420 World Championships Explained

The 420 World Championships is an annual international sailing regattas in the 420 class organized by the International 420 Class Association and recognised by World Sailing. They have been held every year since 1973 the year in which the class gained status from World Sailing.

The 420 Team Racing World Championship is an sailing regattas in the 420 class organized by the International 420 Class Association and recognised by World Sailing.

The 420 (dinghy) has also been used in Youth Sailing World Championships Formerly (IYRU Youth World, ISAF Youth Worlds) and the IYRU Women's Sailing World Championships and in Team Racing World Championships.

Editions

			Hosts			Fleet	Sailor			Boats
No	Day/Month	Year	Host club	City	Country		No.			Boats			Mix
N/A						Open								[1]
N/A						Open
N/A						Open
N/A						Open
N/A		1971				Open
		1973	Brighton & Seacliff Yacht Club			Open								[2]
		1974				Open								[3]
		1975				Open								[4] [5]
		1976				Open
		1977				Open
		1978				Open								[6]
		1979				Open								[7]
		1980				Open								[8]
		1981				Open								[9]
		1982				Open								[10]
	15–27 August	1983				Open								[11]
	2–13 July	1984				Open								[12]
	11–18 August	1985				Open								[13]
	5–10 July	1986		IJsselmeer (women)		Female								[14]
	16–30 July	1986				Open								[15]
	30 April – 9 May	1987				Female								[16]
	20–29 July	1987		Lake Balaton (open)		Open								[17]
	8–15 January	1988				Open								[18]
	9–15 July	1988				Female								[19]
		1988				Open
		1989				Open								[20]
		1990				Open								[21]
		1991				Open								[22]
		1992				Open								[23]
		1993				Open								[24] [25]
		1994				Open								[26]
		1995				Open								[27]
		1996				Open								[28]
		1997				Open								[29]
	13–21 July	1998				Open								[30]
	26–31 July	1998				Female								[31]
	16–24 July	1999				Open								[32]
	13–21 July	2000				Open								[33]
	19–27 July	2001				Male/Mixed	200	21	5	100				[34]
						Female	109	17	4	54
		2002				Male/Mixed	166	22	5	83
						Female	130	21	4	65
	Jul	2003				Male/Mixed	172	19	5	86				[35]
						Female	118	14	5	59
	26Dec -11Jan	2003/04				Male/Mixed	128	13	5	64
						Female	92	11	4	46	-	46	-
	27Jul -5Aug	2005				Male/Mixed	194	20	5	97
						Female	136	21	5	68	-	68	-
	28Jul -6Aug	2006				Male/Mixed	182	17	5	91
						Female	150	18	5	75	-	75	-
	31Dec -9Jan	2006/07				Male/Mixed	134	15	5	67
						Female	98	11	6	49	-	49	-
	22–31 July	2008				Male/Mixed	202	25	5	101				[36]
						Female	154	19	5	77	-	77	-
	27 Jul –5 Aug	2009				Male/Mixed	244	29	5	122				[37]
						Female	168	20	5	84	-	84	-
	22–31 July	2010				Male/Mixed	166	21	6	83				[38]
						Female	148	17	5	74	-	74	-
	27 Dec –5 Jan	2010/11				Male/Mixed	112	16	4	56				[39]
						Female	82	13	5	41	-	41	-
	27 Jul – 5 Aug	2012	Austrian National Sailing Training Institute			Male/Mixed	216	25	5					[40]
						Female	142	20	4	71	-	71	-
	22–30 July	2013				Male/Mixed	220	26	5	110				[41]
						Female	154	19	6	76	-	76	-
	25Jul –3Aug	2014	Lübecker Yacht Club			Male/Mixed	222	26	5	111				[42]
						Female	166	21	5	83	-	83	-
	17–25 July	2015				Male/Mixed	144	21	5	72		-		[43]
						Female	120	16	5	60	-	60	-
						Open U17	66	10	5	33
	15–23 July	2016				Male/Mixed	220	23	5	110				[44]
						Female	168	21	5	84	-	84	-
						Open U17	138	19	5	68
	26Dec – 3 Jan	2017/18				Male/Mixed	128	15	3	64				[45]
						Female	78	10	4	39	-	39	-
						Open U17	82	9	3	41	22	18	1
	7–15 Aug	2018				Male/Mixed	144	14	5	73				[46]
						Female	104	15	4	52	-	52	-
						Open U17	84	11	4	42	23	18	1
	3–11 July	2019				Male/Mixed	178	19	5	89				[47]
						Female	146	18	5	73	-	73	-
						Open U17	132	19	6	66
N/A	3-11 Jul	2020				CANCELLED COVID								[48]
	2–10 July	2021				Male/Mixed	180	19	4	90		-		[49] [50]
						Female	106	17	4	53	-	53
						Open U17	134	12	3	67
	5–13 Aug	2022				Male/Mixed	222	20	5	111		-		[51]
						Female	122	18	5	61	-	61	-
						Open U17	144	15	2	72
	21–29 July	2023				Male/Mixed	260	21	5	130	87	-	43	[52]
						Female	128	17	5	64	-	64	-
						Open U17	166	18	4	83	43	24	16
	3–10 Jan	2024				Male/Mixed	156	14	3	78	51	-	27	[53]
						Female	54	10	2	27	-	27	-
	1-9 Jul	2025

Class Team Racing Worlds

Medalists

Men and Mixed

1999 Athens	Nicolas Charbonnier David Deguine	Jean-Matthieu Constant Christopher Pratt	Pedro Pinto Miguel Pinto
2000 La Rochelle	Mathew Belcher Daniel Belcher	Luca Bursic Thomas Jacob	Mileos Michaelis Theodores Polighrondis
2001 Ravenna	Michel Mazzotti Giulia Mazzotti	R. Medina J. Cerezo	B. Danti F. Geggio
2002 Tavira	Farokh Tarapore Vikas Kapila	Nic Asher Elliot Willis	Morgan Lagravière Noé Delpech
2003 Hayling Island	José Antonio Medina Onán Barreiros	Nicolas Duron Sébastian Durand	Morgan Lagravière Noé Delpech
2004 Melbourne	Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Mathew Belcher Rike Ziegelmayer	Nathan Outteridge Ayden Menzies
2005 Brest	Tomas da Silva Francisco Gomes	Alfredo Capodanno Vittorio Papa	Pablo Santurde Abelardo Quevedo
2006 Las Palmas	Carl Evans Peter Burling	Simon Cooke Scott Illingworth	Fernando Lodos Julien Pulve
2007 Auckland	Carl Evans Peter Burling	Simon Cooke Scott Illingworth	Rowan Swanson Bruce Kennedy
2008 Athens	Michalis Mileos Evangelos-Vasileio Mitakis	Vasilis Papoutsoglou Akilas Drougas	Edoardo Mancinelli Lorenzo de Felice
2009 Lake Garda	Antonios Tsimpoukelis George Karonis	Francisco Lardies Finn Drummond	Ben Palmer Konrad Weaver
2010 Haifa	Justin Liu Sherman Cheng	Francesco Falcetelli Gabriele Franciolini	Edoardo Mancinelli Leonardo Cucchiara
2011 Buenos Aires	Pablo Völker Agustín Cunill	Edoardo Mancinelli Leonardo Cucchiara	Benjamín Grez Diego González
2012 Lake Neusiedl	Alex Kavas George Kavas	Guillaume Pirouelle Valentin Sipan	David Charles Alex Charles
2013 Valencia	Xavier Antich Pedro Terrones	Tiago Brito Andrei Kneipp	Sébastien Simon Pierre Rhimbault
2014 Lübeck	José Manuel Ruiz Fernando Dávila	Hippolyte Macheti Sidoine Dantes	Ido Bilik Ofek Shalgi
2015 Karatsu	Daichi Takayama Syota Nakano	Wiley Rogers Jack Parkin	Calum Gregor Hugo Christensson
2016 Sanremo	Diogo Costa Pedro Costa	Wiley Rogers Jack Parkin	Vasilios Gourgiotis Orestis Batsis	[54]
2017 Fremantle	Enrique Luján Pablo Luján	Albert Torres Francisco Mulet	Carlos Balaguer Antoni Massanet	[55]
2018 Newport	Seb Menzies Blake McGlashan	Elías Aretz Pablo García	Martín Wizner Pedro Ameneiro	[56]
2019 Vilamoura	Martín Wizner Pedro Ameneiro	Seb Menzies Blake McGlashan	Conrad Konitzer Fernando Rodríguez
2020	CANCELLED DUE TO COVID
2021	USA 57002 (95)	FRA 56984 (16)	ESP 56600 (11)	[57]
2022	ESP 57147 (12)	ESP 55249 (11)	ESP 56790 (9)
2023	ESP 56005 (4)	ESP 56918 (14)	GRE 56946 (28)
2024	BRA 57305 (69)	ITA 57283 (87)	NZL 56941 (141)

Women

Ref.
1980 Charlottenlund	Claudia Mazzaferro Galeazzi
1981	Claudia Mazzaferro Galeazzi
1986 Nieuwpoort	M. Bazzini D. De Cagno
1987 Cervia	V. Ravet D. Besson
1988	Leon Leon
1989	Martina Wendin Boel Bengtsson
1990 Miura	Céline Hendrick Catherine Condolf
1991 Rimini	Marie LeCadre Laure Fernandez
1998 Galaxidi	Limor Kliger Vered Buskila
1999 Athens	Dimitra Milona Aliki Kourkoulou
2000 La Rochelle	Christina Bassedone Helen Mayhew	Altana Danezi Evagelia Vlachov	Elena Ziliani Alessandra Marenzi
2001 Ravenna	Elisabetta Sacchegiani Maria Paola Bertone	Sara Postogna Anna Postogna	Carolina Mariani Camilla Gabrielli
2002 Tavira	Caroline Jonet Magali Pallanca	Spiridoula Mileou Sofia Papadopoulou	Isabel Barzaghi Laura Zani
2003 Hayling Island	Isabel Barzaghi Laura Zani	Charlotte Savage Maia Walsh	Dorothea Gebert Natascha Lorenz
2004 Mornington	Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson	Lucy MacGregor Nicola MacGregor	Camille Lecointre Gwendolyn Lemaitre
2005 Brest	Maria Stella Turizio Maria Carolina Rendano	Marie Lumeau Claire Bossard	Maria Stanley Catherine Alton
2006 Las Palmas	Hannah Mills Peggy Webster	Tara Pacheco Elena Barambio	Benedetta Danti Elisa Cecconi
2007 Auckland	Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	Shelley Hesson Bianca Barbarich-Bacher	Sarah Bilkey Rosie Sargisson
2008 Athens	Katerina Kaitatzidou Sofia Kaitatzidou	Gil Cohen Adva Kremer	Afrodite Kyranakou Elena Nikiforidi
2009 Lake Garda	Alex Maloney Bianca Barbarich-Bacher	Camilla Marino Claudia Soricelli	Sydney Bolger Caitlin Beavers
2010 Haifa	Roberta Caputo Benedetta Barbiero	Morgan Kiss Katia Da Silva	Christina Celli Silvia Morini
2011 Buenos Aires	Annabel Vose Megan Brickwood	Nadine Bohm Monika Lindner	Maelenn Lemaitre Aloïse Retornaz
2012 Lake Neusiedl	Rachel Lee Cecilia Low	Nadja Horwitz Sofia Middleton	Griselda Khng Shu Xian Lee
2013 Valencia	Annabel Cattermole Bryony Bennett-Lloyd	Kimberly Lim Savannah Siew	Sara Scotto Di Vettimo Vittoria Barbiero
2014 Lübeck	Carlotta Omari Francesca Russo Cirillo	Kimberly Lim Savannah Siew	Aikaterini Tavoulari Fotini Koutsoumpou
2015 Karatsu	Marta Garrido María Jesus Dávila	Charlotte Yven Marine Riou	Misaki Tanaka Sena Takano
2016 Sanremo	Francesca Russo Cirillo Alice Linussi	María Bover Guerrero Clara Llabrés	Maria Vittoria Marchesini Cecilia Fedel	[58]
2017 Fremantle	Nia Jerwood Monique de Vries	Laura Harding Eleanor Grimshaw	Arianna Passamonti Giulia Fava	[59]
2018 Newport	Patricia Reino Isabel Laiseca	María Caba Pilar Caba	María Bover Catalina Homar	[60]
2019 Vilamoura	Vita Heathcote Milly Boyle	Irene Calici Petra Gregori	Melina Pappa Maria Tsamopoulou	[61]
2020	DUE TO CANCELLED COVID
2021	USA 56364	ESP 56769	FRA 56876
2022	FRA 56864	ESP 56852	GER 57113
2023	GRE 56470	BRA 54643	ESP 57332
2024	GRE 56470	ESP 56958	BRA 54643

Under 17

Ref.
2015 Karatsu
2016 Sanremo				[62]
2017 Fremantle (AUS)				[63]
2018 Newport (USA)				[64]
2019 Vilamoura (POR)				[65]
2020	CANCELLED COVID 19
2021	USA 56345 (61)	ESP 56852 (5)	ESP 56543 (6)
2022	GER 57220 (29)	ESP 56918 (11)	GER 57219 (28)
2023	ITA 57483 (181)	GRE 56944 (167)	GER 56733 (207)
2024	Not Held

External links

• Official international class website

Notes and References

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25. Web site: Segeln – Weltmeisterschaften (Herren – Teil 1). www.sport-komplett.de.
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35. Web site: 420 Worlds at Hayling Island Sailing Club Overall.
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43. Web site: World Sailing - 420 World Championships .
44. Web site: World Sailing - International 420 Class World Championships .
45. Web site: 2017 420 World Championships .
46. Web site: World Sailing - 420 World Championship .
47. Web site: World Sailing - 420 World Championship .
48. Web site: 420 World and Junior European Championships San Remo 2020 cancelled!.
49. Web site: World Sailing - 420 World Championships .
50. Web site: 2021 420 World Championships .
51. Web site: World Sailing - 420 World Championships .
52. Web site: 2023 420 World Championships .
53. Web site: Event Website - 2024 420 World Championships.
54. http://2016worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race
55. Web site: 2017 420 World Championships. 2017 420 World Championships. 18 January 2018.
56. Web site: 2018 420 World Championships. 2018 420 World Championships. 15 August 2018.
57. Web site: 2019 420 World Championships. 2019 420 World Championships. 11 July 2019.
58. Web site: [hhttp://2016worlds.420sailing.org/en/default/races/race 2017 420 World Championships]. 2016 420 World Championships. January 2017.
59. Web site: 2017 420 World Championships. 2017 420 World Championships. 18 January 2018.
60. Web site: 2018 420 World Championships. 2018 420 World Championships. 15 August 2018.
61. Web site: 2019 420 World Championships. 2019 420 World Championships. 11 July 2019.
62. Web site: 2016 420 World Championships. 2016 420 World Championships.
63. Web site: 2017 420 World Championships. 2017 420 World Championships.
64. Web site: 2018 420 World Championships. 2018 420 World Championships.
65. Web site: 2019 420 World Championship. 2019 420 World Championship.