Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
Sailing at the Olympics
| 6 Metre at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Silver medalist | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Torbay | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3–12 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 64 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 11 | ||||||||||||
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The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 64 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 nations competed.[1]
Results
 Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew [2] | Yachtname [3] | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Total Points [4] | Total -1 [5] | |||||||
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| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||||
 |  Herman Whiton  (USA) | Alfred Loomis James Weekes James Smith Michael Mooney | Llanoria | 4 | 540 | 1 | 1142 | 1 | 1142 | 3 | 665 | 1 | 1142 | 2 | 841 | 5711 | 5472 | ||
 |  Enrique Sieburger, Sr. (ARG) | Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Enrique Sieburger, Jr. Julio Sieburger | Djinn | 3 | 665 | 3 | 665 | 3 | 665 | 2 | 841 | 1 | 1142 | 1 | 1142 | 5660 | 5120 | ||
 |  Tore Holm (SWE) | Carl-Robert Ameln Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Gösta Salén | Ali baba II | 5 | 443 | 2 | 841 | 2 | 841 | 1 | 1142 | 3 | 665 | 11 | 101 | 4033 | 4033 | ||
| 4 |  Magnus Konow (NOR) | Anders Evensen Lars Skage Musæus Håkon Solem Ragnar Hargreaves | Apache | 8 | 239 | 9 | 188 | 5 | 443 | 2 | 841 | 2 | 841 | 3 | 665 | 3217 | 3217 | ||
| 5 |  Howden Hume (GBR) | Douglas Hume Bonar Hardie Hamish Hardie Harry Hunter | Johan | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 3 | 665 | 4 | 540 | 3118 | 2879 | ||
| 6 |  Louis Franck (BEL) | Émile Hayoit Willy Huybrechts Henri Van Riel Willy Van Rompaey | Lalage | 1 | 1142 | 8 | 239 | 9 | 188 | 5 | 443 | 7 | 297 | 5 | 443 | 2853 | 2752 | ||
| 7 |  Henri Copponex (SUI) | André Firmenich Émile Lachapelle Charles Stern Marcel Stern P. Bonnet[6] R. Fehlmann[6] Louis Noverraz[6] | Ylliam VII | 2 | 841 | 6 | 364 | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 9 | 188 | 6 | 364 | 2736 | 2594 | ||
| 8 |  Giovanni Reggio (ITA) | Renato Costentino Beppe Croce Luigi Poggi Enrico Poggi Federico De Luca[6] Giorgio Audizio[6] | Ciocca II | 6 | 364 | 5 | 443 | 6 | 364 | 7 | 297 | 5 | 443 | 9 | 188 | 2099 | 2099 | ||
| 9 |  Ernst Westerlund (FIN) | Rote Hellström Ragnar Jansson Adolf Konto Rolf Turkka Valo Urho | Raili [7] | 9 | 188 | 7 | 297 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 1833 | 1691 | ||
| 10 |  Troels la Cour (DEN) | Bruno Clausen Svend Iversen René la Cour Hans Sørensen A. Eiermann[6] Eyvin Schiøttz[6] | Morena | 10 | 142 | 5 | 443 | 4 | 540 | 10 | 142 | 10 | 142 | 8 | 239 | 1749 | 1648 | ||
| 11 |  Albert Cadot (FRA) | Jean Castel Claude Desouches Robert Lacarrière François Laverne | La bandera | 9 | 188 | 6 | 364 | 10 | 142 | 11 | 101 | 9 | 188 | 7 | 297 | 1381 | 1280 | ||
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, 
= Female
Daily standings
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
- ^ "Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics: 6 metres, Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
- ^ Per yacht a maximum of four crew members was selected from these sailors, but it is unknown in which race each of them competed.
- ^ Four of the boats including gold medal winning Llanoria and silver medal winning Djinn will also compete in the 1952 competition.
- ^ The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ^ Total after applying discard.
- ^ a b c d e f g Reserve team member.
- ^ Ralia is the former Swedish boat Ali Baba.
Further reading
- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (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.
- "London 1948". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "Olympics, 1948". International Six Metre Archive. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
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