Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow
# Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Swallow

The Swallow was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1948 Summer Olympics program in Torbay. Seven races were scheduled. 38 sailors, on 14 boats, from 14 nations competed.

## Results

| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Race I | Race I | Race II | Race II | Race III | Race III | Race IV | Race IV | Race V | Race V | Race VI | Race VI | Race VII | Race VII | Total Points | Total -1 |
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| Rank | Helmsman (Country) | Crew | Yachtname | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Total Points | Total -1 |
| | Stewart Morris (GBR) | David Bond | Swift | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 3 | 770 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | DSQ | 0 | 4 | 645 | 5625 | 5625 |
| | Duarte de Almeida Bello (POR) | Fernando Pinto Coelho Bello | Symphony | 1 | 1247 | 4 | 645 | 4 | 645 | 5 | 548 | 1 | 1247 | 5 | 548 | 1 | 1247 | 6129 | 5579 |
| | Lockwood Pirie (USA) | Owen Torrey | Margaret | 5 | 548 | 9 | 293 | 5 | 548 | 3 | 770 | 11 | 206 | 1 | 1247 | 2 | 946 | 4558 | 4352 |
| 4 | Stig Hedberg (SWE) | Lars Matton | Change | 2 | 946 | 3 | 770 | 14 | 101 | 8 | 344 | 4 | 645 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 3443 | 3342 |
| 5 | Johan Rathje (DEN) | Naalli Petersen | NN | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 1 | 1247 | 9 | 293 | 10 | 247 | 7 | 402 | 12 | 168 | 3103 | 2935 |
| 6 | Dario Salata (ITA) | Achille Roncoroni | Entoria | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 10 | 247 | 2 | 946 | 9 | 293 | 4 | 645 | 9 | 293 | 3061 | 2893 |
| 7 | John Robertson (CAN) | Dick Townsend | Scaup | 7 | 402 | 2 | 946 | 2 | 946 | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | DSQ | 0 | 11 | 206 | 2807 | 2807 |
| 8 | Øivind Christensen (NOR) | Knut Bengtson K. Heje Oivind Thommessen | Nora | 4 | 645 | 10 | 247 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 6 | 469 | 3 | 770 | 13 | 133 | 2901 | 2768 |
| 9 | Jacques Lebrun (FRA) | Henri Perrissol Jean Peytel | Red Indian | 6 | 469 | 5 | 548 | 11 | 206 | 10 | 247 | 3 | 770 | 9 | 293 | 7 | 402 | 2935 | 2729 |
| 10 | Victorio Walter Dos Reis Ferraz (BRA) | Carlos Borchers | Andorinha | 9 | 293 | 11 | 206 | 9 | 293 | 12 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 2 | 946 | 5 | 548 | 2798 | 2630 |
| 11 | Wim de Vries Lentsch (NED) | Flip Keegstra | St. Margrite | DNF | 0 | 13 | $^{133}$ | 6 | 469 | 4 | 645 | 13 | 133 | 8 | 344 | 3 | 770 | 2494 | 2494 |
| 12 | Carlos Sáez (URU) | Juan Bidegaray J. Gamenara | Nortazo | 10 | 247 | 8 | 344 | 7 | 402 | 7 | 402 | 12 | 168 | 6 | 469 | 8 | 344 | 2376 | 2208 |
| 13 | Alf Delany (IRL) | Hugh Allen E. Macnally David Sullivan | The Cloud | DNF | 0 | 12 | 168 | 8 | 344 | 13 | 133 | 5 | 548 | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 1500 | 1500 |
| 14 | Gastón Cibert (ARG) | M. Lawrence Silvio Merlo Horacio Monti | Antares | 11 | 206 | 14 | 101 | 13 | 133 | DNF | 0 | 7 | 402 | 10 | 247 | 10 | 247 | 1336 | 1336 |

DNF = Did not finish, DNS= Did not start, DSQ = Disqualified

= Male, = Female

## Courses at Torbay

A total of three race area's was positioned by the Royal Navy in Torbay. Each of the classes was using the same kind of course and the same scoring system.

