2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships
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| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 4th |
| Event details | |
| Venue | Santander, Spain |
| Dates | 8–21 September 2014 |
| Titles | 10 |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | Approx 1,250[1] |
| Competing nations | 83[1] |
| Qualification(s) | 2016 Summer Olympics |
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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.
Bidding process
[edit]The following cities competed against Santander to win the right to host the Championships. [2]
Buenos Aires, Argentina
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Qingdao, China
Aarhus, Denmark
Busan, South Korea
The Hague, Netherlands
Gdynia, Poland
Events and equipment
[edit]The following events were open for entries:[3]
| Event | Equipment | Max. entries |
|---|---|---|
| Men's one-person dinghy | Laser | 150 |
| Men's one-person dinghy (heavyweight) | Finn | 80 |
| Men's two-person dinghy | 470 | 120 |
| Men's skiff | 49er | 100 |
| Men's windsurfer | RS:X | 120 |
| Women's one-person dinghy | Laser Radial | 120 |
| Women's two-person dinghy | 470 | 80 |
| Women's skiff | 49er FX | 80 |
| Women's windsurfer | RS:X | 80 |
| Mixed multihull | Nacra 17 | 80 |
Summary
[edit]Medal table
[edit]* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  France (FRA) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 |  New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 |  Austria (AUT) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 8 |  Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 10 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Spain (ESP)* | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 |  Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Israel (ISR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (17 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 | |
Event medalists
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Ceremony at the Santander 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships as ISAF President Carlo Croce officially declared the event open. Archived 2014-09-12 at the Wayback Machine – sailing.org. Retrieved 12 September 2014. Published 11 September 2014.
- ^ http://www.sailing.org/34620.php ISAF News Story
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). www.sailing.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 April 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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