ISAF Open Match Racing World Championship

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An ISAF Open Match Racing World Champion has been named annually since 1988. Since 2006 the World Match Racing Tour Champion has been named ISAF Match Racing World Champion.

Editions

EventGoldSilverBronze
1988 Perth Flag of New Zealand.svg  Chris Dickson  (NZL)
1989 Lymington Flag of New Zealand.svg  Chris Dickson  (NZL)
1990 Auckland Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Gilmour  (AUS)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Rod Davis  (NZL)Flag of the United States.svg  Peter Isler  (USA)
1991 Hamilton Flag of New Zealand.svg  Chris Dickson  (NZL)Flag of the United States.svg  Peter Isler  (USA)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Russell Coutts  (NZL)
1992 Perth Flag of New Zealand.svg  Russell Coutts  (NZL)Flag of the United States.svg  Kevin Mahaney  (USA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Gilmour  (AUS)
1993 Long Beach Flag of New Zealand.svg  Russell Coutts  (NZL)Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Baird  (USA)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Rod Davis  (NZL)
1994 La Rochelle Flag of France.svg  Bertrand Pacé  (FRA)Flag of the United States.svg  Paul Cayard  (USA)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Rod Davis  (NZL)
1995 Auckland Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Baird  (USA)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Roy Heiner  (NED)Flag of France.svg  Bertrand Pacé  (FRA)
1996 Dubrovnik Flag of New Zealand.svg  Russell Coutts  (NZL)Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Baird  (USA)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Gilmour  (AUS)
1997 Marstrand Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Gilmour  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Baird  (USA)Flag of Denmark.svg  Jesper Bank  (DEN)
1998 Hayama Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Gilmour  (AUS)Flag of the United States.svg  Ed Baird  (USA)Flag of Denmark.svg  Jesper Bank  (DEN)
1999 Copenhagen Flag of Denmark.svg  Jesper Bank  (DEN)Flag of France.svg  Bertrand Pacé  (FRA)Flag of New Zealand.svg  Gavin Brady  (NZL)
2000 Split Flag of New Zealand.svg  Dean Barker  (NZL)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Peter Gilmour  (AUS)Flag of Denmark.svg  Sten Mohr  (DEN)
2001not held
2002 Stockholm Flag of Poland.svg  Karol Jabłoński  (POL)Flag of Denmark.svg  Jes Gram-Hansen  (DEN)Flag of Sweden.svg  Björn Hansen  (SWE)
2003 Riva del Garda Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ed Baird
Andy Horton
Tom Burnham
John Ziskind
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
James Spithill
Ben Durham
Andy Fethers
Joe Newton
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Karol Jablonski
Grzegorz Baranowski
Piotr Przbylski
Jacek Wysocki
2004 YekaterinburgFlag of the United States.svg  Ed Baird  (USA)Flag of Poland.svg  Karol Jablonski  (POL)Flag of France.svg  Philippe Presti  (FRA)
2005 Calpe Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
James Spithill
Andy Fethers
Joe Newton
Michele Ivaldi
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Ed Baird
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Pablo Cian

For 2006 onwards, see World Match Racing Tour#World Champions.

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