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Two Person Keelboat (Star), Open

Date29 August – 7 September 1960
StatusOlympic
LocationGolfo di Napoli (Campo Azzurro)
Participants53 from 26 countries
FormatPoints awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement.

By winning three of the first four races, and placing second in race two, the Soviet pair of Timir Pinegin and Fyodor Shutkov took a big lead, and were never challenged in winning the first Soviet gold medal in yachting. Their boat, the Tornado, had actually been built in Old Greenwich, Connecticut, in the United States. The Star boats raced on the Giallo course, as did the Flying Dutchman class. In fourth place was the Italian boat helmed by Agostino Straulino, who had won this event in 1952 and placed second in 1956, and who had won multiple World and European Championships. In 19th place the helmsman of the Thai boat was Birabongse, Prince Bhanubandh, a Thai prince who also raced Formula One cars.

PosCompetitor(s)NOCPoints
1TornadoURS7,619Gold
Timir PineginFyodor Shutkov
2Ma'LindoPOR6,665Silver
Mário QuinaJosé Manuel Quina
3Shrew IIUSA6,269Bronze
Bill ParksBob Halperin
4Merope IIIITA6,047
Agostino StraulinoCarlo Rolandi
5Ali-Baba VISUI5,716
Hans BrynerUrs-Ulrich Bucher
6Gem VIIBAH5,282
Durward KnowlesSloane Farrington
7Bellatrix IXGER4,745
Bruno SpliethEckart Wagner 1Karsten Meyer 2
8Cha-Cha IIIYUG3,977
Mario FafangelJanko Kosmina
9PimmBRA3,466
Jorge PontualCid Nascimento
10MariSWE3,216
Sune CarlssonPer-Olof Karlsson
11Frip IVFRA3,111
Georges PisaniNoël Desaubliaux
12OlimpiaHUN3,063
István TelegdyIstván Jutasi
13VesaniaCUB2,425
Jorge de CárdenasCarlos de Cárdenas Plá
14BellaFIN2,260
Freddy EhrströmRolf Zachariassen
15May-Be 1960AUT2,240
Harald von MusilFranz Eisl
16ChamukinaMEX1,885
Carlos BraniffMauricio de la Lama
17MizarARG1,747
Roberto MieresVíctor Fragola
18PakariaAUS1,736
Robert FrenchJack Downey
19Siames-CatTHA1,614
Birabongse, Prince BhanubandhBumphen Chomvith
20ZefyrosGRE1,579
Nikolaos VlagkalisSpyros Makridakis
21Espuma del MarVEN1,485
Daniel CamejoPeter Camejo
22PasodobleESP1,453
José OcejoEmilio Gurruchaga
23ScramCAN1,298
Bill BurgessBill West
24TwinkleGBR1,283
Roy MitchellJean Mitchell
25MeropeMLT1,173
Paul RipardJohn Ripard
26DanaldoJPN871
Mizuki YamadaYoshimatsu Sakaibara