Sailing Olympic Games 1956 at Melbourne (aus) Dragon November 26-December 5: Final Standings: 1. Sweden (Folke Bohlin, Bengt Palmquist, Leif Wikström) * 5723 2. Denmark (Ole Berntsen, Cyril Andresen, Christian von Bülow) 5723 3. Great Britain (Graham Mann, Ronald Backus, Jonathan Janson) 4547 4. Argentina (Jorge Alberto Salas, Arnoldo Pekelharing, Boris Belada) 4225 5. Australia (Graham Drane, Brian Carolan, James Carolane) 3769 6. Italy (Sergio Sorrentino, Piero Gorgatto, Annibale Pelaschiar) 3404 7. Norway (Thor Thorvaldsen, Carl Otto Svae, Bjørn Gulbrandsen) 3253 8. Canada (David Howard, Herald Howard, Donald Tytler) 3186 9. USA (Eugene Walet III, Eugene Walet Jr., Carlos Echeverria Jr., Daniel Killean) 3151 10. Germany (Theodor Thomsen, Erich Natusch, Georg Nowka) 2922 * awarded 1st place by winning more races (3 over 1)