The Dragon World Championship is an international biennial sailing regatta competed in the Dragon keelboat class. It is organized by the host club on behalf of the International Dragon Association and recognised by World Sailing.[1] The Dragon was an used in the Summer Olympic Games from 1948 to 1972.
History
The first Dragon World Championship was held in 1965.
Editions
| Edition | Host | Boats | Sailors | Ref. | ||||||||
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| Ed. | Date | Year | Host club | Location | Country | No. | No. | Nat. | Cont. | |||
| 1 | 1965 | Sandhamn | [2] | |||||||||
| 2 | 1967 | Toronto | [3] | |||||||||
| 3 | 1969 | Palma de Mallorca | 37 | [4] | ||||||||
| 4 | 1971 | Hobart | [5] | |||||||||
| 5 | 1973 | Athens | [6] | |||||||||
| 6 | 1975 | Rochester | [7] | |||||||||
| 7 | 1977 | Thun | [8] | |||||||||
| 8 | 1979 | Geelong | [9] | |||||||||
| 9 | 6–11 September | 1981 | Douarnenez | [10] | ||||||||
| 10 | 21–30 July | 1983 | Vancouver | [11] | ||||||||
| 11 | 24 August – 1 September | 1985 | Douarnenez | [12] | ||||||||
| 12 | 1987 | Geelong | 48 | [13] | ||||||||
| 13 | 1989 | Torquay | [14] | |||||||||
| 14 | 1991 | Toronto | [15] | |||||||||
| 15 | 1993 | Travemunde | [16] | |||||||||
| 16 | 1995 | Fremantle | [17] | |||||||||
| 17 | 1997 | Marstrand | [18] | |||||||||
| 18 | 11–18 December | 1999 | Fort-de-France | 78 | [19] | |||||||
| 19 | 14–22 July | 2001 | Hornbaek | 77 | 231 | [20] | ||||||
| 20 | 18–27 January | 2003 | Hobart | 25 | 75 | [21] | ||||||
| 21 | 19–28 August | 2005 | Lübeck | [22] | ||||||||
| 22 | 30 Aug – 8 Sep | 2007 | Dún Laoghaire | 68 | 205 | 17 | 5 | [23] | ||||
| 23 | 5–11 September | 2009 | Medemblik | 67 | 202 | 15 | 3 | [24] | ||||
| 24 | 9–15 January | 2011 | Melbourne | 70 | 212 | 15 | 4 | [25] | ||||
| 25 | 8–13 September | 2013 | Weymouth | 79 | 237 | 18 | 4 | [26][27] | ||||
| 26 | 4–12 June | 2015 | La Rochelle | 80 | 244 | 22 | 4 | [28] | ||||
| 27 | 9–17 June | 2017 | Cascais | 70 | 219 | 24 | 4 | [29][30][31] | ||||
| 28 | 4–9 January | 2019 | Fremantle | 34 | 105 | 13 | 3 | [32] | ||||
| N/A | 13–18 June | 2021 | e.V. | Kühlungsborn | POSTPONED DUE TO COVID | [33] | ||||||
| 29 | 12–17 June | 2022 | e.V. | Kühlungsborn | 51 | 157 | 20 | 5 | [34][35][36][37][38] | |||
| 30 | 25 May – 3 June | 2023 | Bodrum | 24 | 76 | 70 | 6 | 17 | 5 | [39] | ||
| 31 | 10–17 May | 2025 | Villamora | 50 | 159 | 148 | 11 | 25 | 5 | [40][41][42] | ||
| 32 | 22-29 Nov | 2027 | [43] | |||||||||
Multiple World Champions
The table below includes data up to and including 2025.
| Ranking | Sailor | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | No. Entries (1) | Ref. |
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| 1 | Andy Beadsworth (United Kingdom) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | [44] |
| 2 | Simon Fry (United Kingdom) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | [45] |
| 3 | Poul Richard Høj Jensen (Denmark) | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 9 | [46] |
| 4 | Ole Børresen (Denmark) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | [47] |
| 5 | Jamie Lea (United Kingdom) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | [48] |
| 6 | Klaus Diederichs (United Kingdom) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 8 | [49] |
| 6 | Vincent Hoesch (Germany) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | [50] |
| 8 | Erik Hermann Hansen (Denmark) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [51] |
| 8 | Jesper Bank (Denmark) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | [52] |
| 8 | Ali Tezdiker (Turkey) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [53] |
| 8 | Bengt Palmqvist (Sweden) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | [54] |
(1) Full results are not available for every year, so this could be an underestimation.
Medalists
References
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