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Sailing World Championships

First held	2003 (2003)
Classes	470, 49er, 49er FX, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, Nacra 17, RS:X
Website	Sailing.org

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.

History

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.

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.

Editions

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

Equipment

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

All-time medal table

As of 19th May 2024

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	10	7	2	19
2	France	8	5	7	20
3	Australia	8	4	7	19
4	Great Britain	6	8	14	28
5	United States	4	1	3	8
6	Brazil	4	1	0	5
7	Poland	3	5	0	8
8	Spain	3	4	4	11
9	Israel	3	1	4	8
10	Italy	3	1	3	7
11	Japan	2	2	1	5
12	Hungary	2	0	0	2
13	New Zealand	1	5	3	9
14	Germany	1	3	3	7
15	Sweden	1	3	1	5
16	Belgium	1	2	1	4
	Croatia	1	2	1	4
18	Austria	1	2	0	3
19	Greece	1	1	1	3
	Portugal	1	1	1	3
21	Norway	1	1	0	2
22	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Cyprus	1	0	0	1
	Singapore	1	0	0	1
25	Denmark	0	2	4	6
26	Finland	0	2	0	2
	Switzerland	0	2	0	2
28	Argentina	0	1	2	3
29	Russia	0	1	1	2
	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
31	Canada	0	0	1	1
	China	0	0	1	1
	Estonia	0	0	1	1
	Ukraine	0	0	1	1
Totals (34 entries)		68	68	68	204

See also

• Olympic sailing classes
• Sailing at the Summer Olympics
• World championships in sailing
• Windsurfing World Championships

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.
7. "2023 Allianz Sailing World Championships in The Hague hailed as "inspirational and historic"". sailing.org.

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