The 420 World Championships are international sailing regattas in the 420 class organized by the International Sailing Federation and the International 420 Class Association.

They have been held every year since 1973.

Editions

Year	City	Country	Dates	Host club	Events	Athl.	Nat.	Ref.
1966	Palamós	Spain			1			[1]
1967	Kingston	Canada			1			[1]
1969	Sandhamn	Sweden			1			[1]
1970	Tel Aviv	Israel			1			[1]
1971	Cherbourg	France			1			[1]
1973	Adelaide	Australia			1			[2]
1974	Kiel	West Germany			1			[3]
1975	Medemblik	Netherlands			1			[4][5]
1976	Barrington	United States			1			[1]
1977	Baiona	Spain			1			[1]
1978	Copenhagen	Denmark			1			[6][5]
1979	Tróia	Portugal			1			[7][5]
1980	Quiberon	France			1			[8][5]
1981	Adelaide	Australia			1			[9][5]
1982	Hayling Island	United Kingdom			1			[10]
1983	Nahariya	Israel	15–27 August		1			[11]
1984	Annapolis	United States	2–13 July		1			[12][5]
1985	Ancona	Italy	11–18 August		1			[13]
1986	IJsselmeer (women)	Netherlands	5–10 July		1			[14]
1986	Nieuwpoort (open)	Belgium	16–30 July		1			[15][5]
1987	Cervia (women)	Italy	30 April – 9 May		1			[16]
1987	Lake Balaton (open)	Hungary	20–29 July		1			[17][5]
1988	Lake Macquarie (open)	Australia	8–15 January		1			[18]
1988	Lake Thun (women)	Switzerland	9–15 July		1			[19]
1988	Belmont	Australia			1			[5]
1989	Mošćenička Draga	Yugoslavia			1			[20][5][1]
1990	Crozon-Morgat	France			1			[21][5]
1991	Rimini	Italy			2			[22][5]
1992	Sdot Yam	Israel			1			[23][5]
1993	Marstrand	Sweden			2			[24][5][25]
1994	Plymouth	United Kingdom			1			[26][5]
1995	Fremantle	Australia			2			[27][5][25]
1996	Blankenberge	Belgium			1			[28][5]
1997	Newport	United States			1			[29][5]
1998	Palamós	Spain	13–21 July		1			[30][5]
1998	Galaxidi	Greece	26–31 July		1			[31][25]
1999	Athens	Greece	16–24 July		2			[32][5][25]
2000	La Rochelle	France	13–21 July		2			[33][5][25]
2001	Ravenna	Italy	19–27 July		2			[34][5][25]
2002	Tavira	Portugal			2			[5][25]
2003	Hayling Island	United Kingdom			2			[5][25]
2008	Athens	Greece	22–31 July		2			[35]
2009	Lake Garda	Italy	27 July – 5 August		2			[36]
2010	Haifa	Israel	22–31 July		2			[37]
2011	Buenos Aires	Argentina	27 December 2010 – 5 January 2011		2			[38]
2012	Neusiedl am See	Austria	27 July – 5 August		2			[39]
2013	Valencia	Spain	22–30 July		2			[40]
2014	Travemünde	Germany	25 July – 3 August		2			[41]
2015	Karatsu	Japan	17–25 July		2			[42][1]
2016	Sanremo	Italy	15–23 July	Yacht Club Sanremo	2			[43][1]
2017	Fremantle	Australia	26 December 2017 – 3 January 2018	Fremantle Sailing Club	2			[44][1]
2018	Newport	United States	8–15 August		2			[45][1]
2019	Vilamoura	Portugal	3–11 July		2			[46][1]
2021	Sanremo	Italy	2–10 July	Yacht Club Sanremo	2			[47][48]
2022	Alsóörs	Hungary	5–13 August		2			[49][1]
2023	Alicante	Spain	21–29 July	Real Club de Regatas de Alicante				[50]

Medalists

Open

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1973 Adelaide	Australia Wangel Giles
1974 Kiel	France Alain Chourgnoz Denis Cerda
1975 Medemblik	United States Whitehurst	France Russo	Netherlands Carels
1976 Barrington	United States Stephen Taylor Joan Massey
1977 Baiona	United States Stephen Taylor Joan Massey	Israel
1978 Jyllinge	France Pollet Johanssen	Great Britain Cathy Foster Wendy Hilder	Spain Sallent Isnard
1979 Tróia	Italy Di Salle Vassalo	West Germany Möller Möller	New Zealand Dickson Wilcox
1980 Quiberon	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander	France Brenac Mikuelis	France Jaffrezeic Berthonneau
1982 Adelaide	Australia Ferris McKay	United States Brown	West Germany Etten
1984 Annapolis	West Germany A. Andruleit H. Andruleit	West Germany Filimonow Stöckmann	Canada Ellis Ferrow
1986 Nieuwpoort	France Eric Godard Christophe Godard
1987 Balatonfüred	France Jean-François Berthet Gwendoel Berthet	France Eric Godard Christophe Godard	Spain José Miguel Ramis Antonio Morro
1988 Lake Macquarie	France W. Sanchez-Diez Bertrand Dumortier	West Germany Christian Halm Alexander Halm	France Jean-François Berthet Gwendoel Berthet
1989 Mošćenička Draga	France David Ravet Bertrand Loyal	Great Britain Steve Irish Greg Irish	Great Britain John Merricks Rob Wilson
1990 Crozon	France Christian Gout Jean Gout
1991 Rimini	Great Britain Steve Irish Greg Irish
1992 Caesarea	Spain Gustavo Martínez Dimias Wood
1993 Marstrand	Italy Marcello Luciani Dario Luciani
1994 Plymouth	Great Britain John Merricks Ian Lovering
1995 Fremantle	Australia Roger Perrett Teague Czislowski
1996 Blankenberge	Portugal M. Fortunato M. Nunes
1997 Newport	France W. Sanchez-Diez Gabriol	Italy L. Chiarugi E. Trumpy
1998 Palamós	France Nicolas Charbonnier David Deguine

Men and Mixed

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999 Athens	France Nicolas Charbonnier David Deguine	France Jean-Matthieu Constant Christopher Pratt	Portugal Pedro Pinto Miguel Pinto
2000 La Rochelle	Australia Mathew Belcher Daniel Belcher	Italy Luca Bursic Thomas Jacob	Greece Mileos Michaelis Theodores Polighrondis
2001 Ravenna	Italy Michel Mazzotti Giulia Mazzotti	Spain R. Medina J. Cerezo	Italy B. Danti F. Geggio
2002 Tavira	India Farokh Tarapore Vikas Kapila	Great Britain Nic Asher Elliot Willis	France Morgan Lagravière Noé Delpech
2003 Hayling Island	Spain José Antonio Medina Onán Barreiros	France Nicolas Duron Sébastian Durand	France Morgan Lagravière Noé Delpech
2004 Melbourne	Australia Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page	Australia Mathew Belcher Rike Ziegelmayer	Australia Nathan Outteridge Ayden Menzies
2005 Brest	Portugal Tomas da Silva Francisco Gomes	Italy Alfredo Capodanno Vittorio Papa	Spain Pablo Santurde Abelardo Quevedo
2006 Las Palmas	New Zealand Carl Evans Peter Burling	New Zealand Simon Cooke Scott Illingworth	France Fernando Lodos Julien Pulve
2007 Auckland	New Zealand Carl Evans Peter Burling	New Zealand Simon Cooke Scott Illingworth	New Zealand Rowan Swanson Bruce Kennedy
2008 Athens	Greece Michalis Mileos Evangelos-Vasileio Mitakis	Greece Vasilis Papoutsoglou Akilas Drougas	Italy Edoardo Mancinelli Lorenzo de Felice
2009 Lake Garda	Greece Antonios Tsimpoukelis George Karonis	New Zealand Francisco Lardies Finn Drummond	Great Britain Ben Palmer Konrad Weaver
2010 Haifa	Singapore Justin Liu Sherman Cheng	Italy Francesco Falcetelli Gabriele Franciolini	Italy Edoardo Mancinelli Leonardo Cucchiara
2011 Buenos Aires	Argentina Pablo Völker Agustín Cunill	Italy Edoardo Mancinelli Leonardo Cucchiara	Chile Benjamín Grez Diego González
2012 Lake Neusiedl	Greece Alex Kavas George Kavas	France Guillaume Pirouelle Valentin Sipan	Spain David Charles Alex Charles
2013 Valencia	Spain Xavier Antich Pedro Terrones	Brazil Tiago Brito Andrei Kneipp	France Sébastien Simon Pierre Rhimbault
2014 Lübeck	Spain José Manuel Ruiz Fernando Dávila	France Hippolyte Macheti Sidoine Dantes	Israel Ido Bilik Ofek Shalgi
2015 Karatsu	Japan Daichi Takayama Syota Nakano	United States Wiley Rogers Jack Parkin	Hong Kong Calum Gregor Hugo Christensson
2016 Sanremo[51]	Portugal Diogo Costa Pedro Costa	United States Wiley Rogers Jack Parkin	Greece Vasilios Gourgiotis Orestis Batsis
2017 Fremantle[52]	Spain Enrique Luján Pablo Luján	Spain Albert Torres Francisco Mulet	Spain Carlos Balaguer Antoni Massanet
2018 Newport[53]	New Zealand Seb Menzies Blake McGlashan	Spain Elías Aretz Pablo García	Spain Martín Wizner Pedro Ameneiro
2019 Vilamoura[54]	Spain Martín Wizner Pedro Ameneiro	New Zealand Seb Menzies Blake McGlashan	Spain Conrad Konitzer Fernando Rodríguez

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1980 Charlottenlund	Italy Claudia Mazzaferro Galeazzi
1981	Italy Claudia Mazzaferro Galeazzi
1986 Nieuwpoort	Italy M. Bazzini D. De Cagno
1987 Cervia	France V. Ravet D. Besson
1988	Spain Leon Leon
1989	Sweden Martina Wendin Boel Bengtsson
1990 Miura	France Céline Hendrick Catherine Condolf
1991 Rimini	France Marie LeCadre Laure Fernandez
1998 Galaxidi	Israel Limor Kliger Vered Buskila
1999 Athens	Greece Dimitra Milona Aliki Kourkoulou
2000 La Rochelle	Great Britain Christina Bassedone Helen Mayhew	Greece Altana Danezi Evagelia Vlachov	Italy Elena Ziliani Alessandra Marenzi
2001 Ravenna	Italy Elisabetta Sacchegiani Maria Paola Bertone	Italy Sara Postogna Anna Postogna	Italy Carolina Mariani Camilla Gabrielli
2002 Tavira	France Caroline Jonet Magali Pallanca	Greece Spiridoula Mileou Sofia Papadopoulou	Brazil Isabel Barzaghi Laura Zani
2003 Hayling Island	Brazil Isabel Barzaghi Laura Zani	Great Britain Charlotte Savage Maia Walsh	Germany Dorothea Gebert Natascha Lorenz
2004 Mornington	Australia Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson	Great Britain Lucy MacGregor Nicola MacGregor	France Camille Lecointre Gwendolyn Lemaitre
2005 Brest	Italy Maria Stella Turizio Maria Carolina Rendano	France Marie Lumeau Claire Bossard	Great Britain Maria Stanley Catherine Alton
2006 Las Palmas	Great Britain Hannah Mills Peggy Webster	Spain Tara Pacheco Elena Barambio	Italy Benedetta Danti Elisa Cecconi
2007 Auckland	New Zealand Jo Aleh Polly Powrie	New Zealand Shelley Hesson Bianca Barbarich-Bacher	New Zealand Sarah Bilkey Rosie Sargisson
2008 Athens	Greece Katerina Kaitatzidou Sofia Kaitatzidou	Israel Gil Cohen Adva Kremer	Greece Afrodite Kyranakou Elena Nikiforidi
2009 Lake Garda	New Zealand Alex Maloney Bianca Barbarich-Bacher	Italy Camilla Marino Claudia Soricelli	United States Sydney Bolger Caitlin Beavers
2010 Haifa	Italy Roberta Caputo Benedetta Barbiero	United States Morgan Kiss Katia Da Silva	Italy Christina Celli Silvia Morini
2011 Buenos Aires	Great Britain Annabel Vose Megan Brickwood	Germany Nadine Bohm Monika Lindner	France Maelenn Lemaitre Aloïse Retornaz
2012 Lake Neusiedl	Singapore Rachel Lee Cecilia Low	Chile Nadja Horwitz Sofia Middleton	Singapore Griselda Khng Shu Xian Lee
2013 Valencia	Great Britain Annabel Cattermole Bryony Bennett-Lloyd	Singapore Kimberly Lim Savannah Siew	United States Sara Scotto Di Vettimo Vittoria Barbiero
2014 Lübeck	Italy Carlotta Omari Francesca Russo Cirillo	Singapore Kimberly Lim Savannah Siew	Greece Aikaterini Tavoulari Fotini Koutsoumpou
2015 Karatsu	Spain Marta Garrido María Jesus Dávila	France Charlotte Yven Marine Riou	Japan Misaki Tanaka Sena Takano
2016 Sanremo[55]	Italy Francesca Russo Cirillo Alice Linussi	Spain María Bover Guerrero Clara Llabrés	Italy Maria Vittoria Marchesini Cecilia Fedel
2017 Fremantle[56]	Australia Nia Jerwood Monique de Vries	Australia Laura Harding Eleanor Grimshaw	Italy Arianna Passamonti Giulia Fava
2018 Newport[57]	Spain Patricia Reino Isabel Laiseca	Spain María Caba Pilar Caba	Spain María Bover Catalina Homar
2019 Vilamoura[58]	Great Britain Vita Heathcote Milly Boyle	Italy Irene Calici Petra Gregori	Greece Melina Pappa Maria Tsamopoulou

Under 17

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2015 Karatsu	Edoardo Ferraro (ITA)  Francesco Orlando (ITA)	Aggelos Arvanitis (GRE)  Theofanis Kanakaris (GRE)	Carlos Balaguer (ESP)  Ignacio Balaguer (ESP)
2016 Sanremo	Telis Athanasopoulos (GRE)  Dimitris Tassios (GRE)	Eduard Ferrer (ESP)  Carlos de Maqua (ESP)	Enzo Balanger (FRA)  Gaultier Tallieu (FRA)	[59]
2017 Fremantle (AUS)	Martín Wizner (ESP)  Pedro Ameneiro (ESP)	Tommaso Cilli (ITA)  Bruno Mantero (ITA)	Demetrio Sposato (ITA)  Gabriele Centrone (ITA)	[60]
2018 Newport (USA)	Jacobo García (ESP)  Antoni Ripoll (ESP)	Marina Garau (ESP)  Blanca Cabot (ESP)	Odysseas Spanakis (GRE)  Konstantinos Mixalopoulos (GRE)	[61]
2019 Vilamoura (POR)	Odysseas Spanakis (GRE)  Konstaninos Mixalopoulos (GRE)	Ange Delerce (FRA)  Timothée Rossi (FRA)	Alberto Morales (ESP)  Miguel Bethencourt (ESP)	[62]

References

External links

• Official international class website