The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association. One of, if not the largest regatta of the optimist class.
Events
Event Host Participation Dates Year Host club Location Country 1 1962 Hamble 3 2 1963 Göteborg 5 3 1964 Aarhus 7 4 1965 Turku 9 5 1966 Miami 6 6 1967 Neusiedlersee 10 7 1968 Carantec 16 8 1969 Stokes Bay 12 9 1970 Arenys de Mar 14 10 1971 Malente 13 11 1972 Karlskrona 15 N/A 1973 Cancelled 12 1974 St. Moritz/Silvaplana 20 13 1975 Aarhus 23 14 1976 Yarımca 19 15 1977 Koper 22 16 1978 La Baule 25 17 1979 Pattaya 16 18 1980 Cascais 24 19 20–30 July 1981 Howth 24 20 1982 Follonica 26 21 13–24 July 1983 Rio de Janeiro 22 22 11–27 July 1984 Kingston 28 23 24 Jul – 4 Aug 1985 Helsinki 32 24 4–15 Aug 1986 Roses 29 25 25 July – 7 Aug 1987 Andijk 29 26 16–29 July 1988 La Rochelle 32 28 1989 Yokohama 30 29 Cascais 1990 38 30 1991 Porto Carras 39 31 1992 Mar del Plata 29 32 12–24 July 1993 Ciutadella de Menorca 41 33 1994 Sardinia 39 34 1995 Mariehamn 41 35 1996 Langebaan 39 36 28Jul -8Aug 1997 Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland 41 37 1998 Setúbal 44 37 14–25 July 1999 Fort de France Bay Les Trois Ilets - Martinique 47 38 17–30 July 2000 A Coruña 59 39 12–23 Jul 2001 Qingdao 208 171 37 44 6 40 3–14 Jul 2002 Corpus Christi 208 46 6 41 23 Jul – 3 Aug 2003 Las Palmas 221 50 6 42 14–25 July 2004 Salinas 215 52 6 43 25 July – 5 August 2005 St. Moritz 241 201 40 52 6 44 29 Dec –9 Jan 2006/07 Montevideo 228 50 6 45 22 Jul –1 Aug 2007 Sardinia 251 209 42 55 6 46 14–25 July 2008 Çeşme 250 204 46 53 6 47 4–15 Aug 2009 Niterói 211 175 36 47 6 48 27Dec –7 Jan 2009/10 Langkawi 231 188 43 55 6 49 28–8 Jan 2011/12 Napier 210 172 38 48 6http://www.optiworldsnz.com/ 50 15–26 July 2012 Santo Domingo 230 190 40 55 6 51 15–26 July 2013 Riva del Garda 257 214 43 58 6 52 22 Oct – 2 Nov 2014 Buenos Aires 207 163 44 49 6 53 25 Aug –5 Sep 2015 Dziwnów 179 145 34 48 5 54 21 Jun –4 Jul 2016 Vilamoura 255 55 11–21 July 2017 Pattaya 281 56 29Aug –5 Sep 2018 Limassol 264 213 51 57 6 57 8–15 July 2019 Antigua 255 209 46 65 6 N/A 1-11 Jul 2020 Riva del Garda CANCELLED DUE TO COVID 58 2–9 July 2021 Riva del Garda 259 206 53 57 5 59 29 June – 6 July 2022 Bodrum 276 218 58 61 6 60 17–24 June 2023 Sant Pere Pescador 248 184 64 54 6 61 5–14 Dec 2024 Mar del Plata 225 162 63 51 6 62 28 June – 5 July 2025 Portorož 287 218 69 66 6 63 20–27 June 2026 Tangier 284 214 70 70 6
Medalists Year Gold Silver Bronze 1st Female Ref.1962196319641965196619671968Henrik SöderlundDoug Bull19691970197119721973 Cancelled due to the political situation in 1973 in Rhodesia1974 19751976197719781979198019811982198319841985198619871988198919901991199219933rd / 19941995 19961st / 199710th / 1998199911th / 200020th / 200110th / 20026th / 20035th / 200412th / 20051st / 20062nd / 20073rd / 20085th / 20094th / 20101st / 20111st / 2012 1st / 20134th / 20144th / 20152nd / 2016201723rd / 201814th / 201925th / 2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic2021 7th / 2022 24th / 202326th / 202411th / 20255th / 20266th /
Medalists Team Racing
1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120813082238/http://www.optiworld.org/12worldsTRres.pdf2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Cancelled COVID 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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