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Sailing

Facts

Disciplines	Sailing
Participants	4868
NOCs	124
Competitions held	205
Distinct events	49
IF	World Sailing

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Great Britain	GBR	31	21	13	65
United States	USA	19	23	20	62
France	FRA	17	15	21	53
Norway	NOR	17	11	5	33
Australia	AUS	14	9	8	31
Spain	ESP	14	5	3	22
Denmark	DEN	13	10	9	32
Sweden	SWE	10	15	14	39
Netherlands	NED	10	9	11	30
New Zealand	NZL	9	9	7	25
Brazil	BRA	8	3	8	19
Italy	ITA	6	3	8	17
Austria	AUT	5	4	1	10
Germany	GER	4	6	8	18
Soviet Union	URS	4	5	3	12
People's Republic of China	CHN	3	3	2	8
Greece	GRE	3	2	3	8
Belgium	BEL	2	4	3	9
Finland	FIN	2	2	7	11
West Germany	FRG	2	2	3	7
East Germany	GDR	2	2	2	6
Israel	ISR	2	1	2	5
Argentina	ARG	1	5	5	11
Ukraine	UKR	1	2	2	5
Switzerland	SUI	1	2	1	4
Croatia	CRO	1	2	0	3
Poland	POL	1	1	3	5
The Bahamas	BAH	1	0	1	2
Hong Kong, China	HKG	1	0	0	1
Canada	CAN	0	3	6	9
Slovenia	SLO	0	3	1	4
Portugal	POR	0	2	2	4
Japan	JPN	0	2	1	3
Cyprus	CYP	0	2	0	2
Ireland	IRL	0	2	0	2
Russian Federation	RUS	0	1	2	3
Hungary	HUN	0	1	1	2
Cuba	CUB	0	1	0	1
Czechia	CZE	0	1	0	1
Lithuania	LTU	0	1	0	1
Netherlands Antilles	AHO	0	1	0	1
United States Virgin Islands	ISV	0	1	0	1
Estonia	EST	0	0	2	2
Peru	PER	0	0	1	1
Singapore	SGP	0	0	1	1

Most successful competitors

Athlete	Nat	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Ben Ainslie	GBR	4	1	0	5
Paul Elvstrøm	DEN	4	0	0	4
Valentin Mankin	URS UKR	3	1	0	4
Jochen Schümann	GDR GER	3	1	0	4
Robert Scheidt	BRA	2	2	1	5
Torben Grael	BRA	2	1	2	5
Marit Bouwmeester	NED	2	1	1	4
Magnus Konow	NOR	2	1	0	3
Rodney Pattisson	GBR	2	1	0	3
Mark Reynolds	USA	2	1	0	3
Iain Percy	GBR	2	1	0	3
Hannah Mills	GBR	2	1	0	3
Mathew Belcher	AUS	2	1	0	3

Event types

Discipline	Name	Gender	Still contested?	Times held?
Sailing	Windsurfer	Men		11
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Men		9
Sailing	Two Person Dinghy	Men		9
Sailing	Two Person Keelboat	Men		3
Sailing	Skiff	Men		4
Sailing	One Person Heavyweight Dinghy	Men		3
Sailing	Kiteboarding	Men		1
Sailing	Windsurfer	Women		10
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Women		9
Sailing	Two Person Dinghy	Women		9
Sailing	Three Person Keelboat	Women		3
Sailing	Skiff	Women		3
Sailing	Kiteboarding	Women		1
Sailing	Multihull	Mixed		3
Sailing	Two Person Dinghy	Mixed		1
Sailing	Two Person Dinghy	Open		3
Sailing	Windsurfer	Boys		3
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Boys		2
Sailing	Kiteboarding	Boys		1
Sailing	Windsurfer	Girls		3
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Girls		2
Sailing	Kiteboarding	Girls		1
Sailing	Multihull	Mixed Youth		1
Sailing	Windsurfer	Open		1
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Open		19
Sailing	Two Person Keelboat	Open		18
Sailing	Skiff	Open		3
Sailing	Multihull	Open		9
Sailing	Three Person Keelboat	Open		15
Sailing	Two Person Heavyweight Dinghy	Open		10
Sailing	12 foot	Open		1
Sailing	18 foot	Open		1
Sailing	5.5 metres	Open		5
Sailing	6 metres	Open		10
Sailing	6.5 metres	Open		1
Sailing	7 metres	Open		2
Sailing	8 metres	Open		8
Sailing	10 metres	Open		3
Sailing	12 metres	Open		4
Sailing	30 metres²	Open		1
Sailing	40 metres²	Open		1
Sailing	Open	Open		1
Sailing	0-½ Ton	Open		2
Sailing	½-1 Ton	Open		2
Sailing	1-2 Ton	Open		2
Sailing	2-3 Ton	Open		2
Sailing	3-10 Ton	Open		2
Sailing	10-20 Ton	Open		1
Sailing	20+ Ton	Open		1