# 470 (dinghy)

The 470 (Four-Seventy) is a double-handed monohull planing dinghy with a centreboard, Bermuda rig, and centre sheeting. Equipped with a spinnaker, trapeze and a large sail-area-to-weight ratio, it is designed to plane easily, and good teamwork is necessary to sail it well. The name comes from the boat's length of 470 centimetres (4.7 m; 15 ft 5 in).
The 470 is a World Sailing International Class and has been an Olympic class since the 1976 games.

## History

The 470 was designed by the Frenchman André Cornu in 1963 (four years after the 420, its smaller sister) as a modern fibreglass planing dinghy to appeal to sailors of different sizes and ages. This formula succeeded, and the boat spread around the world. In 1969, the class was given international status and it has been an Olympic class since 1976. In 1988, the first Olympic women's sailing event used the 470.

## Sailing

To sail the 470, good physical fitness but not too much physical strength is required. The optimal weight of the combined crew ranges between 110 and 145 kg, making it a suitable boat for men, women and youth teams. Due to various options for sail trimming one can sail the boat well at 1 to 6 Beaufort scale, slightly above by experienced teams. For racing the 470 is a tactically demanding class, since differences in boat speed are small and the boat does not lose much speed during manoeuvers. Good teamwork between helm and crew is essential for successful racing.

## Races

World and Continental Championships are organised every year with separate starts for women and men/mixed teams. There is also a World Championship for juniors and a Master World Championship. The 470 is used in regional championships such as the Asian, Mediterranean, and PanAm Games. Entries are limited in important international races, encouraging more competition by requiring qualifying races in most countries.
In the World Championships more than 30 countries have been represented. There are 65 member nations in the International Class Association and more than 40,000 boats have been built in 20 countries.
The 470 may be raced in a mixed fleet of boats, its performance being adjusted by the Portsmouth Yardstick handicapping scheme. In the RYA-administered scheme, the 470 has a Portsmouth number of 973. In the US Sailing-administered scheme, it has a D-PN of 86.3.

## Construction

The 470 is a strict one-design class, and its builder must be approved a Licensed Builder by World Sailing. The class design may evolve, but its intent is to use proven, economical, and environmentally sound materials, currently fibreglass with integral buoyancy tanks for the hull.
The 470 dinghy is 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in) long with a 6.76 m (22 ft 2 in) mast. Its weight without sails is 120 kg (264 lb 9 oz).

## Events
### Olympics

At the Olympic Games, the 470 Class was initially an open class, but since the 1988 games there have been separate events for men and women. Since 2008 each consists of a 10-race series, with teams being awarded points on a point-per-place system, and each team's worst result being discarded. At the 2024 Olympics, the 470 will be sailed by a mixed crew only.

#### Men

| Gamesvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1988 Seoul details | France (FRA) Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot | Soviet Union (URS) Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste | United States (USA) John Shadden Charles McKee |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Spain (ESP) Jordi Calafat Francisco Sanchez | United States (USA) Morgan Reeser Kevin Burnham | Estonia (EST) Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Ukraine (UKR) Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko | Great Britain (GBR) John Merricks Ian Walker | Portugal (POR) Victor Rocha Nuno Barreto |
| 2000 Sydney details | Australia (AUS) Tom King Mark Turnbull | United States (USA) Paul Foerster Robert Merrick | Argentina (ARG) Javier Conte Juan de la Fuente |
| 2004 Athens details | United States (USA) Paul Foerster Kevin Burnham | Great Britain (GBR) Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield | Japan (JPN) Kazuto Seki Kenjiro Todoroki |
| 2008 Beijing details | Australia (AUS) Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Great Britain (GBR) Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield | France (FRA) Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset |
| 2012 London details | Australia (AUS) Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | Great Britain (GBR) Luke Patience Stuart Bithell | Argentina (ARG) Lucas Calabrese Juan de la Fuente |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Croatia (CRO) Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | Australia (AUS) Mathew Belcher William Ryan | Greece (GRE) Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Australia (AUS) Mathew Belcher William Ryan | Sweden (SWE) Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström | Spain (ESP) Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez |

#### Women

| Gamesvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1988 Seoul details | United States (USA) Allison Jolly Lynne Jewell | Sweden (SWE) Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson | Soviet Union (URS) Larisa Moskalenko Iryna Chunykhovska |
| 1992 Barcelona details | Spain (ESP) Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra | New Zealand (NZL) Leslie Egnot Jan Shearer | United States (USA) Jennifer Isler Pamela Healy |
| 1996 Atlanta details | Spain (ESP) Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne | Japan (JPN) Yumiko Shige Alicia Kinoshita | Ukraine (UKR) Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchik |
| 2000 Sydney details | Australia (AUS) Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell | United States (USA) J. J. Isler Sarah Glaser | Ukraine (UKR) Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchik |
| 2004 Athens details | Greece (GRE) Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | Spain (ESP) Sandra Azón Natalia Vía Dufresne | Sweden (SWE) Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson |
| 2008 Beijing details | Australia (AUS) Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson | Netherlands (NED) Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout | Brazil (BRA) Fernanda Oliveira Isabel Swan |
| 2012 London details | New Zealand (NZL) Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Great Britain (GBR) Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | Netherlands (NED) Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro details | Great Britain (GBR) Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | New Zealand (NZL) Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | France (FRA) Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance |
| 2020 Tokyo details | Great Britain (GBR) Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre | Poland (POL) Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar | France (FRA) Camille Lecointre Aloïse Retornaz |

#### Mixed

| Gamesvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2024 Paris details | Austria (AUT) Lara Vadlau Lukas Mähr | Japan (JPN) Keiju Okada Miho Yoshioka | Sweden (SWE) Anton Dahlberg Lovisa Karlsson |

### 470 World Championships
#### Open

| Year vte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1970 Lake Lacanau | France Yves Carré Hervé Carré | France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant | France Didier Poisson Denis Londeix |
| 1971 Ostend | Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen | France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant | France Bruno Demartial Bernard Demartial |
| 1972 Montreal | Netherlands Sjoerd Vollebregt Erik Vollebregt | France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant | Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen |
| 1973 Kiel | Denmark Henrik Söderlund Age Börresen | United States Peter Commette Michael Loeb | Netherlands Joop van Werkhoven Robert van Werkhoven |
| 1974 Naples | Spain Antonio Gorostegui Manuel Albalat | France Philippe Lecrit Dominique Duvallet | Spain Juan Santana Francisco Colom |
| 1975 New York | France Marc Laurent Roger Surmin | France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant | France Jean-François Fountaine Claire Fountaine |
| 1976 | not held | not held | not held |
| 1977 Shizuoka | United States David Ullman Tom Linskey | Japan Kazunori Komatsu Yasuyuki Hakomori | New Zealand Mark Paterson David Mackay |
| 1978 Marstrand | United States David Ullman Tom Linskey | Canada Gerry Roufs Charles Robitaille | West Germany John Pudenz Ulrich Kittmann |
| 1979 Medemblik | Japan Miyuki Kay Ryo Komiya | France Laurent Delage Hervé Wattine | France Stéphane Richer Philippe Claude |
| 1980 Porto Alegre | United States David Ullman Tom Linskey | France Laurent Delage Hervé Wattine | France Stéphane Richer Philippe Claude |
| 1981 Quiberon | New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox | United States Steve Benjamin Chris Steinfeld | Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi |
| 1982 Cascais | East Germany Jörn Borowski Eckbert Swensson | France Daniel Peponnet Pascal Champaloux | New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox |
| 1983 Weymouth | New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox | West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Jochen Hunger | Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander |
| 1984 Auckland | New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox | New Zealand Chris Dickson Joe Allen | New Zealand Peter Evans Sean Reeves |

#### Men and Mixed

| Year vte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985 Marina di Carrara | Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi | France Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot | East Germany Jörn Borowski Mathias Gall |
| 1986 Salou | France Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot | West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Jochen Hunger | West Germany Ludger Hüttermann Nils Körte |
| 1987 Kiel | East Germany Bernd Hoeft Falko Bier | Italy Pietro D'Alì Giuseppe Cojana | East Germany Jürgen Brietzke Ekkehard Schulz |
| 1988 Haifa | Great Britain Nigel Buckley Peter Newlands | Italy Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco | United States John Shadden Charlie Mckee |
| 1989 Tsu City | Japan Tomoaki Tsutsumi Nobuhiro Tsutsumi | Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez | Japan Kenji Nakamura Masayuki Takahashi |
| 1990 Medemblik | West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Rolf Schmidt | Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez | France Olivier Ponthieu Gilles Espinasse |
| 1991 Brisbane | Germany Wolfgang Hunger Rolf Schmidt | Netherlands Lankhorst Taselaar Ben Kouwenhoven | Great Britain Paul Brotherton Andy Hemmings |
| 1992 Rota | Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez | Italy Matteo Ivaldi Michele Ivaldi | Finland Perti Leskinen Mika Aarnikka |
| 1993 Crozon-Morgat | Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez | France Jean-François Berthet Gwenaël Berthet | Israel Shai Bachar Erez Shemesh |
| 1994 Helsinki | Netherlands Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven | Japan Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki | Sweden Markus Westerlind Henrik Wallin |
| 1995 Toronto | Greece Andreas Kosmatopoulos Costas Trigonis | Italy Matteo Ivaldi Michelle Ivaldi | Israel Ran Shental Nir Shental |
| 1996 Porto Alegre | Netherlands Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven | Great Britain John Merricks Ian Walker | Japan Kenji Nakamura Masato Takaki |
| 1997 Tel Aviv | Finland Petri Leskinen Kristian Heinilä | Portugal Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto | Sweden Marcus Westerlind Henrik Wallin |
| 1998 Mallorca | France Gildas Philippe Tanguy Cariou | Slovenia Tomaž Čopi Mitja Margon | Sweden Johan Molund Mattias Rahm |
| 1999 Melbourne | France Benoit Petit Jean-Francois Cuzon | Sweden Johan Molund Mattias Rahm | Poland Tomasz Stańczyk Tomasz Jakubiak |
| 2000 Lake Balaton | Australia Tom King Mark Turnbull | France Gildas Philippe Tanguy Cariou | Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko |
| 2001 Koper | Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko | Great Britain Nick Rogers Joe Glanfield | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page |
| 2002 Cagliari | New Zealand Simon Cooke Peter Nicholas | Greece Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigonis | Spain Gustavo Martínez Tunte Cantero |

#### Men

| Year vte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2003 Cádiz details | Italy Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Spain Gustavo Martínez Dimas Wood |
| 2004 Zadar | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Sweden Johan Molund Martin Andersson | Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield |
| 2005 San Francisco | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield | France Gildas Philippe Nicolas le Berre |
| 2006 Rizhao | Great Britain Nic Asher Elliot Willis | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal |
| 2007 Cascais details | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Netherlands Sven Coster Kalle Coster | Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal |
| 2008 Mordialloc | Great Britain Nic Asher Elliot Willis | Portugal Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes | Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal |
| 2009 Copenhagen | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell | Japan Ryunosuke Harada Yugo Yoshida |
| 2010 The Hague | Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | France Nicolas Charbonnier Baptiste Meyer | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić |
| 2011 Perth details | Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić |
| 2012 Barcelona | Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | France Pierre Leboucher Vincent Garos | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić |
| 2013 La Rochelle | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | France Pierre Leboucher Nicolas le Berre | Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis |
| 2014 Santander details | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis |
| 2015 Haifa | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | Russia Pavel Sozykin Denis Gribanov |
| 2016 San Isidro | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić | New Zealand Paul Snow-Hansen Daniel Willcox | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan |
| 2017 Thessaloniki details | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström | Austria David Bargher Lukas Mähr |
| 2018 Aarhus details | France Kevin Peponnet Jérémie Mion | Japan Tetsuya Isozaki Akira Takayanagi | Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez |
| 2019 Enoshima details | Australia Mathew Belcher Will Ryan | Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez | Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström |
| 2021 Vilamoura details | Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström | Portugal Diogo Costa Pedro Costa | Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez |

#### Women

| Year vte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1985 Marina di Carrara | Canada Karen Johnson Katrin Johnson | Netherlands Tonny Vooren Henneke Stavenuiter | Italy Paola Porta Anna Barabino |
| 1986 | not held to avoid conflict with the IYRU Women's World Championship | not held to avoid conflict with the IYRU Women's World Championship | not held to avoid conflict with the IYRU Women's World Championship |
| 1987 Kiel | West Germany Susanne Meyer Katrin Adlkofer | United States Pease Herndon Cindy Goff | East Germany Susanne Theel Silke Preuß |
| 1988 Haifa | Sweden Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson | United States Lisa Niece Patricia Raymond | United States J. J. Isler Amy Wardell |
| 1989 Tsu City | West Germany Susanne Meyer Katrin Adlkofer | New Zealand Leslie Egnot Jan Shearer | Great Britain S. Rees Jones S. Hay |
| 1990 Medemblik | West Germany Tanja Stemmler Sabine Lenkmann | East Germany Peggy Hardwiger Christina Pinnow | Spain Núria Bover Irene Martín |
| 1991 Brisbane | United States J. J. Isler Pamela Healy | Soviet Union Larisa Moskalenko Olena Pakholchyk | Germany Susanne Peters Wibke Bülle |
| 1992 Rota | Spain Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra | Japan Yumiko Shige Alicia Kinoshita | Italy Maria Quarra Anna Barabino |
| 1993 Crozon-Morgat | Germany Ines Bohn Sabine Rohatzsch | Spain Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra | Italy Frederica Salva Emanuela Sossi |
| 1994 Helsinki | Germany Ines Bohn Sabine Rohatzsch | Germany Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer | Germany Peggy Hardwiger Christina Pinnow |
| 1995 Toronto | Spain Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne | Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk | Japan Yumiko Shige Alicia Konoshita |
| 1996 Porto Alegre | Spain Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne | Germany Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer | Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle |
| 1997 Tel Aviv | Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk | Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle | Ukraine Vlada Krachun Natalia Gaponovitsch |
| 1998 Mallorca | Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk | Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward | Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle |
| 1999 Melbourne | Ukraine Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk | Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward | Italy Federica Salvà Emanuela Sossi |
| 2000 Lake Balaton | Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | Australia Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell | Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón |
| 2001 Koper | Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | Australia Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell | Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón |
| 2002 Cagliari | Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Margriet Matthijsse | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux |
| 2003 Cádiz details | Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux | Russia Wlada Iljenko Natalia Gaponovitsch |
| 2004 Zadar | Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson | Slovenia Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec | Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila |
| 2005 San Francisco | Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout | Great Britain Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux |
| 2006 Rizhao | Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout | Japan Ai Kondo Naoko Kamata | Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson |
| 2007 Cascais details | Netherlands Marcelien de Koning Lobke Berkhout | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux | Great Britain Christina Bassadone Saskia Clark |
| 2008 Mordialloc | United States Erin Maxwell Isabelle Kinsolving | Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol | Australia Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson |
| 2009 Copenhagen | Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout | Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux |
| 2010 The Hague | Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout | New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol |
| 2011 Perth details | Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos | Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie |
| 2012 Barcelona | Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | France Camille Lecointre Mathilde Géron | Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Lobke Berkhout |
| 2013 La Rochelle | New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar | China Wang Xiaoli Huang Xufeng |
| 2014 Santander details | Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar | New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark |
| 2015 Haifa | Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar | Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | France Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance |
| 2016 San Isidro | France Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance | New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie | Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar |
| 2017 Thessaloniki details | Poland Agnieszka Skrzypulec Irmina Mróz-Gliszczyńska | Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre | Slovenia Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol |
| 2018 Aarhus details | Japan Ai Yoshida Miho Yoshioka | Spain Silvia Mas Patricia Cantero | Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre |
| 2019 Enoshima details | Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre | Japan Ai Yoshida Miho Yoshioka | France Camille Lecointre Aloïse Retornaz |
| 2021 Vilamoura details | Spain Silvia Mas Patricia Cantero | Netherlands Afrodite Zegers Lobke Berkhout | Italy Elena Berta Bianca Caruso |

### 470 World Junior Championships
#### Men

| Yearvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2016 Kiel | Japan Keiju Okada Naoya Kimura | Spain David Charles Alex Charles | Japan Daichi Takayama Akira Takayanagi |
| 2018 | | | |
| 2019 Slovenia | Giacomo Ferrari (ITA) Giulio Calabrò (ITA) | Daniel Gōttlich (GER) Linus Klasen (GER) | Lucas Schlüter (GER) Frederick Eichhorst (GER) |
| 2024 Darıca | Matisse Pacaud (FRA) Lucie de Gennes (FRA) | Lomane Valade (FRA) Julien Bunel (FRA) | Manon Pennaneac'h (FRA) Pierre Williot (FRA) |

#### Women

| Yearvte | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 2016 Kiel | Spain Silvia Mas Paula Barceló | France Marina Lefort Lara Granier | Germany Maria Bozi Rafailina Klonaridou |
| 2018 | | | |
| 2019 Slovenia | Luise Wanser (GER) Helena WANSER (GER) | Paola AMAR (FRA) Marine RIOU (FRA) | Theres DAHNKE (GER) Birte WINKEL (GER) |