The Dragon

Dragon (keelboat)

thumbThe International Dragon is a one-design keelboat.The Dragon was designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972...

was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics

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 program in Torbay

Torbay

Torbay is an east-facing bay and natural harbour, at the western most end of Lyme Bay in the south-west of England, situated roughly midway between the cities of Exeter and Plymouth. Part of the ceremonial county of Devon, Torbay was made a unitary authority on 1 April 1998...

. Seven races were scheduled. 47 sailors, on 12 boats, from 12 nations competed.

Results

Rank	Helmsman (Country)	Crew	Yachtname	Race I		Race II		Race III		Race IV		Race V		Race VI		Race VII		Total Points	Total -1
				Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points
		Sigve Lie Sigve Lie Sigve Lie was a Norwegian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class as crew member on the boat Pan....   Håkon Barfod	Pan	1	1180	2	879	12	101	1	1180	DSQ	0	3	703	3	703	4746	4746
		Hugo Johnson Hugo Johnson Viktor Hugo Johnson was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he won the silver medal as a crew member of the Swedish boat Slaghöken in the Dragon class.-External links:*...   Gösta Brodin Gösta Brodin Frans Gösta Brodin was a Swedish sailor who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.In 1948 he won the silver medal as a crew member of the Swedish boat Slaghöken in the Dragon class.-External links:*...	Slaghoken	2	879	3	703	2	879	2	879	DSQ	0	12	101	1	1180	4621	4621
		Ole Berntsen Ole Berntsen Ole Valdemar Berntsen was a Danish sailor and Olympic champion. He was born in Hellerup and died in Gentofte....   Klaus Baess	Snap	3	703	4	578	3	703	5	481	2	879	5	481	2	879	4704	4223
4		George H. Brown  James P. Wallace	Ceres II	7	335	7	335	1	1180	7	335	1	1180	9	226	4	578	4169	3943
5		Bruno Bianchi  Luigi De Manincor Luigi De Manincor Luigi De Manincor was an Italian sailor who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics....	Ausonia	9	226	8	277	4	578	3	703	6	402	1	1180	DNF	0	3366	3366
6		Niilo Armas Orama  Aatos Martin Hirvisalo	Vinha	4	578	1	1180	11	139	6	402	4	578	11	139	10	180	3196	3057
7		E. Gomez  Jorge Alberto de Rio Salas Chaves  A. Suner	Pampero	6	402	5	481	8	277	4	578	9	226	2	879	DNF	0	2843	2843
8		Abraham Everardus Dudok Van Heel  G. Nijbakker  Jacob Ralph Van den Berg  Willem Paul Van Duyl	Joy	5	481	6	402	7	335	11	139	8	277	4	578	7	335	2547	2408
9		Antonio Guedes de Heredia  Henrique Reis Goucho Sallaty  Carlos Rogenmoser Lourenco	Argus	11	139	9	226	6	402	8	277	7	335	6	402	5	481	2262	2123
10		Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie  G. Bertin  Philippe Chancerel	Allegro	10	180	11	139	10	180	9	226	3	703	8	277	8	277	1982	1843
11		F. Jackson Jr, R. Jessup  Cebern Lovell Lee  Julius Kean Roosevelt  Ralph Cook Craig	Rhythm	8	277	10	180	5	481	12	101	DNF	0	10	180	6	402	1621	1621
12		Roger Anciaux  Charles Delfosse  Georges Hellebuyck Jr.  Jacques Lauwerys  Jacques Lippens	Dolfijn	12	101	DNF	0	9	226	10	180	5	481	7	335	9	226	1549	1549

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified

= Male, = Female

Daily standings

Courses at Torbay

A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy

Royal Navy

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in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.