title: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 12m² Sharpie
text: # Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – 12m² Sharpie
  
  The 12m² Sharpie was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. Twenty-six sailors, on 13 boats, from 13 nations competed.
  
  The races were held on a 10 nautical mile (18.5 km) course. Dutch teams dominated this class in the 1950s, but they boycotted the 1956 Olympics, protesting the Soviet invasion of Hungary. Australia initially won the final, but were demoted to second place after France argued that Australian boat obstructed their path.
  
  ## 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 |
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  | Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
  | | Peter Mander (NZL) | Jack Cropp | Jest | 2 | 914 | 1 | 1215 | 5 | 516 | 4 | 613 | 1 | 1215 | 1 | 1215 | 2 | 914 | 6602 | 6086 |
  | | Rolly Tasker (AUS) | John Scott | Falcon IV. | 1 | 1215 | 2 | 914 | 2 | 914 | 1 | 1215 | 2 | 914 | 2 | 914 | DSQ | 0 | 6086 | 6086 |
  | | Jasper Blackall (GBR) | Terence Smith | Chuckles | 3 | 738 | 7 | 370 | 3 | 738 | 2 | 914 | 5 | 516 | 3 | 738 | 1 | 1215 | 5229 | 4859 |
  | 4 | Mario Capio (ITA) | Emilio Massino | Romolo | 4 | 613 | 4 | 613 | 4 | 613 | 3 | 738 | 3 | 738 | 4 | 613 | 5 | 516 | 4444 | 3928 |
  | 5 | John Sully (RSA) | Alfred Evans | Impala | 8 | 312 | 3 | 738 | DNF | 0 | DNF | 0 | 4 | 613 | 5 | 516 | 3 | 738 | 2917 | 2917 |
  | 6 | Rolf Mulka (EUA) | Ingo Von Bredow | Wendehals | 7 | 370 | 9 | 261 | 1 | 1215 | DNF | 0 | 8 | 312 | 8 | 312 | 7 | 370 | 2840 | 2840 |
  | 7 | Boris Ilyin (URS) | Aleksandr Tchoumakov [ru] | Kon-Tiki | 5 | 516 | 10 | 215 | 9 | 261 | DNF | 0 | 6 | 437 | 6 | 437 | 4 | 613 | 2479 | 2479 |
  | 8 | Roger Tiriau (FRA) | Claude Flahault | Kannibaltje | 6 | 437 | 8 | 312 | 6 | 437 | DNF | 0 | 9 | 261 | 11 | 174 | 6 | 437 | 2058 | 2058 |
  | 9 | Eric Olsen (USA) | Stan Renehan | Tineke | DNF | 0 | 5 | 516 | DNF | 0 | 5 | 516 | 7 | 370 | 10 | 215 | 8 | 312 | 1929 | 1929 |
  | 10 | Alfredo Jorge Ebling Bercht (BRA) | Rolf Bercht | Inca | DNF | 0 | 11 | 174 | 7 | 370 | DNF | 0 | 11 | 174 | 7 | 370 | 9 | 261 | 1349 | 1349 |
  | 11 | Archibald Cameron (CAN) | Bill Thomas | Beaver | DNF | 0 | 6 | 437 | 8 | 312 | DNF | 0 | DSQ | 0 | 9 | 261 | 10 | 215 | 1225 | 1225 |
  | 12 | Stylianos Bonas (GRE) | Spyros Bonas | Nikh | 9 | 261 | 12 | 136 | 10 | 215 | DNF | 0 | 10 | 215 | 12 | 136 | 11 | 174 | 1137 | 1137 |
  | 13 | Gyi Khin Pe (BIR) | Chow Park Wing | Kingfisher | DNF | 0 | 13 | 101 | 11 | 174 | DNF | 0 | DNF | 0 | DNS | 0 | DNS | 0 | 275 | 275 |
  
  DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
  
  = Male, = Female
  
  ## Conditions on Port Phillip
  
  Three race areas were needed during the Olympics in the Port Phillip. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system. The northern course was used for the 12m² Sharpie.
  
  