# 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships

2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships was the first edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships and was held in Cádiz, Spain from 11 September to 24 September.

## Venue

The venue for the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships was Cádiz with three marinas: El Puerto de Santa María for Mistral, Finn, Yngling, Europe, Star, Tornado and 49er, Cádiz for Laser and Rota for 470. Racing was held on nine race areas off Cádiz.

## Events and equipment

The following events were open for entries:
| Event | Equipment | Max. entries |
| Men's one-person dinghy | Finn | 90 |
| Men's two-person dinghy | 470 | 120 |
| Men's keelboat | Star | 120 |
| Men's windsurfer | Mistral | 120 |
| Open one-person dinghy | Laser | 160 |
| Open two-person dinghy | 49er | 120 |
| Open multihull | Tornado | 80 |
| Women's one-person dinghy | Europe | 120 |
| Women's two-person dinghy | 470 | 80 |
| Women's keelboat | Yngling | 80 |
| Women's windsurfer | Mistral | 80 |

## Summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Spain (ESP)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (20 entries) | Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 |

### Event medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's 470 details | Italy Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani | Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page | Spain Gustavo Martínez Dimas Wood |
| Women's 470 details | Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa | France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux | Russia Wlada Iljenko Natalia Gaponovitsch |
| 49er details | Great Britain Christopher Draper Simon Hiscocks | Norway Christoffer Sundby Frode Bovim | Ukraine Rodion Luka George Leonchuk |
| Europe details | Siren Sundby (NOR) | Sari Multala (FIN) | Petra Niemann (GER) |
| Finn details | Ben Ainslie (GBR) | Rafael Trujillo (ESP) | Andrew Simpson (GBR) |
| Laser details | Gustavo Lima (POR) | Robert Scheidt (BRA) | Michael Blackburn (AUS) |
| Men's Mistral details | Przemysław Miarczyński (POL) | Nikolaos Kaklamanakis (GRE) | Gal Fridman (ISR) |
| Women's Mistral details | Lee Korzits (ISR) | Barbara Kendall (NZL) | Faustine Merret (FRA) |
| Star details | France Xavier Rohart Pascal Rambeau | Sweden Fredrik Lööf Anders Ekström | Great Britain Iain Percy Steve Mitchell |
| Tornado details | Australia Darren Bundock John Forbes | Great Britain Leigh McMillan Mark Bulkeley | Argentina Santiago Lange Carlos Espinola |
| Yngling details | United States Hannah Swett Joan Touchette Melissa Purdy | Germany Ulrike Schümann Wibke Bülle Winnie Lippert | Denmark Dorte Jensen Helle Jespersen Rachel Kiel |