# 2023 Sailing World Championships – 49er

The 49er competition at the 2023 Sailing World Championships was the men's skiff event and was held in The Hague, the Netherlands, 11–18 August 2023. The entries were limited to 85 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 Bart Lambriex and Floris van de Werken. Lambriex and van de Werken had also won the Paris 2024 Test Event the month before. In the Sailing World Cup, Logan Dunning Beck and Oscar Gunn of New Zealand had won the Trofeo Princesa Sofía, Diego Botín and Florián Trittel of Spain had won the Semaine Olympique Française, Lambriex and van de Werken had won the Allianz Regatta, and Łukasz Przybytek and Jacek Piasecki of Poland had won the Kiel Week.
In strong current, Botín and Trittel lead after the first day with two race wins and a fifth place, on the same points as Nevin Snow and Mac Agnese of the United States, also two race wins. When the qualifying series of the opening series concluded on 13 August, Lambriex and van de Werken led 1.8 points ahead of Botín and Trittel. With racing continuing, Lambriex and van de Werken secured their third world championship title before the medal race, being 26.8 points ahead of their next opponent. Second-placed Botín and Trittel, in their turn was 3.2 points ahead of Sébastien Schneiter and Arno De Planta of Switzerland. Through the medal race, Schneiter and De Planta overtook Botín and Trittel in the overall results after a bad start from the Spanish team.
With the final results, national quotas were awarded the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, Great Britain, New Zealand, the United States, Croatia, Poland, Denmark and Austria.

## Results

Results of individual races :
| Pos | Crew | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | XI | XII | XIII | XIV | XV | MR | Tot | Pts |
| | Bart Lambriex Floris van de Werken | Netherlands | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13$^†$ | 6 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 76 | 63 |
| | Sébastien Schneiter Arno De Planta | Switzerland | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 25$^†$ | 9 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 116 | 91 |
| | Diego Botín Florián Trittel | Spain | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | RDG 8 | RDG 2.8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | BFD 26$^†$ | 16 | 20 | 117.8 | 91.8 |
| 4 | Isaac McHardie William McKenzie | New Zealand | 2 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | RET 26$^†$ | 9 | 13 | 2 | 125 | 99 |
| 5 | Andrew Mollerus Ian Macdiarmid | United States | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 15$^†$ | 1 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 115 | 100 |
| 6 | James Peters Fynn Sterritt | Great Britain | 3 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 23$^†$ | 22 | 17 | 1 | 14 | 123 | 100 |
| 7 | Łukasz Przybytek Jacek Piasecki | Poland | 17 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 18 | 24$^†$ | 5 | 2 | 16 | 20 | 4 | 132 | 108 |
| 8 | Šime Fantela Mihovil Fantela | Croatia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 17 | RET 26$^†$ | 7 | 6 | 135 | 109 |
| 9 | Ian Barrows Hans Henken | United States | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 17$^†$ | 11 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 133 | 116 |
| 10 | Dominik Buksak Szymon Wierzbicki | Poland | 3 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 11 | 16$^†$ | 8 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 132 | 116 |
| 11 | Frederik Rask Jakob Precht Jensen | Denmark | 27$^†$ | 3 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 7 | 15 | – | 142 | 115 |
| 12 | Benjamin Bildstein David Hussl | Austria | 8 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 19 | 20$^†$ | 4 | – | 143 | 123 |
| 13 | Erwan Fischer Clément Péquin | France | 17 | UFD 29$^†$ | 11 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 11 | – | 156 | 127 |
| 14 | Robert Dickson Sean Waddilove | Ireland | BFD 29$^†$ | 2 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 24 | BFD 26 | 6 | – | 159 | 130 |
| 15 | Chris Taylor Rhos Hawes | Great Britain | 14 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 25$^†$ | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | – | 155 | 130 |
| 16 | Mikołaj Staniul Jakub Sztorch | Poland | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 24$^†$ | 5 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 17 | – | 156 | 132 |
| 17 | Maximilian Stingele Linov Scheel | Germany | 9 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 23$^†$ | – | 161 | 138 |
| 18 | Uberto Crivelli Visconti Giulio Calabrò | Italy | 14 | 6 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 12 | 23$^†$ | 18 | 21 | – | 169 | 146 |
| 19 | Nevin Snow Mac Agnese | United States | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 14 | 24$^†$ | – | 173 | 149 |
| 20 | Lucas Rual Émile Amoros | France | 10 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 21 | BFD 26$^†$ | 19 | – | 179 | 153 |
| 21 | Tom Burton Max Paul | Australia | 4 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 19 | DNS 29$^†$ | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | – | 185 | 156 |
| 22 | Kévin Fischer Yann Jauvin | France | 19 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 27$^†$ | 3 | 18 | 24 | 18 | BFD 26 | 8 | – | 186 | 159 |
| 23 | Logan Dunning Beck Oscar Gunn | New Zealand | 2 | UFD 29$^†$ | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 20 | 13 | 19 | 22 | – | 188 | 159 |
| 24 | Hernán Umpierre Fernando Diz | Uruguay | 10 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 3 | 17 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 25$^†$ | – | 186 | 161 |
| 25 | Daniel Nyborg Nikolaj Hoffmann Buhl | Denmark | 4 | 9 | 15 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 22 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 25$^†$ | 11 | 3 | 18 | – | 187 | 162 |
| 26 | Wen Zaiding Liu Tian | China | 11 | 18$^†$ | 13 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 1 | – | 136 | 118 |
| 27 | Thomas Needham Joel Turner | Australia | 13 | 16$^†$ | 9 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 5 | – | 141 | 125 |
| 28 | Julien d'Ortoli Noé Delpech | France | 15 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 19 | BFD 30$^†$ | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | – | 157 | 127 |
| 29 | Yannick Lefèbvre Jan Heuninck | Belgium | 12 | 9 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 24 | BFD 30$^†$ | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 3 | – | 162 | 132 |
| 30 | Jim Colley Shaun Connor | Australia | 18 | 11 | 15 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 20 | BFD 30$^†$ | 8 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 2 | – | 166 | 136 |
| 31 | Leo Takahashi Tim Morishima | Japan | 12 | 22 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 16 | UFD 29$^†$ | 6 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 9 | – | 176 | 147 |
| 32 | Fabian Graf Tom Heinrich | Germany | 5 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 15 | 5 | 6 | 1 | RET 30$^†$ | 25 | 11 | 16 | – | 178 | 148 |
| 33 | Keanu Prettner Jakob Flachberger | Austria | 16 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 21 | BFD 30$^†$ | 13 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 11 | – | 184 | 154 |
| 34 | Joshua Richner Nilo Scharer | Switzerland | 26$^†$ | 18 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 19 | – | 194 | 168 |
| 35 | Jakob Meggendorfer Andreas Spranger | Germany | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | DSQ 29$^†$ | 20 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 11 | 28 | 5 | 6 | 7 | – | 201 | 172 |
| 36 | Elliott Wells Billy Vennis-Ozanne | Great Britain | 9 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 3 | 25 | 23 | 28$^†$ | 18 | – | 204 | 176 |
| 37 | Simone Ferrarese Leonardo Chisté | Italy | 25 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 21 | BFD 30$^†$ | 19 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 12 | – | 210 | 180 |
| 38 | Don Whitcraft Dylan Whitcraft | Thailand | 11 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 27$^†$ | 27 | 13 | – | 207 | 180 |
| 39 | Wang Xin Qi Tianyu | China | 7 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 15.5 | 29$^†$ | 15 | 9 | 23 | 15 | – | 210.5 | 181.5 |
| 40 | Albert Torres Elias Aretz | Spain | 10 | 14 | 20 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 26$^†$ | – | 213 | 187 |
| 41 | Campbell Stanton William Shapland | New Zealand | 16 | 5 | 26$^†$ | 16 | 10 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 13 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 16 | 14 | – | 219 | 193 |
| 42 | Akira Sakai Russell Aylsworth | Hong Kong | 9 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 12 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 13 | BFD 30$^†$ | 27 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 4 | – | 227 | 197 |
| 43 | Malo Kennish Anatole Martin | France | 6 | 24$^†$ | 2 | 21 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 22 | 24 | 23 | – | 226 | 202 |
| 44 | William Jones Justin Barnes | Canada | 5 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 22$^†$ | 20 | 14 | 22 | 20 | – | 229 | 207 |
| 45 | Séafra Guilfoyle Johnny Durcan | Ireland | 14 | 16 | 18 | 28 | 10 | 2 | BFD 29 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 15 | 26 | UFD 30$^†$ | – | 241 | 211 |
| 46 | Shingen Furuya Akira Takayanagi | Japan | 6 | 8 | 20 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 19 | 26 | 9 | BFD 30$^†$ | 10 | 22 | – | 242 | 212 |
| 47 | Oskari Muhonen Edvard Bremer | Finland | 17 | 23 | 16 | 23 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 19 | 12 | 24$^†$ | 7 | 24 | 15 | 8 | – | 239 | 215 |
| 48 | Nick Robins Alexander Hughes | Great Britain | 2 | 5 | 19 | 21 | 16 | DNC 29$^†$ | 17 | 10 | 13 | 15.5 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 21 | 17 | – | 247.5 | 218.5 |
| 49 | Thomas Cunich Miles Davey | Australia | 26 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 20 | RET 30$^†$ | – | 260 | 230 |
| 50 | Kristian Præst Marcus Langagergaard | Denmark | 16 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 14 | 22 | STP 7 | UFD 30$^†$ | 21 | 12 | 26 | 13 | 25 | – | 262 | 232 |
| 51 | James Grummett Sam Jones | Great Britain | 15 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 14 | 26$^†$ | 20 | 19 | 21 | – | 259 | 233 |
| 52 | Adam Głogowski Maciej Krusiec | Poland | 13 | 10 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 12 | BFD 30$^†$ | 28 | 16 | 18 | 25 | 10 | – | 269 | 239 |
| 53 | Ganapathy Kelapanda Varun Thakkar | India | 8 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 20 | 22 | BFD 30$^†$ | 15 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 24 | – | 269 | 239 |
| 54 | Ander Belausteguigoitia Danel Belausteguigoitia | Mexico | STP 8 | 14 | 24 | 15 | 18 | DSQ 29 | 20 | 6 | 16 | 14 | 25 | 27 | BFD 30$^†$ | DNS 30 | DNS 30 | – | 306 | 276 |
| 55 | Jack Ferguson Jack Hildebrand | Australia | BFD 29$^†$ | 12 | 23 | 13 | RET 29 | 13 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | – | 198 | 169 |
| 56 | Marco Grael Gabriel Simões | Brazil | 24 | 9 | 14 | 22 | DNF 29$^†$ | DNF 29 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 15 | – | 203 | 174 |
| 57 | Juuso Roihu Lasse Lindell | Finland | 19 | 17 | 10 | 17 | 19 | 21$^†$ | 21 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 10 | – | 198 | 177 |
| 58 | Christopher Williford Duncan Williford | United States | BFD 29$^†$ | 13 | 20 | 18 | 20 | DNF 29 | 18 | UFD 29 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 5 | – | 209 | 180 |
| 59 | Massimo Contessi Luca Contessi | Argentina | 21 | 17 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 25$^†$ | 24 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 6 | – | 212 | 187 |
| 60 | Arie Moffat Ryan Wood | Canada | BFD 29$^†$ | 21 | 26 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 7 | 11 | – | 222 | 193 |
| 61 | Pavlos Kagialis Ioannis Orfanos | Greece | STP 8 | 13 | 24 | 19 | UFD 29 | 18 | 16 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 12 | UFD 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | – | 257 | 227 |
| 62 | Carl Emil Sloth Simon Christoffersen | Denmark | 13 | 21 | 17 | 19 | 21 | DNF 29 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 15 | DNC 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | 7 | – | 277 | 247 |
| 63 | Tal Sade Ely Reuveny | Israel | STP 9 | 25 | 25 | 24 | 17 | DNF 29 | 19 | 25 | 26 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | UFD 30$^†$ | 14 | – | 279 | 249 |
| 64 | Robbert Huisman Jorn Swart | Netherlands | 23 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 9 | DNS 30$^†$ | – | 280 | 250 |
| 65 | Olaf Ganzevles Stijn Gast | Netherlands | 27$^†$ | 24 | 23 | 17 | 24 | 14 | 22 | 25 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 3 | – | 279 | 252 |
| 66 | Jens-Christian Dehn-Toftehøj Mads Fuglbjerg | Denmark | 18 | UFD 29 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 21 | 25 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 6 | UFD 30$^†$ | 4 | – | 284 | 254 |
| 67 | Maor Abu Yam Wirtheim | Israel | STP 22 | 15 | 19 | 20 | 23 | 12 | 24 | 8 | 22 | 9 | 23 | 2 | DNC 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | – | 289 | 259 |
| 68 | Pol Marsans José Manuel Ruiz | Spain | 24 | 22 | 23 | 23 | DNF 29 | DNS 29 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 15 | 17 | 6 | 8 | DSQ 30$^†$ | 2 | – | 290 | 260 |
| 69 | Taylor Hasson Steven Hardee | U.S. Virgin Islands | 22 | 26 | 14 | 26 | DNF 29$^†$ | DNF 29 | 23 | 22 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 17 | – | 291 | 262 |
| 70 | Thomas Staples William Staples | Canada | 28 | 20 | 27 | 26 | 20 | 24 | UFD 29$^†$ | 27 | 23 | 1 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 11 | 9 | – | 298 | 269 |
| 71 | Marius Westerlind Olle Aronsson | Sweden | 20 | 20 | 22 | DNF 29$^†$ | 25 | 17 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 12 | 10 | 24 | 17 | 17 | 13 | – | 299 | 270 |
| 72 | Pedro Costa João Bolina | Portugal | 20 | 23 | 28 | DNF 29$^†$ | 20 | DNC 29 | BFD 29 | 20 | 23 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 16 | – | 299 | 270 |
| 73 | Koh Yi Nian Tan Jen-E | Singapore | STP 29$^†$ | 25 | 26 | 25 | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 6 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 8 | – | 300 | 271 |
| 74 | Ricardo Alves Tiago Alves | Portugal | STP 26 | 19 | 27 | 25 | DNF 29$^†$ | 19 | 23 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 18 | 13 | 18 | – | 306 | 277 |
| 75 | Aanand Thakur Satyam Rangad | India | 22 | 26 | 25 | 27 | 23 | DNF 29 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 20 | 20 | UFD 30$^†$ | 12 | – | 318 | 288 |
| 76 | Evangelos Dolianitis Nikolaos Giotopoulos | Greece | 22 | NSC 29$^†$ | 27 | DNF 29 | DNS 29 | DNC 29 | 24 | 23 | STP 22 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 19 | 16 | 21 | – | 331 | 302 |
| 77 | Casey Law Jack Dingemans | Hong Kong | 19 | 27 | 28 | 25 | DNS 29 | DNC 29 | 20 | 24 | 26 | 8 | 13 | 22 | UFD 30$^†$ | 15 | 19 | – | 334 | 304 |
| 78 | Oscar Andersson Alexander Brorsson | Sweden | STP 21 | 24 | 22 | 23 | DNF 29 | DNS 29 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 21 | 18 | UFD 30$^†$ | 12 | 20 | – | 341 | 311 |
| 79 | Mathias Berthet Jeppe Nilsen | Norway | 21 | 23 | 24 | 4 | UFD 29 | UFD 29 | 12 | 16 | 12 | DNC 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | – | 350 | 320 |
| 80 | Teruaki Shimakura Shintaro Kamisonoda | Japan | 23 | 21 | 16 | 20 | 14 | 15 | 21 | 20 | 23 | DNS 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | – | 353 | 323 |
| 81 | Sam Bacon Cailen Rochford | New Zealand | 12 | UFD 29 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 7 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | – | 364 | 334 |
| 82 | Kim Kyoung-duk Bae Sang-woo | South Korea | 1 | 19 | 4 | 27 | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | – | 376 | 346 |
| 83 | Willem van der Wal Corne Janssen | Netherlands | BFD 29 | 22 | 25 | 24 | DNF 29 | DNF 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 29 | DNC 30$^†$ | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | DNC 30 | – | 425 | 395 |
Scoring system: low-point system; Source: Legend: – Qualified for medal race(s); BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; NSC – Did not sail the course; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; STP – Standard penalty imposed; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; † – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;