Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow
| Swallow at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | ||||||||||
 Gold medalist | ||||||||||
| Venue | Torbay | |||||||||
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| Dates | August 3–12 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 12 nations | |||||||||
| Teams | 12 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics  | |||||
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| Firefly | Open | ||||
| Star | Open | ||||
| Swallow | Open | ||||
| Dragon | Open | ||||
| 6 Metre | Open | ||||
The Swallow was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 38 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed.
Results
 Rank |
Helmsman (Country) | Crew [1] | 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 | ||||||
 |  Stewart Morris  (GBR) | David Bond | Swift | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4 | 645 | 5625 | 5625 | ||
 |  Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) | Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello | Symphony | 1 | 1247 | 4 | 645 | 4 | 645 | 1 | 1247 | 5 | 548 | 1 | 1247 | 6129 | 5579 | ||
 |  Lockwood Pirie (USA) | Owen Torrey | Margaret | 5 | 548 | 9 | 293 | 5 | 548 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4558 | 4352 | ||
| 4 |  Stig Hedberg (SWE) | Lars Matton | Change | 2 | 946 | 3 | 770 | 8 | 344 | 4 | 645 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 3443 | 3342 | ||
| 5 |  Johan Frederik Rathje (DEN) | Naalli Marius Petersen | NN | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 1 | 1247 | 9 | 293 | 10 | 247 | 7 | 402 | 3103 | 2935 | ||
| 6 |  Dario Salata (ITA) | Achille Roncoroni | Entoria | 6 | 469 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 946 | 9 | 293 | 4 | 645 | 9 | 293 | 3061 | 2893 | ||
| 7 |  John Robertson (CAN) | Dick Townsend | Scaup | 7 | 402 | 2 | 946 | 2 | 946 | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 11 | 206 | 2807 | 2807 | ||
| 8 |  O. Christensen (NOR) | Knut Bengtson K. Heje Oivind Thommessen | Nora | 4 | 645 | 10 | 247 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 6 | 469 | 3 | 770 | 2901 | 2768 | ||
| 9 |  Jacques Lebrun (FRA) | Henri Perrissol Jean Peytel | Red Indian | 6 | 469 | 5 | 548 | 10 | 247 | 3 | 770 | 9 | 293 | 7 | 402 | 2935 | 2729 | ||
| 10 | .svg.png){kind=small} Victorio Walter Dos Reis Ferraz (BRA) | Carlos Borchers | Andorinha | 9 | 293 | 11 | 206 | 9 | 293 | 8 | 344 | 2 | 946 | 5 | 548 | 2798 | 2630 | ||
| 11 |  Wim de Vries Lentsch (NED) | Flip Keegstra | St. Margrite | DNF | 0 | 133 | 6 | 469 | 4 | 645 | 13 | 133 | 8 | 344 | 3 | 770 | 2494 | 2494 | |
| 12 |  C. A. Saez (URU) | J. B. Bidegaray J. Gamenara | Nortazo | 10 | 247 | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 7 | 402 | 6 | 469 | 8 | 344 | 2376 | 2208 | ||
| 13 |  Alfred Fred Joseph Delany (IRL) | R. Allen E. Macnally David Sullivan | The Cloud | DNF | 0 | 12 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 13 | 133 | 5 | 548 | 11 | 206 | 1500 | 1500 | ||
| 14 |  J. Cibert (ARG) | M. Lawrence S. Merlo Horacio Monti | Antares | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 13 | 133 | 7 | 402 | 10 | 247 | 10 | 247 | 1336 | 1336 | ||
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, 
= Female
Daily standings
Graph showing the daily standings in the Dragon during the 1948 Summer Olympics
Courses at Torbay
A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.
Notes
- ↑ Per yacht a maximum of two crew members was selected from these sailors, but it is unknown in which race each of them competed.
- ↑ The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ↑ Total after applying discard.
References
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (PDF).
- Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
- "London 1948". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.
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