Finn Gold Cup
The Finn Gold Cup decides the Finn Class World Champion and is an annual international sailing regatta for Finn (dinghy) they are organized by the host club on behalf of the International Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. It has been held every year since 1956
Up until 2021 the Finn was also used in the Olympic Sailing Competition so a lot of the World Championship held during this period were also Olympic Qualification events. It also ment that for four editions the event was organised by World Sailing as part of the combined olympic class world championships known as the Sailing World Championships. [1]
Events
| Event | Host | Participation | Ref. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed. | Dates | Year | Host club | Location | Country | No. |  |
 |
Nat. | Cont | |
| 01 | 29Mar -2Apr | 1956 |  |
Burnham-on-Crouch |  United Kingdom
|
45 | 12 | ||||
| 02 | 31Mar -4Aug | 1957 | |
Karlstad |  Sweden
|
78 | 13 | ||||
| 03 | 1May -5 | 1958 | |
Zeebrugge |  Belgium
|
84 | 15 | ||||
| 04 | 4-9 Aug | 1959 | |
Hellerup |  Denmark
|
109 | 18 | ||||
| 05 | 4-10 Jun | 1960 | |
Torquay | United Kingdom
|
38 | 7 | ||||
| 06 | 14-19 Aug | 1961 | |
Travemünde |  East Germany
|
109 | 17 | ||||
| 07 | 6-11 Aug | 1962 | |
Tønsberg |  Norway
|
166 | 13 | ||||
| 08 | 12-19 Aug | 1963 | |
Medemblik |  Netherlands
|
162 | 22 | ||||
| 09 | 18-26 Jul | 1964 | |
Torquay | United Kingdom
|
65 | 20 | ||||
| 10 | 22-29 Jul | 1965 | |
Gdynia |  Poland
|
93 | 21 | ||||
| 11 | 21-29 Aug | 1966 | |
La Baule |  France
|
150 | 26 | ||||
| 12 | 6-12 Aug | 1967 | |
Hanko |  Finland
|
130 | 22 | ||||
| 13 | 6-12 Aug | 1968 | |
Whitstable | United Kingdom
|
138 | 38 | ||||
| 14 | 6-12 Aug | 1969 | |
Hamilton |  Bermuda
|
132 | 27 | ||||
| 15 | 14-22 Aug | 1970 | |
Cascais |  Portugal
|
160 | 34 | ||||
| 16 | 1-9 Oct | 1971 | |
Toronto |  Canada
|
87 | 21 | ||||
| 17 | 25Jun -1Jul | 1972 | |
Anzio |  Italy
|
103 | 25 | ||||
| 18 | 14-23 Jul | 1973 | |
Brest | France
|
103 | 20 | ||||
| 19 | 10-17 Aug | 1974 |  Alamitos Bay Yacht Club |
Long Beach, California |  United States
|
96 | 19 | ||||
| 20 | 10-19 Jun | 1975 | |
Malmö | Sweden
|
141 | 27 | ||||
| 21 | 2-10 Jan | 1976 | |
Brisbane |  Australia
|
82 | 14 | ||||
| 22 | 6-17 Sep | 1977 | |
Palamós |  Spain
|
129 | 26 | ||||
| 23 | 16-26 Nov | 1978 | |
Manzanillo |  Mexico
|
69 | 14 | ||||
| 24 | 5-15 Sep | 1979 | |
Weymouth | United Kingdom
|
135 | 27 | ||||
| 25 | 18-27 Feb | 1980 | |
Takapuna |  New Zealand
|
66 | 14 | ||||
| 26 | 5-19 Jul | 1981 | |
Grömitz | East Germany
|
110 | 22 | ||||
| 27 | 9-19 Sep | 1982 | |
Medemblik | Netherlands
|
126 | 22 | ||||
| 28 | 13-21 Aug | 1983 | |
Milwaukee | United States
|
94 | 25 | ||||
| 29 | 17-27 May | 1984 | |
Anzio | Italy
|
103 | 29 | ||||
| 30 | 26Jun -6Jul | 1985 | |
Marstrand | Sweden
|
101 | 25 | ||||
| 31 | 5-13 Jul | 1986 | |
Palma | Spain
|
82 | 21 | ||||
| 32 | 26Jun -7Jul | 1987 | |
Kiel | Template:West Germany | 57 | 17 | ||||
| 33 | 31Jan -11Feb | 1988 | |
Ilhabela |  Brazil
|
48 | 11 | ||||
| 34 | 6-16 Apr | 1989 | |
Alassio | Italy
|
72 | 20 | ||||
| 35 | 5-15 Jul | 1990 | |
Porto Carras |  Greece
|
105 | 25 | ||||
| 36 | 1-3 Sep | 1991 | |
Kingston | Canada
|
96 | 21 | ||||
| 37 | 10-17 May | 1992 | |
Cádiz | Spain
|
94 | 32 | ||||
| 38 | 9-19 Jul | 1993 | |
Bangor | United Kingdom
|
61 | 19 | ||||
| 39 | 12-21 Aug | 1994 | |
Pärnu |  Estonia
|
69 | 23 | ||||
| 40 | 7-15 Jan | 1995 | |
Melbourne | Australia
|
65 | 23 | ||||
| 41 | 1-19 May | 1996 | Societe des Regates Rochelaises |
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime | France
|
71 | 27 | ||||
| 42 | 3-13 Jul | 1997 | |
Gdańsk | Poland
|
81 | 29 | 5 | |||
| 43 | 17-23 Aug | 1998 | |
Athens | Greece
|
84 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 44 | 6-17 Jan | 1999 | |
Melbourne | Australia
|
71 | 28 | 6 | |||
| 45 | 11-16 Jun | 2000 | Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy |
Isle of Portland | United Kingdom
|
89 | 32 | 6 | |||
| 46 | 21-29 Sep | 2001 | Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead |
Marblehead, Massachusetts | United States
|
57 | 19 | 4 | |||
| 47 | 20-28 Jul | 2002 | |
Athens | Greece
|
89 | 29 | 5 | |||
| 48 | 11-24 Sep | 2003 | |
Cádiz | Spain
|
81 | 31 | 5 | |||
| 49 | 12-20 Feb | 2004 |  Iate Clube do Rio de Janeiro |
Rio de Janeiro | Brazil
|
54 | 25 | 4 | |||
| 50 | 9-17 Sep | 2005 | Moscow Sailing School |
Moscow |  Russia
|
98 | 29 | 3 | |||
| 51 | 8-16 Jul | 2006 | |
Split |  Croatia
|
99 | 31 | 4 | |||
| 52 | 28Jun -`3Jul | 2007 |  Clube Naval de Cascais |
Cascais | Portugal
|
79 | 34 | 5 | |||
| 53 | 20-29 Jan | 2008 |  Black Rock Yacht Club |
Black Rock, Victoria | Australia
|
82 | 33 | 5 | |||
| 54 | 3-11 Jul | 2009 | Vallensbæk Sejlklub |
Vallensbæk Strand | Denmark
|
87 | 30 | 5 | |||
| 55 | 27Aug -4Sep | 2010 |  St. Francis Yacht Club |
Berkeley, San Francisco, California | United States
|
87 | 29 | 5 | |||
| 56 | 3-18 Dec | 2011 | |
Perth | Australia
|
72 | 33 | 6 | |||
| 57 | 13-18 May | 2012 |  Royal Cornwall Yacht Club |
Falmouth, Cornwall | United Kingdom
|
94 | 30 | 5 | |||
| 58 | 23-31 Aug | 2013 | Kalev Yacht Club |
Tallinn | Estonia
|
86 | 29 | 4 | |||
| 59 | 12-21 Sep | 2014 | |
Santander, Spain | Spain
|
78 | 31 | 6 | |||
| 60 | 21-30 Nov | 2015 | Takapuna Boating Club |
Auckland | New Zealand
|
75 | 28 | 5 | |||
| 61 | 5-15 May | 2016 | Yacht Club Gaeta |
Gaeta | Italy
|
73 | 25 | 5 | |||
| 62 | 1-19 Sep | 2017 | Spartacus Sailing Club |
Balatonföldvár |  Hungary
|
113 | 32 | 5 | |||
| 63 | 30Jul -12Aug | 2018 | |
Aarhus | Denmark
|
90 | 42 | 6 | |||
| 64 | 16-21 Jan | 2019 | Royal Brighton Yacht Club |
Brighton, Victoria | Australia
|
60 | 22 | 5 | |||
| N/A | 8-16 May | 2020 | Club Nàutic S'Arenal |
Bay of Palma, Mallorca, Balearics | Spain 0
|
(RESCHEDULED) | |||||
| N/A | 2-10 Oct | 2020 | Club Nàutic S'Arenal |
Bay of Palma, Mallorca, Balearics | Spain 0
|
(Cancelled COVID 19) | |||||
| 65 | 4-12 May | 2021 | |
Porto | Portugal
|
52 | 52 | 0 | 31 | 5 | |
| 66 | 15-21 May | 2022 | Fraglia Vela Malcesine |
Malcesine, Lake Garda | Italy
|
110 | 17 | 3 | |||
| 67 | 24-31 Jan | 2023 |  Coconut Grove Sailing Club |
Miami | United States
|
58 | 16 | 4 | |||
| 68 | 3-7 Sep | 2024 | Sailing Aarhus |
Aarhus | Denmark
|
103 | 103 | 0 | 21 | 4 | |
Multiple medallists
| # | Athlete | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Ainslie | Great Britain
|
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Giles Scott | Great Britain
|
4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Fredrik Lööf | Sweden
|
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Jörg Bruder | Brazil
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Lasse Hjortnæs | Denmark
|
3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Willi Kuhweide |  West Germany
|
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Medalists
See also
- Finn Youth World Championship
- Finn Masters World Championship
- ISAF Sailing World Championships
- World Sailing
References
- ^ "Finn World Championship : presentation and medal winners". the-sports.org. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ^ Deaves, Robert. "Finn Class". www.finnclass.org.
- ^ "2017finngoldcup". 2017finngoldcup.
- ^ "2019 Finn Gold Cup". sailingresults.net.
- ^ "2021 Finn Gold Cup" (PDF). 2021.finngoldcup.org.
- ^ "2022 Finn Gold Cup". fragliavela.sailti.com.
- ^ "2023 Finn Gold Cup". fragliavela.sailti.com.
External links
- Sailing competitions
- TheFinnChannel, youtube.com