# Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 50 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 |
| | Britton Chance (USA) | Michael Schoettle Edgar White Sumner White | Complex II | 4 | 703 | 1 | 1305 | 10 | 305 | 11 | 264 | 3 | 828 | 1 | 1305 | 1 | 1305 | 6015 | 5751 |
| | Peder Lunde (NOR) | Vibeke Lunde Børre Falkum-Hansen | Encore | 2 | 1004 | 5 | 606 | 2 | 1004 | 2 | 1004 | 10 | 305 | 2 | 1004 | 4 | 703 | 5630 | 5325 |
| | Folke Wassén (SWE) | Carl-Erik Ohlson Magnus Wassén | Hojwa | 1 | 1305 | 10 | 305 | 1 | 1305 | 3 | 828 | 7 | 460 | 9 | 351 | 13 | 191 | 4745 | 4554 |
| 4 | Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) | Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello Júlio De Sousa Leite Gourinho | Sjöhäxa | 6 | 527 | 4 | 703 | 5 | 606 | 1 | 1305 | 8 | 402 | 4 | 703 | 5 | 606 | 4852 | 4450 |
| 5 | Rodolfo Vollenweider (ARG) | Tomás Galfrascoli Ludovico Kempter | Gullvinge | 3 | 828 | 9 | 351 | 4 | 703 | 7 | 460 | 2 | 1004 | 7 | 460 | 6 | 527 | 4333 | 3982 |
| 6 | Robert Perry (GBR) | John Dillon Neil Aylmer Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick | Unique | 11 | 264 | 11 | 264 | 7 | 460 | 5 | 606 | 1 | 1305 | 11 | 264 | 3 | 828 | 3991 | 3727 |
| 7 | Noel Horsfield (RSA) | Joe Ellis-Brown Eric Beningfield | Shoveller | 12 | 226 | 13 | 191 | 3 | 828 | 6 | 527 | 6 | 527 | 3 | 828 | 8 | 402 | 3529 | 3338 |
| 8 | Hans Dittmar (FIN) | Aarne Castrén Erik Stadigh | Teresita | 8 | 402 | 3 | 828 | 12 | 226 | 10 | 305 | 9 | 351 | 8 | 402 | 2 | 1004 | 3518 | 3292 |
| 9 | Hans Lubinus (GER) | Hans-Hermann Magnussen Ludwig Bielenberg | Tom Kyle | 7 | 460 | 14 | 159 | 8 | 402 | 8 | 402 | 4 | 703 | 6 | 527 | 9 | 351 | 3004 | 2845 |
| 10 | Dario Salata (ITA) | Giorgio Audizio Egone Jakin | Mirtala | 9 | 351 | 6 | 527 | 9 | 351 | 4 | 703 | 13 | 191 | 12 | 226 | 7 | 460 | 2809 | 2618 |
| 11 | Poul Ohff (DEN) | Henning Christensen Ingemann Bylling Jensen | Jill | 5 | 606 | 7 | 460 | DNF | 0 | 13 | 191 | 5 | 606 | 5 | 606 | DSQ | 0 | 2469 | 2469 |
| 12 | Henri Copponex (SUI) | Markus Schurch Pierre Chuit | Tam-Tam II | 13 | 191 | 2 | 1004 | DSQ | 0 | 14 | 159 | 15 | 129 | 13 | 191 | DSQ | 0 | 1674 | 1674 |
| 13 | Wim de Vries Lentsch (NED) | Flip Keegstra Piet Jan van der Giessen | De Ruyter | 14 | 159 | 8 | 402 | 11 | 264 | 12 | 226 | 14 | 159 | 10 | 305 | 12 | 226 | 1741 | 1582 |
| 14 | Jean Roux-Delimal (FRA) | Jacques Allard Noël Calone | Damoiselle | 10 | 305 | 16 | 101 | 6 | 527 | 15 | 129 | 16 | 101 | 15 | 129 | 11 | 264 | 1556 | 1455 |
| 15 | Don Pritchard (BAH) | Basil McKinney Basil Trevor Kelly Godfrey Higgs | Yeoman | 15 | 129 | 12 | 226 | 13 | 191 | 9 | 351 | 12 | 226 | 16 | 101 | 10 | 305 | 1529 | 1428 |
| 16 | Konstantin Aleksandrov (URS) | Lev Alekseyev Pavel Pankrashkin | Burevestnik | 16 | 101 | 15 | 129 | 14 | 159 | 16 | 101 | 11 | 264 | 14 | 159 | 14 | 159 | 1072 | 971 |
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

### Daily standings
## Conditions at Harmaja

Of the total of three race area's only two were needed during the Olympics in Harmaja. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system.
| Date | Race | Sky | Wind direction | Wind speed (m/s) |
| 20 July 1952 | I | Grand yachting weather | SW | 6-7 |
| 21 July 1952 | II | Calm sea, later rain | SW | 1-2 later 6-7 |
| 22 July 1952 | III | Magnificent seas | SW | 10 |
| 23 July 1952 | IV | | Shifty | 3-4 |
| 26 July 1952 | V | Rainy | SW | 3-6 |
| 27 July 1952 | VI | | SW | 4-6 |
| 28 July 1952 | VII | Fine and sunny | Shifty | Light |