Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Star

Star at the Games of the XVI Olympiad
Medallists
Venue	Port Phillip
Dates	26–29 November and 3–5 December
Competitors	24 from 12 nations
Teams	12
Medalists
Herbert Williams Lawrence Low  United States Agostino Straulino Nicolò Rode  Italy Durward Knowles Sloane Farrington 23x15px Bahamas

Sailing at the  1956 Summer Olympics
Finn			Open
12 m2 Sharpie			Open
Star			Open
Dragon			Open
5.5 Metre			Open

The Star was a sailing event at the Sailing at the 1956 Summer Olympics program in Port Phillip. Seven races were scheduled. 24 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
	Herbert Williams  (USA)	Lawrence Low	Kathleen	1	1180	5	481	2	879	1	1180	2	879	2	879	2	879	6357	5876
	Agostino Straulino  (ITA)	Nicolò Rode	Merope III.	3	703	DSQ	0	1	1180	3	703	3	703	1	1180	1	1180	5649	5649
	22x20px Durward Knowles  (BAH)	Sloane Farrington	Gem IV.	2	879	2	879	5	481	2	879	1	1180	3	703	3	703	5704	5223
4	Duarte de Almeida Bello  (POR)	Jose Bustorff Silva	Faneca	10	180	1	1180	3	703	4	578	6	402	5	481	5	481	4005	3825
5	Philippe Chancerel  (FRA)	Michel Parent	Gam II.	5	481	3	703	4	578	5	481	5	481	DNF	0	6	402	3126	3126
6	Carlos de Cardenas  (CUB)	Jorge de Cardenas	Kurush IV.	4	578	DSQ	0	6	402	DNF	0	4	578	4	578	4	578	2714	2714
7	Bruce Bernard Banks  (GBR)	Stanley Arthur Potter	Starlight III.	6	402	4	578	7	335	8	277	7	335	6	402	7	335	2664	2387
8	Timir Pinegin  (URS)	Fyodor Shutkov	Tulilind	7	335	8	277	8	277	7	335	8	277	8	277	8	277	2055	1778
9	Robert French  (AUS)	Jack Downey	Naiad	8	277	9	226	12	101	6	402	11	139	9	226	11	139	1510	1409
10	22x20px Eugene Pennell  (CAN)	George Parsons	Mariana	11	139	7	335	9	226	DNF	0	10	180	7	335	10	180	1395	1395
11	Ovidio Manuel Lagos  (ARG)	Jorge Diego Brown	Covunco III.	9	226	6	402	10	180	DNF	0	9	226	DNF	0	9	226	1260	1260
12	Prinz Bira Bhanubanda  (THA)	Luang Pradiyat Navayudh	Tichiboo	DNF	0	10	180	11	139	DNF	0	DNF	0	DNF	0	12	101	420	420

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

Daily standings

File:1956 Star Positions during the serie.png

Graph showing the daily standings in the Star during the 1956 Summer Olympics

Conditions on Port Phillip

Three race areas were needed during the Olympics on Port Phillip. Each of the classesused the same scoring system. The northern course was used for the Star.