title: Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
text: # Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
  
  The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 64 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 |
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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 |
  | | Herman Whiton (USA) | Alfred Loomis James Weekes James Smith Michael Mooney | Llanoria | 4 | 540 | 1 | 1142 | 1 | 1142 | 3 | 665 | 8 | 239 | 1 | 1142 | 2 | 841 | 5711 | 5472 |
  | | Enrique Sieburger, Sr. (ARG) | Emilio Homps Rodolfo Rivademar Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre Enrique Sieburger, Jr. Julio Sieburger | Djinn | 3 | 665 | 3 | 665 | 3 | 665 | 2 | 841 | 1 | 1142 | 4 | 540 | 1 | 1142 | 5660 | 5120 |
  | | Tore Holm (SWE) | Carl-Robert Ameln Martin Hindorff Torsten Lord Gösta Salén | Ali baba II | 5 | 443 | 2 | 841 | 2 | 841 | 1 | 1142 | 3 | 665 | DSQ | 0 | 11 | 101 | 4033 | 4033 |
  | 4 | Magnus Konow (NOR) | Anders Evensen Lars Skage Musæus Håkon Solem Ragnar Hargreaves | Apache | 8 | 239 | DNS | 0 | 9 | 188 | 5 | 443 | 2 | 841 | 2 | 841 | 3 | 665 | 3217 | 3217 |
  | 5 | Howden Hume (GBR) | Douglas Hume Bonar Hardie Hamish Hardie Harry Hunter | Johan | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 8 | 239 | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 3 | 665 | 4 | 540 | 3118 | 2879 |
  | 6 | Louis Franck (BEL) | Émile Hayoit Willy Huybrechts Henri Van Riel Willy Van Rompaey | Lalage | 1 | 1142 | 8 | 239 | 11 | 101 | 9 | 188 | 5 | 443 | 7 | 297 | 5 | 443 | 2853 | 2752 |
  | 7 | Henri Copponex (SUI) | André Firmenich Émile Lachapelle Charles Stern Marcel Stern P. Bonnet R. Fehlmann Louis Noverraz | Ylliam VII | 2 | 841 | 6 | 364 | 7 | 297 | 4 | 540 | 9 | 188 | 6 | 364 | 10 | 142 | 2736 | 2594 |
  | 8 | Giovanni Reggio (ITA) | Renato Costentino Beppe Croce Luigi Poggi Enrico Poggi Federico De Luca Giorgio Audizio | Ciocca II | 6 | 364 | DNS | 0 | 5 | 443 | 6 | 364 | 7 | 297 | 5 | 443 | 9 | 188 | 2099 | 2099 |
  | 9 | Ernst Westerlund (FIN) | Rote Hellström Ragnar Jansson Adolf Konto Rolf Turkka Valo Urho | Raili | 9 | 188 | 7 | 297 | 10 | 142 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 8 | 239 | 6 | 364 | 1833 | 1691 |
  | 10 | Troels la Cour (DEN) | Bruno Clausen Svend Iversen René la Cour Hans Sørensen A. Eiermann Eyvin Schiøttz | Morena | 10 | 142 | 5 | 443 | 4 | 540 | 11 | 101 | 10 | 142 | 10 | 142 | 8 | 239 | 1749 | 1648 |
  | 11 | Albert Cadot (FRA) | Jean Castel Claude Desouches Robert Lacarrière François Laverne | La bandera | 11 | 101 | 9 | 188 | 6 | 364 | 10 | 142 | 11 | 101 | 9 | 188 | 7 | 297 | 1381 | 1280 |
  
  DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
  
  = Male, = Female
  
  ## Courses at Torbay
  
  A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.
  
  