Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics
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At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, five events in sailing were contested.
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 5.5 metre class |  Sweden (SWE)Lars Thörn Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork |
 Great Britain (GBR)Robert Perry Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick John Dillon David Bowker |
 Australia (AUS)Jock Sturrock Devereaux Mytton Douglas Buxton |
| Dragon class | Sweden (SWE) Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström |
 Denmark (DEN)Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian Von Bülow |
Great Britain (GBR) Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson |
| Sharpie 12 m² class |  New Zealand (NZL)Peter Mander Jack Cropp |
Australia (AUS) Rolland Tasker John Scott |
Great Britain (GBR) Jasper Blackall Terence Smith |
| Finn class | Paul Bert Elvstrøm Denmark (DEN) |
 André NelisBelgium (BEL) |
 John MarvinUnited States (USA) |
| Star class | United States (USA) Herbert Williams Lawrence Low |
 Italy (ITA)Agostino Straulino Nicolo Rode |
 Bahamas (BAH)Durward Knowles Sloane Farrington |
[edit] Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Denmark (DEN) |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | United States (USA) |
1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | New Zealand (NZL) |
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Great Britain (GBR) |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 6 | Australia (AUS) |
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Belgium (BEL) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy (ITA) |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | Bahamas (BAH) |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
[edit] Reference
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on December 22, 2006.
| Events at the 1956 Summer Olympics (Melbourne/Stockholm) |
|---|
| Athletics • Australian football (demonstration) • Baseball (demonstration) • Basketball • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Sailing at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in sailing |
