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| First held | 2003 |
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| Classes | 470, 49er, 49er FX, Finn, Laser, Laser Radial, Nacra 17, RS:X |
| Website | Sailing.org |
The Sailing World Championships (formerly ISAF Sailing World Championships) are World championships in sailing for the 10 events contested at the Summer Olympics, organized by World Sailing (formerly ISAF) and held every four years since 2003. In contrast to other years, when each class organise their World championship under supervision of World Sailing, they are the combined World championships for all the disciplines of the next Summer Olympics and serves as the major qualification event for it.