The Contender World Championship is an annual international sailing regatta for Contender (dinghy) they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body.
Events
Event Host Participation Dates Year Host club Location Country Tot. M F 1 - 1970 Hayling Island N/A - 1971 NOT HELD 2 - 1972 Medemblik 3 - 1973 Imperia N/A - 1974 NOT HELD 4 - 1974/75 Manly, Brisbane 5 - 1976 Palo Alto, California 32 31 1 5 3 6 - 1977 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein 49 15 5 N/A - 1978 NOT HELD 7 - 1979 Takapuna 8 - 1980 Hayling Island 98 9 4 9 - 1981 Toronto 10 - 1982 Medemblik 81 12 3 11 - 1983 12 1-9 Sep 1984 Riva del Garda 114 13 3 13 - 1985 Struer 14 - 1986 Santa Cruz, California 23 4 3 15 - 1987 Hamburgsund 16 - 1988 Brisbane 66 4 2 17 - 1989 Travemunde 18 - 1990 Hayling Island 19 - 1991 Marsala, Sicily 20 - 1992 Melbourne 21 - 1993 Medemblik 64 9 2 22 - 1994 Attersee (lake) 23 10-17 Sep 1995 Rowayton, Connecticut 24 1-6 Sep 1996 Weymouth 116 7 3 25 31Dec -9Jan 1997/98 Sydney 63 7 3 26 6-11 Sep 1998 Cagliari, Sardinia 68 8 2 27 18-26 Sep 1999 Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein 73 8 3 28 13-18 Aug 2000 Medemblik 107 10 3 29 4-10 Aug 2001 Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario 31 7 3 30 10-19 Jan 2002 Black Rock, Victoria 63 8 3 31 18-22 Aug 2003 Plymouth 83 8 3 32 31Jul -7Aug 2004 Riva del Garda 143 9 3 33 23-29 Jul 2005 Travemünder Woche / Travemünde, Lübeck 110 10 3 34 7-14 Jan 2006 Fremantle, Western Australia 61 9 3 35 13-21 Jul 2007 Medemblik 144 11 3 36 13-23 Aug 2008 Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario 34 8 3 37 25-31 Jul 2009 Sønderborg 112 13 3 38 7-12 Jan 2010 Manly, Brisbane, Queensland 60 7 3 39 18-22 Jul 2011 Isle of Portland 143 10 2 40 22-28 Apr 2012 St. Petersburg, Florida 43 8 3 41 14-20 Jul 2013 Lake Como 172 165 7 11 3 42 19-25 Jan 2014 Belmont, Lake Macquarie, NSW 67 65 2 7 2 43 25-31 Jul 2015 Medemblik 132 126 6 11 3 44 23-29 Apr 2016 Santa Cruz 33 32 1 8 3 45 2-10 Jul 2017 Sønderborg 106 99 7 8 2 46 19-25 Jan 2018 McCrae, Victoria 90 87 3 7 3 47 20-26 Jul 2019 Quiberon 127 122 5 11 3 N/A - 2020 (Cancelled COVID) N/A - 2021 Lake Silvaplana COVID made a Europeans 48 16-20 Jan 2023(22) Peppermint Grove, Perth, WA 32 32 0 5 2 49 1-8 Jul 2023 Kerteminde 111 106 5 11 3 50 17-23 Feb 2025(24) Pensacola, Florida 35 33 2 7 2 51 28Jul -3Aug 2025 Malcesine, Lake Garda 167 12 3
Multiple World Champions
Compiled from the data below the table includes up to and including 2025
Ranking Sailor Gold Silver Bronze Total No. Entries* Ref. 1 7 6 5 18 23 2 5 2 2 8 10 3 3 1 1 5 6 4 3 1 0 4 4 5 3 0 0 3 4 6 2 3 0 5 17 7 2 2 1 5 16 8 2 2 0 4 7 9 2 1 4 7 21 10 2 0 0 2 4 10 2 0 0 2 4 10 2 0 0 2 4 10 2 0 0 2 2
Some years full results are not available so this may be an under estimations
Medalists
19701971 NOT HELD1972 1973 David Pitman GBR Craig Moffet IRL1974 NOT HELD1975 1976 1977 1978 NOT HELD1979 1980 and 1981 1982 19831984 1985 1986 1987 19881989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 199519961997199819992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012 2013 2014 2015 2016 201720182019 2020 COVID2021 COVID2022 2023 2024 2025
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