Sailing World Championships

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

TheSailing World Championships (formerlyISAF Sailing World Championships) are World championships in sailing for the 10 events contested at theSummer Olympics, organized byWorld Sailing (formerly ISAF) and held every four years since 2003. In contrast to other years, when each class organise theirWorld 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.

In 1998, the ISAF World Sailing Championships were held in Dubai. TheISAF Sailing World Championships was held inCádiz in 2003, followed byCascais in 2007 andPerth in 2011.^[1]

In 2014,Santander hosted the4th ISAF Sailing World Championships attracting more than 1,100 competitors, which distributed half ofqualifications for the2016 Summer Olympics sailing event.^[1]

The 2018 edition, inAarhus, Denmark, saw the introduction ofFormula Kite classes.^[2] The 2023 event, orginially scheduled for 2002, took place inThe Hague, the Netherlands.^[3] The 2023 edition saw the introduction of para classes.^[4]

For the edition before the2028 Summer Olympics,World Sailing decided to split the event into one championship for one-person events and one for two-person events, with the 2026 event awarded toValencia, Spain, and the 2027 event awarded toGdynia, Poland.^[5]

2011

2027

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Host cities of the Sailing World Championships

Year	City	Country	Dates	Events	Athletes	Nations	Notes
2003	Cádiz	Spain	11–24 September	11	1,450	71	[6]
2007	Cascais	Portugal	28 June – 13 July	11	1,350	76	[7]
2011	Perth	Australia	3–18 December	10	789	76	[8]
2014	Santander	Spain	8–21 September	10	1,250	83	[9]
2018	Aarhus	Denmark	30 July – 12 August	12	1,500	100	[10]
2023	The Hague	Netherlands	10–20 August	14	1,100	80	[11]
2027	Fortaleza	Brazil					[12]

2003

2007

2014

2018

2023

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European hosts of the Sailing World Championships

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

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

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