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Sailing World Championships

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For a list of all World championships contested in the sport of sailing, see World championships in sailing.

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.

Sailing World Championships
First held2003 (2003)
Classes470, 49er, 49er FX, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, Nacra 17, RS:X
WebsiteSailing.org

History

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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

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Host cities of the Sailing World Championships
Year City Country Dates Events Athletes Nations Notes
2003 Cádiz   Spain 11–24 September 11 1,450 71 [2]
2007 Cascais   Portugal 28 June – 13 July 11 1,350 76 [3]
2011 Perth   Australia 3–18 December 10 789 76 [4]
2014 Santander   Spain 8–21 September 10 1,250 83 [5]
2018 Aarhus   Denmark 30 July – 12 August 12 1,500 100 [6]
2023 The Hague   Netherlands 10–20 August 14 1,100 [7]

Equipment

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Event Class Gender Year
03 07 11 14 18 23
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 M Demo
W Demo
Mistral M ●
W ●
RS:X M ● ● ● ●
W ● ● ● ●
iQFoil M ●
W ●
Match racing Elliott 6m W ●
Disabled Norlin Mk3 O ●
Hansa 303 M ●
W ●
RS Connect O ●
Total 11 11 10 10 12 10

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

All-time medal table

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As of 19th May 2024
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Netherlands107219
2  France85720
3  Australia84719
4  Great Britain681428
5  United States4138
6  Brazil4105
7  Poland3508
8  Spain34411
9  Israel3148
10  Italy3137
11  Japan2215
12  Hungary2002
13  New Zealand1539
14  Germany1337
15  Sweden1315
16  Belgium1214
  Croatia1214
18  Austria1203
19  Greece1113
  Portugal1113
21  Norway1102
22  Belarus1001
  Cyprus1001
  Singapore1001
25  Denmark0246
26  Finland0202
  Switzerland0202
28  Argentina0123
29  Russia0112
  Slovenia0112
31  Canada0011
  China0011
  Estonia0011
  Ukraine0011
Totals (34 entries)686868204

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Background". sailing.org.
  2. ^ "ISAF Sailing World Championships 2003". sailing.org.
  3. ^ "ISAF Sailing World Championships 2007". sailing.org.
  4. ^ "Perth 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships". sailing.org.
  5. ^ "2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships". sailing.org.
  6. ^ "Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018". sailing.org.
  7. ^ "2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague hailed as "inspirational and historic"". sailing.org.
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