6 metres, Open
| Date | 3 – 12 August 1948 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Torbay, Torquay (6-metres and Dragon Course) | |
| Participants | 60 from 11 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement. | |
This was the next-to-last appearance on the Olympic Program for the 6-metre class, which had débuted at the 1908 Olympics and been held continuously since. The event was raced on a 14 nautical mile (26 km) course, which was well offshore. The American boat, Llanoria, skippered by Herman Whiton, won the gold medal, although it was pushed in the final race by the Argentine boat Djinn, helmed by Enrique Sieburger, Sr.. Whiton and Llanoria would return in 1952 and defend their title, although the crew members were different.
The bronze medal helmsman, Sweden’s Tore Holm, was making his fifth Olympic appearance, having won a gold medal in this event in 1932 and in the 40 m2 event in 1920, and a bronze medal in the 1928 8-metre class. The fourth-place helmsman, Magnus Konow of Norway, was making his sixth, and final, Olympic appearance, in an Olympic career that began in 1908, and saw him win gold medals in the 1912 12-metre class and the 1920 8-metre class.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
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| 1 | Llanoria |  USA | 5,472 | 540 (4) | 1,142 (1) | 1,142 (1) | 665 (3) | 239 (8) | 1,142 (1) | 841 (2) | Gold | |||||
| Herman Whiton • Lee Loomis • Mike Mooney • James Smith • Jim Weekes | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Djinn |  ARG | 5120 | 665 (3) | 665 (3) | 665 (3) | 841 (2) | 1142 (1) | 540 (4) | 1142 (1) | Silver | |||||
| Enrique Sieburger Hadler • Emilio Homps • Rodolfo Rivademar • Rufino Rodríguez de la Torre • Julio Sieburger 1 • Enrique Sieburger Lammerhirt | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Ali-Baba II |  SWE | 4033 | 443 (5) | 841 (2) | 841 (2) | 1,142 (1) | 665 (3) | – ( | 101 (11) | Bronze | |||||
| Tore Holm • Karl-Robert Ameln • Martin Hindorff • Torsten Lord • Gösta Salén | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Apache |  NOR | 3217 | 239 (8) | – | 188 (9) | 443 (5) | 841 (2) | 841 (2) | 665 (3) | ||||||
| Magnus Konow • Anders Evensen • Ragnar Hargreaves • Lars Musæus • Hakon Solem | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Johan |  GBR | 2879 | 297 (7) | 540 (4) | 239 (8) | 297 (7) | 540 (4) | 665 (3) | 540 (4) | ||||||
| Douglas Hume • Bonar Hardie • Hamish Hardie • Harry Hunter • Howden Hume | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Lalage |  BEL | 2752 | 1,142 (1) | 239 (8) | 101 (11) | 188 (9) | 443 (5) | 297 (7) | 443 (5) | ||||||
| Ludovic Franck • Émile Hayoit • Willy Huybrechts • Henri Van Riel • Willy Van Rompaey | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Ylliam VII |  SUI | 2594 | 841 (2) | 364 (6) | 297 (7) | 540 (4) | 188 (9) | 364 (6) | 142 (10) | ||||||
| Henri Copponex • Émile Lachapelle • André Firmenich • Louis Noverraz • Charles Stern • Marcel Stern | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Ciocca II |  ITA | 2099 | 364 (6) | – | 443 (5) | 364 (6) | 297 (7) | 443 (5) | 188 (9) | ||||||
| Giovanni Leone Reggio • Giorgio Audizio • Renato Cosentino • Beppe Croce • Gennaro De Luca • Luigi Mino Poggi • Enrico Poggi | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Raili |  FIN | 1691 | 188 (9) | 297 (7) | 142 (10) | 239 (8) | 364 (6) | 239 (8) | 364 (6) | ||||||
| Ernst Westerlund • Rote Hellström • Ragnar Jansson • Adolf Konto • Rolf Turkka • Valo Urho | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Morena |  DEN | 1648 | 142 (10) | 443 (5) | 540 (4) | 101 (11) | 142 (10) | 142 (10) | 239 (8) | ||||||
| Troels la Cour • Bruno Clausen • Svend Iversen • René la Cour • Hans Sørensen | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | LaBandera |  FRA | 1280 | 101 (11) | 188 (9) | 364 (6) | 142 (10) | 101 (11) | 188 (9) | 297 (7) | ||||||
| Albert Cadot • Jean Castel • Claude Desouches • Roger Lacarrière • François Laverne | ||||||||||||||||