Sailing at the 1964 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

5.5 Metre at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Venue	Enoshima
Competitors	45 from 15 nations
Teams	65
Medalists
Bill Northam Peter O'Donnell James Sargeant   Australia   Lars Thorn Sture Stork Arne Karlsson   Sweden   John J. McNamara Francis Scully Joseph Batchelder   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]
					Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
	Bill Northam  (AUS)	Peter O'Donnell James Sargeant	Barrenjoey	KA 14	1	1277	6	499	2	976	1	1277	DNF	101	1	1277	4	675	6082	5981
	Lars Thorn  (SWE)	Arne Karlsson Sture Stork	Rush VII	S 37	4	675	4	675	4	675	4	675	1	1277	4	675	1	1277	5929	5254
	John J. McNamara  (USA)	Joseph Batchelder Francis Scully	Bingo	US 50	10	277	1	1277	1	1277	6	499	2	976	3	800	DNF	101	5207	5106
4	Agostino Straulino  (ITA)	Bruno Petronio Massimo Minervin	Grifone	I 42	2	976	2	976	3	800	11	236	7	432	2	976	5	578	4974	4738
5	Fritz Kopperschmidt  (EUA)	Herbert Reich Eckart Wagner	Subbnboana	G 12	14	131	8	374	6	499	DNF	101	4	675	5	578	3	800	3158	3057
6	Johan Gullichsen  (FIN)	Peter Fazer Juhani Salovaara	Chaje II	L 24	6	499	5	578	9	323	5	578	5	578	8	374	7	432	3362	3039
7	Sandy MacDonald  (CAN)	Douglas Woodward Bernard Skinner	State VI	KC 58	13	163	3	800	5	578	9	323	9	323	7	432	6	499	3118	2955
8	HrH Crownprince Harald  (NOR)	Eirik Johannessen Stein Føyen	Fram III	N 27	7	432	9	323	7	432	2	976	10	277	9	323	8	374	3137	2860
9	Robert Symonette  (BAH)	Roy Ramsay Percy Knowles	John B	BA 1	9	323	13	163	11	236	3	800	3	800	10	277	10	277	2876	2713
10	Paul Ramelet  (SUI)	Roger Rouge Jean Graul	Alain IV	Z 45	3	800	DNF	101	13	163	DSQ	0	11	236	12	198	2	976	2474	2474
11	Robin Aisher  (GBR)	Eric Denham Adrian Jardine	Yeoman XII	K 12	8	374	10	277	8	374	8	374	6	499	6	499	9	323	2720	2443
12	William Berntsen  (DEN)	Aage Carl Christian Lassen Per Holm	Web III	D 11	5	578	7	432	12	198	10	277	8	374	13	163	11	236	2258	2095
13	Konstantin Alexandrov  (URS)	Konstantin Melgunov Valentin Zamotaikin	Druzhba	SR 1	11	236	11[3]	217	10	277	7	432	12	198	11	236	12	198	1794	1596
14	Fujiya Matsumoto  (JPN)	Masao Yoshida Takeshi Hagiwara	Roy	J 1	12	198	11[3]	217	14	131	12	198	13	163	14	131	13	163	1201	1070
15	Victor De La Lama  (MEX)	Iker Belausteguigoitia Luis Aguilar	Xolotl	MX 1	15	101	14	131	15	101	13	163	14	131	15	101	14	131	859	758

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.

Date	Race	Weather	Wind direction	Wind speed (m/s)
12-OCT-1964	I	Cloudy	ENE	0.4
13-OCT-1964	II	Cloudy	NNE	5.5
14-OCT-1964	III	Cloudy	N	12
15-OCT-1964	IV	Fine	N	8
19-OCT-1964	V	Cloudy	N	4.5
20-OCT-1964	VI	Fine	NNE	12
21-OCT-1964	VII	Cloudy	S	11

Notes

1. The 1964 Olympic scoring system was used.
2. Total after applying discard.
3. 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

• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part One (pdf).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume One Part Two (pdf).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part One (pdf).
• Organizing Committee for the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (1964). The Games of the XVIII Olympiad Tokio 1964, The Official Report of the Organizing Committee Volume Two Part Two (pdf).
• Hugh Drake & Paul Henderson (2009). Canada's Olympic Sailing Legacy, Paris 1924 – Beijing 2008. Toronto: CYA.
• "Tokyo 1964". Olympic.org. International Olympic Committee.