Sailing at the 1960 Summer Olympics

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At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held from August 29, 1960 to September 7, 1960 off the coast of Naples.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5.5 metre class details	United States (USA) Minotaur George O'Day James Hunt David Smith	Denmark (DEN) Web II William Berntsen Søren Hancke Steen Christensen	Switzerland (SUI) Ballerina IV Henri Copponex Manfred Metzger Pierre Girard
Dragon class details	Greece (GRE) Nirefs HRH Crown Prince Constantine Odysseas Eskitzoglou Georgios Zaimis	Argentina (ARG) Tango Jorge Salas Héctor Calegaris Jorge del Río	Italy (ITA) Venilia Antonio Cosentino Antonio Ciciliano Giulio De Stefano
Flying Dutchman class details	Norway (NOR) Sirene Peder Lunde, jr. Bjørn Bergvall	Denmark (DEN) Skum Hans Fogh Ole Erik Petersen	Germany (EUA) Macky VI Rolf Mulka Ingo von Bredow
Finn class details	Paul Bert Elvstrøm 167 Denmark (DEN)	Aleksander Tšutšelov 163 Soviet Union (URS)	André Nelis 145 Belgium (BEL)
Star class details	Soviet Union (URS) Tornado Timir Pinegin Fyodor Shutkov	Portugal (POR) Ma Lindo Mário Gentil José Gentil	United States (USA) Shrew II William Parks Robert Halperin

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
2	Soviet Union (URS)	1	1	0	2
3	United States (USA)	1	0	1	2
4	Greece (GRE)	1	0	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	1	0	0	1
6	Argentina (ARG)	0	1	0	1
	Portugal (POR)	0	1	0	1
8	Belgium (BEL)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (EUA)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2006-12-22.

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