# 2023 Sailing World Championships

The 2023 Sailing World Championships were held in The Hague, the Netherlands, from 8 to 20 August 2023. It was the sixth edition of the Sailing World Championships and the world championships for all disciplines at the next Olympics, and for four para sailing classes. It took place on the waters off Scheveningen and offered the chance to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, whose sailing competition were held in Marseille. Para sailing was held on Braassemermeer. Approximately 1,400 sailors were expected.
The venue hosted the 2022 Youth Sailing World Championships.

## Host selection

The following cities competed to win the right to host the Championships.
* Auckland, New Zealand
* The Hague, Netherlands
In May 2018, The Hague was chosen host of the championship. In 2020, it was decided the championships will be held in 2023 instead of 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics.

## Competition format
### Events and equipment

The following events are open for entries:
| Event | Equipment | Max. entries |
| Olympic events |||
| Men's dinghy | ILCA 7 | 140 |
| Men's skiff | 49er | 85 |
| Men's windsurfer | iQFoil | 100 |
| Men's kiteboarding | Formula Kite | 90 |
| Women's dinghy | ILCA 6 | 120 |
| Women's skiff | 49er FX | 70 |
| Women's kiteboarding | Formula Kite | 60 |
| Women's windsurfer | iQFoil | 100 |
| Mixed dinghy | 470 | 70 |
| Mixed multihull | Nacra 17 | 80 |
| Para sailing events |||
| Men's one-person non-technical | Hansa 303 | 50 |
| Women's one-person non-technical | Hansa 303 | 30 |
| Open one-person technical | 2.4 Metre | 40 |
| Open two-person technical | RS Venture Connect | 16 |

## Summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Netherlands)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Netherlands* | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | France | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Italy | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Poland | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Australia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 9 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Singapore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | United States | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Great Britain | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Portugal | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Slovenia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Denmark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

### Event medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 470 details | Keiju Okada Miho Yoshioka Japan | Jordi Xammar Nora Brugman Spain | Tetsuya Isozaki Yurie Seki Japan |
| 49er details | Bart Lambriex Floris van de Werken Netherlands | Sebastien Schneiter Arno De Planta Switzerland | Diego Botín Florián Trittel Spain |
| 49er FX details | Vilma Bobeck Rebecca Netzler Sweden | Odile van Aanholt Annette Duetz Netherlands | Olivia Price Evie Haseldine Australia |
| Men's Formula Kite details | Maximilian Maeder Singapore | Toni Vodišek Slovenia | Axel Mazella France |
| Women's Formula Kite details | Lauriane Nolot France | Eleanor Aldridge Great Britain | Lily Young Great Britain |
| ILCA 7 details | Matthew Wearn Australia | Michael Beckett Great Britain | George Gautrey New Zealand |
| ILCA 6 details | Mária Érdi Hungary | Maud Jayet Switzerland | Anne-Marie Rindom Denmark |
| Men's iQFoil details | Luuc van Opzeeland Netherlands | Sebastian Kördel Germany | Nicolò Renna Italy |
| Women's iQFoil details | Shahar Tibi Israel | Katy Spychakov Israel | Emma Wilson Great Britain |
| Nacra 17 details | Ruggero Tita Caterina Banti Italy | John Gimson Anna Burnet Great Britain | Emil Järudd Hanna Jonsson Sweden |
| Men's Hansa 303 details | Piotr Cichocki Poland | Takumi Niwa Japan | João Pinto Portugal |
| Women's Hansa 303 details | Betsy Alison United States | Olga Górnaś-Grudzień Poland | Alison Weatherly Australia |
| 2.4 Metre details | Heiko Kröger Germany | Antonio Squizzato Italy | Davide Di Maria Italy |
| RS Venture Connect details | Ange Margaron Olivier Ducruix France | Pedro Reis Guilherme Ribeiro Portugal | John McRoberts Scott Lutes Canada |

## Participating national federations

Participating national federations and number of boats per federation:
* Angola (2)
* Antigua and Barbuda (2)
* Argentina (14)
* Aruba (3)
* Australia (36)
* Austria (13)
* Bahamas (1)
* Belgium (9)
* Belize (1)
* Bermuda (4)
* Brazil (17)
* British Virgin Islands (1)
* Bulgaria (3)
* Canada (19)
* Cayman Islands (2)
* Chile (5)
* China (28)
* Chinese Taipei (2)
* Colombia (3)
* Croatia (13)
* Cyprus (6)
* Czech Republic (17)
* Denmark (21)
* Dominican Republic (2)
* Ecuador (1)
* El Salvador (1)
* Estonia (9)
* Fiji (2)
* Finland (14)
* France (52)
* Germany (38)
* Great Britain (44)
* Greece (19)
* Guatemala (2)
* Hong Kong (13)
* Hungary (6)
* India (13)
* Ireland (6)
* Israel (24)
* Italy (36)
* Japan (29)
* Latvia (5)
* Lithuania (7)
* Macau (1)
* Malaysia (3)
* Malta (1)
* Mauritius (2)
* Mexico (8)
* Monaco (1)
* Montenegro (2)
* Morocco (1)
* Mozambique (1)
* Netherlands (40)
* New Zealand (25)
* Norway (13)
* Oman (4)
* Peru (6)
* Poland (29)
* Portugal (13)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Romania (1)
* Saint Lucia (1)
* Samoa (2)
* Serbia (1)
* Singapore (6)
* Slovakia (2)
* Slovenia (8)
* South Korea (4)
* Spain (31)
* Sweden (20)
* Switzerland (22)
* Thailand (10)
* Tonga (1)
* Tunisia (3)
* Turkey (16)
* U.S. Virgin Islands (2)
* Ukraine (4)
* United States (39)
* Uruguay (3)
* Venezuela (2)