title: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon
text: # Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon
  
  The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 51 sailors, on 17 boats, from 17 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 |
  | | Thor Thorvaldsen (NOR) | Sigve Lie Håkon Barfod | Pan | 2 | 1030 | 1 | 1331 | 9 | 377 | 1 | 1331 | 6 | 553 | 6 | 553 | 1 | 1331 | 6506 | 6129 |
  | | Per Gedda (SWE) | Sidney Boldt-Christmas Erland Almqvist | Tornado | 5 | 632 | 3 | 854 | 3 | 854 | 2 | 1030 | 5 | 632 | 1 | 1331 | 3 | 854 | 6187 | 5555 |
  | | Theodor Thomsen (GER) | Erich Natusch Georg Nowka | Gustel X | 4 | 729 | 8 | 428 | 6 | 553 | 3 | 854 | 1 | 1331 | 3 | 854 | 2 | 1030 | 5779 | 5351 |
  | 4 | Roberto Sieburger (ARG) | Jorge del Río Sálas Horacio Campi | Pampero | 7 | 486 | 2 | 1030 | 2 | 1030 | 4 | 729 | 2 | 1030 | 2 | 1030 | 7 | 486 | 5821 | 5335 |
  | 5 | Ole Berntsen (DEN) | William Berntsen Aage Birch | Snude | 3 | 854 | 7 | 486 | 1 | 1331 | 5 | 632 | 4 | 729 | 8 | 428 | 17 | 101 | 4561 | 4460 |
  | 6 | Wim van Duyl (NED) | Biem Dudok van Heel Michiel Dudok van Heel | Thalatta | 1 | 1331 | 9 | 377 | DSQ | 0 | 7 | 486 | 7 | 486 | 5 | 632 | 4 | 729 | 4041 | 4041 |
  | 7 | Wolfgang Edgard Richter (BRA) | Peter Mangels Francisco Isoldi | Escapade | 12 | 252 | 4 | 729 | 11 | 290 | 6 | 553 | 10 | 331 | 4 | 729 | 15 | 155 | 3039 | 2884 |
  | 8 | João Tito (POR) | Carlos Lourenço Alberto Graça | Alcaid | 6 | 553 | 11 | 290 | 12 | 252 | 9 | 377 | 3 | 854 | 10 | 331 | 9 | 377 | 3034 | 2782 |
  | 9 | Giuseppe Carattino (ITA) | Carlo Spirito Antonio Carattino | Galatea II | 9 | 377 | 5 | 632 | 14 | 185 | 8 | 428 | 14 | 185 | 16 | 127 | 5 | 632 | 2566 | 2439 |
  | 10 | John Robertson (CAN) | Donald Hains Archibald Howie | Jet | 8 | 428 | 12 | 252 | 4 | 729 | 11 | 290 | 15 | 155 | 12 | 252 | 12 | 252 | 2358 | 2203 |
  | 11 | William Horton Sr. (USA) | Joyce Horton William Horton Jr. | Skidoo | 17 | 101 | 6 | 553 | 10 | 331 | 15 | 155 | 13 | 218 | 7 | 486 | 8 | 428 | 2272 | 2171 |
  | 12 | Jock Sturrock (AUS) | Douglas Buxton Bevan Worcester | Vinha | 10 | 331 | 14 | 185 | 5 | 632 | 10 | 331 | 12 | 252 | 14 | 185 | 14 | 185 | 2101 | 1916 |
  | 13 | Thomas Somers (GBR) | Edward Dyson John Barrington-Ward | Sabre | 15 | 155 | 17 | 101 | 8 | 428 | 13 | 218 | 9 | 377 | 9 | 377 | 10 | 331 | 1987 | 1886 |
  | 14 | Eric Fabricius (FIN) | Bror Johansson Leo Nagornoff | Tu-Fri | 13 | 218 | 10 | 331 | 15 | 155 | 14 | 185 | 11 | 290 | 11 | 290 | 6 | 553 | 2022 | 1867 |
  | 15 | Ivan Matveyev (URS) | Yury Golubev Andrey Mazovka | Korshun | 16 | 127 | 15 | 155 | 7 | 486 | 17 | 101 | 8 | 428 | 13 | 218 | 11 | 290 | 1805 | 1704 |
  | 16 | Marcel de Kerviler (FRA) | Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie Guy le Mouroux | Virginie | 11 | 290 | 16 | 127 | DSQ | 0 | 12 | 252 | 16 | 127 | 15 | 155 | 16 | 127 | 1078 | 1078 |
  | 17 | Jean De Meulemeester (BEL) | André Deryckére Auguste Galeyn | Girl Pat | 14 | 185 | 13 | 218 | 13 | 218 | 16 | 127 | 17 | 101 | 17 | 101 | 13 | 218 | 1168 | 1067 |
  
  DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
  
  = Male, = Female
  
  ## 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 |
  