| | Event type
Three Person Keelboat (Dragon), Open
| Date | 20 – 28 July 1952 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Harmaja, Helsinki | |
| Participants | 51 from 17 countries | |
| Format | Points awarded for placement in each race. Best six of seven scores to count for final placement. | |
Norway’s Thor Thorvaldsen, aboard Pan, and crewed by Hakon Barfod and Sigve Lie, had won the gold medal in this event in 1948. The same boat and crew won three of the seven races in Helsinki to defend their gold medal. The silver went to Sweden, on Tornado and skippered by Per Gedda, who had raced at the 1936 Olympics, placing fourth in the 8-metre class. One woman competed in the event, Joyce Horton, who was alongside her husband and son on the American boat, Skidoo, which placed 11th. The 12th-place finisher, helmsman Jock Sturrock, later made Australia’s first America’s Cup challenge, in 1962 aboard Gretel.
| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Points | Race #1 | Race #2 | Race #3 | Race #4 | Race #5 | Race #6 | Race #7 | ||||||
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| 1 | Pan |  NOR | 6,130 | 1,031 (2) | 1,331 (1) | 377 (9) | 1,331 (1) | 553 (6) | 553 (6) | 1,331 (1) | Gold | |||||
| Håkon Barfod • Sigve Lie • Thor Thorvaldsen | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Tornado |  SWE | 5,556 | 632 (5) | 854 (3) | 854 (3) | 1,031 (2) | 632 (5) | 1,331 (1) | 854 (3) | Silver | |||||
| Erland Almkvist • Per Gedda • Sidney Boldt-Christmas | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Gustel X |  GER | 5,352 | 729 (4) | 428 (8) | 553 (6) | 854 (3) | 1,331 (1) | 854 (3) | 1,031 (2) | Bronze | |||||
| Erich Natusch • Georg Nowka • Theodor Thomsen | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Pampero |  ARG | 5,339 | 486 (7) | 1,031 (2) | 1,031 (2) | 729 (4) | 1,031 (2) | 1,031 (2) | 486 (7) | ||||||
| Horacio Campi • Jorge Alberto del Río • Roberto Sieburger | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Snude |  DEN | 4,460 | 854 (3) | 486 (7) | 1,331 (1) | 632 (5) | 729 (4) | 428 (8) | 101 (17) | ||||||
| Aage Birch • Ole Berntsen • William Berntsen | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Thalatta |  NED | 4,041 | 1,331 (1) | 377 (9) | – ( | 486 (7) | 486 (7) | 632 (5) | 729 (4) | ||||||
| Biem Dudok van Heel • Michiel Dudok van Heel • Wim van Duyl | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Escapade |  BRA | 2,884 | 252 (12) | 729 (4) | 290 (11) | 553 (6) | 331 (10) | 729 (4) | 155 (15) | ||||||
| Francisco Isoldi • Peter Mangels • Putz | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Alcaid |  POR | 2,782 | 553 (6) | 290 (11) | 252 (12) | 377 (9) | 854 (3) | 331 (10) | 377 (9) | ||||||
| Alberto Graça • Carlos Lourenço • João Tito | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Galatea II |  ITA | 2,439 | 377 (9) | 632 (5) | 185 (14) | 428 (8) | 185 (14) | 127 (16) | 632 (5) | ||||||
| Antonio Carattino • Carlo Spirito • Giuseppe Carattino | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Jet |  CAN | 2,203 | 428 (8) | 252 (12) | 729 (4) | 290 (11) | 155 (15) | 252 (12) | 252 (12) | ||||||
| Archibald Howie • Donald Hains • John Robertson | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Skidoo |  USA | 2,170 | 101 (17) | 553 (6) | 331 (10) | 155 (15) | 217 (13) | 486 (7) | 428 (8) | ||||||
| Joyce Horton • Bill Horton, Sr. • William Horton, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Vinha |  AUS | 1,916 | 331 (10) | 185 (14) | 632 (5) | 331 (10) | 252 (12) | 185 (14) | 185 (14) | ||||||
| Jock Sturrock • Bevan Worcester • Doug Buxton | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Sabre |  GBR | 1,885 | 155 (15) | 101 (17) | 428 (8) | 217 (13) | 377 (9) | 377 (9) | 331 (10) | ||||||
| Edward Dyson • John Barrington-Ward • Tony Somers | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Tu-Fri |  FIN | 1,866 | 217 (13) | 331 (10) | 155 (15) | 185 (14) | 290 (11) | 290 (11) | 553 (6) | ||||||
| Bror Johansson • Eric Fabricius • Leo Nagornoff | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Korshun |  URS | 1,703 | 127 (16) | 155 (15) | 486 (7) | 101 (17) | 428 (8) | 217 (13) | 290 (11) | ||||||
| Andrey Mazovka • Ivan Matveyev • Yury Golubev | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Virginie |  FRA | 1,078 | 290 (11) | 127 (16) | – ( | 252 (12) | 127 (16) | 155 (15) | 127 (16) | ||||||
| Guy le Mouroux • Jean Frain de la Gaulayrie • Marcel de Kerviler | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Girl Pat |  BEL | 1,064 | 185 (14) | 217 (13) | 217 (13) | 127 (16) | 101 (17) | 101 (17) | 217 (13) | ||||||
| André Deryckére • Auguste Galeyn • Jean De Meulemeester | ||||||||||||||||