Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon

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 Wikstrom   Sweden   Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow   Denmark   Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson   Great Britain

Sailing at the  1956 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
12 m^2 Sharpie			Open
Star			Open
Dragon			Open
5.5 Metre			Open

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics program on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Fifty sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 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
	Folke Bohlin  (SWE)	Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikstrom	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 Adolfo Belada	Pampero	3	828	8	402	2	1004	7	460	DNF	0	3	828	4	703	4225	4225
5	Graham Horace Drane  (AUS)	Brian Barrett Carolan James Arthur Carolane	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 Bjorn 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	Eugene Henry Walet III  (USA)	Eugene H. Walet, Jr. Carlos Porfiri Echeverria, Jr. Daniel Bernard Killeen	Spirit III.	DNF	0	11	264	11	264	6	527	1	1305	6	527	11	264	3151	3151
10	Theodor Thomsen  (GER)	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 Tolstikhine	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 Mendes D'Almeida Conde de Caria  (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)	Thor-Kristian Lind Joel Jahn	Xantippa	10	305	13	191	12	226	DNF	0	11	264	11	264	14	159	1409	1409
15	Howard Brownlow Eve  (BER)	James Bernard Ward James Wasson Kempe	Pam	11	264	15	129	16	101	10	305	14	159	13	191	16	101	1250	1149
16	Edward Gilbert Holiday  (SIN)	Kenneth Dunstan Golding Robert Ho Keith Littlewood 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. The 1956 Olympic scoring system was used.
2. 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).
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Melbourne 1956". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.