title: Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Star
text: # Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Star
  
  The Star was a sailing event in the sailing program of the 1956 Summer Olympics, held on Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 24 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 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 |
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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 |
  | | Herbert Williams (USA) | Lawrence Low | Kathleen | 1 | 1180 | 5 | 481 | 2 | 879 | 1 | 1180 | 2 | 879 | 2 | 879 | 2 | 879 | 6357 | 5876 |
  | | Agostino Straulino (ITA) | Nicolò Rode | Merope III. | 3 | 703 | DSQ | 0 | 1 | 1180 | 3 | 703 | 3 | 703 | 1 | 1180 | 1 | 1180 | 5649 | 5649 |
  | | Durward Knowles (BAH) | Sloane Farrington | Gem IV. | 2 | 879 | 2 | 879 | 5 | 481 | 2 | 879 | 1 | 1180 | 3 | 703 | 3 | 703 | 5704 | 5223 |
  | 4 | Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) | José Silva | Faneca | 10 | 180 | 1 | 1180 | 3 | 703 | 4 | 578 | 6 | 402 | 5 | 481 | 5 | 481 | 4005 | 3825 |
  | 5 | Philippe Chancerel (FRA) | Michel Parent | Gam II. | 5 | 481 | 3 | 703 | 4 | 578 | 5 | 481 | 5 | 481 | DNF | 0 | 6 | 402 | 3126 | 3126 |
  | 6 | Carlos de Cárdenas (CUB) | Jorge de Cárdenas | Kurush IV. | 4 | 578 | DSQ | 0 | 6 | 402 | DNF | 0 | 4 | 578 | 4 | 578 | 4 | 578 | 2714 | 2714 |
  | 7 | Bruce Bernard Banks (GBR) | Stanley Arthur Potter | Starlight III. | 6 | 402 | 4 | 578 | 7 | 335 | 8 | 277 | 7 | 335 | 6 | 402 | 7 | 335 | 2664 | 2387 |
  | 8 | Timir Pinegin (URS) | Fyodor Shutkov | Tulilind | 7 | 335 | 8 | 277 | 8 | 277 | 7 | 335 | 8 | 277 | 8 | 277 | 8 | 277 | 2055 | 1778 |
  | 9 | Robert French (AUS) | Jack Downey | Naiad | 8 | 277 | 9 | 226 | 12 | 101 | 6 | 402 | 11 | 139 | 9 | 226 | 11 | 139 | 1510 | 1409 |
  | 10 | Eugene Pennell (CAN) | George Parsons | Mariana | 11 | 139 | 7 | 335 | 9 | 226 | DNF | 0 | 10 | 180 | 7 | 335 | 10 | 180 | 1395 | 1395 |
  | 11 | Ovidio Lagos (ARG) | Jorge Brown | Covunco III. | 9 | 226 | 6 | 402 | 10 | 180 | DNF | 0 | 9 | 226 | DNF | 0 | 9 | 226 | 1260 | 1260 |
  | 12 | Prinz Bira Bhanubanda (THA) | Luang Pradiyat Navayudh | Tichiboo | DNF | 0 | 10 | 180 | 11 | 139 | DNF | 0 | DNF | 0 | DNF | 0 | 12 | 101 | 420 | 420 |
  
  DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified
  
  = Male, = Female
  
  ## Conditions on Port Phillip
  
  Three race areas were needed during the Olympics on Port Phillip. Each of the classesused the same scoring system. The northern course was used for the Star.
  
  