GSI EVENT STUDY / HEMPEL SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AARHUS 2018
Sporting
Nations A total of 84 nations were represented by sailors at the championships, the highest amount of competing nations in the event’s history. It was the second consecutive championships to generate an increase in the number of competing nations versus the previous edition.
Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 – Competing nations
European nations accounted for 44 per cent of all competing nations at the event with 37 taking part in total. Nations from Asia (15) and North America (13) accounted for 17.9 and 15.5 per cent respectively.
4.8%
9.5% 8.3%
Eight nations from the South American continent and seven from Africa took part. Oceania was the least represented continent with only four nations (4.8 per cent) participating from the region.
17.9% 15.5%
World Sailing’s Emerging Nations Programme (ENP), aimed at providing skilled sailors with coaching and financial support, assisted the event in breaking the record for the most nations competing at a championships. The 2018 ENP included 16 sailors from 15 nations, all of who were invited to an ENP clinic in Aarhus from 16-29 July. The clinic focussed on the Laser Radial and the Finn class. On-water and classroom training was provided alongside coaching and fitness support. It was the third ENP clinic to have been held in Aarhus, recognised for its facilities and sailing conditions.
44.0% Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
Sailing World Championships – Competing nations (2003-2018) 2018 Emerging Nations Programme 85
83
84 NATION
80
76
76
75
71 70 65 60 Cádiz
Cascais
Perth
Santander
Aarhus
Spain
Portugal
Australia
Spain
Denmark
2003
88
2007
2011
2014
2018
SAILORS
Bermuda
1
Bulgaria
1
Cuba
2
Hong Kong
1
Iceland
1
India
1
Iran
1
Latvia
1
Mozambique
1
Namibia
1
Romania
1
Serbia
1
South Africa
1
Trinidad and Tobago
1
Venezuela
1
TOTAL
16
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