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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Index Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece). [1]

85 relations: Adolf Konto, Africa, Agostino Straulino, Americas, Asia, Børre Falkum-Hansen, Britton Chance, Carl Mortensen, Carl-Erik Ohlson, Charles Currey, Denmark at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Dinghy, Dragon (keelboat), Edgar White, Emelyn Whiton, Eric Ridder, Erich Natusch, Erik Heiberg, Erland Almqvist, Ernst Westerlund, Europe, Everard Endt, Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Finn (dinghy), Finn Ferner, Folke Wassén, Francisco de Andrade, Georg Nowka, Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Hakon Barfod, Harmaja, Helsingfors Segelsällskap, Herman Whiton, Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Joaquim Fiúza, Jock Sturrock, Johan Ferner, John Adams Morgan, John Price (sailor), John Reid (sailor), Julian Roosevelt, Keelboat, Magnus Wassén, Michael Schoettle, Nautical mile, Nicolò Rode, Norway at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Nyländska Jaktklubben, Oceania, ..., Olympiad, Olympic sports, Paul Elvstrøm, Paul Henderson (sailor), Paul Sjöberg, Peder Lunde Sr., Per Gedda, Portugal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Ragnar Jansson, Rickard Sarby, Rolf Turkka, Sailing, Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics, Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre, Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre, Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon, Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn, Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Star, Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics, Sidney Boldt-Christmas, Sigve Lie, Star (keelboat), Sumner White, Sweden at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Theodor Thomsen, Thor Thorvaldsen, Tor Arneberg, United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics, Vibeke Lunde, 1896 Summer Olympics, 1904 Summer Olympics, 1916 Summer Olympics, 1952 Summer Olympics, 5.5 Metre (keelboat), 6 Metre. Expand index (35 more) »

Adolf Konto

Jonas Leo Adolf Konto (30 March 1911 – 20 November 1965) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Africa

Africa is the world's second largest and second most-populous continent (behind Asia in both categories).

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Agostino Straulino

Agostino Straulino (October 10, 1914 – December 14, 2004) was an Italian sailor and sailboat racer, who won one Olympic gold medal and one silver medal in the Star class, and eight consecutive European championships and two world championships in this class and was world champion in the 5.5m-class.

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Americas

The Americas (also collectively called America)"America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language.

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Asia

Asia is Earth's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the Eastern and Northern Hemispheres.

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Børre Falkum-Hansen

Børre Erik Falkum-Hansen (13 August 1919 – 24 June 2006) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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Britton Chance

Britton Chance (July 24, 1913 – November 16, 2010) was the Eldridge Reeves Johnson University Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Biophysics, as well as Professor Emeritus of Physical Chemistry and Radiological Physics at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

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Carl Mortensen

Carl Lauritz Mortensen (2 March 1919 – 1 November 2005) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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Carl-Erik Ohlson

Carl-Erik Ohlson (23 September 1920 – 24 December 2015) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Charles Currey

Charles Currey (26 February 1916 – 10 May 2010) was a British sailor who won a silver medal in Finn class at the 1952 Olympics.

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Denmark at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Denmark competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Dinghy

A dinghy (or dingey) is a type of small boat, often carried or towed for use as a lifeboat by a larger vessel.

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Dragon (keelboat)

Dragon racing in 2008. The Dragon is a one-design keelboat designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929.

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Edgar White

Edgar Pardee Earle White (November 17, 1929 – January 7, 2014) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

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Emelyn Whiton

Emelyn Thatcher Whiton (née Leonard, later Righter, March 1, 1916 – March 1, 1962) was an American sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Eric Ridder

Eric Ridder (July 1, 1918 – July 23, 1996) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

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Erich Natusch

Erich Natusch (23 February 1912 – 11 March 1999) was a German sailor.

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Erik Heiberg

Erik Heiberg (January 24, 1916 – December 30, 1996) is a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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Erland Almqvist

Erland H. L. Almqvist (2 September 1912 – 20 September 1999) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Ernst Westerlund

Ernst Westerlund (18 March 1898 – 13 October 1961) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Everard Endt

Everard Endt (born April 7, 1893, date of death unknown) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

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Finland at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Finland was the host nation for the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki.

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Finn (dinghy)

The Finn dinghy is the men's single-handed, cat-rigged Olympic class for sailing.

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Finn Ferner

Finn Christian Ferner (10 March 1920 – 11 March 2001) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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Folke Wassén

Folke Viktor Wassén (18 April 1918 – 22 October 1969) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Francisco de Andrade

Francisco Rebello de Andrade (born 15 July 1923) is a retired Portuguese sailor.

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Georg Nowka

Georg Nowka (born 7 November 1910, date of death unknown) was a German sailor.

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Germany at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Germany competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Great Britain at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Hakon Barfod

Hakon Barfod (August 17, 1926 – November 4, 2013) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion.

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Harmaja

Harmaja (Gråhara) is an island and a lighthouse outside Helsinki, south of the Suomenlinna sea fortress.

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Helsingfors Segelsällskap

Helsingfors Segelsällskap (HSS), Helsinki Sailing Society, is the second oldest yacht club in Helsinki, established in 1893.

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Herman Whiton

Herman Frasch Whiton (April 6, 1904 – September 6, 1967) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

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Italy at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Italy competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Joaquim Fiúza

Joaquim Mascarenhas de Fiúza (February 8, 1908 – March 4, 2010) was a Portuguese sailor who competed in three Olympic games in 1936, 1948 and 1952.

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Jock Sturrock

Alexander Stuart "Jock" Sturrock MBE (14 May 1915 in Melbourne11 July 1997 in Noosa Heads) was a noted Australian yachtsman who won over four hundred national and state championship yachting races.

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Johan Ferner

Johan Martin Ferner (né Johan Martin Jacobsen; 22 July 192724 January 2015) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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John Adams Morgan

John Adams Morgan (born September 17, 1930) is an American sailor and Olympic champion and the founder and chairman of Morgan Joseph.

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John Price (sailor)

John Wesley Price (1920 – 1991) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.

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John Reid (sailor)

John Reid (November 27, 1918 – May 17, 1954) was an American competitive sailor and Olympic medalist.

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Julian Roosevelt

Julian "Dooley" Kean Roosevelt (November 14, 1924 – March 27, 1986) was an American banker and Olympic yachtsman who was a member of the Roosevelt family.

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Keelboat

A keelboat is a riverine cargo-capable working boat, or a small- to mid-sized recreational sailing yacht.

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Magnus Wassén

Sten Magnus Wassén (1 September 1920 – 23 June 2014) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Michael Schoettle

Michael Beaver Schoettle (born September 7, 1936) is an American sailor and Olympic Champion.

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Nautical mile

A nautical mile is a unit of measurement defined as exactly.

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Nicolò Rode

Nicolò "Nico" Rode (1 January 1912 – 4 May 1998) was an Italian sailor.

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Norway at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Norway competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Nyländska Jaktklubben

Nyländska Jaktklubben (NJK), Nyland Yacht Club, is a yacht club in Helsinki, Nyland (Finland).

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Oceania

Oceania is a geographic region comprising Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia and Australasia.

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Olympiad

An Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς, Olympiás) is a period of four years associated with the Olympic Games of the Ancient Greeks.

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Olympic sports

Olympic sports are sports that are contested in the Summer Olympic Games and Winter Olympic Games.

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Paul Elvstrøm

Paul Bert Elvstrøm (25 February 1928 – 7 December 2016) was a Danish yachtsman.

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Paul Henderson (sailor)

Paul Franklin Henderson (born 17 November 1934) is a former president of the International Sailing Federation.

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Paul Sjöberg

Paul Sjöberg (14 July 1897 – 16 March 1978) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Peder Lunde Sr.

Peder Eugen Lunde (25 May 1918 – 26 December 2009) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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Per Gedda

Per Olof "Pelle" Harald Gedda (28 August 1914 – 4 July 2005) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Portugal at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Portugal competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Ragnar Jansson

Ragnar Jansson (1 October 1908 – 9 September 1977) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Rickard Sarby

Erik Rickard Sarby (19 September 1912 – 10 February 1977) was a Swedish sailor.

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Rolf Turkka

Rolf Turkka (30 August 1915, Lahti – 29 November 1989, Espoo; original surname Durchman) was a Finnish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Sailing

Sailing employs the wind—acting on sails, wingsails or kites—to propel a craft on the surface of the water (sailing ship, sailboat, windsurfer, or kitesurfer), on ice (iceboat) or on land (land yacht) over a chosen course, which is often part of a larger plan of navigation.

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Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece).

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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre

The 5.5 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja.

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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.

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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Dragon

The Dragon was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja.

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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Finn

The Finn was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja.

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Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Star

The Star was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja.

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Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is an Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad (1896 Olympics in Greece. With the exception of 1904 and the canceled 1916 Summer Olympics, sailing has always been included on the Olympic schedule. The Sailing program of 1956 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines). For each class seven races were scheduled from 26 November to 5 December 1956 at Port Phillip Bay. The sailing was done on the triangular type Olympic courses. The start was made in the center of a set of 8 numbered marks that were places in a circle. During the starting procedure the sequence of the marks was communicated to the sailors. By picking the mark that was most upwind the start could always be made upwind. This system is, at least in certain German lakes, still in use.

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Sidney Boldt-Christmas

Leif William Sidney "Nenne" Boldt-Christmas (August 8, 1924 – October 15, 2016) was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

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Sigve Lie

Sigve Lie (April 1, 1906 – March 18, 1958) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion.

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Star (keelboat)

The Star is a one-design racing keelboat for two people designed by Francis Sweisguth in 1910.

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Sumner White

Sumner Wheeler White III (November 17, 1929 – October 24, 1988) was an American sailor and Olympic champion.

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Sweden at the 1952 Summer Olympics

Sweden competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Theodor Thomsen

Theodor Thomsen (20 March 1904 – 14 May 1982) was a German sailor.

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Thor Thorvaldsen

Thor Thorvaldsen (May 31, 1909 – June 30, 1987) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion.

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Tor Arneberg

Tor Birger Arneberg (4 September 1928 – 23 September 2015) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics

The United States competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland.

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Vibeke Lunde

Vibeke "Babben" Lunde (21 March 1921 – 12 August 1962) was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic medalist.

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1896 Summer Olympics

The 1896 Summer Olympics (Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 1896), officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, was the first international Olympic Games held in modern history.

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1904 Summer Olympics

The 1904 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the III Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri, in the United States from August 29 until September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904, at what is now known as Francis Field on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis.

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1916 Summer Olympics

The 1916 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1916), officially known as the Games of the VI Olympiad, were scheduled to be held in Berlin, Germany, but were eventually canceled due to the outbreak of World War I. Berlin was selected as the host city during the 14th IOC Session in Stockholm on 4 July 1912, defeating bids from Alexandria, Amsterdam, Brussels, Budapest and Cleveland.

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1952 Summer Olympics

The 1952 Summer Olympics (Kesäolympialaiset 1952; Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland, in 1952.

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5.5 Metre (keelboat)

The International 5.5 Metre class was created to yield a racing keel boat giving a sailing experience similar to that of the International 6 Metre Class, but at a lower cost.

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6 Metre

The International Six Metre class is a class of classic racing yachts.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sailing_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics

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