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Sailing

Facts

Disciplines	Sailing
Participants	4662
NOCs	123
Competitions held	195
Distinct events	46
IF	World Sailing

Description

All-time medal table

NOC		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Great Britain	GBR	30	21	12	63
United States	USA	19	23	19	61
France	FRA	17	14	20	51
Norway	NOR	17	11	4	32
Denmark	DEN	13	9	9	31
Australia	AUS	13	8	8	29
Spain	ESP	13	5	3	21
Sweden	SWE	10	14	13	37
New Zealand	NZL	9	8	6	23
Netherlands	NED	8	9	9	26
Brazil	BRA	8	3	8	19
Germany	GER	4	6	8	18
Soviet Union	URS	4	5	3	12
Italy	ITA	4	3	8	15
Austria	AUT	3	4	1	8
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
Argentina	ARG	1	4	5	10
Ukraine	UKR	1	2	2	5
Switzerland	SUI	1	2	1	4
Croatia	CRO	1	2	0	3
Poland	POL	1	1	3	5
Israel	ISR	1	0	2	3
The Bahamas	BAH	1	0	1	2
Hong Kong, China	HKG	1	0	0	1
Canada	CAN	0	3	6	9
Portugal	POR	0	2	2	4
Slovenia	SLO	0	2	1	3
Ireland	IRL	0	2	0	2
Russian Federation	RUS	0	1	2	3
Hungary	HUN	0	1	1	2
Japan	JPN	0	1	1	2
Cuba	CUB	0	1	0	1
Cyprus	CYP	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

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
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		10
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Men		8
Sailing	Two Person Dinghy	Men		9
Sailing	Two Person Keelboat	Men		3
Sailing	Skiff	Men		3
Sailing	One Person Heavyweight Dinghy	Men		3
Sailing	Windsurfer	Women		9
Sailing	One Person Dinghy	Women		8
Sailing	Two Person Dinghy	Women		9
Sailing	Three Person Keelboat	Women		3
Sailing	Skiff	Women		2
Sailing	Multihull	Mixed		2
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 Dinghy	Open		3
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