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 The following cities competed against Santander to win the right to host the Championships. http://www.sailing.org/34620.php ISAF News Story 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
Event medalists Men's 470 Mathew BelcherWill RyanŠime FantelaIgor MarenićPanagiotis MantisPavlos KagialisWomen's 470 Lara VadlauJolanta OgarJo AlehPolly PowrieHannah MillsSaskia Clark49er Peter BurlingBlair TukeJonas WarrerAnders ThomsenNathan OutteridgeIain Jensen49er FX Martine GraelKahena KunzeIda Marie Baad NielsenMarie Thusgaard OlsenGiulia ContiFrancesca ClapcichFinn Laser Laser Radial Nacra 17 Billy BessonMarie RiouSantiago LangeCecilia CarranzaJason WaterhouseLisa DarmaninMen's RS:X Women's RS:X
References
External links Official Event Website ISAF Microsite