# 2002 ISAF World Sailing Games

The 2002 ISAF World Sailing Games was held in Marseille, France, 29 June – 10 July.
The selected classes were 470 (men and women), Hobie 16 (open and women), women's J/22, J/80, men's Laser, women's Laser Radial, Techno 293 (open and women). Each country were allowed to entry two sailors per event, with addition to the ISAF rankings leaders in Olympic classes, winners of the preceding 1998 games and winners of the 2000 Olympics.

## Competition format
### Events and equipment

Each country were allowed to entry two sailors per event, with addition to the ISAF rankings leaders in Olympic classes (end of April 2002), winners of the preceding 1998 games and winners of the 2000 Olympics.
| Event | Equipment |
| Men's one-person dinghy | Laser |
| Men's two-person dinghy | 470 |
| Men's keelboat | J/80 |
| Men's and mixed multihull | Hobie 16 |
| Men's sailboard | Techno 293 |
| Women's one-person dinghy | Laser Radial |
| Women's two-person dinghy | 470 |
| Women's keelboat | J/22 |
| Women's multihull | Hobie 16 |
| Women's sailboard | Techno 293 |

### Invited sailors

| Criteria | Men | Men | Men | Men | Men | Women | Women | Women | Women | Women |
| Criteria | Laser | 470 | J/80 | Hobie 16 | Techno 293 | Laser Radial | 470 | J/22 | Hobie 16 | Techno 293 |
| ISAF World Sailing Rankings leader | | | — | — | | — | | — | — | |
| 2000 Olympic champions | Ben Ainslie Iain Percy | Tom King Thomas Johanson | Mark Reynolds Jesper Bank | Roman Hagara | Christoph Sieber | Shirley Robertson | Jenny Armstrong | — | — | Alessandra Sensini |
| 1998 World Games champions | Ben Ainslie | Leskinen & Heinila | Brenac, Cunningham, Dubreucq & Moner | Ferry & Lewis | — | Kristine Roug | Taran & Pakholchyk | Jensen, Jespersen, Kiel Nielsen & Strøm | Schabort & Anley | — |
* ↑ Tornado as the Olympic class
* 1 2 Mistral as the Olympic class
* ↑ won Finn
* ↑ won 49er
* ↑ won Star
* ↑ won Soling
* ↑ won Europe

## Summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (France)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France (FRA)* | 4 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Great Britain (GBR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Greece (GRE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Puerto Rico (PUR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | United States (USA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Event medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 470 | Israel Yogev Yosef Shahaf Amir | France Benjamin Bonnaud Romain Bonnaud | Spain Gustavo Martínez Tunte Cantero |
| Women's 470 | Australia Jenny Armstrong Belinda Stowell | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux | Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón |
| Open Hobie Cat | Australia Darren Bundock Mark Padgett | Australia Gavin Colby Simone Mattfield | Puerto Rico Enrique Figueroa Carla Malatrasi |
| Women's Hobie Cat | France Marie Duvignac Claire Japhet | France Florence Delory Laurian Le Gac | United States Susan Korzeniewski Stephanie O'Connor |
| J/22 | France Christine Briand Eloid Bour Pascale Dentraygues Claire Pruvot | New Zealand Karleen Dixon Roberts Jenny Egnot Felicity Lind-Mithcell | Australia Susan Walters Karyn Gojnich Caroline Brisbois Heidi Gordon |
| J/80 | France François Brenac Erik Ferran Xavier Rohart Thierry Fouchier | Italy Gianni Sommariva Broccanello Luca Mungo unknown | Great Britain Paul Brotherton Magnus Leask Simon Russel Simon Near |
| Laser | Robert Scheidt (BRA) | Andreas Geritzer (AUT) | Evangelos Chimonas (GRE) |
| Laser Radial | Sophie de Turckheim (FRA) | Katarzyna Szotyńska (POL) | Gea Barbie (CRO) |
| Men's Techno 293 | Andrea Cucchi (ITA) | Wilhelm Schurmann (BRA) | Alberto Menegatti (ITA) |
| Women's Techno 293 | Alessandra Sensini (ITA) | Lise Vidal (FRA) | Eugenie Raffin (FRA) |