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

Event Host Sailor Ref.
Ed. Date Year Host club City Country Gender Nat. Cont.
1 1974  Bermuda Open [2][3]
1975 NOT HELD
2 1976 Kiel  West Germany Open [4][3]
3 1977 Cabo Frio  Brazil Open [5][3]
1978 NOT HELD
4 1979 Perth  Australia Open [6][3]
5 1980 Kingston  Canada Open [7][3]
1981 NOT HELD
6 1982 Sardinia  Italy Open [3]
7 1983 Gulfport  United States Open [3]
1984 NOT HELD
8 1985 Halmstad  Sweden Open [3]
1986 NOT HELD
9 1987 Melbourne  Australia [3]
10 27 August – 2 Sept. 1988 Falmouth  United Kingdom Open [8][3]
11 1989 Aarhus  Denmark Open [9][3]
12 1990 Newport  United States Open [10][3]
13 1991 Porto Carras  Greece Open [11][3]
1992 NOT HELD
14 7–17 March 1993 Auckland  New Zealand Open [12][3]
15 1994 Wakayama  Japan Open [3]
16 1995 Tenerife  Spain Open [3]
17 9–16 April 1996 Simon's Town  South Africa Open [13]
18 13–22 October 1997 Algarrobo  Chile [14]
19 3–13 March 1998 Dubai  United Arab Emirates
part of the 1998 ISAF World Sailing Games [15][16]
20 4–13 January 1999 Melbourne  Australia [17]
13–22 March 2000 Cancún  Mexico [18]
30 July – 8 August 2001 Cork  Ireland [19]
9–11 September 2002 Cape Cod  United States [20]
11–24 September 2003 Cádiz  Spain
part of the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships
10–19 May 2004 Bitez  Turkey [21]
18–28 September 2005 Fortaleza  Brazil [22]
12–20 September 2006 Jeju  South Korea [23]
28 June – 13 July 2007 Cascais  Portugal
part of the 2007 ISAF Sailing World Championships
5–13 February 2008 |  Gosford Sailing Club Gosford  Australia [24]
17–26 August 2009  St. Margaret Sailing Club Tantallon, Nova Scotia  Canada [25]
27 Aug. –5 Sep 2010  Hayling Island Sailing Club Hayling Island, Hampshire  United Kingdom [25]
3–18 December 2011 Perth  Australia
part of the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championships
30 Apr –10 May 2012 Boltenhagen  Germany [25]
14–23 November 2013  Al Musannah Sports City Al Musannah  Oman [25]
12–21 September 2014 Santander  Spain
part of the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships
29 June – 8 July 2015  Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Kingston, Ontario  Canada Male 158 N/A 62 6 [26]
10–18 May 2016  Vallarta Yacht Club Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit  Mexico Male N/A [27]
12–19 September 2017  Sailing Club Mornar Split  Croatia Male N/A [28]
30 July – 12 August 2018 Aarhus  Denmark Male N/A
part of the 2018 Sailing World Championships
4–9 July 2019 Sakaiminato  Japan Male N/A
11–16 February 2020 Melbourne  Australia Male N/A
5–10 November 2021 Barcelona  Spain Male 135 N/A 43 5
23–28 May 2022  Vallarta Yacht Club Nuevo Vallarta, Nayarit  Mexico Male 125 N/A 45 5
13–20 August 2023 The Hague  Netherlands Male 135 N/A 43 5
part of the 2023 Sailing World Championships
26–31 January 2024  Adelaide Sailing Club West Beach, Adelaide, SA  Australia Male 152 N/A 52 5
12–17 May 2025  Qingdao Olympic Sailing Centre Qingdao, Fushan Bay, Shandong  China Male 137 N/A 40 5


Multiple medallist

Updated up to and including the 2025 worlds and compiled from the medalists table below

# Athlete Gold Silver Bronze Total Entries
1  Robert Scheidt (BRA) 9 2 1 12 13 [29]
2  Tom Slingsby (AUS) 5 1 0 6 8 [30]
3  Glenn Bourke (AUS) 3 0 0 3 3 [31]
4  Matt Wearn (AUS) 2 3 1 6 13 [32]
5  Pavlos Kontides (CYP) 2 3 0 5 11 [33]
6  Nick Thompson (GBR) 2 2 2 6 7 [34]
7  Ben Ainslie (GBR) 2 0 3 5 5 [35]
8  John Bertrand (USA) 2 0 0 2 2 [36]

Medalists

year Gold Silver Bronze References
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  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)  Daniel Birgmark (SWE) [37]
1999  Ben Ainslie (GBR)  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Karl Suneson (SWE)
2000  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)  Ben Ainslie (GBR)
2001  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Gustavo Lima (POR)  Peer Moberg (NOR)
2002  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Karl Suneson (SWE)  Paul Goodison (GBR)
2003  Gustavo Lima (POR)  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)
2004  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Mark Mendelblatt (USA)  Michael Blackburn (AUS)
2005  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Diego Romero (ITA)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2006  Michael Blackburn (AUS)  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Rasmus Myrgren (SWE)
2007  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)  Deniss Karpak (EST)
2008  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Julio Alsogaray (ARG)  Javier Hernández (ESP)
2009  Paul Goodison (GBR)  Michael Bullot (NZL)  Nick Thompson (GBR)
2010  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2011  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2012  Tom Slingsby (AUS)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO)  Andrew Murdoch (NZL)
2013  Robert Scheidt (BRA)  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Philipp Buhl (GER)
2014  Nicholas Heiner (NED)  Tom Burton (AUS)  Nick Thompson (GBR)
2015  Nick Thompson (GBR)  Philipp Buhl (GER)  Tom Burton (AUS)
2016  Nick Thompson (GBR)  Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)  Rutger van Schaardenburg (NED) [38]
2017  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Tom Burton (AUS)  Matthew Wearn (AUS) [39]
2018  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Philipp Buhl (GER) [40]
2019  Tom Burton (AUS)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  George Gautrey (NZL) [41]
2020  Philipp Buhl (GER)  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO) [42]
2021  Thomas Saunders (NZL)  Finn Lynch (IRE)  Tonči Stipanović (CRO) [43]
2022  Jean-Baptiste Bernaz (FRA)  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Filip Jurišić (CRO) [44]
2023  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Michael Beckett (GBR)  George Gautrey (NZL) [45]
2024  Matthew Wearn (AUS)  Hermann Tomasgaard (NOR)  Michael Beckett (GBR) [46]
2025  Willem Wiersema (NED)  Pavlos Kontides (CYP)  Zac Littlewood (AUS) [47]

See also

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