The 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games was held at Lake Neusiedl, Austria 10–20 May.
The events were 420 team racing, 470 (men and women), 49er, women's Hobie 16, Hobie Tiger, men's Laser, women's Laser Radial, and RS:X (men and women). In the 2006 event, sailors from similar classes were invited to participate, e.g. the medalists from 2005 Finn Gold Cup and the world champions in Byte, Contender, and OK were invited to the men's one-person dinghy event in Laser.
Competition format Events and equipment Of each countries entries, two were initially accepted: the first entry from the country and the entry that was best-ranked on the most recent ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the corresponding Olympic event. Additionally, the organising committee could accept the second-fastest entry per country if the quota of the event was not yet reached. Champions and medalists of the latest World championships could enter outside the national restrictions as listed below. Also top-ten of the 15 February 2006 ISAF World Sailing Rankings and current World champions in Olympic classes (except Yngling, Finn and Star), as well as top-four of the 2005 Team Sailing World Championships were qualified. Event Equipment Max. entries Invited medalists or champions Men's one-person dinghy Laser 100 Finn (3), Byte (1), Contender (1), OK (1) Men's two-person dinghy 470 80 420 (1), 505 (1), Flying Dutchman (1) Men's multihull Hobie Tiger 60 A-Catamaran (1), Dart 18 (1), Formula 18 (1), Hobie 16 (1), Hobie Tiger (1) Men's windsurfer RS:X 80 Women's one-person dinghy Laser Radial 80 Europe (1) Women's two-person dinghy 470 50 Women's multihull Hobie 16 40 Hobie 16 (women) (3) Women's windsurfer RS:X 60 Open skiff 49er 50 Team sailing 420
Invited sailors Criteria Men Women Open Laser 470 Hobie Tiger RS:X Laser Radial 470 Hobie 16 RS:X 49er Team ISAF World Sailing Rankings top ten Robert Scheidt Paul Goodison Andreas Geritzer Vasilij Žbogar Mate Arapov Gustavo Lima Félix Pruvot Tom Slingsby Bernard Luttmer Matías del Solar Gideon Kliger Álvaro Marinho Benjamin Bonnaud Gabrio Zandonà Sven Coster Nic Asher Nick Rogers Dmitri Berezkin Ger Owens Matthias Schmid Paige Railey Laura Baldwin Krystal Weir Anna Tobias Lisa Ross Elizabeth Vickers Andrea Brewster Jennifer Spalding Solenne Brain Keamia Rasa Ingrid Petitjean Christina Bassadone Sylvia Vogl Marcelien de Koning Nike Kornecki Therese Torgersson Natalia Vía Dufresne Pippa Wilson Jennifer Provan María Fernanda Sesto Class WC winners Robert Scheidt Wilmot & Page Echávarri & Paz Nicolas Huguet Paige Railey de Koning & Berkhout Blanca Manchón Luka & Leonchuk USA 1 USA 2 Great Britain 1 Great Britain 2 Other WC winners Ben Ainslie Aimilios Papathanasiou Chris CookByte champion Jan von der Bank Nick Craig 420 champions505 champions Bojsen-Møller & Bojsen-Møller A-Catamaran championsDart 18 championsFormula 18 championsHobie 16 championsHobie Tiger champions Europe champion Hobie 16 (women) 1Hobie 16 (women) 2Hobie 16 (women) 3
Summary
Medal table
Event medalists 420 (team racing)Danny PletschCarolyn HoweCaleb SilsbyPaige SilsbyRob SherringtonLinda EadieSteve TylecoteDebs KershawTim WadlowEry LargaryTimothy FallonKaren Renzulli Men's 470Nathan WilmotMalcolm PageBenjamin BonnaudRomain BonnaudKiko SánchezAlejandro Ramos Women's 470Ingrid PetitjeanNadège DourouxElise RechichiTessa ParkinsonRuslana TaranOlena Pakholchyk 49erIker Martínez de LizarduyXabier FernándezRodion LukaGeorge LeonchukPietro SibelloGianfranco Sibello Hobie 16Kerstin WichardtAnja HafkeMarie DuvignacPauline ThevenotAnnie GardnerSusan Korzeniewski Hobie TigerDarren BundockGlenn AshbyMitch BoothHerbert DercksenCoen de KoningMischa Heemskerk Laser Laser Radial Men's RS:X Women's RS:X
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