GSI EVENT STUDY / HEMPEL SAILING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AARHUS 2018
Sporting
Athletes By Continent All six continents were represented by a total of 1,247 sailors at the championships. Europe accounted for 64.1 per cent of all sailors present in Aarhus, with 799 representing 37 nations.
Hempel Sailing World Championships Aarhus 2018 – Sailors by continent
0.7%
There were 162 athletes from Asia (17.9 per cent) and 110 from North America (15.5 per cent). Compared to previous Sailing World Championships in Perth and Santander, Aarhus continued an upward trend in the number of sailors competing and the number of nations represented, meeting World Sailing’s objective of improving the universality of the event as sailors represented more nations than ever before.
7.9%
5.5%
13.0%
8.8%
Sailing World Championships – Sailors (2003-2018) 1,600
1,472
1,400
64.1% 1,350
1,200
1,030
1,167
1,247
1,000
Africa Europe Oceania
Asia North America South America
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Cádiz
Cascais
Perth
Santander
Aarhus
Spain
Portugal
Australia
Spain
Denmark
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