| Date | 3 – 12 August 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Torbay, Torquay (Star and Swallow Course) | |
| Participants | 38 from 17 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best 6 of 7 scores to count for final placement. | |
The Star was raced on a 10 nautical mile (18.5 km) course, slightly more inshore than the course used by the Dragons and 6-metre boats. Paul and Hilary Smart, a father-son team, won the second and fourth race, and had a huge lead after five races. They could actually have skipped the final two races and won the gold medal by almost 500 points, but they raced, although they were disqualified in the sixth race, and placed only sixth in the seventh outing. The second-placed team, the Cuban crew of Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell and Carlos de Cárdenas Plá, were also a father and son. They were only in fifth place after six races, but finished second in the final race to move up to silver.
The fifth-place Italian boat, “Legionario”, was helmed by Agostino Straulino, who won eight consecutive European Championships in the Star from 1949-1956, and returned in 1952 to win Olympic gold, and in 1956 to add an Olympic silver.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hilarius |  USA | 5,828 | 729 (4) | 1,331 (1) | 1,030 (2) | 1,331 (1) | 854 (3) | – ( | 553 (6) | Gold | |||||
| Hilary Smart • Paul Smart | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Kurush II |  CUB | 4,949 | 486 (7) | – ( | 486 (7) | 1,030 (2) | 486 (7) | 1,331 (1) | 1,030 (2) | Silver | |||||
| Carlos de Cárdenas Culmell • Carlos de Cárdenas Plá | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Starita |  NED | 4,731 | 854 (3) | 632 (5) | 632 (5) | 854 (3) | 729 (4) | 1,030 (2) | 486 (7) | Bronze | |||||
| Bob Maas • Eddy Stutterheim | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Gem II |  GBR | 4,372 | 1,030 (2) | 1,030 (2) | 553 (6) | 729 (4) | 1,030 (2) | – ( | – ( | ||||||
| Durward Knowles • Sloane Farrington | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Legionario |  ITA | 4,370 | 1,331 (1) | 854 (3) | 854 (3) | – ( | 1,331 (1) | – ( | – ( | ||||||
| Agostino Straulino • Nico Rode | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Espardate |  POR | 4,292 | 290 (11) | 553 (6) | 1,331 (1) | 632 (5) | 252 (12) | 632 (5) | 854 (3) | ||||||
| Joaquim Fiuza • Júlio Gourinho | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Moorina |  AUS | 3,828 | – ( | 729 (4) | 155 (15) | 553 (6) | 331 (=10) | 729 (4) | 1,331 (1) | ||||||
| Jock Sturrock • Len Fenton | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Ariel |  CAN | 2,635 | 377 (9) | 185 (14) | 729 (4) | 217 (13) | 428 (8) | 553 (6) | 331 (10) | ||||||
| Bill Gooderham • Gerry Fairhead | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Galerna |  ESP | 2,564 | 155 (15) | 486 (7) | 127 (16) | 377 (9) | 632 (5) | 486 (7) | 428 (8) | ||||||
| José María Alonso • José Luis Allende • Eduardo Aznar 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Nephos I |  GRE | 2,532 | 428 (8) | 252 (12) | 377 (9) | 290 (11) | 331 (=10) | 377 (9) | 729 (4) | ||||||
| Georgios Kalampokidis • Charalampos Potamianos • Nikolaos Vlagkalis • Christoforos Karolou | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Aloha II |  FRA | 2,515 | 252 (12) | 428 (8) | 428 (8) | – ( | 553 (6) | 854 (3) | – ( | ||||||
| Yves Lorion • Jean Peytel | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Lucky Star |  FIN | 2,058 | 217 (13) | 290 (11) | 217 (13) | 252 (12) | 377 (9) | 290 (11) | 632 (5) | ||||||
| René Nyman • Christian Ilmoni | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Donar III |  AUT | 1,661 | 331 (10) | 155 (15) | 185 (14) | 185 (14) | 155 (15) | 428 (8) | 377 (9) | ||||||
| Georg Obermüller • Horst Obermüller • Hans Schachinger | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Buscape II |  BRA | 1,644 | 127 (16) | 217 (13) | 290 (11) | 331 (10) | 185 (14) | 331 (10) | 290 (11) | ||||||
| João José Bracony • Carlos Bittencourt | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Ali-Baba II |  SUI | 1,610 | 553 (6) | 377 (9) | 252 (12) | 428 (8) | – ( | – ( | – | ||||||
| Hans Bryner • Kurt Bryner | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Acturus |  ARG | 1,550 | 185 (14) | 331 (10) | 331 (10) | 486 (7) | 217 (13) | – ( | – | ||||||
| Jorge Piacentini • Ángel Carrasco | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Lotta IV |  SWE | 888 | 632 (5) | – | 101 (17) | 155 (15) | – ( | – ( | – | ||||||
| Bengt Melin • Yngve Engkvist | ||||||||||||||||
