# 2023 Sailing World Championships – 49er FX

The 49er FX competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the women's skiff event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 11–18 August 2023. The entries were limited to 70 boats. The competitors participated in an opening series that was planned to 15 races, followed by a medal race. The medal race was planned for 18 August.
The competition served as a qualifying event for the 2024 Olympic sailing competition with 10 out of 20 national quota being distributed at the event.

## Summary

The entry list included Dutch back-to-back world champions Odile van Aanholt and Annette Duetz. van Aanholt and Duetz had also won the Paris 2024 Test Event the month before. The Netherlands duo however suffered from an injury going in to the competition. In the Sailing World Cup, Martine Grael and Kahena Kunze of Brazil had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofía, van Aanholt & Duetz had won the Semaine Olympique Française, and Marla Bergmann and Hanna Wille of Germany had won the Kiel Week.
After the first day of racing, two races being held, three teams had three points; Swedish duo Vilma Bobeck and Rebecca Netzler; Isaura Maenhaut and Anouk Geurts of Belgium; and Australian pair Olivia Price and Evie Haseldine. Swedish team continued with race wins and had six wins and three other podiums out of nine races. During Tuesday 15 August, after twelve races, Bobeck and Netzler increased their lead to 35 points in decreasing and shifty condition.
Further competition led to that Bobeck and Netzler won the gold with one day to spare. With no wind on the day of the medal race, standings were confirmed with Bobeck and Netzler as champions, van Aanholt and Duetz as silver medallists and Price and Haseldine to take the bronze medals.
With the final results, national quotas were awarded Sweden, the Netherlands, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, New Zealand, the United States, Norway, Spain and Denmark.

## Results

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | Tot | Pts |
| | Vilma Bobeck Rebecca Netzler | Sweden | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 19 | BFD 26$^†$ | 1 | 9 | 74 | 48 |
| | Odile van Aanholt Annette Duetz | Netherlands | 3 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 10 | DSQ 30$^†$ | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 114 | 84 |
| | Olivia Price Evie Haseldine | Australia | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 23$^†$ | 4 | 10 | 20 | 111 | 88 |
| 4 | Isaura Maenhaut Anouk Geurts | Belgium | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 20 | 21$^†$ | 16 | 1 | 5 | 19 | 120 | 99 |
| 5 | Freya Black Saskia Tidey | Great Britain | 9 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 24$^†$ | 125 | 101 |
| 6 | Jo Aleh Molly Meech | New Zealand | 4 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 18$^†$ | 7 | 124 | 106 |
| 7 | Stephanie Roble Maggie Shea | United States | 1 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | BFD 26$^†$ | 20 | 17 | 134 | 108 |
| 8 | Pia Dahl Andersen Nora Edland | Norway | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 26$^†$ | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 6 | 135 | 109 |
| 9 | Támara Echegoyen Paula Barceló | Spain | 6 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 12 | RET 26$^†$ | 13 | 9 | 6 | 23 | 144 | 118 |
| 10 | Johanne Schmidt Andrea Schmidt | Denmark | 6 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 25$^†$ | 150 | 125 |
| 11 | Ronja Grönblom Veera Hokka | Finland | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 1 | 5 | BFD 26$^†$ | 3 | 18 | 154 | 128 |
| 12 | Martine Grael Kahena Kunze | Brazil | 11 | 10 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 27 | DSQ 30$^†$ | 1 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 162 | 132 |
| 13 | Georgia Lewin-LaFrance Antonia Lewin-LaFrance | Canada | 8 | UFD 31$^†$ | 2 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 164 | 133 |
| 14 | Helene Næss Marie Rønningen | Norway | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 21 | BFD 26$^†$ | 13 | 8 | 160 | 134 |
| 15 | Jana Germani Giorgia Bertuzzi | Italy | 17$^†$ | 6 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 155 | 138 |
| 16 | Paris Henken Anna Tobias | United States | 3 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 14 | BFD 26$^†$ | 9 | 10 | 166 | 140 |
| 17 | Hu Xiaoyu Shan Mengyuan | China | 7 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 3 | STP 18 | 20$^†$ | 13 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 162 | 142 |
| 18 | Alexandra Stalder Silvia Speri | Italy | 5 | 23 | 4 | DSQ 30$^†$ | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 10 | 3 | DNF 26 | 5 | 173 | 143 |
| 19 | Marla Bergmann Hanna Wille | Germany | 24 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 13 | UFD 26$^†$ | 14 | RET 26 | 13 | 179 | 153 |
| 20 | Laura Harding Annie Wilmot | Australia | 9 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 24$^†$ | 3 | 11 | 22 | 21 | 193 | 169 |
| 21 | Alicia Fras Elena Barrio | Spain | STP 6 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 3 | 26$^†$ | 11 | 10 | 23 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 202 | 176 |
| 22 | Aleksandra Melzacka Sandra Jankowiak | Poland | 8 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 18 | BFD 26$^†$ | 19 | 11 | 206 | 180 |
| 23 | Inga-Marie Hofmann Catherine Bartelheimer | Germany | 10 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 24 | BFD 26$^†$ | 21 | 16 | 212 | 186 |
| 24 | Moja Maru Scheel Freya Feilcke | Germany | 20 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 21 | 13 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 17 | 17 | BFD 26$^†$ | 17 | 15 | 216 | 190 |
| 25 | Lara Granier Amelie Riou | France | 11 | 22$^†$ | 16 | 8 | 10 | STP 5 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 221 | 199 |
| 26 | Misaki Tanaka Sera Nagamatsu | Japan | 13 | 15 | 11 | 20 | 15 | STP 17 | 22$^†$ | 20 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 177 | 155 |
| 27 | Megan Brickwood Stephanie Orton | Great Britain | 14 | 18$^†$ | 10 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 179 | 161 |
| 28 | Sarah Steyaert Charline Picon | France | 18 | 8 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | BFD 34$^†$ | 195 | 161 |
| 29 | Mathilde Lovadina Aude Compan | France | 15 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 21$^†$ | 2 | 190 | 169 |
| 30 | Carlotta Omari Sveva Carraro | Italy | 12 | 21 | 23$^†$ | 9 | 15 | 12 | 23 | 18 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 207 | 184 |
| 31 | María Sol Branz Cecilia Carranza | Argentina | 14 | 17 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 5 | 26 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | BFD 34$^†$ | 219 | 185 |
| 32 | Antonia Schultheis Victoria Schultheis | Malta | 18 | 25 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 16 | BFD 34$^†$ | 219 | 185 |
| 33 | Anna Yamazaki Sena Takano | Japan | 15 | 11 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 23$^†$ | 19 | 19 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 215 | 192 |
| 34 | Mina Ferguson Dervla Duggan | Australia | 12 | 3 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 24 | RET 30$^†$ | 20 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 5 | 227 | 197 |
| 35 | Sofia Giunchiglia Giulia Schio | Italy | 17 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 9 | 23 | 25$^†$ | 7 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 225 | 200 |
| 36 | Chen Shasha Wang Mengting | China | 19 | 15 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 2 | BFD 34$^†$ | 241 | 207 |
| 37 | Eleanor Keers Jessica Jobson | Great Britain | 13 | 13 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 30$^†$ | 18 | 11 | 12 | 240 | 210 |
| 38 | Natasha Bryant Madeleine McLeay | Australia | 28$^†$ | 22 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 20 | 24 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 244 | 216 |
| 39 | Rebekka Johannesen Iben Nielsby Christensen | Denmark | 27$^†$ | 16 | 23 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 244 | 217 |
| 40 | Charlotte Henkel Carolina Horlbeck | Germany | 19 | 20 | 12 | 19 | 27$^†$ | 18 | 14 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 11 | 247 | 220 |
| 41 | Kimberly Lim Cecilia Low | Singapore | 23 | 21 | 18 | RET 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | 20 | 16 | 19 | 16 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 13 | 258 | 228 |
| 42 | Josefine Nøjgaard Esther Bojsen-Møller | Denmark | 22 | 23 | 15 | DSQ 30$^†$ | 22 | 20 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 16 | 21 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 259 | 229 |
| 43 | Manon Peyre Clara-Sofia Stamminger de Moura | France | 23 | 18 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 21 | 15 | 24 | 20 | 13 | 29$^†$ | 16 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 283 | 254 |
| 44 | Anđela De Micheli Vitturi Mihaela De Micheli Vitturi | Croatia | 20 | 19 | 27 | 8 | 19 | 12 | 19 | 22 | UFD 30$^†$ | 11 | 23 | 11 | 22 | 27 | RDG 19.3 | 289.3 | 259.3 |
| 45 | Julia Henriksson Klara Johansson | Sweden | 25 | 24 | 24 | 15 | 26$^†$ | 22 | 24 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 290 | 264 |
| 46 | Josephine Frederiksen Laura Zeeberg | Denmark | 24 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 13 | 29 | UFD 30 | 9 | 18 | BFD 34$^†$ | 26 | 13 | 23 | 314 | 280 |
| 47 | Helen Pais Helen Ausman | Estonia | 25 | 26 | 25 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 31$^†$ | 21 | 31 | 4 | 325 | 294 |
| 48 | Courtney Reynolds-Smith Brianna Reynolds-Smith | New Zealand | 21 | 14 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 19 | 25 | 30$^†$ | 3 | 326 | 296 |
| 49 | Marlies Schouten Maud Lodewijk | Netherlands | 26 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 27 | 27 | 25 | 32$^†$ | 18 | 28 | 26 | 7 | 347 | 315 |
| 50 | Zofia Burska Sára Tkadlecová | Czech Republic | 16 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 21 | BFD 34$^†$ | 21 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 17 | 349 | 315 |
| 51 | Gabriela Czapska Hanna Rajchert | Poland | 16 | 14 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 10 | 20 | 23 | DNC 34$^†$ | DNC 34 | DNC 34 | DNC 34 | DNS 34 | DNS 34 | 350 | 316 |
| 52 | Erin McIlwaine Ellie Cunnane | Ireland | 21 | 24 | 21 | 27 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 28 | 26 | 30$^†$ | 30 | 25 | 4 | 24 | 19 | 355 | 325 |
| 53 | Noya Bar Am Saar Tamir | Israel | STP 27 | 28 | 22 | 26 | 29 | 26 | 29 | 16 | 24 | 29 | 8 | 20 | 24 | UFD 34$^†$ | 22 | 364 | 330 |
| 54 | Sandy Choi Maddalena Di Salvo | Hong Kong | 28 | 27 | 27 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 11 | BFD 34$^†$ | 10 | 26 | 27 | 28 | BFD 34 | 368 | 334 |
| 55 | Klara Utterström Ebba Berntsson | Sweden | 22 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 31 | 28 | UFD 34$^†$ | 3 | RET 34 | 371 | 337 |
| 56 | Diana Tudela Adriana Barrón | Peru | STP 28 | 26 | 29 | 23 | 28 | STP 28 | 29 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 30$^†$ | 25 | 21 | 391 | 361 |
| 57 | Manase Ichihashi Rinko Goto | Japan | 30 | DNF 31 | 30 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 27 | 25 | 27 | 10 | 22 | 27 | 31 | 29 | BFD 34$^†$ | 403 | 369 |
| 58 | Vera ter Horst Jorien Hin | Netherlands | 29 | 27 | 26 | DNF 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 24 | 28 | 29 | 29 | 18 | BFD 34$^†$ | 405 | 371 |
Scoring system: low-point system; Source: Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; STP – Standard penalty imposed; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;