Sailing World Championships


The Sailing World Championships are World championships in sailing for the 10 events contested at the Summer Olympics, organized by World Sailing 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

The first 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.

Editions

YearCityCountryDatesEventsAthletesNationsNotes
2003Cádiz11–24 September111,45071
2007Cascais28 June13 July111,35076
2011Perth3–18 December1078976
2014Santander8–21 September101,25083
2018Aarhus30 July12 August12
2022The Hague

Equipment

Legend: MMen; W – Women; MxMixed; O – Open;

All-time medal table