Class symbol | |
| Development | |
|---|---|
| Designer | Alois Roland |
| Location | Belgium |
| Year | 1960 |
| Design | One-Design |
| Name | International Europe |
| Boat | |
| Crew | 1 |
| Draft | 0.15 m (5.9 in) 1.0 m (3 ft 3 in) |
| Hull | |
| Type | Monohull |
| Construction | GRP Cold moulded plywood Composite |
| Hull weight | 45 kg (99 lb) |
| LOA | 3.35 m (11.0 ft) |
| Beam | 1.38 m (4 ft 6 in) |
| Hull appendages | |
| Keel/board type | Daggerboard |
| Rig | |
| Rig type | Bermuda rig |
| Mast length | 4.895 m (16.06 ft) |
| Sails | |
| Mainsail area | 7 m2 (75 sq ft) |
| Racing | |
| D-PN | 92.8[1] |
| RYA PN | 1145[2] |
| Former Olympic class | |


TheEurope is a one-persondinghy designed in Belgium in 1960 byAlois Roland as a class legalMoth dinghy. The design later changed into its ownone-design class.
The dinghy is ideal for sailors weighing 50–85 kilos. The hull is made offibre glass and weighs 45 kg, fully rigged 60 kg. The dinghy is tapering in the stem and round in the bottom. The sail is made ofdacron. The mast is made ofcarbon fibre and specially designed to the sailor. A soft mast is best for light sailors, while heavier sailors use stiffer masts. Sails are also specially designed according to mast stiffness and crew weight.
The Europe was introduced as anOlympic class in the1992 Summer Olympics as the women's single-handed dinghy. It was replaced by theLaser Radial in the2008 Summer Olympics.
Since 2008 the Europe is one of the Vintage Yachting Classes at theVintage Yachting Games.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
| 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (8 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 Barcelona details | Linda Cerup-Simonsen | Natalia Vía Dufresne | Julia Trotman |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Kristine Roug | Margriet Matthijsse | Courtenay Becker-Dey |
| 2000 Sydney details | Shirley Robertson | Margriet Matthijsse | Serena Amato |
| 2004 Athens details | Siren Sundby | Lenka Šmídová | Signe Livbjerg |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002Pusan | Lu Chunfeng | Maiko Sato | Hong Jing-Young |
| 1998Bangkok | Zhang Hong | Aiko Saito | Tracey Tan |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (5 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995Mar del Plata | Márcia Pellicano | Kimberly Logan | Paula Lewin |
| 1999Winnipeg | Serena Amato | Fernanda Pinto | Tanía Elias Calles |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 Antibes[7] | |||
| 1967 Ostende[7] | |||
| 1968 Madeira[7] | |||
| 1969 Toulon[7] | |||
| 1970 Fluessen[7] | |||
| 1971 Ratzeburger See[7] | |||
| 1972 Nyborg[7] | |||
| 1973 Bandol[7] | |||
| 1974 Horten[7] | |||
| 1975 C'an Pastilla[7] | |||
| 1976 Malmö[7] | |||
| 1977[7] |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (11 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002Nieuwpoort | Søren Johnsen | Patrick Johansson | Oscar Claeson |
| 2003Palma de Mallorca | Francisco Terrasa | Manuel Jiménez | Joan Salamé |
| 2005Helsinki | Teemu Rantanen | Anton Dahlberg | Lasse Juhl |
| 2006Marsala | Jakob Ege Friis | Jakob Ege Friis | Marc Paris |
| 2007L'Escala | Christian Rindom | Jean-Christophe Gache | Gerard Marin |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 16 | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 20 | |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 11 | 11 | 12 | 34 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | |
| 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | |
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (6 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008Medemblik | Svenja Puls | Silvia Zennaro | Elisabet Llargués |
| 2012Lake Como | Janika Puls | Anne-Line Lybgsø Thomsen | Anna Livbjerg |
| 2016Weymouth Bay |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008Medemblik | Thomas Ribeaud | Marc Paris Gilbert | Arne Berg |
| 2012Lake Como | Frederik Rask | Sverre Reinke | Jacob Cholewa |
| 2016Weymouth Bay |