• Source: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

      • Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of the 1952 Summer Olympics consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 20 to 28 July 1952 of the coast of Harmaja.
      The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses. The start was made in the center of a set of 8 numbered marks that were places in a circle. During the starting procedure the sequence of the marks was communicated to the sailors. By picking the mark that was most upwind the start could always be made upwind. This system is, at least in certain German lakes, still in use.


      Venue



      Two course areas were created in front of Helsinki. One for the Finn just outside the island Liuskasaari. The Finn course was 5.4 nm long and triangular in shape. For the keelboats a course area near the Harmaja lighthouse was used. A 13.1 nm course was set for Star, Dragon, 5.5 & 6 Metre just over one nm South of the lighthouse.
      Specially the keelboat course was situated in an area of fair sailing conditions. No currents or tidal movements, and no obstacles around the course that could create wind shadows. On the other hand, the Finn course was set near sheltered islands and thus safe for this type of sailing. This course give the spectators also a nice view of the races.
      The races were held from 20 to 23 and 26–28 July. In between the sailors could recover or made boat repairs.
      Three yacht clubs were involved:

      Nyländska Jaktklubben
      Helsingfors Segelsällskap
      Merenkävijät Yachting Club (also for the prize giving ceremony)


      Competition




      = Overview

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      = Continents

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      Africa
      Asia
      Oceania
      Europe
      Americas


      = Countries

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      = Classes (equipment)

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      Medal summary




      Medal table




      Remarks



      Sailors from abroad were housed in the homes of Finnish yachtsmen
      Two motor launches accommodated pressmen on the yacht race courses
      Only the Yachting officials wore a different official uniform, blue coat and grey trousers
      The Danish shipyard of Borresens Baadebygger was the builder of all Finn dinghies, since then till the beginning of the 21st century closely committed to Olympic Sailing.


      = Sailors

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      During the sailing regattas at the 1952 Summer Olympics among others the following persons were competing in the various classes:

      Denmark (DEN), Paul Elvstrøm in the Finn won his second consecutive Gold medal
      Sweden (SWE), Finn sailor Rickard Sarby, also designer of the Finn, injured his right hand during however he took the third place
      Australia (AUS), Jock Sturrock in the Dragon. Later skipper of "Gretel" and "Dame Pattie", the first two Australian challenges for the America's Cup.


      Notes




      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. ISBN 978-0-9595468-0-4.
      "Helsinki 1952". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.

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