Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 metre class

6 Metre at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Medalists
Venue	Harmaja
Dates	July 20–28
Competitors	56 from 11 nations
Teams	11
Medalists
01 ! Herman Whiton Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt John Morgan Emelyn Whiton Everard Endt  United States 02 ! Finn Ferner Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen Tor Arneberg  Norway 03 ! Ernst Westerlund Paul Sjöberg Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka  Finland
← 1948

01 !		Herman Whiton Eric Ridder Julian Roosevelt John Morgan Emelyn Whiton Everard Endt	United States
02 !		Finn Ferner Johan Ferner Erik Heiberg Carl Mortensen Tor Arneberg	Norway
03 !		Ernst Westerlund Paul Sjöberg Ragnar Jansson Jonas Konto Rolf Turkka	Finland

The 6 Metre was a sailing event on the Sailing at the 1952 Summer Olympics program in Harmaja. Seven races were scheduled. 56 sailors, on 11 boats, from 11 nations competed.

DNF = Did Not Finish, DNS= Did Not Start, DSQ = Disqualified
= Male, = Female

Of the total of three race area's only two were needed during the Olympics in Harmaja. Each of the classes was using the same scoring system.