# 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships

The 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships was held in Perth, Western Australia, this was the third edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships. It is the world championships for all disciplines used at the upcoming Olympics. As it used to allocate 75% of the qualification quota for the 2012 Summer Olympics this event has added significance.

## Venues

A number of different venues and courses was used for the different events:
* The Harbour Course. Women's match racing events – billed as "largest match racing competition ever held" – will be held in the Inner Harbour.
* The Centre Course, closest to the shore. Will host most medal races.
* The Leighton Course, located off of Leighton Beach in North Fremantle.
* The Parmelia Course, located west of the Centre Course, closest to Rottnest Island.
* The Owen Course. The most southerly course, closest to Woodman Point.
* The Success Course. Both the men's and women's Laser events will be held at the Fremantle Sailing Club in near Success Harbour, south of the main venues.

## Festival

In conjunction with the sailing championships, a festival, the 2011 WORLDS FESTIVAL, will be held in Fremantle, featuring "an exciting and diverse programme of cultural activities that will showcase [the] Australian lifestyle, the sport of sailing and the arts".

## Controversy

The City of Fremantle objected to the branding of the championships as a "Perth event", in particular, the erection of a large "Perth" sign on Bathers' Beach outside Challenger Harbour. Fremantle had previously hosted the 1987 America's Cup.

## Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony of the championship was held on 2 December 2011 at the Barrack Street Jetty. The ceremony consisted of parade of athletes through the streets of Perth, speeches by dignitaries, oaths from competitors and officials, and the raising of the International Sailing Federation flag, followed by a parade of sail down the Swan River from Perth to Fremantle, featuring a "convoy of boats representing the history and heritage of each of the yacht clubs along the river".

## Events and equipment

The following events were open for entries:
| Event | Equipment | Max. entries |
| Men's one-person dinghy | Laser | 150 |
| Men's one-person dinghy (heavyweight) | Finn | 80 |
| Men's two-person dinghy | 470 | 120 |
| Men's skiff | 49er | 100 |
| Men's keelboat | Star | 80 |
| Men's windsurfer | RS:X | 120 |
| Women's one-person dinghy | Laser Radial | 120 |
| Women's two-person dinghy | 470 | 80 |
| Women's windsurfer | RS:X | 80 |
| Women's match racing | Elliott 6m | 32 |

## Summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Australia)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia (AUS)* | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Netherlands (NED) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Spain (ESP) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Brazil (BRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Poland (POL) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Belgium (BEL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Croatia (CRO) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | France (FRA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (14 entries) | Totals (14 entries) | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |

### Event medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 470 details | Australia Mathew Belcher Malcolm Page | Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell | Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić |
| Women's 470 details | Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos | Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark | New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie |
| 49er details | Australia Nathan Outteridge Iain Jensen | New Zealand Peter Burling Blair Tuke | Denmark Emil Toft Nielsen Simon Toft Nielsen |
| Elliott 6m details | United States Anna Tunnicliffe Deborah Capozzi Molly Vandemoer | Great Britain Lucy MacGregor Annie Lush Kate MacGregor | France Claire Leroy Élodie Bertrand Marie Riou |
| Laser details | Tom Slingsby (AUS) | Nick Thompson (GBR) | Andrew Murdoch (NZL) |
| Laser Radial details | Marit Bouwmeester (NED) | Evi Van Acker (BEL) | Paige Railey (USA) |
| Finn details | Giles Scott (GBR) | Pieter-Jan Postma (NED) | Edward Wright (GBR) |
| Men's RS:X details | Dorian van Rijsselberghe (NED) | Piotr Myszka (POL) | Nimrod Mashiach (ISR) |
| Women's RS:X details | Lee Korzits (ISR) | Zofia Noceti-Klepacka (POL) | Marina Alabau (ESP) |
| Star details | Brazil Robert Scheidt Bruno Prada | Germany Robert Stanjek Frithjof Kleen | United States Mark Mendelblatt Brian Fatih |