Sailing 1956

The events at Melbourne :

Sailors :

  1. (84876) Paul Elvstrøm (DEN/SAI/1948-60,68-72,84-88)
  2. (21913) Agostino Straulino (ITA/SAI/1948-64)
  3. (20668) Durward Knowles (BAH/SAI/1948-72,88)
  4. (17813) Nico Rode (ITA/SAI/1948-56)
  5. (17450) Ole Berntsen (DEN/SAI/1948-56,64)
  6. (13350) Thor Thorvaldsen (NOR/SAI/1936-56)
  7. (13000) Christian von Bülow (DEN/SAI/1956,64)
  8. (13000) Peter Mander (NZL/SAI/1956,64)
  9. (13000) Lars Thörn (SWE/SAI/1956,64)
  10. (13000) Sture Stork (SWE/SAI/1956,64)
  11. (13000) Folke Bohlin (SWE/SAI/1948,56)
  12. (9990) André Nelis (BEL/SAI/1956-64)
  13. (9978) Timir Pinegin (urs-RUS/SAI/1956-72)
  14. (9819) Duarte Manuel Bello (POR/SAI/1948-64)
  15. (9610) Fyodor Shutkov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-68)
  16. (8801) Bengt Palmquist (SWE/SAI/1956-60,68)
  17. (8580) Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell (CUB/SAI/1948-56)
  18. (8514) Rickard Sarby (SWE/SAI/1948-56)
  19. (8000) Jack Cropp (NZL/SAI/1956)
  20. (8000) Bert Williams (USA/SAI/1956)
  21. (8000) Larry Low (USA/SAI/1956)
  22. (7975) Sloane Farrington (BAH/SAI/1948-60)
  23. (6710) Jorge Alberto Salas (ARG/SAI/1948,56-64,72)
  24. (6400) Hjalmar Karlsson (SWE/SAI/1956)
  25. (6400) Leif Wikström (SWE/SAI/1956)
  26. (5003) Rolly Tasker (AUS/SAI/1956-60)
  27. (5000) John Scott (AUS/SAI/1956)
  28. (5000) Peder Lunde, Sr. (NOR/SAI/1952-56)
  29. (4640) Robert Perry (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  30. (4640) John Dillon (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  31. (4640) Neil Kennedy-Cochrane-Patrick (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  32. (4000) Cyril Andresen (DEN/SAI/1956)
  33. (4000) David Bowker (GBR/SAI/1956)
  34. (4000) Rolf Mulka (GER/SAI/1956-60)
  35. (4000) Ingo von Bredow (GER/SAI/1956-60)
  36. (3840) John Marvin (USA/SAI/1956)
  37. (3570) Jean-Jacques Herbulot (FRA/SAI/1932-48,56)
  38. (3278) Theodor Thomsen (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
  39. (3200) Jock Sturrock (AUS/SAI/1948-60)
  40. (3200) Jasper Blackall (GBR/SAI/1956)
  41. (3200) Terence Smith (GBR/SAI/1956)
  42. (2960) Graham Mann (GBR/SAI/1956-60)
  43. (2960) Jonathan Janson (GBR/SAI/1956-60)
  44. (2848) Antonio Cosentino (ITA/SAI/1952-60)
  45. (2660) Erich Natusch (GER/SAI/1952-56)
  46. (2660) Georg Nowka (GER/SAI/1952-56)
  47. (2600) Doug Buxton (AUS/SAI/1952-56)
  48. (2560) Devereaux Mytton (AUS/SAI/1956)
  49. (2560) Ron Backus (GBR/SAI/1956)
  50. (2400) Jürgen Vogler (GER/SAI/1956)
  51. (2175) Mario Capio (ITA/SAI/1956-64)
  52. (2000) Emilio Massino (ITA/SAI/1956)
  53. (2000) Carl Otto Svae (NOR/SAI/1956-64)
  54. (2000) José Silva (POR/SAI/1956)
  55. (1760) Boris Belada (ARG/SAI/1956,68)
  56. (1650) Arnoldo Pekelharing (ARG/SAI/1956,64)
  57. (1600) Andy Schoettle (USA/SAI/1956)
  58. (1600) John Bryant (USA/SAI/1956)
  59. (1600) Robert Stinson (USA/SAI/1956)
  60. (1600) Victor Sheronas (USA/SAI/1956)
  61. (1560) Antonio Carattino (ITA/SAI/1952-56,68)
  62. (1515) Wolfgang Erndl (AUT/SAI/1952-56)
  63. (1408) Sergio Sorrentino (ITA/SAI/1956,64)
  64. (1408) Annibale Pelaschier (ITA/SAI/1956,64)
  65. (1400) Odd Harsheim (NOR/SAI/1956-60)
  66. (1350) Philippe Chancerel (FRA/SAI/1948,56)
  67. (1250) Michel Parent (FRA/SAI/1956)
  68. (1250) John Sully (RSA/SAI/1956)
  69. (1250) Alfred Evans (RSA/SAI/1956)
  70. (1200) Adelchi Pelaschier (ITA/SAI/1952-56)
  71. (1110) Colin Ryrie (AUS/SAI/1956,64)
  72. (1040) Graham Drane (AUS/SAI/1956,64)
  73. (1000) Brian Carolan (AUS/SAI/1956)
  74. (1000) Jim Carolan (AUS/SAI/1956)
  75. (1000) Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen (NOR/SAI/1956)
  76. (960.0) Eric Bongers (RSA/SAI/1956)
  77. (950.0) Massimo Oberti (ITA/SAI/1928,36,56)
  78. (832.2) Jorge de Cárdenas (CUB/SAI/1952-60)
  79. (672.0) Albert Cadot (FRA/SAI/1948,56)
  80. (648.0) Kenneth Albury (BAH/SAI/1952-60,68)
  81. (640.0) Dominique Perroud (FRA/SAI/1956)
  82. (640.0) Piero Gorgatto (ITA/SAI/1956)
  83. (580.0) Hans Lubinus (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
  84. (560.0) Carlo Spirito (ITA/SAI/1952-56)
  85. (560.0) Noel Horsfield (RSA/SAI/1952-56)
  86. (532.0) Bruce Banks (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  87. (532.0) Stanley Potter (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  88. (505.0) Aleksandr Chumakov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56)
  89. (500.0) Boris Ilyin (urs-RUS/SAI/1956)
  90. (492.5) Bruce Kirby (CAN/SAI/1956,64-68)
  91. (461.6) Konstantin Melgunov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-68)
  92. (456.0) Don Tytler (CAN/SAI/1952-56)
  93. (448.0) Konstantin Aleksandrov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56,64-68)
  94. (441.6) Carlos Lourenço (POR/SAI/1948-56)
  95. (422.4) Lev Alekseyev (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56,64)
  96. (400.0) Bjørn Oscar Gulbrandsen (NOR/SAI/1956)
  97. (395.0) Roger Tiriau (FRA/SAI/1956,68)
  98. (365.0) Alfredo Bercht (BRA/SAI/1952-56)
  99. (320.0) Claude Flahault (FRA/SAI/1956)
  100. (260.0) Ludwig Bielenberg (GER/SAI/1952-56)
  101. (260.0) Gene Walet, III (USA/SAI/1956-60)
  102. (256.0) Clifford Howard (CAN/SAI/1956)
  103. (256.0) Dave Howard (CAN/SAI/1956)
  104. (220.0) Yury Shavrin (urs-RUS/SAI/1956,64)
  105. (207.0) Robert French (AUS/SAI/1948,56-60)
  106. (203.2) Jack Downey (AUS/SAI/1956-60)
  107. (200.0) Eric Olsen (USA/SAI/1956)
  108. (200.0) Stan Renehan (USA/SAI/1956)
  109. (160.0) Denis Hegarty (RSA/SAI/1956)
  110. (160.0) Geoff Myburgh (RSA/SAI/1956)
  111. (160.0) Carlos Echeverria (USA/SAI/1956)
  112. (160.0) Danny Killeen (USA/SAI/1956)
  113. (160.0) Gene Walet, Jr. (USA/SAI/1956)
  114. (125.0) Rolf Bercht (BRA/SAI/1956)
  115. (125.0) Eugene Pennell (CAN/SAI/1956)
  116. (125.0) George Parsons (CAN/SAI/1956)
  117. (100.0) Adolf Stein (GER/SAI/1956)
  118. (96.00) Richard Creagh-Osborne (GBR/SAI/1956)
  119. (80.00) Ovidio Lagos (ARG/SAI/1956)
  120. (80.00) Jorge Brown (ARG/SAI/1956)
  121. (80.00) Archibald Cameron (CAN/SAI/1956)
  122. (80.00) Bill Thomas (CAN/SAI/1956)
  123. (74.00) Ivan Matveyev (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56)
  124. (74.00) Andrey Mazovka (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56)
  125. (64.00) Pyotr Tolstikhin (urs-RUS/SAI/1956)
  126. (53.20) Prince Birabongse Bhanubandh (THA/SAI/1956-64,72)
  127. (50.00) Spyros Bonas (GRE/SAI/1956)
  128. (50.00) Stelios Bonas (GRE/SAI/1956)
  129. (50.00) Luang Pradiyat Navayudh (THA/SAI/1956)
  130. (40.00) Robert Stewart (NZL/SAI/1956)
  131. (40.00) Bert Cuthbertson (NZL/SAI/1956)
  132. (40.00) William Swinnerton (NZL/SAI/1956)
  133. (38.40) Didier Poissant (FRA/SAI/1956)
  134. (32.02) Gyi Khin Pe (MYA/SAI/1956-60)
  135. (32.02) Chow Park Wing (MYA/SAI/1956-60)
  136. (25.60) Bernardo d'Almeida, Conde de Caria (POR/SAI/1956)
  137. (25.60) Sérgio Marques (POR/SAI/1956)
  138. (24.00) Jack Snowden (SGP/SAI/1956)
  139. (20.00) Brownlow Eve (BER/SAI/1956-60)
  140. (20.00) Jimmy Kempe (BER/SAI/1956-60)
  141. (16.00) John Flinkenberg (FIN/SAI/1956)
  142. (16.00) Joel Jahn (FIN/SAI/1956)
  143. (16.00) Tor-Kristian Lindh (FIN/SAI/1956)
  144. (14.00) Joaquim Roderbourg (BRA/SAI/1956,64)
  145. (13.44) Somers Payne (IRL/SAI/1956-60)
  146. (10.00) Bernard Ward (BER/SAI/1956)
  147. (6.410) Ned Holiday (SGP/SAI/1956-60)
  148. (6.400) Keith Johnson (SGP/SAI/1956)
  149. (6.400) Kenneth Golding (SGP/SAI/1956)
  150. (6.400) Robert Ho (SGP/SAI/1956)
  151. (3.840) Esteban Berisso (ARG/SAI/1956)
  152. (2.415) Lwin U Maung Maung (MYA/SAI/1956-60)
  153. (1.250) Nesbit Bentley (FIJ/SAI/1956)
  154. (1.250) John Gilmore (FIJ/SAI/1956)

Women : despite all competitions being open, not a single woman competed in sailing at Melbourne

Competed Before :

  1. (84876) Paul Elvstrøm (DEN/SAI/1948-60,68-72,84-88)
  2. (21913) Agostino Straulino (ITA/SAI/1948-64)
  3. (20668) Durward Knowles (BAH/SAI/1948-72,88)
  4. (17813) Nico Rode (ITA/SAI/1948-56)
  5. (17450) Ole Berntsen (DEN/SAI/1948-56,64)
  6. (13350) Thor Thorvaldsen (NOR/SAI/1936-56)
  7. (13000) Folke Bohlin (SWE/SAI/1948,56)
  8. (9819) Duarte Manuel Bello (POR/SAI/1948-64)
  9. (9610) Fyodor Shutkov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-68)
  10. (8580) Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell (CUB/SAI/1948-56)
  11. (8514) Rickard Sarby (SWE/SAI/1948-56)
  12. (7975) Sloane Farrington (BAH/SAI/1948-60)
  13. (6710) Jorge Alberto Salas (ARG/SAI/1948,56-64,72)
  14. (5000) Peder Lunde, Sr. (NOR/SAI/1952-56)
  15. (4640) John Dillon (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  16. (4640) Neil Kennedy-Cochrane-Patrick (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  17. (4640) Robert Perry (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  18. (3570) Jean-Jacques Herbulot (FRA/SAI/1932-48,56)
  19. (3278) Theodor Thomsen (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
  20. (3200) Jock Sturrock (AUS/SAI/1948-60)
  21. (2848) Antonio Cosentino (ITA/SAI/1952-60)
  22. (2660) Erich Natusch (GER/SAI/1952-56)
  23. (2660) Georg Nowka (GER/SAI/1952-56)
  24. (2600) Doug Buxton (AUS/SAI/1952-56)
  25. (1560) Antonio Carattino (ITA/SAI/1952-56,68)
  26. (1515) Wolfgang Erndl (AUT/SAI/1952-56)
  27. (1350) Philippe Chancerel (FRA/SAI/1948,56)
  28. (1200) Adelchi Pelaschier (ITA/SAI/1952-56)
  29. (950.0) Massimo Oberti (ITA/SAI/1928,36,56)
  30. (832.2) Jorge de Cárdenas (CUB/SAI/1952-60)
  31. (672.0) Albert Cadot (FRA/SAI/1948,56)
  32. (648.0) Kenneth Albury (BAH/SAI/1952-60,68)
  33. (580.0) Hans Lubinus (GER/SAI/1936,52-56)
  34. (560.0) Carlo Spirito (ITA/SAI/1952-56)
  35. (560.0) Noel Horsfield (RSA/SAI/1952-56)
  36. (532.0) Bruce Banks (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  37. (532.0) Stanley Potter (GBR/SAI/1952-56)
  38. (505.0) Aleksandr Chumakov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56)
  39. (461.6) Konstantin Melgunov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-68)
  40. (456.0) Don Tytler (CAN/SAI/1952-56)
  41. (448.0) Konstantin Aleksandrov (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56,64-68)
  42. (441.6) Carlos Lourenço (POR/SAI/1948-56)
  43. (422.4) Lev Alekseyev (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56,64)
  44. (365.0) Alfredo Bercht (BRA/SAI/1952-56)
  45. (260.0) Ludwig Bielenberg (GER/SAI/1952-56)
  46. (207.0) Robert French (AUS/SAI/1948,56-60)
  47. (74.00) Andrey Mazovka (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56)
  48. (74.00) Ivan Matveyev (urs-RUS/SAI/1952-56)

By country - men :

the full Sailing list

Written 2012-07-21 - last modified 2020-03-17

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