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5.5 Metre at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
Venue	Harmaja
Dates	20–28 July
Competitors	50 from 16 nations
Teams	16
Medalists
Britton Chance Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White  United States Peder Lunde Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen  Norway Folke Wassén Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén  Sweden
1956 →

Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Finn	Open
Star	Open
Dragon	Open
5.5 Metre	Open
6 Metre	Open
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The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 50 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	Total -1
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Britton Chance  (USA)	Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White	Complex II	4	703	1	1305	10	305	11	264	3	828	1	1305	1	1305	6015	5751
	Peder Lunde  (NOR)	Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen	Encore	2	1004	5	606	2	1004	2	1004	10	305	2	1004	4	703	5630	5325
	Folke Wassén  (SWE)	Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén	Hojwa	1	1305	10	305	1	1305	3	828	7	460	9	351	13	191	4745	4554
4	Duarte de Almeida Bello  (POR)	Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello Júlio De Sousa Leite Gourinho	Sjöhäxa	6	527	4	703	5	606	1	1305	8	402	4	703	5	606	4852	4450
5	Rodolfo Vollenweider  (ARG)	Tomás Galfrascoli Ludovico Kempter	Gullvinge	3	828	9	351	4	703	7	460	2	1004	7	460	6	527	4333	3982
6	Robert Perry  (GBR)	John Dillon Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick	Unique	11	264	11	264	7	460	5	606	1	1305	11	264	3	828	3991	3727
7	Noel Horsfield  (RSA)	Joe Ellis-Brown Eric Beningfield	Shoveller	12	226	13	191	3	828	6	527	6	527	3	828	8	402	3529	3338
8	Hans Dittmar  (FIN)	Aarne Castrén Erik Stadigh	Teresita	8	402	3	828	12	226	10	305	9	351	8	402	2	1004	3518	3292
9	Hans Lubinus  (GER)	Hans-Hermann Magnussen Ludwig Bielenberg	Tom Kyle	7	460	14	159	8	402	8	402	4	703	6	527	9	351	3004	2845
10	Dario Salata  (ITA)	Giorgio Audizio Egone Jakin	Mirtala	9	351	6	527	9	351	4	703	13	191	12	226	7	460	2809	2618
11	Poul Ohff  (DEN)	Henning Christensen Ingemann Bylling Jensen	Jill	5	606	7	460	DNF	0	13	191	5	606	5	606	DSQ	0	2469	2469
12	Henri Copponex  (SUI)	Markus Schurch Pierre Chuit	Tam-Tam II	13	191	2	1004	DSQ	0	14	159	15	129	13	191	DSQ	0	1674	1674
13	Wim de Vries Lentsch  (NED)	Flip Keegstra Piet Jan van der Giessen	De Ruyter	14	159	8	402	11	264	12	226	14	159	10	305	12	226	1741	1582
14	Jean Roux-Delimal  (FRA)	Jacques Allard Noël Calone	Damoiselle	10	305	16	101	6	527	15	129	16	101	15	129	11	264	1556	1455
15	Don Pritchard  (BAH)	Basil McKinney Basil Trevor Kelly Godfrey Higgs	Yeoman	15	129	12	226	13	191	9	351	12	226	16	101	10	305	1529	1428
16	Konstantin Aleksandrov  (URS)	Lev Alekseyev Pavel Pankrashkin	Burevestnik	16	101	15	129	14	159	16	101	11	264	14	159	14	159	1072	971

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

Daily standings

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.

Notes

1. "Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics: 5.5 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
2. The 1952 Olympic scoring system was used.
3. Total after applying discard.

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).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 - Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Helsinki 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

• Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics
• 5.5 Metre (keelboat)