Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held from November 26, 1956 to December 5, 1956 in the Port Phillip Bay.

Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5.5 metre class details	Sweden (SWE) Rush V Lars Thörn Hjalmar Karlsson Sture Stork	Great Britain (GBR) Vision Robert Perry Neil Kennedy-Cochran-Patrick John Dillon David Bowker	Australia (AUS) Buraldoo Jock Sturrock Devereaux Mytton Douglas Buxton
Dragon class details	Sweden (SWE) Slaghöken II Folke Bohlin Bengt Palmquist Leif Wikström	Denmark (DEN) Tip Ole Berntsen Cyril Andresen Christian von Bülow	Great Britain (GBR) Blue Bottle Graham Mann Ronald Backus Jonathan Janson
Sharpie 12 m² class details	New Zealand (NZL) Jest Peter Mander Jack Cropp	Australia (AUS) Falcon IV Roland Tasker John Scott	Great Britain (GBR) Chuckles Jasper Blackall Terence Smith
Finn class details	Paul Bert Elvstrøm Denmark (DEN)	André Nelis Belgium (BEL)	John Marvin United States (USA)
Star class details	United States (USA) Kathleen Herbert Williams Lawrence Low	Italy (ITA) Merope Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode	Bahamas (BAH) Gem IV Durward Knowles Sloan Farrington

Participating nations

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	2	0	0	2
2	Denmark (DEN)	1	1	0	2
3	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
4	New Zealand (NZL)	1	0	0	1
5	Great Britain (GBR)	0	1	2	3
6	Australia (AUS)	0	1	1	2
7	Belgium (BEL)	0	1	0	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	1	0	1
9	Bahamas (BAH)	0	0	1	1

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2006-12-22. 

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