title: Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
text: # Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
  
  The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 56 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 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 |
  | | Herman Whiton (USA) | Julian Roosevelt Everard Endt John Morgan Eric Ridder Alternates: Emelyn Whiton W. Gubelmann F. Merle-Smith | Llanoria | 4 | 540 | 9 | 188 | 1 | 1142 | 1 | 1142 | 8 | 239 | 3 | 665 | 1 | 1142 | 5058 | 4870 |
  | | Finn Ferner (NOR) | Tor Arneberg Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen | Elisabeth X | 1 | 1142 | 4 | 540 | 2 | 841 | 4 | 540 | 10 | 142 | 1 | 1142 | 5 | 443 | 4790 | 4648 |
  | | Ernst Westerlund (FIN) | Paul Sjöberg Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka | Ralia | 3 | 665 | 6 | 364 | 3 | 665 | 5 | 443 | 1 | 1142 | DNS | 0 | 3 | 665 | 3944 | 3944 |
  | 4 | Sven Salén (SWE) | Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Lars Lundström Carl Robert Ameln | May Be VII | 2 | 841 | DSQ | 0 | 5 | 443 | 3 | 665 | 2 | 841 | 5 | 443 | 4 | 540 | 3773 | 3773 |
  | 5 | Enrique Sieburger, Sr. (ARG) | Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Werner von Foerster Horacio Monti Hércules Morini | Djinn | 6 | 364 | 2 | 841 | 4 | 540 | 6 | 364 | 5 | 443 | 2 | 841 | 8 | 239 | 3632 | 3393 |
  | 6 | Louis Noverraz (SUI) | André Firmenich Charles Stern François Chapot Marcel Stern | Ylliam VIII | 9 | 188 | 1 | 1142 | DNF | 0 | 9 | 188 | 7 | 297 | 6 | 364 | 2 | 841 | 3020 | 3020 |
  | 7 | Bill Gooderham (CAN) | Ken Bradfield Bill Copeland Bill MacIntosh Donald Tytler | Trickson VI | 8 | 239 | 3 | 665 | DNF | 0 | 2 | 841 | 3 | 665 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 3013 | 3013 |
  | 8 | Enrico Poggi (ITA) | Antonio Cosentino Pietro Reggio Giusto Spigno Andrea Ferrari | Ciocca | 5 | 443 | 5 | 443 | 7 | 297 | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 4 | 540 | 7 | 297 | 2857 | 2560 |
  | 9 | Kenneth Preston (GBR) | Robert Steele Frank Murdoch Franklin Woodroffe Martin Sharp | Titia | 7 | 297 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 7 | 297 | 11 | 101 | 1901 | 1800 |
  | 10 | Wolfgang Elsner (GER) | Hans Kadelbach Paul-Heinrich Lange Götz von Mirbach Andreas Howaldt | Nirwana | 10 | 142 | 7 | 297 | 9 | 188 | 10 | 142 | 9 | 188 | 9 | 188 | 9 | 188 | 1333 | 1191 |
  | 11 | Nikolay Yermakov (URS) | Kirill Kozhevnikov Boris Lobashkov Nikolay Matveyev Fyodor Shutkov | Circe | 11 | 101 | 10 | 142 | 8 | 239 | 11 | 101 | 11 | 101 | 10 | 142 | 10 | 142 | 968 | 867 |
  
  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 |
  