Owen P. (1952). "Yachting". 1952 United States Olympic Book. US Olympic Committee. pp. 238–239.

[6] Organising Committee for the Games of the XV Olympiad 1955, p.642

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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

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