Sailing Olympic Games 1956 at Melbourne (aus) 5.5 Metre November 26-December 5: Final Standings: 1. Sweden (Lars Thörn, Hjalmar Karlsson, Sture Stork) 5527 2. Great Britain (Robert Perry, Neil Cochran-Patrick, John Dillon, David Bowker) 4050 3. Australia (Alex Sturrock, Devereaux Mytton, Douglas Buxton) 4022 4. USA (Ferdinand Schoettle Jr., Victor Sheronas, John Bryant, Robert Stinson Jr.) 3971 5. Norway (Peder Lunde, Odd Harsheim, Halfdan Ditlev-Simonsen Jr.) 3807 6. France (Albert Cadot, Jean-Jacques Herbulot, Dominique Perroud) 1779 7. Italy (Massimo Oberti, Antonio Carattino, Carlo Spirito, Antonio Cosentino) 1677 8. Soviet Union (Konstantin Aleksandrov, Konstantin Melgunov, Lev Alekseyev) 1598 9. South Africa (Leslie Horsfield, Dennis Hegarty, Geoffrey Myburgh) 1575 10. Germany (Hans Lubinus, Adolf Stein, Ludwig Bielenberg) 1047