Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre

6 Metre at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
Venue	Harmaja
Dates	July 20–28
Competitors	56 from 11 nations
Teams	11
Medalists
Herman Whiton Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt John Morgan Emelyn Whiton Everard Endt   United States   Finn Ferner Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen Tor Arneberg   Norway   Ernst Westerlund Paul Sjöberg Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka   Finland

Sailing at the  1952 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
Star			Open
Dragon			Open
5.5 Metre			Open
6 Metre			Open

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.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points [1]	Total -1 [2]
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Herman Whiton  (USA)	Everard Endt John Morgan Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt Emelyn Whiton	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 [3]	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 Rowan MacDonald 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	Nikolai Ermakov  (URS)	Kirill Kozhevnikov Boris Lobashkov Nikolai Matveev 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-JUL-1952	I	Grand yachting weather	SW	6-7
21-JUL-1952	II	Calm sea, later rain	SW	1-2 later 6-7
22-JUL-1952	III	Magnificent seas	SW	10
23-JUL-1952	IV		Shifty	3-4
26-JUL-1952	V	Rainy	SW	3-6
27-JUL-1952	VI		SW	4-6
28-JUL-1952	VII	Fine and sunny	Shifty	Light

Notes

1. The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
2. Total after applying discard.
3. The Finnish boat Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.

References

• Organizing Committee of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (1955). The Officiel Report of the Organizing Committee for the games of the XV Olympiad Helsinki 1952 (pdf).
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Helsinki 1952". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.