title: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn
text: # Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn
  
  The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 28 sailors, on 28 boats, from 28 nations competed.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Helmsman (Country) | 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 |
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  | Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
  | | Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) | 1 | 1548 | 5 | 849 | 1 | 1548 | 1 | 1548 | 3 | 1071 | 4 | 946 | 1 | 1548 | 9058 | 8209 |
  | | Charles Currey (GBR) | 9 | 594 | 10 | 548 | 8 | 645 | 8 | 645 | 1 | 1548 | 2 | 1247 | 6 | 770 | 5997 | 5449 |
  | | Rickard Sarby (SWE) | 6 | 770 | 1 | 1548 | 4 | 946 | 6 | 770 | 10 | 548 | 12 | 469 | 14 | 402 | 5453 | 5051 |
  | 4 | Koos de Jong (NED) | 4 | 946 | 2 | 1247 | 5 | 849 | 11 | 507 | 5 | 849 | 10 | 548 | 9 | 594 | 5540 | 5033 |
  | 5 | Wolfgang Erndl (AUT) | DSQ | 0 | 4 | 946 | 9 | 594 | 16 | 344 | 4 | 946 | 15 | 372 | 3 | 1071 | 4273 | 4273 |
  | 6 | Morits Skaugen (NOR) | 2 | 1247 | 19 | 269 | DNF | 0 | 18 | 293 | 15 | 372 | 1 | 1548 | 16 | 344 | 4073 | 4073 |
  | 7 | Adelchi Pelaschier (ITA) | 5 | 849 | 6 | 770 | 2 | 1247 | 14 | 402 | DSQ | 0 | 11 | 507 | 18 | 293 | 4068 | 4068 |
  | 8 | Paul McLaughlin (CAN) | 13 | 434 | 11 | 507 | 14 | 402 | 22 | 206 | 9 | 594 | 5 | 849 | 2 | 1247 | 4239 | 4033 |
  | 9 | Alfredo Bercht (BRA) | 19 | 269 | 9 | 594 | 21 | 226 | 2 | 1247 | 13 | 434 | 17 | 318 | 5 | 849 | 3937 | 3711 |
  | 10 | Ramón Balcells Rodón (ESP) | 8 | 645 | DSQ | 0 | 3 | 1071 | 26 | 133 | 2 | 1247 | DSQ | 0 | 10 | 548 | 3644 | 3644 |
  | 11 | Jacques Lebrun (FRA) | 7 | 703 | 7 | 703 | 6 | 770 | 5 | 849 | 20 | 247 | 16 | 344 | 20 | 247 | 3863 | 3616 |
  | 12 | Pyotr Gorelikov (URS) | DNF | 0 | 12 | 469 | 16 | 344 | 3 | 1071 | 8 | 645 | 3 | 1071 | DSQ | 0 | 3600 | 3600 |
  | 13 | Willy H.A. Pieper (SUI) | 16 | 344 | 14 | 402 | 13 | 434 | 4 | 946 | 17 | 318 | 6 | 770 | 8 | 645 | 3859 | 3541 |
  | 14 | Kenneth Albury (BAH) | DNF | 0 | 15 | 372 | 10 | 548 | 13 | 434 | 7 | 703 | 8 | 645 | 11 | 507 | 3209 | 3209 |
  | 15 | Werner Krogmann (GER) | 3 | 1071 | 16 | 344 | 11 | 507 | 17 | 318 | 11 | 507 | 14 | 402 | 17 | 318 | 3467 | 3149 |
  | 16 | Hellmut Stauch (RSA) | 12 | 469 | 3 | 1071 | 20 | 247 | 9 | 594 | 19 | 269 | 18 | 293 | 13 | 434 | 3377 | 3130 |
  | 17 | Mario Gentil Quina (POR) | 18 | 293 | DNF | 0 | 17 | 318 | 7 | 703 | 6 | 770 | 7 | 703 | DNF | 0 | 2787 | 2787 |
  | 18 | Christian Nielsen (BEL) | 17 | 318 | 13 | 434 | 22 | 206 | 12 | 469 | 12 | 469 | 9 | 594 | 12 | 469 | 2959 | 2753 |
  | 19 | Gunnar Källström (FIN) | 15 | 372 | 8 | 645 | 19 | 269 | 15 | 372 | 21 | 226 | 25 | 150 | 7 | 703 | 2737 | 2587 |
  | 20 | Eugenio Lauz (URU) | 10 | 548 | 17 | 318 | 12 | 469 | 25 | 150 | 14 | 402 | 13 | 434 | 21 | 226 | 2547 | 2397 |
  | 21 | Alfred Fred Joseph Delany (IRL) | 14 | 402 | 23 | 186 | 15 | 372 | 19 | 269 | 26 | 133 | 26 | 133 | 4 | 946 | 2441 | 2308 |
  | 22 | Peter Attrill (AUS) | 11 | 507 | 18 | 293 | DNF | 0 | 10 | 548 | 18 | 293 | DNF | 0 | 15 | 372 | 2013 | 2013 |
  | 23 | Karlo Bauman (YUG) | DSQ | 0 | 24 | 168 | 7 | 703 | 20 | 247 | 16 | 344 | 20 | 247 | DSQ | 0 | 1709 | 1709 |
  | 24 | Jorge de Cárdenas (CUB) | 20 | 247 | 22 | 206 | 18 | 293 | 27 | 117 | 23 | 186 | 19 | 269 | 19 | 269 | 1587 | 1470 |
  | 25 | Carlos Miguel Benn (ARG) | 22 | 206 | 25 | 150 | DNF | 0 | 24 | 168 | 24 | 168 | 22 | 206 | 22 | 206 | 1104 | 1104 |
  | 26 | Antonios Modinos (GRE) | 21 | 226 | 26 | 133 | DNF | 0 | 23 | 186 | 25 | 150 | 21 | 226 | DNF | 0 | 921 | 921 |
  | 27 | Keijiro Kaitoku (JPN) | 23 | 186 | 20 | 247 | DNF | 0 | DSQ | 0 | 22 | 206 | 23 | 186 | DNF | 0 | 825 | 825 |
  | 28 | Edward Melaika (USA) | DNF | 0 | 21 | 226 | 23 | 186 | 26 | 133 | DNF | 0 | 24 | 168 | DSQ | 0 | 713 | 713 |
  
  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 |
  