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