5.5 metres, Open
| Date | 29 August – 7 September 1960 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Golfo di Napoli (Campo Rosso) | |
| Participants | 57 from 19 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement. | |
As did the Dragons, the 5.5 metre boats raced on the Rosso course. The American Minotaur, with George O’Day at the helm, opened up such a large lead that it did not need to start the final race to win the gold medal, but it did, and also won that race. O’Day had won the US Olympic Trials racing on Wistful but that boat was damaged in a collision with a cruiser, so O’Day purchased Minotaur just before leaving for Roma. He was a boat designer who designed 32 different classes of boats, and he was also an assistant helmsman on victorious America’s Cup yachts in 1962 and 1967.
In 15th place the Finnish yacht was helmed by Peter Tallberg, who competed in five Olympics, and became a member of the IOC in July 1976. He also served as President of the International Yacht Racing Union (IYRU) from 1986-94, before it was renamed the International Sailing Federation.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
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| 1 | Minotaur |  USA | 6,900 | 1,079 (2) | 778 (4) | 1,380 (1) | 903 (3) | 1,380 (1) | 535 (7) | 1,380 (1) | Gold | |||||
| George O'Day • Jim Hunt • Dave Smith | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Web II |  DEN | 5,678 | 1,380 (1) | 681 (5) | 681 (5) | 1,380 (1) | 380 (10) | 477 (8) | 1,079 (2) | Silver | |||||
| William Berntsen • Steen Christensen • Søren Hancke | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ballerina IV |  SUI | 5,122 | 903 (3) | 1,380 (1) | 778 (4) | 681 (5) | 477 (8) | 903 (3) | 266 (13) | Bronze | |||||
| Henri Copponex • Pierre Girard • Manfred Metzger | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Ardilla |  ARG | 4,402 | 426 (9) | 1,079 (2) | 602 (6) | 1,079 (2) | 681 (5) | 426 (9) | 535 (7) | ||||||
| Roberto Sieburger • Carlos Sieburger • Enrique Sieburger Lammerhirt | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Lasha |  SWE | 4,277 | 602 (6) | 602 (6) | 535 (7) | 477 (8) | 338 (11) | 1,380 (1) | 681 (5) | ||||||
| Bengt Sjösten • Claes Turitz • Göran Witting | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Yeoman VII |  GBR | 3,807 | 380 (10) | [0] ( | 903 (3) | 338 (11) | 1,079 (2) | 681 (5) | 426 (9) | ||||||
| Robin Aisher • George Nicholson • John Ruggles | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Struten |  NOR | 3,765 | 234 (14) | 903 (3) | 380 (10) | 535 (7) | 778 (4) | 266 (13) | 903 (3) | ||||||
| Finn Ferner • Odd Harsheim • Knut Wang | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | John B |  BAH | 3,024 | 535 (7) | 266 (13) | 338 (11) | 204 (15) | 602 (6) | 1,079 (2) | 204 (15) | ||||||
| Bobby Symonette • Basil Kelly • Roy Ramsay | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Bronia |  GER | 3,022 | 176 (16) | 477 (8) | 426 (9) | 380 (10) | 903 (3) | 234 (14) | 602 (6) | ||||||
| Herbert Scholl • Hans Baars-Lindner • Karl-August Stolze | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Buraddoo |  AUS | 2,959 | 778 (4) | 301 (12) | 1,079 (2) | 266 (13) | 234 (14) | 301 (12) | 124 (18) | ||||||
| Jock Sturrock • David Bingham • Ernest Wagstaff | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Voloira II |  ITA | 2,524 | 301 (12) | 380 (10) | 477 (8) | 602 (6) | 426 (9) | 338 (11) | 234 (14) | ||||||
| Pietro Reggio • Marco Novaro • Franco Zucchi | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Bermudes |  BER | 2,297 | 149 (17) | 535 (7) | 101 ( | 124 (18) | 535 (7) | 778 (4) | 176 (16) | ||||||
| Bert Darrell • Norman Jones • Walter Jones | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Posillipo III |  ESP | 2,045 | 266 (13) | 426 (9) | 149 (17) | 301 (12) | 149 (17) | 602 (6) | 301 (12) | ||||||
| Eusebio Bertrand • Jorge Martí • Juan Antonio Ragué | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Viktoriya |  URS | 1,984 | 338 (11) | 176 (16) | 301 (12) | 426 (9) | 266 (13) | 149 (17) | 477 (8) | ||||||
| Viktor Gorlov • Konstantin Melgunov • Pavel Parshin | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Inga-Lill XXXXIII |  FIN | 1,765 | 204 (15) | 234 (14) | 266 (13) | 176 (16) | 301 (12) | 380 (10) | 380 (10) | ||||||
| Peter Tallberg • Fredrik Eklöf • Peik Gästrin | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Ciocca III |  POR | 1,667 | 101 (19) | 204 (15) | 204 (15) | 778 (4) | 204 (15) | 176 (16) | 101 (19) | ||||||
| Duarte Manuel Bello • Fernando Bello • Júlio Gourinho | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Surprise |  AUT | 1,664 | 477 (8) | 338 (11) | 176 (16) | 234 (14) | 101 (19) | – | 338 (11) | ||||||
| Gotfrid Köchert • Gerhard Huska • Erich Moritz | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Snowten III |  FRA | 1,638 | 124 (18) | 149 (17) | 234 (14) | 149 (17) | 124 (18) | 204 (15) | 778 (4) | ||||||
| Jacques Baptiste Lebrun • Pierre Buret • Louis Chauvot | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | SagaII |  CAN | 1,332 | 681 (5) | 101 ( | 124 (18) | 101 (19) | 176 (16) | 101 ( | 149 (17) | ||||||
| Melville Gould • Jerome Conway • Barclay Livingstone | ||||||||||||||||