Soling World Championship

The Soling World Championship is an international sailing regattas in the Soling class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International Soling Class Association.^[1]

Most titles has Norwegian sailor Paul Davis won, with four titles between 2002 and 2012 and another one podiums. Second most titles has Brazilian Vicente Brun, with three.

The most championships has been won by American sailors, nine editions, followed by Canadian sailor, seven titles, and sailors of Denmark (5).

The Soling was an Olympic class from 1972 to 2000.

History

The first Soling World Championships were held in Copenhagen in 1969, the year after the selection as Olympic Three-Men Keelboat for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Editions

Year	City	Country	Dates	Athletes	Nations	Note
1969	Copenhagen	Denmark				[2]
1970	Poole	United Kingdom	9–16 June			[3]
1971	Bay	Australia				[4]
1973	Quiberon	France				[5]
1974	Palm Beach	Australia				[6]
1975	Chicago	United States	1–9 August			[7]
1977	Hankø	Norway	1–11 July			[8]
1978	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil				[9]
1979	Visby	Sweden	1–11 September			[10]
1980	Ponce	United States				[11]
1981	Anzio	Italy	6–16 May			[12]
1982	Perth	Australia	8–18 March			[13]
1983	San Francisco	United States	10–23 July			[14]
1984	Lake Garda	Italy	15–25 September			[15]
1985	Sarnia	Canada	5–17 September			[16]
1986	La Trinité-sur-Mer	France	4–14 September			[17]
1987	Kiel	West Germany	14–20 June			[18]
1988	Melbourne	Australia	6–12 January			[19]
1989						[20]
1990	Medemblik	Netherlands	16–26 August			[21]
1991	Rochester	United States	22–30 August			[22]
1992	Cádiz	Spain	21–26 March			[23]
1993	Phalaron	Greece	4–11 September			[24]
1994		Finland	2–8 July			[25]
1995	Kingston	Canada	12–18 August			[26]
1996	Punta Ala	Italy	24–30 March			[27]
1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	19–26 July			[28]
1998	Milwaukee	United States	31 August – 5 September			[29]
1999	Melbourne	Australia	6–17 January			[30]
2000	Murcia	Spain				[20]
2001	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15–24 November			[31]
2002	Marblehead	United States	23–29 September			[32]
2003	Balaton	Hungary	18–25 May			[33]
2004	Porto Alegre	Brazil	21–31 January			[34]
2005	Castiglione della Pescaia	Italy	20–27 May			[35]
2006	Annapolis	United States	16–22 October			[36]
2007	San Isidro	Argentina	16–24 November			[37]
2008	Scarlino	Italy	13–19 September			[38]
2009	Toronto	Canada	10–18 September			[39]
2010	Porto Alegre	Brazil	5–13 February			[40]
2011	Chiemsee	Germany	22–30 April			[41]
2012	Lake Michigan	United States	17–23 September			[42]
2013	Balatonfüred	Hungary	19–23 September			[43]
2014	Punta del Este	Uruguay	22–30 November			[44]
2015	Castiglione della Pescaia	Italy	22–28 May			[45]
2016	Kingston	Canada	10–17 September			[46]

All-time medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	10	9	28
2	Canada (CAN)	9	5	5	19
3	Denmark (DEN)	5	5	1	11
4	Brazil (BRA)	3	5	5	13
5	Germany (GER)	3	5	2	10
6	Hungary (HUN)	3	2	1	6
7	Argentina (ARG)	2	3	5	10
8	Spain (ESP)	2	0	1	3
9	Russia (RUS)	2	0	0	2
10	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	5	8
11	Australia (AUS)	1	2	1	4
	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	1	4
13	Greece (GRE)	1	1	0	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
15	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	3	4
16	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
17	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
18	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
19	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 nations)		45	45	45	135

Medalists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1969 Copenhagen	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Niels Jensen Poul Mik-Meyer	Sweden Pettersson	United States Schoomaker
1970 Poole	Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook Jan Lybeck	United States Dane	Great Britain John Oakeley
1971 Oyster Bay, New York	Adlez (USA) Bob Mosbacher Thad Hutcheson Tom Dickey	United States B. Goldsmith	Denmark Paul Bert Elvstrøm Valdemar Bandolowski Niels Jensen
1973 Quiberon	Denmark Ib Ussing Andersen Jørgen Lindhasten Hans Winther	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook Jan Lybeck
1974 Sydney	Bes (DEN) Paul Elvstrøm Hans Fogh Bruce McCurrach	Pocahontas (AUS) David Forbes Dennis O'Neil John Anderson	Oh Calcutta (SWE) Arved von Grünewaldt Tommy Nilsson Hjalmar Schibbye
1975 Chicago	United States Bill Buchan, Jr. Craig Thomas Joe Golberg	United States Buddy Melges	United States John Waldrip Kolius Walter Merrill Glasgow Richard Hoepfner
1977 Hanko	Canada Glen Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Jorgen Lindhardtsen Erik Hermann Hansen	Brazil Gastão Brun Vicente Brun Roberto Martins
1978 Rio de Janeiro	Brazil Gastão Brun Vicente Brun Roberto Martins	Canada Glen Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan	Canada Hans Fogh John Kerr Dennis Toews
1979 Visby	United States Robbie Haines Rod Davis Ed Trevelyan	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen	Sweden Stig Wennerström
1980 Ponce	Canada Glen Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy McMillan	United States Robbie Haines Rod Davis Ed Trevelyan	United States Buddy Melges
1981 Anzio	Brazil Vicente Brun Gastão Brun Steven Bakker	Greece Anastasios Bountouris Anastasios Gavrilis Aristidis Rapanakis	Italy Gianluca Lamaro Valerio Romano Aurelio Dalla Vecchia
1982 Perth	Australia Mark Bethwaite Ian McDiarmid Glen Read	Australia William Packer	United States Dave Perry
1983 San Francisco	United States Robbie Haines Vicente Brun Robert Kinney	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin	Canada Peter Gilmour
1984 Torbole	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Steve Calder Theis Palm	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Gennadi Strakh Oleg Miron	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering
1985 Sarnia	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin	Brazil Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	United States John Kosteckil William Baylisl Bob Billingham
1986 La Trinite-sur-Mer	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin	East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel
1987 Kiel	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham	Soviet Union Georgy Shayduko Nikolay Poliakov Sergey Kanov
1988 Melbourne	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham	United States Dave Curtis Paul Murphy Wally Corwin	Australia Gary Sheard
1989	no champion decided
1990 Medemblik	France Marc Bouet Fabrice Levet Alain Pointet	United States Kevin Mahaney James Brady Douglas Kern	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering
1991 Rochester	United States Larry Klein Chris Redman Ron Rosenberg	Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	United States Kevin P. Mahaney James Brady Douglas Kern
1992 Cadiz	Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	Denmark Jesper Bank Jesper Seier Steen Secher	Sweden Magnus Holmberg Björn Alm Johan Barne
1993 Phaleron	Greece Anastasios Bountouris Dimitris Deligiannis Leo Pelekanakis	Germany Albert Batzill Lang Eddy Eich	Spain Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique David Vera
1994 Helsingfors	Spain Manuel Doreste José Valades Juan Galmes	Denmark Jesper Bank Kræn Nielsen Thomas Jacobsen	United States Jeff Madrigali Kent Massey James Barton
1995 Kingston	Spain Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique David Vera	Sweden Magnus Holmberg Björn Alm Johan Barne	United States Matt Hayes Stephen McConaghy Barry Watson
1996 Punta Ala	Russia Georgy Shayduko Igor Skalin Dmitri Shabanov	Italy Mario Celon Torboli Nicola Celon	Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel
1997 Copenhagen	no champion decided
1998 Milwaukee	Russia Georgy Shayduko Sergey Volchkov Pavel Komarov	Ukraine Sergey Pichuguin Vladimir Korotkov Sergey Timokhov	Italy Paolo Cian Pierluigi Colannino
1999 Melbourne	Denmark Stig Westergaard Jens Bojsen-Møller Bjørn Westergaard	Germany Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski	Netherlands Roy Heiner Peter van Niekerk Dirk de Ridder
2000 Murcia	United States Jeff Madrigali Jim Hartwell Chris Healy	Ukraine Sergey Pichuguin Vladimir Korotkov Sergey Timokhov	Sweden Hans Wallén Magnus Augustson Johan Barne
2001 San Isidro	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernán Celedoni Maximo Smith	Argentina Luis Cerrato Federico Haymes Biedma Fabio Scarpati	Argentina Martín Busch Pablo Noceti Ismael Ayerza
2002 Marblehead	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Paul Davis Bill Abbott III	United States Dave Curtis George Iverson Ben Richardson	United States Dave Franzel Dave Carlson Maximo Smith
2003 Balaton	Ukraine Sergej Pichugin Sergej Timostschow Dmitri Jarowoj	Germany Thomas Maschkiwitz Christoph Sauerbier Knut Seelig	Germany Heiko Winkler Stefan Wenzel Jens Niemann
2004 Porto Alegre	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernan Celedoni Maximo Smith	Hungary George Wossala Leslie Kovacsi Pepe Nemeth	Brazil George Nehm Marcos Pinto Ribeiro Lucio Pinto Ribeiro
2005 Castiglioni della Pescaia	Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann	Slovenia Boštjan Antončič Gennadi Strakh Zeljko Perovic	Hungary Balazs Gyenese Gyula Monus Karoly Vezer
2006 Annapolis	Canada Hans Fogh Roger Cheer Gordon Devries	Canada Peter Hall Philip Karrigan Jay Deakin	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Maximo Smith Miguel Lacour
2007 San Isidoro	Brazil George Nehm Marcos Pinto Ribeiro Lucio Pinto Ribeiro	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Flávio Quevedo Andre Renard	Argentina Martin Busch Tomas Peuvrel Maximo Feldtmann
2008 Scarlino	Slovenia Boštjan Antončič Gennadi Strakh Karlo Hmeljak	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernan Celedoni Maximo Smith	Argentina Martin Busch Tomas Peuvrel Maximo Feldtmann
2009 Toronto	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Paul Davis Joanne Abbott	Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann	Canada Peter Hall Phillip Kerrigan Gavin Flinn
2010 Porto Alegre	Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernan Celedoni Maximo Smith	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Flávio Quevedo Andre Renard
2011 Prien am Chiemsee	Canada Peter Hall Paul Davis Phillip Kerrigan	Hungary George Wossala Vezér Károly Pepe Nemeth	Brazil Nelson Ilha Paulo Lemos Ribeiro Felipe Ilha
2012 Milwaukee	Canada Peter Hall Paul Davis William Hall	Canada Hans Fogh John Finch Gordon Devries	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Joanne Abbott Tom Freeman
2013 Balatonalmádi	Hungary Litkey Farkas Károly Vezér Weinhardt Csaba	Canada Peter Hall Paul Davis William Hall	Brazil Nelson Ilha Felipe Ilha Fernando Ilha
2014 Punta del Este	Canada Peter Hall Johan Offermans William Hall	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Flávio Quevedo Andre Renard	Argentina Martin Busch Eduardo Zimmermann Maximo Feldtmann
2015 Castiglione della Pescaia	Hungary Litkey Farkas Károly Vezér Weinhardt Csaba	Canada Bill Abbott Joanne Abbott William Abbott	Austria Florian Felzmann Michael Felzmann Margund Schuh
2016 Kingston	Canada Bill Abbott Joanne Abbott Scott McNeill	Brazil Nelson Ilha Manfredo Florick Gustavo Ilha	Canada Thomas Fogh Roger Cheer Gord Devries
2017 Muiden	Hungary Litkey Farkas Vezér Károly Oroszlán Gábor	Brazil Nelson Ilha Manfredo Florick Carlo de Leo	Ukraine Igor Yushko Sergej Pichugin Igor Severjanov

Multiple medallists

#	Athlete	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Paul Davis	Norway	4	1	0	5
2	Peter Hall	Canada	3	2	1	6
3	Bill Abbot	Canada	3	1	1	5
3	Vezér Károly	Hungary	3	1	1	5
4	Vicente Brun	Brazil	3	0	1	4
5	Litkey Farkas	Hungary	3	0	0	3

See also

• ISAF Sailing World Championships
• International Sailing Federation

References

External links

• Sailing competitions