# Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Dragon

The Dragon was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Fifty sailors, on 16 boats, from 16 nations competed.

## Results

| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Total Points | Total -1 |
| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Folke Bohlin (SWE) | Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström | Slaghoken II. | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 1 | 1305 | 8 | 402 | 9 | 351 | 1 | 1305 | 1 | 1305 | 6074 | 5723 |
| | Ole Berntsen (DEN) | Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow | Tip | 1 | 1305 | 4 | 703 | 4 | 703 | 2 | 1004 | 2 | 1004 | 2 | 1004 | 6 | 527 | 6250 | 5723 |
| | Graham Mann (GBR) | Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson | Bluebottle | 4 | 703 | 12 | 226 | 8 | 402 | 1 | 1305 | 6 | 527 | 5 | 606 | 2 | 1004 | 4773 | 4547 |
| 4 | Jorge Salas Chávez (ARG) | Arnoldo Pekelharing Boris Belada | Pampero | 3 | 828 | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 7 | 460 | DNF | 0 | 3 | 828 | 4 | 703 | 4225 | 4225 |
| 5 | Graham Horace Drane (AUS) | Brian Carolan Jim Carolan | Paula | 2 | 1004 | 10 | 305 | 14 | 159 | 4 | 703 | 4 | 703 | 4 | 703 | 9 | 351 | 3928 | 3769 |
| 6 | Sergio Sorrentino (ITA) | Piero Gorgatto Annibale Pelaschiar | Aretusa | DSQ | 0 | 1 | 1305 | 3 | 828 | DNF | 0 | 7 | 460 | 9 | 351 | 7 | 460 | 3404 | 3404 |
| 7 | Thor Thorvaldsen (NOR) | Carl Otto Svae Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen | Pan II. | 7 | 460 | 5 | 606 | 9 | 351 | 5 | 606 | 8 | 402 | 10 | 305 | 3 | 828 | 3558 | 3253 |
| 8 | David Howard (CAN) | Cliff Howard Donald Tytler | Tomahawk III. | 6 | 527 | 7 | 460 | 10 | 305 | 11 | 264 | 3 | 828 | 7 | 460 | 5 | 606 | 3450 | 3186 |
| 9 | Gene Walet III (USA) | Gene Walet Jr. Carlos Echeverria Danny Killeen | Spirit III. | DNF | 0 | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 6 | 527 | 1 | 1305 | 6 | 527 | 11 | 264 | 3151 | 3151 |
| 10 | Theodor Thomsen (EUA) | Erich Natusch Georg Nowka | Gustl XL | 5 | 606 | 6 | 527 | 5 | 606 | 9 | 351 | 5 | 606 | DNF | 0 | 12 | 226 | 2922 | 2922 |
| 11 | Ivan Matveev (URS) | Andrei Mazovka Pyotr Tolstikhin | Neptun II. | 12 | 226 | 3 | 828 | 7 | 460 | 13 | 191 | 12 | 226 | 12 | 226 | 13 | 191 | 2348 | 2157 |
| 12 | Robert Stewart (NZL) | Albert Wallace Cuthbertson William Edgar Swinnerton | Red Dragon | 9 | 351 | DSQ | 0 | 15 | 129 | 3 | 828 | 10 | 305 | DSQ | 0 | 8 | 402 | 2015 | 2015 |
| 13 | Bernardo d'Almeida (POR) | Carlos Rogenmoser de Lourenco Sérgio Marques | Canopus | 13 | 191 | 9 | 351 | 6 | 527 | 12 | 226 | 13 | 191 | 8 | 402 | 10 | 305 | 2193 | 2002 |
| 14 | John Flinkenberg (FIN) | Tor-Kristian Lindh Joel Jahn | Xantippa | 10 | 305 | 13 | 191 | 12 | 226 | DNF | 0 | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 14 | 159 | 1409 | 1409 |
| 15 | Brownlow Eve (BER) | Bernard Ward Jimmy Kempe | Pam | 11 | 264 | 15 | 129 | 16 | 101 | 10 | 305 | 14 | 159 | 13 | 191 | 16 | 101 | 1250 | 1149 |
| 16 | Ned Holiday (SIN) | Kenneth Golding Robert Ho Keith Johnson | Rika II. | 14 | 159 | 14 | 159 | 13 | 191 | DNF | 0 | 15 | 129 | 14 | 159 | 15 | 129 | 926 | 926 |
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

### Daily standings
## Conditions on Port Phillip

Of the total of three race areas were needed during the Olympics in the Port Phillip Bay. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The center course was used for the Dragon.