ISAF Sailing World Championships
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| Most recent season or competition: 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships |
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| Sport | Sailing |
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| Inaugural season | 2003 |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Official website | http://www.sailing.org |
The ISAF Sailing World Championships have been held every four years since 2003 organized by International Sailing Federation (ISAF). They are the combined Class World Championships for all the disciplines of the next Olympic Sailing Competition.[1]
The championships are used as the first of two qualifying events for Countries to gain their place to compete at the Summer Olympics Sailing Competition. As such, these Championships have much added significance.
Venues
| Year | City | Country | Date | Athletes | Nations |
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| 2003 | Cádiz |  Spain |
11–24 September | 1,450 | 71 |
| 2007 | Cascais |  Portugal |
28 June–13 July | 1,350 | 76 |
| 2011 | Perth |  Australia |
3–18 December | 789 | 76 |
| 2014 | Santander | Spain |
8–21 September | 1,250 | 83 |
| 2018 | Aarhus |  Denmark |
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| 2022 | TBD | [to be determined] |
Equipment
The classes used for the upcoming Olympic competition are listed below.
| Discipline | 2003 Cadiz | 2007 Cascais | 2011 Perth | 2014 Santander |
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| Single Person Dinghy Women | Europe | Laser Radial | Laser Radial | Laser Radial |
| Single Person Dinghy Men | Finn | Laser | Laser | Laser |
| Single Person Dinghy Men's Heavy | N/A | N/A | Finn | Finn |
| Single Person Dinghy Open | Laser | Finn | N/A | N/A |
| Double Person Dinghy Women | 470 | 470 | 470 | 470 |
| Double Person Dinghy Men | 470 | 470 | 470 | 470 |
| Double Person Dinghy Men High Performance | N/A | N/A | 49er | 49er |
| Double Person Dinghy Women High Performance | N/A | N/A | N/A | 49er FX |
| Double Person Skiff | N/A | 49er | N/A | N/A |
| Double Person Dinghy Open | 49er | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Multihull Open | Tornado | Tornado | N/A | N/A |
| Multihull Mixed | N/A | N/A | N/A | Nacra 17 |
| Windsurfer Men | Mistral One Design | RS:X | RS:X | RS:X |
| Windsurfer Women | Mistral One Design | RS:X | RS:X | RS:X |
| Keelboat Men | Star | Star | Star | N/A |
| Keelboat Women | Yngling | Yngling | N/A | N/A |
| Keelboat - Women's Match Racing | N/A | N/A | Elliott 6m | N/A |
See also
- Olympic sailing classes
- Sailing at the Summer Olympics
- Sailing World Championships
- Windsurfing World Championships
References
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