49er & 49er FX World Championships
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The 49er World Championships are international sailing regattas in the 49er and 49er FX classes organized by the class association and recognised by World Sailing. The 49er Worlds were first held in 1997 with the class making its Olympic debut at the 2000 Games with the class being used as an open or male event.[1] In 2013 the 49erFX held it first world championship with the class being used for the female discipline since 2016 Games.
Editions
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| Edition | Host | Gender | Boats | Sailors | Ref | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Date | Year | Host club | Location | Nat. | No. | Nats | Cont. | |||
| 1 | 7–12 December | 1997 | Perth |  Australia |
Open | [2][3] | |||||
| 2 | 18–24 May | 1998 | Bandol |  France |
Open | [4] | |||||
| 3 | 8–17 January | 1999 | Melbourne | Australia |
Open | [5] | |||||
| 4 | 14–24 March | 2000 | Guaymas |  Mexico |
Open | [6][7][8] | |||||
| 5 | 9-14 Sep | 2001 |  Fraglia Vela Malcesine | Malcesine, Lake Garda |  Italy |
Open | 155 | 310 | 26 | 5 | [9][10][11] |
| 6 | 14–22 June | 2002 | Kaneohe Yacht Club | Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii |  United States |
Open | [12][13][14] | ||||
| 7 | 11–24 September | 2003 | Cádiz |  Spain |
Open | 86 | 172 | 31 | 5 | ||
| 8 | 14-19 Apr | 2004 | Nautica Club Katikon Vouliagmenis | Vouliagmeni Bay, Athens |  Greece |
Open | 82 | 164 | 28 | 5 | [15] |
| 9 | 25Aug -6Sep | 2005 | Moscow Sailing School | Moscow |  Russia |
Open | 65 | 130 | 21 | 4 | [16][17][18] |
| 10 | 4-11 Jun | 2006 | Club Nautique Voile d'Aix les Bains | Aix-les-Bains | France |
Open | 92 | 184 | 24 | 5 | [19] |
| 11 | 28 June – 13 July | 2007 |  Clube Naval de Cascais | Cascais |  Portugal |
Open | 79 | 158 | 31 | 6 | |
| 12 | 2–9 January | 2008 | Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club | Sorrento, Victoria | Australia |
Open | 80 | 160 | 30 | 6 | [20][21] |
| 13 | 12-19 Jul | 2009 | Fraglia Vela Riva | Riva del Garda | Italy |
Open | 89 | 178 | 23 | 5 | [22][23] [24][25] |
| 14 | 2–9 January | 2010 | Freeport |  Bahamas |
Open | [26][27][28] | |||||
| 15 | 3–18 December | 2011 | Perth | Australia |
Open | ||||||
| 16 | 4-13 May | 2012 | JK Uskok | Zadar |  Croatia |
Open | 74 | 148 | 32 | 5 | [29][30][31] |
| 17 | 21-29 Sep | 2013 | Yachting Club Pointe Rouge | Marseille | France |
Male | [32][33] | ||||
| 1 | Female - FX | ||||||||||
| 18 | 12–21 September | 2014 | Santander | Spain |
Male | ||||||
| 2 | Female - FX | ||||||||||
| 19 | 13-21 Nov | 2015 |  Club Náutico San Isidro | San Isidro, Buenos Aires |  Argentina |
Male | [34][35][36][37] | ||||
| 3 | Female - FX | ||||||||||
| 20 | 7-14 Feb | 2016 | Clearwater Community Sailing Centre | Clearwater, Florida | United States |
Male | 68 | 136 | 25 | 5 | [38] |
| 4 | Female - FX | 42 | 84 | 22 | 5 | ||||||
| 21 | 28Aug -2Sep | 2017 | Clube de Vela Atlantico | Leça da Palmeira – Porto | Portugal |
Male | [39] | ||||
| 5 | Female - FX | ||||||||||
| 22 | 30 July – 12 August | 2018 | Aarhus |  Denmark |
Male | [40] | |||||
| 6 | Female - FX | ||||||||||
| 23 | 3–8 December | 2019 | Auckland |  New Zealand |
Male | 88 | 176 | 31 | 6 | [41][42] | |
| 7 | Female / FX | 61 | 122 | 27 | 5 | ||||||
| 24 | 8-15 Feb | 2020 | Royal Geelong Yacht Club | Geelong, Victoria | Australia |
Male | 78 | 156 | 27 | 6 | [43] |
| 8 | Female - FX | 44 | 88 | 23 | 5 | ||||||
| 25 | 16-21 Nov | 2021 | Al-Mussanah Sports City | Wudam Al Sahil |  Oman |
Male | 36 | 72 | 21 | 5 | [44] |
| 9 | Female - FX | 22 | 44 | 17 | 4 | ||||||
| 26 | 31Aug -5Sep | 2022 | Hubbards Sailing Club | St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia |  Canada |
Male | 65 | 130 | 23 | 5 | [45] |
| 10 | Female - FX | 36 | 72 | 19 | 5 | ||||||
| 27 | 11-18 Aug | 2023 | The Hague |  Netherlands |
Male | 83 | [46] | ||||
| 11 | Female / FX | 58 | |||||||||
| 28 | 5–10 Mar | 2024 | Real Federación Canaria de Vela | Marina Rubicón, Lanzarote | Spain |
Male | 71 | 142 | 27 | 5 | [47] |
| 12 | Female - FX | 51 | 102 | 25 | 5 | ||||||
| 29 | 7–12 Oct | 2025 | Italian Sailing Federation | Marina Piccola, Cagliari | Italy |
Male | 84 | 168 | 28 | 4 | [48] |
| 13 | Female - FX | 52 | 104 | 20 | 4 | ||||||
All-time medal table
49er
- As of 2025
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Australia (AUS) | 7 | 3 | 2 | 12 |
| 2 | New Zealand (NZL) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Spain (ESP) | 5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| 4 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 4 | 7 | 4 | 15 |
| 5 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | France (FRA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 |  Ukraine (UKR) | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Croatia (CRO) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |  Germany (GER) | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 |  Austria (AUT) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Switzerland (SUI) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 17 |  Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (17 entries) | 29 | 29 | 29 | 87 | |
49er FX
- As of 2025
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 |  Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 |  Sweden (SWE) | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | New Zealand (NZL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Australia (AUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Canada (CAN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Germany (GER) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (15 entries) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 39 | |
Medalists
49er Open
49er Men's
49er FX Women's
49er Youth
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 Travemünde |
Denmark Niels Joachim Gormsen Anders Thomsen |
Great Britain James Peters Ed Fitzgerald |
France Vincent Berthez Marc Mallaret |
| 2012 Riva del Garda |
Great Britain James Peters Ed Fitzgerald |
Germany Jan Hauke Erichsen Max Lutz |
Sweden Charlie Ekberg Niclas Düring |
 2013 Gdynia |
Spain Diego Botín Pablo Turrado |
Austria Benjamin Bildstein David Hussl |
France Kevin Fischer Marc Mallaret |
| 2014 Aarhus |
Spain Víctor Payá Álvaro del Arco |
Denmark Mads Lübeck Christian Lübeck |
Spain Diego Botín Pablo Turrado |
| 2015 Flensburg |
Austria Benjamin Bildstein David Hussl |
Italy Ruggero Tita Giacomo Cavalli |
Great Britain Chris Taylor Sam Batten |
| 2016 IJsselmeer |
France Erwan Fischer Thubault Julien |
Germany Tim Fischer Fabian Graf |
Germany Jakob Meggendorfer Andreas Spranger |
| 2017 Kingston |
Canada William Jones Evan DePaul |
 United StatesDane Wilson Scott Ewing |
 ThailandDon Whitcraft Dylan Whitcraft |
| 2018 Marseille |
 IrelandRobert Dickson Seán Waddilove |
Germany Max Stingle Linov Scheel |
Denmark Daniel Nyborg Sebastian Wright Olsen |
| 2019 Risør |
New Zealand Isaac McHardie William McKenzie |
Great Britain James Grummett Daniel Budden |
Ireland Robert Dickson Seán Waddilove |
| 2021 Gdynia |
Poland Mikołaj Staniul Jakub Sztorch |
Austria Keanu Prettner Jakob Flachberger |
 UruguayHernán Umpierre Fernando Diz |
| 2022 Lake Como |
Poland Mikołaj Staniul Jakub Sztorch |
Australia Jack Ferguson Max Paul |
New Zealand Sam Morgan Pat Morgan |
49er FX Youth
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Gdynia |
Finland Noora Ruskola Camilla Cedercreutz |
 SingaporeGriselda Khng Sara Tan |
Spain María Cantero Ana Hernández Moreno |
| 2014 Aarhus |
Denmark Marie Baad Nielsen Marie Thusgaard Olsen |
Netherlands Annemiek Bekkering Annette Duetz |
Germany Jule Görge Lotta Görge |
| 2015 Flensburg |
Netherlands Jeske Kisters Charlotte Heijstek |
Germany Jule Görge Lotta Görge |
Norway Ragna Agerup Maia Agerup |
| 2016 IJsselmeer |
Italy Maria Ottavia Raggio Paola Bergamaschi |
Sweden Klara Wester Rebecca Netzler |
Denmark Katrine Krogh Christina Andersen |
| 2017 Kingston |
Norway Ragna Agerup Maia Agerup |
 JapanAnna Yamazaki Sena Takano |
Spain Carla Munté Marta Munté |
| 2018 Marseille |
Sweden Vilma Bobeck Malin Tengström |
Finland Ronja Grönblom Sara Ehrnrooth |
Netherlands Willemijn Offerman Judith Engberts |
| 2019 Risør |
Italy Alexandra Stalder Silvia Speri |
Sweden Vilma Bobeck Malin Tengström |
Netherlands Willemijn Offerman Elise Ruyter |
| 2021 Gdynia |
Italy Jana Germani Giorgia Bertuzzi |
Netherlands Willemijn Offerman Elise Ruyter |
Germany Marla Bergmann Hanna Wille |
| 2022 Lake Como |
Norway Pia Andersen Nora Edland |
Poland Gabriela Czapska Hanna Rajchert |
 MaltaAntonia Schultheis Victoria Schultheis |
Multiple medallists
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