The Soling World Championship is an International sailing regatta in the Soling organized by the International Soling Association under auspiciën of World Sailing.^[1]

Most titles has Norwegian sailor Paul Davis won, with four titles between 2002 and 2012 and another one podiums. Second most titles has Brazilian Vicente Brun, with three.

The most championships has been won by American sailors, nine editions, followed by Canadian sailor, seven titles, and sailors of Denmark (5).

The Soling was an Olympic class from 1972 to 2000.

History

The first Soling World Championship were held in Copenhagen in 1969, the year after the selection as Olympic Three-Men Keelboat for the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Editions

Year	City	Country	Dates	Boats	Athletes	Nations	Note/ Reference
1969	Copenhagen	Denmark		87	261	17	[2][3][4]
1970	Poole	United Kingdom	9–16 June				[5][3]
1971	Oyster Bay, New York	United States	25-September - 1 October				[6][3]
1972							Not held due to Olympic Games [3]
1973	Quiberon	France	17–28 May				,[7][3][8]
1974	Sydney	Australia	26 January – 3 February	38	114	14	[9][3][10][11][12]
1975	Chicago	United States	1–9 August	62	186	19	[13][3][14][15]
1976							Not held due to Olympic Games [3]
1977	Hankø	Norway	1–11 July	60	180	19	[16][3][17][18]
1978	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	22 February – 5 March	48	144	15	[19][3][20]
1979	Visby	Sweden	1–11 September	59	177		[21][3][22]
1980	Ponce	Puerto Rico	15–26 January	38	114	14	[23][3]
1981	Anzio	Italy	6–16 May	59	177		[24][3]
1982	Fremantle	Australia	8–18 March	40	120	14	[25][3]
1983	Berkeley Circle	United States	10–23 July	54	162	18	[26][3]
1984	Lake Garda	Italy	15–25 September	64	192	18	[27][3]
1985	Sarnia	Canada	5–17 September	39	117	12	[28][3]
1986	La Trinité-sur-Mer	France	4–14 September	78	234	17	[29][3]
1987	Kiel	West Germany	14–20 June	86	258	24	[30][3]
1988	Melbourne	Australia	6–12 January	46	138	15	[31][3]
1989	Balatonfüred	Hungary					No champion decided due to insufficient wind conditions (less than 5 races) [3][32]
1990	Medemblik	Netherlands	16–26 August				[33][3]
1991	Rochester	United States	22–30 August				[34][3]
1992	Cádiz	Spain	21–26 March				[35][3]
1993	Phalaron	Greece	4–11 September				[36][3]
1994		Finland	2–8 July				[37][3]
1995	Kingston	Canada	12–18 August				[38][3]
1996	Punta Ala	Italy	24–30 March				[39][3]
1997	Copenhagen	Denmark	19–26 July				No champion decided due to insufficient wind conditions (less than 5 races) [40][32]
1998	Milwaukee	United States	31 August – 5 September				[41]
1999	Melbourne	Australia	6–17 January				[42]
2000	Murcia	Spain					[32]
2001	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15–24 November				[43]
2002	Marblehead	United States	23–29 September				[44]
2003	Balaton	Hungary	18–25 May				[45]
2004	Porto Alegre	Brazil	21–31 January				[46]
2005	Castiglione della Pescaia	Italy	20–27 May				[47]
2006	Annapolis	United States	16–22 October				[48]
2007	San Isidro	Argentina	16–24 November				[49]
2008	Scarlino	Italy	13–19 September				[50]
2009	Toronto	Canada	10–18 September				[51]
2010	Porto Alegre	Brazil	5–13 February				[52]
2011	Chiemsee	Germany	22–30 April				[53]
2012	Lake Michigan	United States	17–23 September				[54]
2013	Balatonfüred	Hungary	19–23 September				[55]
2014	Punta del Este	Uruguay	22–30 November				[56]
2015	Castiglione della Pescaia	Italy	22–28 May				[57]
2016	Kingston	Canada	10–17 September				[58]
2017	Muiden	Netherlands	16–22 September	35	105	13	[59]
2018	Buenos Aires	Argentina	15–22 November	20	60	7	[60][61]
2019	La Baule	France	21–27 September	38	114	14	[62][63]
2020	Milwaukee	United States	Postponed due to COVID-19 till 2021
2021	Milwaukee	United States	Postponed due to COVID-19 till 2023
2022	Chiemsee	Germany	2–7 May	37	111	12	No champion decided due to insufficient wind conditions (less than 5 races)[64]
2023	Milwaukee	United States	17–23 September

Medalists

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1969  Denmark Copenhagen details	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Niels Jensen Poul Mik-Meyer	Sweden Pelle Petterson Crew not documented	United States Ding Schoonmaker Crew not documented
1970  United Kingdom Poole details	Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook Jan Lybeck	United States John Dane III Mark LeBlanc John Cerise	Great Britain John Oakeley Crew not documented
1971  United States Oyster Bay, New York details	United States Bob Mosbacher Thad Hutcheson Tom Dickey	United States Bruce Goldsmith Crew not documented	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Valdemar Bandolowski Niels Jensen
1972	Not held due to Olympic Games
1973  France Quiberon details	Denmark Ib Ussing Andersen Jørgen Lindhasten Hans Winther	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Crew not documented	Sweden Stig Wennerström Stefan Krook Jan Lybeck
1974  Australia Sydney details	Denmark Paul Elvstrøm Hans Fogh Bruce McCurrach  South Africa	Australia David Forbes Denis O'Neil John Anderson	Sweden Arved von Grünewaldt Tommy Nilsson Hjalmar Schibbye
1975  United States Chicago details	United States Bill Buchan Craig Thomas Joe Golberg	United States Buddy Melges Crew not documented	United States John Kolius Walter Glasgow Richard Hoepfner
1976	Not held due to Olympic Games
1977  Norway Hankø details	Canada Glen Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy MacMillan	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Jørgen Lindhasten Erik Hermann Hansen	Brazil Gastão Brun Vicente Brun Roberto Martins
1978  Brazil Rio de Janeiro details	Brazil Gastão Brun Vicente Brun Roberto Martins	Canada Glen Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy MacMillan	Canada Hans Fogh John Kerr Dennis Toews
1979  Sweden Visby details	United States Robbie Haines Rod Davis Ed Trevelyan	Denmark Poul Richard Høj Jensen Crew not documented	Sweden Stig Wennerström Crew not documented
1980  Puerto Rico Ponce details	Canada Glen Dexter Andreas Josenhans Sandy MacMillan	United States Robbie Haines Rod Davis Ed Trevelyan	United States Buddy Melges Crew not documented
1981  Italy Anzio details	Brazil Vincente Brun Gastão Brun Steven Bakker  Netherlands	Greece Tassos Boudouris Antonios Bountouris Dimitrios Deligiann	Italy Gianluca Lamaro Valerio Romano Aurelio Dalla Vecchia
1982  Australia Fremantle details	Australia Mark Bethwaite Ian McDiarmid Glen Read	Australia William Packer Ian Campbell Robert Hardy	United States Dave Perry Brad Dellenbaugh Ed Travelyan
1983  United States Berkeley Circle details	United States Robbie Haines Vicente Brun Robert Kinney	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin	Australia Peter Gilmour Crew not documented
1984  Italy Torbole details	Denmark Valdemar Bandolowski Steve Calder Theis Palm	Soviet Union Boris Budnikov Gennadi Strakh Oleg Miron	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering
1985  Canada Sarnia details	United States Dave Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin	Brazil Torben Grael Daniel Adler Ronaldo Senfft	United States John Kosteckil William Baylis Robert Billingham
1986  France La Trinite-sur-Mer details	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham	United States David Curtis John Engel Wally Corwin	East Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel
1987  West Germany Schilksee, Kiel details	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Robert Billingham	Soviet Union Georgy Shayduko Nikolay Polyakov Sergey Kanov
1988 Melbourne	United States John Kostecki William Baylis Bob Billingham	United States Dave Curtis Paul Murphy Wally Corwin	Australia Gary Sheard Crew not documented
1989  Hungary Balatonfüred	No champion decided due to insufficient wind conditions (less than 5 races)
1990 Medemblik	France Marc Bouet Fabrice Levet Alain Pointet	United States Kevin Mahaney James Brady Douglas Kern	East Germany Helmar Nauck Norbert Hellriegel Sven Diedering
1991 Rochester	United States Larry Klein Chris Redman Ron Rosenberg	Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	United States Kevin P. Mahaney James Brady Douglas Kern
1992 Cadiz	Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel	Denmark Jesper Bank Jesper Seier Steen Secher	Sweden Magnus Holmberg Björn Alm Johan Barne
1993 Phaleron	Greece Tassos Boudouris Dimitrios Deligiannis Leo Pelekanakis	Germany Albert Batzill Lang Eddy Eich	Spain Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique David Vera
1994 Helsingfors	Spain Manuel Doreste José Valades Juan Galmes	Denmark Jesper Bank Kræn Nielsen Thomas Jacobsen	United States Jeff Madrigali Kent Massey James Barton
1995 Kingston	Spain Luis Doreste Domingo Manrique David Vera	Sweden Magnus Holmberg Björn Alm Johan Barne	United States Matt Hayes Stephen McConaghy Barry Watson
1996 Punta Ala	Russia Georgy Shayduko Igor Skalin Dmitri Shabanov	Italy Mario Celon Torboli Nicola Celon	Germany Jochen Schümann Thomas Flach Bernd Jäkel
1997  Denmark Copenhagen	No champion decided due to insufficient wind conditions (less than 5 races)
1998 Milwaukee	Russia Georgy Shayduko Sergey Volchkov Pavel Komarov	Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Volodymyr Korotkov Serhiy Timokhov	Italy Paolo Cian Pierluigi Colannino
1999 Melbourne	Denmark Stig Westergaard Jens Bojsen-Møller Bjørn Westergaard	Germany Jochen Schümann Gunnar Bahr Ingo Borkowski	Netherlands Roy Heiner Peter van Niekerk Dirk de Ridder
2000 Murcia	United States Jeff Madrigali Hartwell Jordan Craig Healy	Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Volodymyr Korotkov Serhiy Timokhov	Sweden Hans Wallén Magnus Augustson Johan Barne
2001 San Isidro	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernán Celedoni Maximo Smith	Argentina Luis Cerrato Federico Haymes Biedma Fabio Scarpati	Argentina Martín Busch Pablo Noceti Ismael Ayerza
2002 Marblehead	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Paul Davis William Abbott	United States Dave Curtis George Iverson Ben Richardson	United States Dave Franzel Dave Carlson Maximo Smith
2003 Balaton	Ukraine Serhiy Pichuhin Sergej Timostschow Dmitri Jarowoj	Germany Thomas Maschkiwitz Christoph Sauerbier Knut Seelig	Germany Heiko Winkler Stefan Wenzel Jens Niemann
2004 Porto Alegre	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernán Celedoni Maximo Smith	Hungary George Wossala Leslie Kovacsi Pepe Nemeth	Brazil George Nehm Marcos Pinto Ribeiro Lucio Pinto Ribeiro
2005 Castiglioni della Pescaia	Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann	Slovenia Boštjan Antončič Gennadi Strakh Zeljko Perovic	Hungary Balazs Gyenese Gyula Mónus Károly Vezér
2006 Annapolis	Canada Hans Fogh Roger Cheer Gordon Devries	Canada Peter Hall Philip Karrigan Jay Deakin	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Maximo Smith Miguel Lacour
2007 San Isidoro	Brazil George Nehm Marcos Pinto Ribeiro Lucio Pinto Ribeiro	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Flávio Quevedo Andre Renard	Argentina Martin Busch Tomas Peuvrel Maximo Feldtmann
2008 Scarlino	Slovenia Boštjan Antončič Gennadi Strakh Karlo Hmeljak	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernán Celedoni Maximo Smith	Argentina Martin Busch Tomas Peuvrel Maximo Feldtmann
2009 Toronto	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Paul Davis Joanne Abbott	Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann	Canada Peter Hall Phillip Kerrigan Gavin Flinn
2010 Porto Alegre	Germany Roman Koch Maxl Koch Gregor Bornemann	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernán Celedoni Maximo Smith	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Flávio Quevedo Andre Renard
2011 Prien am Chiemsee details	Canada Peter Hall Paul Davis Phillip Kerrigan	Hungary George Wossala Károly Vezér Pepe Nemeth	Brazil Nelson Ilha Paulo Lemos Ribeiro Felipe Ilha
2012 Milwaukee	Canada Peter Hall Paul Davis William Hall	Canada Hans Fogh John Finch Gordon Devries	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Joanne Abbott Tom Freeman
2013 Balatonalmádi	Hungary Farkas Litkey Károly Vezér Csaba Weinhardt	Canada Peter Hall Paul Davis William Hall	Brazil Nelson Ilha Felipe Ilha Fernando Ilha
2014 Punta del Este	Canada Peter Hall Johan Offermans  Netherlands William Hall	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Flávio Quevedo Andre Renard	Argentina Martin Busch Eduardo Zimmermann Maximo Feldtmann
2015 Castiglione della Pescaia	Hungary Litkey Farkas Károly Vezér Weinhardt Csaba	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Joanne Abbott William Abbott	Austria Florian Felzmann Michael Felzmann Margund Schuh
2016 Kingston	Canada Bill Abbott, Jr. Joanne Abbott Scott McNeill	Brazil Nelson Ilha Manfredo Florick Gustavo Ilha	Canada Thomas Fogh Roger Cheer Gord Devries
2017 Muiden	Hungary Litkey Farkas Károly Vezér Gábor Oroszlán	Brazil Nelson Ilha Manfredo Flöricke Carlo de Leo	Ukraine Igor Yushko Serhiy Pichuhin Igor Severjanov
2018	Argentina Gustavo Warburg Hernán Celedoni Tomas Roldan	Brazil Cicero Hartmann Frederico Sidou Andre Renard	Brazil George Nehm Marcos Pinto Ribeiro Alexandre Mueller
2019 La Baule	Hungary Litkey Farkas Kristóf Joó Pepe Nemeth	Brazil Nelson Ilha Manfredo Flöricke Gustavo Ilha	Finland Eki Heinonen Gabor Helmhout  Netherlands Ties Verploegh  Netherlands
2020 Milwaukee	Postponed due to COVID-19 till 2021
2021 Milwaukee	Postponed due to COVID-19 till 2023
2022 Chiemsee	2 - 7 May Chiemsee Yacht Club Germany	No champion decided due to insufficient wind conditions (Zero races!)
2023 Milwaukee	17-23 September	Milwaukee Yacht Club	United States

Medal tally

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	9	10	9	28
2	Canada (CAN)	9	5	4	18
3	Denmark (DEN)	5	5	1	11
4	Hungary (HUN)	4	2	1	7
5	Brazil (BRA)	3	7	6	16
6	Germany (GER)	3	5	2	10
7	Argentina (ARG)	3	3	5	11
8	Spain (ESP)	2	0	1	3
9	Russia (RUS)	2	0	0	2
10	Sweden (SWE)	1	2	5	8
11	Australia (AUS)	1	2	2	5
12	Ukraine (UKR)	1	2	1	4
13	Greece (GRE)	1	1	0	2
	Slovenia (SLO)	1	1	0	2
15	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	3	4
16	France (FRA)	1	0	0	1
17	Italy (ITA)	0	1	2	3
18	Soviet Union (URS)	0	1	1	2
19	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Finland (FIN)	0	0	1	1
	Great Britain (GBR)	0	0	1	1
	Netherlands (NED)	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 entries)		47	47	47	141

Multiple World champions ranking

Position	Sailor	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Paul Davis	Canada	4	1	0	5
2	Litkey Farkas	Hungary	4	0	0	4
3	Peter Hall	Canada	3	2	1	6
4	Gustavo Warburg	Argentina	3	1	1	5
	Bill Abbott Jr.	Canada	3	1	1	5
	Károly Vezér	Hungary	3	1	1	5
7	Hernán Celedoni	Argentina	3	1	0	4
8	Vicente Brun	Brazil	3	0	1	4
9	Maximo Smith	Brazil	2	1	2	5
10	Hans Fogh	Canada	2	1	1	4
	Joanne Abbott	Canada	2	1	1	4
	John Kostecki	United States	2	1	1	4
	Robert Billingham	United States	2	1	1	4
	William Baylis	United States	2	1	1	4
15	Andreas Josenhans	Canada	2	1	0	3
	Glen Dexter	Canada	2	1	0	3
	Sandy MacMillan	Canada	2	1	0	3
	William Hall	Canada	2	1	0	3
	Gregor Bornemann	Germany	2	1	0	3
	Maxl Koch	Germany	2	1	0	3
	Roman Koch	Germany	2	1	0	3
	Robbie Haines	United States	2	1	0	3
23	Gastão Brun	Brazil	2	0	1	3
	Paul Elvstrøm	Denmark	2	0	1	3
	Georgy Shayduko	Russia	2	1	0	3
26	Weinhardt Csaba	Hungary	2	0	0	2