The ILCA 7 World Championship, until 2020 the Laser World Championship, has been held every year since 1974, They are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognised by World Sailing. The class has been used in every Olympics since 1996 and has varied between being an "open" event meaning any gender or as currently a male on event so the World Championships also has a gender restriction.

Editions Event Host Sailor Date Year Host club City Country Gender 1 1974 Open 108 24 1975 NOT HELD 2 1976 Kiel Open 77 24 3 1977 Cabo Frio Open 104 23 1978 NOT HELD 4 1979 Perth Open 93 25 5 1980 Kingston Open 350 25 1981 NOT HELD 6 1982 Sardinia Open 254 28 7 1983 Gulfport Open 145 27 1984 NOT HELD 8 1985 Halmstad Open 108 28 1986 NOT HELD 9 1987 Melbourne Open 130 20 10 27 August – 2 Sept. 1988 Falmouth Open 88 24 11 1989 Aarhus Open 104 28 12 1990 Newport Open 103 26 13 1991 Porto Carras Open 105 31 1992 NOT HELD 14 7–17 March 1993 Auckland Open 99 29 15 1994 Wakayama Open 120 36 16 1995 Tenerife Open 137 39 17 9–16 April 1996 Simon's Town Open 135 42 18 13–22 October 1997 Algarrobo Open 128 34 19 3–13 March 1998 Dubai Open 130 59 6 part of the 1998 ISAF World Sailing Games 20 4–13 January 1999 Melbourne Open 141 46 21 13–22 March 2000 Cancún ? 138 50 6 22 30 July – 8 August 2001 Cork ? 162 50 6 23 9–11 September 2002 Cape Cod ? 131 44 6 24 11–24 September 2003 Cádiz ? 145 60 6 part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships 25 10–19 May 2004 Bitez ? 145 59 6 26 18–28 September 2005 Fortaleza ? 136 38 6 27 12–20 September 2006 Jeju ? 128 39 6 28 28 June – 13 July 2007 Cascais ? 149 60 6 part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships 29 5–13 February Gosford ? 157 55 6 30 17–26 August 2009 Tantallon, Nova Scotia ? 163 48 5 31 27 Aug. –5 Sep 2010 Hayling Island, Hampshire ? 159 53 6 32 3–18 December 2011 Perth ? 147 65 6 part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships 33 30 Apr –10 May 2012 Boltenhagen ? 168 62 6 34 14–23 November 2013 Al Musannah Male 126 50 6 35 8–21 Sept 2014 Santander Male 147 69 6 part of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships 36 29 June – 8 July 2015 Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario Male 158 N/A 62 6 37 10–18 May 2016 Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit Male 112 N/A 44 6 38 12–19 September 2017 Split Male 147 N/A 52 5 39 2018 Aarhus Male 165 N/A 66 6 part of the 2018 Sailing World Championships 40 4–9 July 2019 Sakaiminato Male 156 N/A 56 6 41 11–16 February 2020 Melbourne Male 124 N/A 44 5 42 5–10 November 2021 Barcelona Male 135 N/A 43 5 43 23–28 May 2022 Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit Male 125 N/A 45 5 44 13–20 August 2023 The Hague Male 135 N/A 43 5 46 26–31 January 2024 West Beach, Adelaide, SA Male 152 N/A 52 5 part of the 2023 Sailing World Championships 47 12–17 May 2025 Qingdao, Fushan Bay, Shandong Male 137 N/A 40 5 48 25–30 August 2026 and The Hague Male 141 N/A 45 5

Multiple medallist Updated up to and including the 2025 worlds and compiled from the medalists table below # Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total Entries 1 9 2 1 12 18 2 5 1 0 6 12 3 3 0 0 3 3 4 2 3 1 6 13 5 2 3 0 5 20 6 2 2 2 6 16 7 2 0 3 5 5 8 2 0 0 2 2

Medalists References1974 Hamilton1976 Kiel1977 Cabo Frío1979 Perth1980 Kingston1982 Sardinia1983 Gulfport1985 Halmstad1987 Melbourne1988 Falmouth1989 Aarhus1990 Newport1991 Porto Carras1993 Takapuna1994 Wakayama1995 Tenerife1996 Simon's Town1997 Algarrobo19981999200020012002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Other Related Events ISAF Sailing World Championships ILCA Masters World Championships Men's ILCA 6 World Championship Youth ILCA 6 World Championships ILCA 4 World Championships Youth Sailing World Championships

References

External links Sailing competitions World Champs – Laser Standard Sailing World Championships – Laser from site Sports123.com (by Internet Archive)