The Finn Gold Cup decides the Finn Class World Champion and is an annual international sailing regatta for Finn (dinghy) they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. It has been held every year since 1956

Up until 2021 the Finn was also used in the Olympic Sailing Competition so a lot of the World Championship held during this period were also Olympic Qualification events. It also ment that for four editions the event was organised by World Sailing as part of the combined olympic class world championships known as the Sailing World Championships. [1]

Events

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Year City Country Dates Athletes Nations Note
1956 Burnham-on-Crouch   United Kingdom 29 March – 2 April [2]
1957 Karlstad   Sweden 31 July – 4 August [3]
1958 Zeebrugge   Belgium 1–5 May [4]
1959 Hellerup   Denmark 4–9 August [5]
1960 Torquay   United Kingdom 4–10 June [6]
1961 Travemünde   West Germany 14–19 August [7]
1962 Tønsberg   Norway 6–11 August [8]
1963 Medemblik   Netherlands 12–19 August [9]
1964 Torquay   United Kingdom 18–26 July [10]
1965 Gdynia   Poland 22–29 July [11]
1966 La Baule   France 21–29 August [12]
1967 Hanko   Finland 6–12 August [13]
1968 Whitstable   United Kingdom 6–12 August [14]
1969 Hamilton   Bermuda 6–12 August [15]
1970 Cascais   Portugal 14–22 August [16]
1971 Toronto   Canada 1–9 October [17]
1972 Anzio   Italy 25 June – 1 July [18]
1973 Brest   France 14–23 July [19]
1974 Long Beach   United States 10–17 August [20]
1975 Malmö   Sweden 10–19 June [21]
1976 Brisbane   Australia 2–10 January [22]
1977 Palamós   Spain 6–17 September [23]
1978 Manzanillo   Mexico 16–26 November [24]
1979 Weymouth   United Kingdom 5–15 September [25]
1980 Takapuna   New Zealand 18–27 February [26]
1981 Grömitz   West Germany 5–19 July [27]
1982 Medemblik   Netherlands 9–19 September [28]
1983 Milwaukee   United States 13–21 August [29]
1984 Anzio   Italy 17–27 May [30]
1985 Marstrand   Sweden 26 June – 6 July [31]
1986 Palma   Spain 5–13 July [32]
1987 Kiel   West Germany 26 June – 7 July [33]
1988 Ilhabela   Brazil 31 January – 11 February [34]
1989 Alassio   Italy 6–16 April [35]
1990 Porto Carras   Greece 5–15 July [36]
1991 Kingston   Canada 1–3 September [37]
1992 Cádiz   Spain 10–17 May [38]
1993 Bangor   United Kingdom 9–19 July [39]
1994 Pärnu   Estonia 12–21 August [40]
1995 Melbourne   Australia 7–15 January [41]


Event Host Participation Ref.
Ed. Dates Year Host club Location Country No.     Nat. Cont
41 1-19 May 1996   Societe des Regates Rochelaises La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime   France
42 3-13 Jul 1997    Gdańsk   Poland 81 29 5
43 17-23 Aug 1998    Athens   Greece 84 28 5
44 6-17 Jan 1999    Melbourne   Australia 71 28 6
45 11-16 Jun 2000   Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy Isle of Portland   United Kingdom 89 32 6
46 21-29 Sep 2001   Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Marblehead, Massachusetts   United States 57 19 4
47 20-28 Jul 2002    Athens   Greece 89 29 5
48 11-24 Sep 2003    Cádiz   Spain 81 31 5
49 12-20 Feb 2004   Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 54 25 4
50 9-17 Sep 2005   Moscow Sailing School Moscow   Russia 98 29 3
51 8-16 Jul 2006    Split   Croatia 99 31 4
52 28Jun -`3Jul 2007   Clube Naval de Cascais Cascais   Portugal 79 34 5
53 20-29 Jan 2008   Black Rock Yacht Club Black Rock, Victoria   Australia 82 33 5
54 3-11 Jul 2009   Vallensbæk Sejlklub Vallensbæk Strand   Denmark 87 30 5
55 27Aug -4Sep 2010   St. Francis Yacht Club Berkeley, San Francisco, California   United States 87 29 5
56 3-18 Dec 2011    Perth   Australia 72 33 6
57 13-18 May 2012   Royal Cornwall Yacht Club Falmouth, Cornwall   United Kingdom 94 30 5
58 23-31 Aug 2013   Kalev Yacht Club Tallinn   Estonia 86 29 4
59 12-21 Sep 2014    Santander, Spain   Spain 78 31 6
60 21-30 Nov 2015   Takapuna Boating Club Auckland   New Zealand 75 28 5
61 5-15 May 2016   Yacht Club Gaeta Gaeta   Italy 73 25 5
62 1-19 Sep 2017   Spartacus Sailing Club Balatonföldvár   Hungary 113 32 5
63 30Jul -12Aug 2018    Aarhus   Denmark 90 42 6
64 16-21 Jan 2019   Royal Brighton Yacht Club Brighton, Victoria   Australia 60 22 5
N/A 8-16 May 2020   Club Nautic S’Arenal Bay of Palma, Mallorca, Balearics   Spain 0 (RESCHEDULED)
N/A 2-10 Oct 2020   Club Nautic S’Arenal Bay of Palma, Mallorca, Balearics   Spain 0 (Cancelled COVID 19)
65 4-12 May 2021    Porto   Portugal 52 52 0 31 5
66 15-21 May 2022   Fraglia Vela Malcesine Malcesine, Lake Garda   Italy 110 17 3
67 24-31 Jan 2023   Coconut Grove Sailing Club Miami   United States 58 16 4
68 3-7 Sep 2024   Sailing Aarhus Aarhus   Denmark 103 103 0 21 4

Multiple medallists

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# Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Ben Ainslie   Great Britain 6 0 0 6
2 Giles Scott   Great Britain 4 0 1 5
3 Fredrik Lööf   Sweden 3 3 1 7
4 Jörg Bruder   Brazil 3 2 1 6
5 Lasse Hjortnæs   Denmark 3 2 0 5
6 Willi Kuhweide   West Germany 3 0 0 3


Medalists

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Year Gold Silver Bronze Ref.
1956 Burnham-on-Crouch
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  André Nelis (BEL)   Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)   Brian Roswell (CAN)
1957 Karlstad
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  Jürgen Vogler (GDR)   Harald Bredo Eriksen (NOR)   André Nelis (BEL)
1958 Zeebrugge
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  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)   André Nelis (BEL)   Adelchi Pelaschier (ITA)
1959 Hellerup
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  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN)   André Nelis (BEL)   Pierre Poullain (FRA)
1960 Torquay
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  Vernon Stratton (GBR)   André Nelis (BEL)   Desmond Stratton (GBR)
1961 Travemünde
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  André Nelis (BEL)   Hans Fogh (DEN)   Fred Miller (USA)
1962 Tønsberg
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  Arne Åkerson (SWE)   Boris Jacobsson (SWE)   André Nelis (BEL)
1963 Medemblik
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  Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)   Boris Jacobsson (SWE)   Hans Willems (NED)
1964 Torquay
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  Hubert Raudaschl (AUT)   Hakan Kellner (SWE)   Richard Creagh (CAN)
1965 Gdynia
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  Jürgen Mier (GDR)   Bernd Dehmel (GDR)   Richard Hart (GBR)
1966 La Baule
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  Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)   Jörg Bruder (BRA)   Bernhard Straubinger (FRG)
1967 Hanko
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  Wilhelm Kuhweide (FRG)   Valentin Mankin (URS)   Uwe Mares (FRG)
1968 Whitestable
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  Henning Wind (DEN)   Uwe Mares (FRG)   Jörg Bruder (BRA)
1969 Hamilton
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  Thomas Lundqvist (SWE)   Jörg Bruder (BRA)   Peter Barrett (USA)
1970 Cascais
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  Jörg Bruder (BRA)   Henry Spraque (USA)   Robert Andre (USA)
1971 Toronto
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  Jörg Bruder (BRA)   Carl Van Duyne (USA)   Serge Maury (FRA)
1972 Anzio
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  Jörg Bruder (BRA)   John Bertrand (AUS)   Lennart Gustafsson (SWE)
1973 Brest
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  Serge Maury (FRA)   Magnus Olin (SWE)   Guy Lilljegren (SWE)
1974 Long Beach
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  Henry Spraque (USA)   Guy Lilljegren (SWE)   Kent Carlsson (SWE)
1975 Malmö
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  Magnus Olin (SWE)   Baudouin Binkhorst (NED)   Jonty Farmer (NZL)
1976 Brisbane
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  Chris Law (GBR)   Jonty Farmer (NZL)   John Bertrand (AUS)
1977 Palamos
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  Joaquín Blanco (ESP)   José Luis Doreste (ESP)   Cláudio Biekarck (BRA)
1978 Manzanillo
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  John Bertrand (USA)   Joaquín Blanco (ESP)   Carl Buchan (USA)
1979 Weymouth
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  Cameron Lewis (USA)   John Bertrand (USA)   Mark Neeleman (NED)
1980 Auckland
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  Cameron Lewis (USA)   John Bertrand (USA)   Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)
1981 Gromitz
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  Wolfgang Gerz (FRG)   Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   Miroslav Rychzik (POL)
1982 Medemblik
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  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   Henryk Blaszka (POL)   Buzz Reynolds (USA)
1983 Milwaukee
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  Paul van Cleve (USA)   Wolfgang Gerz (FRG)   Mark Neeleman (NED)
1984 Anzio
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  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   Terence Neilson (CAN)   Jörgen Lindhardtsen (DEN)
1985 Marstrand
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  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   Oleg Khoperski [ru] (URS)   Ingvar Bengtsson (SWE)
1986 El Arenal
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  Stig Westergaard (DEN)   Brian Ledbetter (USA)   José Luis Doreste (ESP)
1987 Kiel
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  José Luis Doreste (ESP)   Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)   Brian Ledbetter (USA)
1988 Ilha Bela
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  Thomas Schmid (FRG)   Roy Heiner (NED)   Gordon Anderson (CAN)
1989 Alassio
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  Stig Westergaard (DEN)   Eric Mergenthaler (MEX)   Oleg Khoperski [ru] (URS)
1990 Porto Carras
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  Hank Lammens (CAN)   Lawrence Lemieux (CAN)   Eric Mergenthaler (MEX)
1991 Kingston
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  Hank Lammens (CAN)   Brian Ledbetter (USA)   Oleg Khoperski (URS)
1992 Cadiz
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  Eric Mergenthaler (MEX)   Glen Bourke (AUS)   Hans Spitzauer (AUT)
1993 Bangor
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  Philippe Presti (FRA)   Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   Richard Clarke (CAN)
1994 Pärnu
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  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   Hank Lammens (CAN)   José van der Ploeg (ESP)
1995 Melbourne
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  Hans Spitzauer (AUT)   Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   Philippe Presti (FRA)
1996 La Rochelle
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  Philippe Presti (FRA)   Hans Spitzauer (AUT)   Fredrik Lööf (SWE)
1997 Gdańsk
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  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   Luca Devoti (ITA)   Xavier Rohart (FRA)
1998 Athens
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  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)   Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   Xavier Rohart (FRA)
1999 Melbourne
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  Fredrik Lööf (SWE)   Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)   Richard Clarke (CAN)
2000 Weymouth
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  Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)   Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)   Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)
2001 Marblehead
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  Sébastien Godefroid (BEL)   Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)   Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)
2002 Athens
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)   Mateusz Kusznierewicz (POL)   Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)
2003 Cadiz
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)   Rafael Trujillo (ESP)   Andrew Simpson (GBR)
2004 Rio de Janeiro
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)   Richard Clarke (CAN)   David Burrows (IRL)
2005 Moscow
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)   Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)   Chris Cook (CAN)
2006 Split
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  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)   Aimilios Papathanasiou (GRE)   Edward Wright (GBR)
2007 Cascais
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  Rafael Trujillo (ESP)   Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)   Gašper Vinčec (SLO)
2008 Melbourne
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)   Dan Slater (NZL)   Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)
2009 Vallensbæk
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  Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)   Zach Railey (USA)   Ivan Kljaković Gašpić (CRO)
2010 San Francisco
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  Edward Wright (GBR)   Rafael Trujillo (ESP)   Giles Scott (GBR)
2011 Perth
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  Giles Scott (GBR)   Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)   Edward Wright (GBR)
2012 Falmouth
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)   Edward Wright (GBR)   Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)
2013 Tallinn
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  Jorge Zarif (BRA)   Edward Wright (GBR)   Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
2014 Santander
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  Giles Scott (GBR)   Ivan Kljaković Gašpić (CRO)   Edward Wright (GBR)
2015 Takapuna
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  Giles Scott (GBR)   Jonathan Lobert (FRA)   Vasilij Žbogar (SLO)
2016 Gaeta
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  Giles Scott (GBR)   Jonas Høgh-Christensen (DEN)   Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) [42]
2017 Balatonföldvár
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  Max Salminen (SWE)   Jonathan Lobert (FRA)   Nicholas Heiner (NED) [43]
2018 Aarhus
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  Zsombor Berecz (HUN)   Max Salminen (SWE)   Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)
2019 Melbourne
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  Josh Junior (NZL)   Nicholas Heiner (NED)   Zsombor Berecz (HUN) [44]
2021 Porto
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  Andy Maloney (NZL)   Joan Cardona (ESP)   Josh Junior (NZL) [45]
2022 Malcesine
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  Pieter-Jan Postma (NED)   Oskari Muhonen (FIN)   Domonkos Németh (HUN) [46]
2023 Coconut Grove
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  Ed Wright (GBR)   Domonkos Németh (HUN)   Miguel Fernández (ESP) [47]
2024 Aarhus
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  Oskari Muhonen (FIN)   Domonkos Németh (HUN)   Alessandro Marega (ITA)

See also

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References

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