ILCA 7 World Championship

The ILCA 7 World Championship, until 2020 the Laser World Championship, has been held every year since 1974, organized by the World Sailing.[1]

Laser is an Olympic sailing class.

Editions

Year City Country Dates Athletes Nations Note
1974 Bermuda [2][3]
1976 Kiel West Germany [4][3]
1977 Cabo Frio Brazil [5][3]
1979 Perth Australia [6][3]
1980 Kingston Canada [7][3]
1982 Sardinia Italy [3]
1983 Gulfport United States [3]
1985 Halmstad Sweden [3]
1987 Melbourne Australia [3]
1988 Falmouth United Kingdom 27 August – 2 September [8][3]
1989 Aarhus Denmark [9][3]
1990 Newport United States [10][3]
1991 Porto Carras Greece [11][3]
1993 Auckland New Zealand 7–17 March [12][3]
1994 Wakayama Japan [3]
1995 Tenerife Spain [3]
1996 Simon's Town South Africa 9–16 April [13]
1997 Algarrobo Chile 13–22 October [14]
1998 Dubai United Arab Emirates 3–13 March part of the 1998 ISAF World Sailing Games [15][16]
1999 Melbourne Australia 4–13 January [17]
2000 Cancún Mexico 13–22 March [18]
2001 Cork Ireland 30 July – 8 August [19]
2002 Cape Cod United States 9–11 September [20]
2003 Cádiz Spain 11–24 September part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2004 Bitez Turkey 10–19 May [21]
2005 Fortaleza Brazil 18–28 September [22]
2006 Jeju South Korea 12–20 September [23]
2007 Cascais Portugal 28 June – 13 July part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2008 Terrigal Australia 5–13 February [24]
2009 Halifax Canada 17–26 August [25]
2010 Hayling Island United Kingdom 27 August – 5 September [25]
2011 Perth Australia 3–18 December part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2012 Boltenhagen Germany 30 – 10 May [25]
2013 Al-Musannah Oman 14–23 November [25]
2014 Santander Spain 12–21 September part of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships
2015 Kingston Canada 29 June – 8 July [26]
2016 Nuevo Vallarta Mexico 10–18 May [27]
2017 Split Croatia 12–19 September [28]
2018 Aarhus Denmark 30 July – 12 August part of the 2018 Sailing World Championships
2019 Sakaiminato Japan 4–9 July
2020 Melbourne Australia 11–16 February
2021 Barcelona Spain 5–10 November 135 42
2022 Puerto Vallarta Mexico 23–28 May 126 44
2023 The Hague Netherlands 13–20 August 138 66
2024 Adelaide Australia 26–31 January 152 52
2025 Qingdao China 12–17 May 138 40

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
1974 Hamilton  Peter Commette (USA)  Norman Freeman (USA)  Chris Boome (USA)
1976 Kiel  John Bertrand (USA)  Barry Thom (NZL)  Ed Adams (USA)
1977 Cabo Frío  John Bertrand (USA)  Peter Commette (USA)  Mark Neeleman (NED)
1979 Perth  Lasse Hjortnæs (DEN)  Peter Conde (AUS)  Andrew Menkart (USA)
1980 Kingston  Ed Baird (USA)  Jose Barcel Dias (BRA)  John Cutler (NZL)
1982 Sardinia  Terry Neilson (CAN)  Andrew Roy (CAN)  Mark Brink (USA)
1983 Gulfport  Oscar Paulich (NED)  Per Arne Nilson (NOR)  Asbjörn Arnkvaern (SWE)
1985 Halmstad  Lawrence Crispin (GBR)  Andreas John (GER)  Benny Andersen (DEN)
1987 Melbourne  Stuart Wallace (AUS)  Gunni Pedersen (DEN)  Peter Tanscheit (BRA)
1988 Falmouth  Glenn Bourke (AUS)  Benny Andersen (DEN)  Peter Fox (NZL)
1989 Aarhus  Glenn Bourke (AUS)  Wouter Duetz (NED)  Scott Ellis (AUS)
1990 Newport  Glenn Bourke (AUS)  Steven Bourdow (USA)  Peter Tanscheit (BRA)
1991 Porto Carras  Peter Tanscheit (BRA)  Stefan Warkalla (GER)  Mladen Makjanić (CRO)
1993 Takapuna  Thomas Johanson (FIN)  Peter Tanscheit (BRA)  Robert Scheidt (BRA)
1994 Wakayama  Nikolas Burfoot (NZL)  Pascal Lacoste (FRA)  Serge Kats (NED)
1995 Tenerife  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Nik Burfoot (NZL)  Eivind Melleby (NOR)
1996 Simon's Town  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Karl Suneson (SWE)  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
1997 Algarrobo  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Nik Burfoot (NZL)  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
1998 Dubai[29]
 Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)  Daniel Birgmark (SWE)
1999 Melbourne  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Karl Suneson (SWE)
2000 Cancún
 Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
2001 Cork
 Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Gustavo Lima (POR)  Peer Moberg (NOR)
2002 Hyannis
 Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Karl Suneson (SWE)  Paul Goodison (GBR)
2003 Cádiz
 Gustavo Lima (POR)  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)
2004 Bitez
 Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Mark Mendelblatt (USA)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)
2005 Fortaleza
 Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Diego Romero (ITA)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2006 Jeju
 Michael Blackburn (AUS)  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Rasmus Myrgren (SWE)
2007 Cascais
 Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)  Deniss Karpak (EST)
2008 Terrigal
 Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Julio Alsogaray (ARG)  Javier Hernández (ESP)
2009 Halifax
 Paul Goodison (GBR)  Michael Bullot (NZL)  Nick Thompson (GBR)
2010 Hayling Island
 Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2011 Perth
 Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2012 Boltenhagen
 Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2013 Al Musannah
 Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Philipp Buhl (GER)
2014 Santander
 Nicholas Heiner (NED)  Tom Burton (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)
2015 Kingston
 Nick Thompson (GBR)  Philipp Buhl (GER)  Tom Burton (AUS)
2016 Riviera Nayarit[30]
 Nick Thompson (GBR)  Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)  Rutger van Schaardenburg (NED)
2017 Split[31]
 Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Tom Burton (AUS)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)
2018 Aarhus[32]
 Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Philipp Buhl (GER)
2019 Sakaiminato[33]
 Tom Burton (AUS)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  George Gautrey (NZL)
2020 Melbourne[34]
 Philipp Buhl (GER)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO)
2021 Barcelona[35]
 Thomas Saunders (NZL)  Finn Lynch (IRE)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO)
2022 Puerto Vallarta[36]
 Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Filip Jurišić (CRO)
2023 The Hague[37]
 Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Michael Beckett (GBR)  George Gautrey (NZL)
2024 Adelaide[38]
 Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR)  Michael Beckett (GBR)
2025 Qingdao[39]
 Willem Wiersema (NED)  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Zac Littlewood (AUS)

Multiple medallist

# Athlete Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Robert Scheidt Brazil 9 2 1 12
2 Tom Slingsby Australia 5 1 0 6
3 Nick Thompson Great Britain 2 2 2 6
4 Ben Ainslie Great Britain 2 0 3 5
5 Michael Blackburn Australia 1 2 2 5
6 Pavlos Kontides Cyprus 2 2 0 4
7 Tom Burton Australia 1 2 1 4
8 Peter Tanscheit Brazil 1 1 2 4
9 Andrew Murdoch New Zealand 0 1 3 4
10 Glenn Bourke Australia 3 0 0 3
11 Nik Burfoot New Zealand 1 2 0 3
12 Karl Suneson Sweden 0 2 1 3
Matthew Wearn Australia 2 3 1 5
14 Philipp Buhl Germany 1 1 2 3
15 John Bertrand United States 2 0 0 2
16 Jean-Baptiste Bernaz France 1 1 0 2
Peter Commette United States
18 Paul Goodison United Kingdom 1 0 1 2

See also

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