Sailing World Championships

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.

For a list of all World championships contested in the sport of sailing, see World championships in sailing.
Sailing World Championships
First held2003 (2003)
Classes470, 49er, 49er FX, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, Nacra 17, RS:X
Websitewww.sailing.org

History

The first 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
Host cities of the Sailing World Championships
YearCityCountryDatesEventsAthletesNationsNotes
2003Cádiz Spain11–24 September111,45071[2]
2007Cascais Portugal28 June – 13 July111,35076[3]
2011Perth Australia3–18 December1078976[4]
2014Santander Spain8–21 September101,25083[5]
2018Aarhus Denmark30 July – 12 August12[6]
2022The Hague Netherlands

Equipment
EventClassGenderYear
030711141822
One-person dinghiesEuropeW●
FinnM●●●●
O●
LaserM●●●●●
O●
Laser RadialW●●●●●
Two-person dinghies470M●●●●●
W●●●●●
Mx●
49erM●●●●
O●●
49er FXW●●●
KeelboatsStarM●●●
YnglingW●●
MultihullsNacra 17Mx●●●
TornadoO●●
BoardsFormula KiteMDemo
WDemo
Mx●
MistralM●
W●
RS:XM●●●●
W●●●●
iFoilM●
W●
Match racingElliott 6mW●
Yachtingtbc●
Total1111101012

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

All-time medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Netherlands (NED)86216
2 Australia (AUS)74516
3 Great Britain (GBR)651223
4 France (FRA)65617
5 Brazil (BRA)4105
6 Spain (ESP)3339
7 United States (USA)3137
8 Poland (POL)2406
9 Israel (ISR)2046
10 Italy (ITA)2013
11 New Zealand (NZL)1528
12 Belgium (BEL)1214
 Croatia (CRO)1214
14 Austria (AUT)1203
15 Greece (GRE)1113
16 Japan (JPN)1102
 Norway (NOR)1102
18 Belarus (BLR)1001
 Cyprus (CYP)1001
 Hungary (HUN)1001
 Portugal (POR)1001
22 Sweden (SWE)0303
23 Denmark (DEN)0235
 Germany (GER)0235
25 Finland (FIN)0202
26 Argentina (ARG)0123
27 Russia (RUS)0112
28 China (CHN)0011
 Estonia (EST)0011
 Slovenia (SLO)0011
 Ukraine (UKR)0011
Totals (31 nations)545454162

See also

References
  1. "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.
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