Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow
| Swallow at the Games of the XIV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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 Gold medalist | |||||||||||||
| Venue | Torbay | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 3–12 August | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 38 from 12 nations | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 12 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics | |
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| Firefly | Open |
| Star | Open |
| Swallow | Open |
| Dragon | Open |
| 6 Metre | Open |
The Swallow was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 38 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed.[1]
Results
[edit] Rank |
Helmsman (Country) | Crew [2] | Yachtname | Race I | Race II | Race III | Race IV | Race V | Race VI | Race VII | Total Points [3] |
Total -1 [4] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | ||||||
 |
 Stewart Morris  (GBR) |
David Bond |
Swift | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4 | 645 | 5625 | 5625 | ||
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 Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) |
Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello |
Symphony | 1 | 1247 | 4 | 645 | 4 | 645 | 1 | 1247 | 5 | 548 | 1 | 1247 | 6129 | 5579 | ||
 |
 Lockwood Pirie (USA) |
Owen Torrey |
Margaret | 5 | 548 | 9 | 293 | 5 | 548 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4558 | 4352 | ||
| 4 |  Stig Hedberg (SWE) |
Lars Matton |
Change | 2 | 946 | 3 | 770 | 8 | 344 | 4 | 645 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 3443 | 3342 | ||
| 5 |  Johan Rathje (DEN) |
Naalli Petersen |
NN | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 1 | 1247 | 9 | 293 | 10 | 247 | 7 | 402 | 3103 | 2935 | ||
| 6 |  Dario Salata (ITA) |
Achille Roncoroni |
Entoria | 6 | 469 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 946 | 9 | 293 | 4 | 645 | 9 | 293 | 3061 | 2893 | ||
| 7 |  John Robertson (CAN) |
Dick Townsend |
Scaup | 7 | 402 | 2 | 946 | 2 | 946 | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 11 | 206 | 2807 | 2807 | ||
| 8 |  Øivind Christensen (NOR) |
Knut Bengtson K. Heje Oivind Thommessen |
Nora | 4 | 645 | 10 | 247 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 6 | 469 | 3 | 770 | 2901 | 2768 | ||
| 9 |  Jacques Lebrun (FRA) |
Henri Perrissol Jean Peytel |
Red Indian | 6 | 469 | 5 | 548 | 10 | 247 | 3 | 770 | 9 | 293 | 7 | 402 | 2935 | 2729 | ||
| 10 |  Victorio Walter Dos Reis Ferraz (BRA) |
Carlos Borchers |
Andorinha | 9 | 293 | 11 | 206 | 9 | 293 | 8 | 344 | 2 | 946 | 5 | 548 | 2798 | 2630 | ||
| 11 |  Wim de Vries Lentsch (NED) |
Flip Keegstra |
St. Margrite | DNF | 0 | 133 | 6 | 469 | 4 | 645 | 13 | 133 | 8 | 344 | 3 | 770 | 2494 | 2494 | |
| 12 |  Carlos Sáez (URU) |
Juan Bidegaray J. Gamenara |
Nortazo | 10 | 247 | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 7 | 402 | 6 | 469 | 8 | 344 | 2376 | 2208 | ||
| 13 |  Alf Delany (IRL) |
Hugh Allen E. Macnally David Sullivan |
The Cloud | DNF | 0 | 12 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 13 | 133 | 5 | 548 | 11 | 206 | 1500 | 1500 | ||
| 14 |  Gastón Cibert (ARG) |
M. Lawrence Silvio Merlo Horacio Monti |
Antares | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 13 | 133 | 7 | 402 | 10 | 247 | 10 | 247 | 1336 | 1336 | ||
DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, 
= Female
Daily standings
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Courses at Torbay
[edit]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.
Notes
[edit]- ^ "Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics: Two Person Keelboat (Swallow), Open". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 May 2020.
- ^ Per yacht a maximum of two crew members was selected from these sailors, but it is unknown in which race each of them competed.
- ^ The 1948 Olympic scoring system was used.
- ^ Total after applying discard.
References
[edit]- Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (1951). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the XIV Olympiad London 1948 (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.
- "London 1948". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.