Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
VenueEnoshima
Competitors45 from 15 nations
Teams65
Medalists
   Australia
   Sweden
   United States
Sailing at the
 1964 Summer Olympics 
Finn Open
Flying Dutchman Open
Star Open
Dragon Open
5.5 Metre Open

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Enoshima. Seven races were scheduled. 45 sailors, on 15 boats, from 15 nations competed.

Results


Rank
Helmsman (Country) Crew Yachtname Sail No. Race I Race II Race III Race IV Race V Race VI Race VII Total
Points
[1]
Total
-1
[2]
RankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankPoints
1st, gold medalist(s) Bill Northam  (AUS)Peter O'Donnell
James Sargeant
BarrenjoeyKA
14
112776499297611277DNF10111277467560825981
2nd, silver medalist(s) Lars Thorn  (SWE)Arne Karlsson
Sture Stork
Rush VIIS
37
46754675467546751127746751127759295254
3rd, bronze medalist(s) John J. McNamara  (USA)Joseph Batchelder
Francis Scully
BingoUS
50
102771127711277649929763800DNF10152075106
4 Agostino Straulino  (ITA)Bruno Petronio
Massimo Minervin
GrifoneI
42
2976297638001123674322976557849744738
5 Fritz Kopperschmidt  (EUA)Herbert Reich
Eckart Wagner
SubbnboanaG
12
1413183746499DNF10146755578380031583057
6 Johan Gullichsen  (FIN)Peter Fazer
Juhani Salovaara
Chaje IIL
24
649955789323557855788374743233623039
7 Sandy MacDonald  (CAN)Douglas Woodward
Bernard Skinner
State VIKC
58
1316338005578932393237432649931182955
8 HrH Crownprince Harald  (NOR)Eirik Johannessen
Stein Føyen
Fram IIIN
27
7432932374322976102779323837431372860
9 Robert Symonette  (BAH)Roy Ramsay
Percy Knowles
John BBA
1
9323131631123638003800102771027728762713
10 Paul Ramelet  (SUI)Roger Rouge
Jean Graul
Alain IVZ
45
3800DNF10113163DSQ01123612198297624742474
11 Robin Aisher  (GBR)Eric Denham
Adrian Jardine
Yeoman XIIK
12
8374102778374837464996499932327202443
12 William Berntsen  (DEN)Aage Carl Christian Lassen
Per Holm
Web IIID
11
5578743212198102778374131631123622582095
13 Konstantin Alexandrov  (URS)Konstantin Melgunov
Valentin Zamotaikin
DruzhbaSR
1
1123611[3] 21710277743212198112361219817941596
14 Fujiya Matsumoto  (JPN)Masao Yoshida
Takeshi Hagiwara
RoyJ
1
1219811[3]217141311219813163141311316312011070
15 Victor De La Lama  (MEX)Iker Belausteguigoitia
Luis Aguilar
XolotlMX
1
15101141311510113163141311510114131859758

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

Daily standings

Graph showing the daily standings in the 5.5 Metre during the 1964 Summer Olympics

Conditions at Enoshima

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in Enoshima. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The Easterly course area was used for the 5.5 Metre.

DateRaceWeatherWind directionWind speed (m/s)
12-OCT-1964ICloudyENE0.4
13-OCT-1964IICloudyNNE5.5
14-OCT-1964IIICloudyN12
15-OCT-1964IVFineN8
19-OCT-1964VCloudyN4.5
20-OCT-1964VIFineNNE12
21-OCT-1964VIICloudyS11

Notes

  1. The 1964 Olympic scoring system was used.
  2. Total after applying discard.
  3. 1 2 The Soviet and the Japanese 5.5 Metre finished at exactly the same moment. Therefore they both got 11th place. Both got the average of 11th and 12th place points, being 217 points.

References

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