2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships

21st FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
Location Rio Claro, São Paulo,  Brazil
Start date July 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)
End date July 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)
Competitors 58 from 22 nations
Champion
Japan Yudai Fujita

2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships was 21st edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships held in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil from July 17 to July 27, 2014. It was a first time when championships were held in South America. Total of 23 tasks were held.

Final ranking

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Top 20
RankBalloonistNationPointsWins
1st, gold medalist(s)Yudai Fujita Japan174433
2nd, silver medalist(s)Uwe Schneider Germany162160
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Lupercio Lima Brazil160641
4Stefan Zeberli  Switzerland158671
5Rimas Kostiuškevičius Lithuania151731
6Gerald Stuerzlinger Austria151300
7Artem Denisenko Russia150961
8Joe Heartsill United States150920
9Rokas Kostiuškevičius Lithuania150020
10Rhett Heartsill United States147171
11Marc Blaser  Switzerland145870
12Andy Baird United States145840
13Paul Petrehn United States145482
14Sergey Latypov Russia145080
15Nico Betzen Luxembourg140660
16Tod Isley United States139931
17Fabio Passos Brazil138451
18Nicolas Schwartz France135781
19Alexander Dultsev Russia134390
20Jose-Maria Llado Spain134320

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