The 2023 Sailing World Championships were held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 8 to 20 August 2023. It was the sixth edition of the Sailing World Championships and the world championships for all disciplines at the next Olympics, and for four para sailing classes. It took place on the waters off Scheveningen and offered the chance to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, whose sailing competition were held in Marseille. Para sailing was held on Braassemermeer. Approximately 1,400 sailors were expected.
The venue hosted the 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships.
Host selection The following cities competed to win the right to host the Championships.
Auckland, New Zealand The Hague, Netherlands
In May 2018, The Hague was chosen host of the championship. In 2020, it was decided the championships will be held in 2023 instead of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Competition format Events and equipment The following events are open for entries: Event Equipment Max. entries Olympic events Men's dinghy ILCA 7 140 Men's skiff 49er 85 Men's windsurfer iQFoil 100 Men's kiteboarding Formula Kite 90 Women's dinghy ILCA 6 120 Women's skiff 49er FX 70 Women's kiteboarding Formula Kite 60 Women's windsurfer iQFoil 100 Mixed dinghy 470 70 Mixed multihull Nacra 17 80 Para sailing events Men's one-person non-technical Hansa 303 50 Women's one-person non-technical Hansa 303 30 Open one-person technical 2.4 Metre 40 Open two-person technical RS Venture Connect 16
Summary Medal table
Event medalists 470 Keiju OkadaMiho YoshiokaJordi XammarNora BrugmanTetsuya IsozakiYurie Seki49er Bart LambriexFloris van de WerkenSebastien SchneiterArno De PlantaDiego BotínFlorián Trittel49er FX Vilma BobeckRebecca NetzlerOdile van AanholtAnnette DuetzOlivia PriceEvie HaseldineMen's Formula Kite Maximilian MaederToni VodišekAxel MazellaWomen's Formula Kite Lauriane NolotEleanor AldridgeLily YoungILCA 7 Matthew WearnMichael BeckettGeorge GautreyILCA 6 Mária ÉrdiMaud JayetAnne-Marie RindomMen's iQFoil Luuc van OpzeelandSebastian KördelNicolò RennaWomen's iQFoil Shahar TibiKaty SpychakovEmma WilsonNacra 17 Ruggero TitaCaterina BantiJohn GimsonAnna BurnetEmil JäruddHanna JonssonMen's Hansa 303 Piotr CichockiTakumi NiwaJoão PintoWomen's Hansa 303 Betsy AlisonOlga Górnaś-GrudzieńAlison Weatherly 2.4 Metre Heiko KrögerAntonio SquizzatoDavide Di Maria RS Venture Connect Ange MargaronOlivier Ducruix Pedro ReisGuilherme RibeiroJohn McRobertsScott Lutes
Participating national federations Participating national federations and number of boats per federation:
References
External links Event Website