2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships

The 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships, was held in Santander, Spain, this was the fourth edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships. It is the world championships for all disciplines used at the upcoming Olympics. What gives this event greater significance is that it was used as qualification for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.

2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships
Event Title
Edition4th
Event Details
VenueSantander, Spain
Dates8-21 September 2014
Titles10
Competitors
CompetitorsApprox 1,250[1]
Competing nations83[1]
Qualification(s)2016 Summer Olympics
 2011
2018 

Bidding process

The following cities competed against Santander to win the right to host the Championships. [2]

Events and equipment

The following events were open for entries:[3]

EventEquipmentMax. entries
Men's one-person dinghyLaser150
Men's one-person dinghy (heavyweight)Finn80
Men's two-person dinghy470120
Men's skiff49er100
Men's windsurferRS:X120
Women's one-person dinghyLaser Radial120
Women's two-person dinghy47080
Women's skiff49er FX80
Women's windsurferRS:X80
Mixed multihullNacra 1780

Summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Spain)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France (FRA)3014
2 Netherlands (NED)2002
3 Australia (AUS)1124
4 New Zealand (NZL)1102
5 Great Britain (GBR)1034
6 Austria (AUT)1001
 Brazil (BRA)1001
8 Croatia (CRO)0202
 Denmark (DEN)0202
10 Argentina (ARG)0101
 Poland (POL)0101
 Spain (ESP)*0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
14 Belgium (BEL)0011
 Greece (GRE)0011
 Israel (ISR)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
Totals (17 nations)10101030

Event medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's 470
 Australia
Mathew Belcher
William Ryan
 Croatia
Sime Fantela
Igor Marenic
 Greece
Panagiotis Mantis
Pavlos Kagialis
Women's 470
 Austria
Lara Vadlau
Jolanta Ogar
 New Zealand
Jo Aleh
Polly Powrie
 Great Britain
Hannah Mills
Saskia Clark
49er
 New Zealand
Peter Burling
Blair Tuke
 Denmark
Jonas Warrer
Anders Thomsen
 Australia
Nathan Outteridge
Iain Jensen
49er FX
 Brazil
Martine Grael
Kahena Kunze
 Denmark
Ida Marie Baad Nielsen
Marie Thusgaard Olsen
 Italy
Giulia Conti
Francesca Clapcich
Finn
 Giles Scott (GBR)  Ivan Kljakovic Gaspic (CRO)  Edward Wright (GBR)
Laser
 Nicholas Heiner (NED)  Tom Burton (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)
Laser Radial
 Marit Bouwmeester (NED)  Josefin Olsson (SWE)  Evi Van Acker (BEL)
Nacra 17
 France
Billy Besson
Marie Riou
 Argentina
Santiago Lange
Cecilia Carranza Saroli
 Australia
Jason Waterhouse
Lisa Darmanin
Men's RS:X
 Julien Bontemps (FRA)  Przemyslaw Miarczynski (POL)  Thomas Goyard (FRA)
Women's RS:X
 Charline Picon (FRA)  Marina Alabau (ESP)  Maayan Davidovich (ISR)

References

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