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.
| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 4th |
| Event details | |
| Venue | Santander, Spain |
| Dates | 8–21 September 2014 |
| Titles | 10 |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | Approx 1,250 |
| Competing nations | 83 |
| Qualification(s) | 2016 Summer Olympics |
← 2011 2018 → | |
Bidding process
The following cities competed against Santander to win the right to host the Championships.
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Qingdao, China
- Aarhus, Denmark
- Busan, South Korea
- The Hague, Netherlands
- Gdynia, Poland
Events and equipment
The following events were open for entries:
| 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
Medal table
* 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
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's 470 | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | 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 Kljaković Gašpić (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 | Australia Jason Waterhouse Lisa Darmanin |
| Men's RS:X | Julien Bontemps (FRA) | Przemysław Miarczyński (POL) | Thomas Goyard (FRA) |
| Women's RS:X | Charline Picon (FRA) | Marina Alabau (ESP) | Maayan Davidovich (ISR) |
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