title: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Star
text: # Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Star
  
  The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 42 sailors, on 21 boats, from 21 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 |
  | | Agostino Straulino (ITA) | Nicolò Rode | Merope | 2 | 1122 | 1 | 1423 | 2 | 1122 | 2 | 1122 | 1 | 1423 | 2 | 1122 | 1 | 1423 | 8757 | 7635 |
  | | John Price (USA) | John Reid | Comanche | 1 | 1423 | 7 | 578 | 1 | 1423 | 1 | 1423 | 3 | 946 | 1 | 1423 | 8 | 520 | 7736 | 7216 |
  | | Joaquim Fiúza (POR) | Francisco de Andrade | Espadarte | 4 | 821 | 8 | 520 | 3 | 946 | 3 | 946 | 5 | 724 | DNF | 0 | 3 | 946 | 4903 | 4903 |
  | 4 | Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell (CUB) | Carlos de Cárdenas Plá | Kurush IV | 5 | 724 | 12 | 344 | 4 | 821 | 4 | 821 | 6 | 645 | 3 | 946 | 7 | 578 | 4879 | 4535 |
  | 5 | Durward Knowles (BAH) | Sloane Elmo Farrington | Gem III | 3 | 946 | 6 | 645 | 6 | 645 | 10 | 423 | 2 | 1122 | 7 | 578 | 9 | 469 | 4828 | 4405 |
  | 6 | Édouard Chabert (FRA) | Jean-Louis Dauris | Eissero VI | 6 | 645 | 11 | 382 | 7 | 578 | 7 | 578 | 4 | 821 | 4 | 821 | 10 | 423 | 4248 | 3866 |
  | 7 | Bengt Melin (SWE) | Borje Carlsson | Lotta IV | 7 | 578 | 9 | 469 | 5 | 724 | 5 | 724 | 9 | 469 | 9 | 469 | 4 | 821 | 4254 | 3785 |
  | 8 | Bob Maas (NED) | Eddy Stutterheim | Bem II | 9 | 469 | 3 | 946 | 9 | 469 | 11 | 382 | 8 | 520 | 5 | 724 | 11 | 382 | 3892 | 3510 |
  | 9 | Hans Robert Bryner (SUI) | Kurt Bryner | Ali-Baba IV | 13 | 309 | 2 | 1122 | 14 | 277 | 9 | 469 | 7 | 578 | 6 | 645 | 18 | 168 | 3568 | 3400 |
  | 10 | Douglas Woodward (CAN) | Andrew Hugessen | Whirlaway | 12 | 344 | 13 | 309 | 11 | 382 | 16 | 219 | 10 | 423 | 13 | 309 | 2 | 1122 | 3108 | 2889 |
  | 11 | Paul Fischer (GER) | Claus Wunderlich | Paka V | 8 | 520 | 10 | 423 | DNF | 0 | 14 | 277 | DNF | 0 | 10 | 423 | 5 | 724 | 2367 | 2367 |
  | 12 | Tacariju de Paula (BRA) | Cid de Oliveira Nascimento | Bu III | 11 | 382 | 4 | 821 | 13 | 309 | 19 | 144 | 12 | 344 | 15 | 247 | 15 | 247 | 2494 | 2350 |
  | 13 | Stanley Potter (GBR) | Bruce Banks | Fortuna | 15 | 247 | 5 | 724 | DNF | 0 | 20 | 122 | 15 | 247 | 17 | 193 | 6 | 645 | 2178 | 2178 |
  | 14 | Harald Musil (AUT) | Harald Fereberger | 30. February | 16 | 219 | 15 | 247 | 18 | 168 | 8 | 520 | 13 | 309 | 8 | 520 | 14 | 277 | 2260 | 2092 |
  | 15 | Timoleon Razelos (GRE) | Andreas Ziro | Marie-Tim | 19 | 144 | 16 | 219 | 10 | 423 | 6 | 645 | 18 | 168 | 16 | 219 | 13 | 309 | 2127 | 1983 |
  | 16 | Jorge Emilio Brauer (ARG) | Alfredo Vallebona | Arcturus | 10 | 423 | 19 | 144 | DNF | 0 | 13 | 309 | 11 | 382 | 11 | 382 | 17 | 193 | 1833 | 1833 |
  | 17 | Aleksandr Tshumakov [ru] (URS) | Konstantin Melgunov | Uragan | 18 | 168 | 14 | 277 | 16 | 219 | 12 | 344 | 16 | 219 | 14 | 277 | 12 | 344 | 1848 | 1680 |
  | 18 | Barton Harvey (AUS) | Kevin Wilson | Hornet | 14 | 277 | 20 | 122 | 8 | 520 | 18 | 168 | 19 | 144 | 12 | 344 | 20 | 122 | 1697 | 1575 |
  | 19 | Rene Israel Nyman (FIN) | Bror-Christian Ilmoni | Lucky Star | 17 | 193 | 17 | 193 | 15 | 247 | 17 | 193 | 14 | 277 | 18 | 168 | 16 | 219 | 1490 | 1322 |
  | 20 | Mario Fafangel (YUG) | Karlo Bašić | Primorka | 20 | 122 | 18 | 168 | 12 | 344 | 15 | 247 | 17 | 193 | 19 | 144 | 21 | 101 | 1319 | 1218 |
  | 21 | Victor de Sigaldi (MON) | Michel Auréglia | Hirondelle | DNF | 0 | DNF | 0 | 17 | 193 | 21 | 101 | DSQ | 0 | 20 | 122 | 19 | 144 | 560 | 560 |
  
  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 |
  