FAI World Championship 1956 in class F1B

Held at Hoganas, Sweden from August 17th to 19th

Flight times are given in each of the 5 rounds in seconds.

Individual results

1  L Petersson       SWE  180 180 180 180 159   879
2  H Kothe (P)       USA  180 180 180 180 154   874
3  John O'Donnell    GBR  180 180 180 151 180   871
3  Erik Knudsen      DEN  180 166 180 165 180   871
5  E Smirnov         RUS  180 163 167 160 180   850
6  H O'Donnell       GBR  178 175 142 180 173   848
7  R Ahman           SWE  135 154 180 180 180   829
8  I Ivannikov       USR  180 180 180 131 140   811
9  V Kolpakov        USR  180 143 126 180 180   809
10 R Hyvarinen       FIN  166 180 172 132 158   808
11 J Smolders        NED  177 165 155 160 147   804
12 R Haag            SWE  180 141 145 180 155   801
13 J Kolb            USA  180 180 110 163 155   788
14 V Scardicchio     ITA  180 180 127 180 118   785
15 C Montplaisir (P) USA  139 180 180 180 103   782
16 R Cizek           CS   180 171 176 103 136   766
17 G J Lefever       GBR   98 180 147 180 145   750
18 A Alinari         ITA  156 180 111 130 146   723
19 C Giudici         FRA  132 180 126 116 168   722
20 G Fea             ITA  180 180 180 180   0   720
21 K Hertsch         BRD  180 180  99 118 133   710
22 R Guilloteau      FRA  132 177 100 125 171   705
23 N Sorensen        DEN  149 180 111 130 124   694
24 J Altmann         BRD  180 142 180 161  25   688
25 I Hamalainen      FIN  150 144 145 126 110   675
26 H Dormann         BRD  159 147 107 128 128   669
27 G Cassi           ITA  151 178  89  87 159   664
28 T Molbach         NOR  100 180 134 131  98   643
29 I Nienstedt       DEN  149 130   0 180 180   639
30 J Hemola          CS   146  69 124 180 109   628
31 G Coughlin        USA  158 127 112 137  93   627
32 B Heidmuller (P)  BRD  150 129  54 180 100   613
33 Loates (P)        CAN   89 156 180 180   0   605
34 H Revell          GBR  141 147  91 104 121   604
35 L Bausch          NED  110 133 134 139  87   603
36 V Matvejev        USR  180 180   0 180   0   540
37 D Wong (P)        NZL   99 180 120  82  37   518
38 S Takko           FIN   93 153 141 130   0   517
39 L Lifka           CS   145 125  88  88  69   515
40 P Bluhm           FRA    0 102 134 107 149   492
41 S Knoos           SWE  165 144 114  58   0   481
42 C Burger          NED  132 103 120   0 118   473
42 A Bobkowski       GUA  126 180 167   0   0   473
44 S Nurminen        FIN   44 151 113  93  67   468
45 R Heesemans       NED  122 107  60  39 136   464
46 H E Widell        DEN  161  75 169  45   0   450
47 Y Nonaka (P)      JPN  137  94 121  23  58   433
48 A Alfara (P)      GUA   33 117 121 150   0   421
49 D Mackenzie (P)   CAN  132   0 145 127   0   404
50 V Popelar         CS   158   0   0  89 140   387
51 O Viggiano (P)    ARG   40 167 162   0   0   369
52 B Baker           AUS  180   0 159   0   0   339
53 R Gordon (P)      CAN  180 139   0   0   0   319
54 S Nonaka (P)      JPN  143  92   0   0   0   235
55 A Leong (P)       NZL   93  85   0   0   0   178
56 K Groves (P)      CAN   68   0  78   0   0   146
57 J Heiret          NOR   86   0   0   0   0    86
58 A Macaulay (P)    NZL    0   0  23   0   0    23
Number of maximums         17  18  10  15   6
Number of full scores      17   9   5   3   0

Team Results

Country Abbreviation Total Team member places 1 Sweden SWE 2509 1 7 12 2 Great Britain GBR 2469 3 6 17 3 USA USA 2444 2 13 15 4 Italy ITA 2228 14 18 20 5 Denmark DEN 2204 3 23 29 6 USSR USR 2160 8 9 36 7 Fed.Rep.Germany BRD 2067 21 24 26 8 Finland FIN 2000 10 25 38 9 France FRA 1919 19 22 40 10 Czechoslovakia CS 1909 16 30 39 11 Netherlands NED 1880 11 35 42 12 Canada CAN 1328 33 49 53 13 Guatamala GUA 894 42 48 14 Russia RUS 850 5 15 Norway NOR 729 28 57 16 New Zealand NZL 719 37 55 58 17 Japan JPN 668 47 54 18 Argentina ARG 369 51 19 Australia AUS 339 52

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