# Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Firefly

The Firefly was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 21 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 nations competed.

## Results

| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Sailnumber | 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) | Sailnumber | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) | 486 | DNF | 0 | 6 | 645 | 3 | 946 | 11 | 382 | 5 | 724 | 1 | 1423 | 1 | 1423 | 5543 | 5543 |
| | Ralph Evans (USA) | 501 | 2 | 1122 | 3 | 946 | 13 | 309 | 9 | 469 | 1 | 1423 | 5 | 724 | 5 | 724 | 5717 | 5408 |
| | Koos de Jong (NED) | 498 | 6 | 645 | 5 | 724 | 17 | 193 | 4 | 821 | 3 | 946 | 3 | 946 | 2 | 1122 | 5397 | 5204 |
| 4 | Rickard Sarby (SWE) | 495 | 8 | 520 | 1 | 1423 | 7 | 578 | 1 | 1423 | DSQ | 0 | 11 | 382 | 14 | 277 | 4603 | 4603 |
| 5 | Paul McLaughlin (CAN) | 483 | 5 | 724 | 9 | 469 | 8 | 520 | 2 | 1122 | 2 | 1122 | DSQ | 0 | 7 | 578 | 4535 | 4535 |
| 6 | Felix Sienra Castellanos (URU) | 502 | 13 | 309 | 2 | 1122 | 5 | 724 | 8 | 520 | 10 | 423 | 9 | 469 | 4 | 821 | 4388 | 4079 |
| 7 | Jean-Jacques Herbulot (FRA) | 491 | 1 | 1423 | 7 | 578 | 11 | 382 | DSQ | 0 | 12 | 344 | 2 | 1122 | 16 | 219 | 4068 | 4068 |
| 8 | Pierre Van Der Haeghen (BEL) | 485 | 3 | 946 | 14 | 277 | 15 | 247 | 5 | 724 | 6 | 645 | 4 | 821 | 15 | 247 | 3907 | 3660 |
| 9 | Arthur McDonald (GBR) | 503 | 10 | 423 | 4 | 821 | 18 | 168 | 3 | 946 | 7 | 578 | 8 | 520 | DNF | 0 | 3456 | 3456 |
| 10 | Alfons Oswald (SUI) | 494 | 14 | 277 | 17 | 193 | 1 | 1423 | 17 | 193 | 18 | 168 | 13 | 309 | 8 | 520 | 3083 | 2915 |
| 11 | Wolfgang Richter (BRA) | 498 | 7 | 578 | DNF | 0 | 6 | 645 | 19 | 144 | 4 | 821 | 15 | 247 | 9 | 469 | 2904 | 2904 |
| 12 | Morits Skaugen (NOR) | 492 | 19 | 144 | 13 | 309 | 9 | 469 | 13 | 309 | 14 | 277 | 7 | 578 | 3 | 946 | 3032 | 2888 |
| 13 | João Tito (POR) | 500 | 15 | 247 | 10 | 423 | 10 | 423 | 7 | 578 | 8 | 520 | 14 | 277 | 11 | 382 | 2850 | 2603 |
| 14 | Livio Spanghero (ITA) | 497 | 17 | 193 | 15 | 247 | 4 | 821 | 10 | 423 | 11 | 382 | 17 | 193 | 12 | 344 | 2603 | 2410 |
| 15 | Erik Palmgreen (FIN) | 481 | 11 | 382 | DNF | 0 | 2 | 1122 | DNF | 0 | 15 | 247 | 6 | 645 | DNF | 0 | 2396 | 2396 |
| 16 | Jimmy Mooney (IRL) | 493 | 4 | 821 | 8 | 520 | 14 | 277 | 15 | 247 | 13 | 309 | 18 | 168 | DNF | 0 | 2342 | 2342 |
| 17 | Jorge Brauer (ARG) | 496 | 16 | 219 | DNF | 0 | 12 | 344 | 6 | 645 | DNF | 0 | 10 | 423 | 6 | 645 | 2276 | 2276 |
| 18 | Robert French (AUS) | 490 | 18 | 168 | 11 | 382 | 19 | 144 | 16 | 219 | 9 | 469 | 12 | 344 | 10 | 423 | 2149 | 2005 |
| 19 | Juan Manuel Alonso-Allende (ESP) | 484 | 9 | 469 | 12 | 344 | 16 | 219 | 12 | 344 | 19 | 144 | DNF | 0 | 13 | 309 | 1829 | 1829 |
| 20 | Herbert McWilliams (RSA) | 487 | 12 | 344 | 16 | 219 | DNF | $^0$ | 14 | 277 | 16 | 219 | 16 | 219 | DNF | 0 | 1278 | 1278 |
| 21 | Harald von Musil (AUT) | 499 | 20 | 122 | DNF | 0 | DNF | 0 | 18 | 168 | 17 | 193 | 19 | 144 | DNF | 0 | 627 | 627 |
DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
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### Daily standings
## Courses at Torbay

A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.