Sailing World Championships

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Sailing World Championships
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First held2003 (2003)
Classes 470, 49er, 49er FX, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, Nacra 17, RS:X
Website Sailing.org

The Sailing World Championships (formerly ISAF Sailing World Championships) are World championships in sailing for the 10 events contested at the Summer Olympics, organized by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) and held every four years since 2003. In contrast to other years, when each class organise their World championship under supervision of World Sailing, they are the combined World championships for all the disciplines of the next Summer Olympics and serves as the major qualification event for it.

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History

In 1998, the ISAF World Sailing Championships were held in Dubai. The ISAF Sailing World Championships was held in Cádiz in 2003, followed by Cascais in 2007 and Perth in 2011. [1]

In 2014, Santander hosted the 4th ISAF Sailing World Championships attracting more than 1,100 competitors, which distributed half of qualifications for the 2016 Summer Olympics sailing event. [1]

Editions

World location map (equirectangular 180).svg
Host cities of the Sailing World Championships
YearCityCountryDatesEventsAthletesNationsNotes
2003 Cádiz Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 11–24 September111,45071 [2]
2007 Cascais Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 28 June – 13 July111,35076 [3]
2011 Perth Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 3–18 December1078976 [4]
2014 Santander Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 8–21 September101,25083 [5]
2018 Aarhus Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 30 July – 12 August12 [6]
2023 The Hague Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 10–20 August


Equipment

EventClassGenderYear
030711141822
One-person dinghies Europe W
Finn M
O
Laser M
O
Laser Radial W
Two-person dinghies 470 M
W
Mx
49er M
O
49er FX W
Keelboats Star M
Yngling W
Multihulls Nacra 17 Mx
Tornado O
Boards Formula Kite MDemo
WDemo
Mistral M
W
RS:X M
W
iQFoil M
W
Match racing Elliott 6m W
DisabledNorlin Mk3O
Hansa 303M
W
RS ConnectO
Total111110101210

Legend:M – Men; W – Women; Mx – Mixed; O – Open;

All-time medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 86216
2Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 74516
3Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 651223
4Flag of France.svg  France 65617
5Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 4105
6Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 3339
7Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States 3137
8Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2406
9Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 2046
10Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2013
11Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1528
12Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1214
Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1214
14Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1203
15Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1113
16Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 1102
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1102
18Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 1001
Flag of Cyprus.svg  Cyprus 1001
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1001
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 1001
22Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 0303
23Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 0235
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0235
25Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 0202
26Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0123
27Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 0112
28Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0011
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 0011
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0011
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 0011
Totals (31 entries)545454162

See also

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