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.
The 2018 edition, in Aarhus, Denmark, saw the introduction of Formula Kite classes. The 2023 event, originally scheduled for 2020, took place in The Hague, the Netherlands. The 2023 edition saw the introduction of para classes.
For the edition before the 2028 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 to Valencia, Spain, and the 2027 event awarded to Gdynia, Poland.
Editions
Year City Country Dates Events Athletes Nations Notes 2003 Cádiz 11–24 September 11 1,450 71 2007 Cascais 28 June – 13 July 11 1,350 76 2011 Perth 3–18 December 10 789 76 2014 Santander 8–21 September 10 1,250 83 2018 Aarhus 30 July – 12 August 12 1,500 100 2023 The Hague 10–20 August 14 1,100 802027FortalezaGdynia22–30 JanuaryTBA
Equipment Event Class Gender Year 03 07 11 14 18 23 One-person dinghies Europe W ● Finn M ● ● ● ● O ● Laser M ● ● ● ● ● O ● Laser Radial W ● ● ● ● ● Two-person dinghies 470 M ● ● ● ● ● W ● ● ● ● ● Mx ● 49er M ● ● ● ● O ● ● 49er FX W ● ● ● Keelboats Star M ● ● ● Yngling W ● ● Multihulls Nacra 17 Mx ● ● ● Tornado O ● ● Boards Formula Kite M Demo ● W Demo ● Mistral M ● W ● RS:X M ● ● ● ● W ● ● ● ● iQFoil M ● W ● Match racing Elliott 6m W ● Disabled Norlin Mk3 O ● Hansa 303 M ● W ● RS Connect O ● Total 11 11 10 10 12 10 Legend: M – Men; W – Women; Mx – Mixed; O – Open;
All-time medal table As of 19th May 2024
See also Olympic sailing classes Sailing at the Summer Olympics World championships in sailing Windsurfing World Championships
References
External links Sailing competitions