2018 Sailing World Championships

The 2018 Hempel Sailing World Championships were held in Aarhus, Denmark, from 30 July to 12 August 2018. It was the fifth edition of the Sailing World Championships. It was the world championships for all disciplines used at the next olympics. Sailors from over 100 nations raced in the waters of the Bay of Aarhus for world championships medals and the possibility to be qualifying for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.

The event took place on the Docklands, at the exact spot where the Vikings founded Aarhus. A new world class sailing centre was the venue for 14 days leaving significant impact on Denmark's sailors and on the further urban development in Aarhus.

Overview

The Sailing World Championships are held every four years, the Worlds is one of the biggest global sailing events in the world. Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 is the first big qualification for the Olympic games in Tokyo 2020. The World Championships included all 10 Olympic boat classes. Kite surfing was added to the programme for the first time. 1,100 sailboats and 1,500 participants from approximately 100 nations are expected to take part in the events. The event expects to draw 400,000 visitors to Aarhus, and more than 800 volunteers.

Bidding process

The following cities competed to win the right to host the Championships. ^[1]

• Aarhus, Denmark
• Busan, South Korea
• The Hague, Netherlands
• Gdynia, Poland

Venue

Sailing was held on Aarhus Bay with the regatta centre at Navitas Park.^[2]

Competition format

Events and equipment

The following events were open for entries:^[2]

Competition schedule

The competition started on 2 August and finish on 12 August 2018.^[2]

Summary

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Denmark)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	6
2	France	2	2	3	7
3	Japan	1	1	0	2
4	Belgium	1	0	0	1
	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Cyprus	1	0	0	1
	Hungary	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
	United States	1	0	0	1
10	Australia	0	2	0	2
11	Great Britain	0	1	2	3
12	Spain	0	1	1	2
13	Austria	0	1	0	1
	Russia	0	1	0	1
	Sweden	0	1	0	1
16	Germany	0	0	2	2
17	Argentina	0	0	1	1
	China	0	0	1	1
	Denmark*	0	0	1	1
Totals (19 entries)		12	12	12	36

Event medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's 470 details	Kevin Peponnet Jérémie Mion  France	Tetsuya Isozaki Akira Takayanagi  Japan	Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez  Spain
Women's 470 details	Ai Kondo Yoshida Miho Yoshioka  Japan	Silvia Mas Patricia Cantero  Spain	Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre  Great Britain
49er details	Šime Fantela Mihovil Fantela  Croatia	Mathieu Frei [fr] Noé Delpech  France	Tim Fischer Fabian Graf  Germany
49er FX details	Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz  Netherlands	Tanja Frank Lorena Abicht  Austria	Sophie Weguelin Sophie Ainsworth  Great Britain
Finn details	Zsombor Berecz  Hungary	Max Salminen  Sweden	Pieter-Jan Postma  Netherlands
Men's Formula Kite details	Nicolas Parlier [fr]  France	Guy Bridge  Great Britain	Maxime Nocher  France
Women's Formula Kite details	Daniela Moroz  United States	Elena Kalinina [ru]  Russia	Alexia Fancelli [fr]  France
Laser details	Pavlos Kontides  Cyprus	Matthew Wearn  Australia	Philipp Buhl  Germany
Laser Radial details	Emma Plasschaert  Belgium	Marit Bouwmeester  Netherlands	Anne-Marie Rindom  Denmark
Nacra 17 details	Ruggero Tita Caterina Banti  Italy	Nathan Outteridge Haylee Outteridge  Australia	Santiago Lange Cecilia Carranza  Argentina
Men's RS:X details	Dorian van Rijsselberghe  Netherlands	Kiran Badloe  Netherlands	Louis Giard [fr]  France
Women's RS:X details	Lilian de Geus  Netherlands	Charline Picon  France	Lu Yunxiu  China

References

External links

• Official Event Website
• World Sailing website
• 2018 Sailing World Championships at World Sailing