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The Canoe Sailing World Championships is an international competition in canoe sailing, sanctioned by the ICF as the premier event in that discipline. [1]
The competition was first held in 1961 and has been held roughly every 3 years since. [2] British Robin Wood has won the championships a record 4 times
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1961 |  Hayling Island | Alan Emus (GBR) | John Hunt (GBR) | Graham Smith (GBR) |
| 1965 |  Lake Constance | Alan Emus (GBR) |  Lars Johanssen (SWE) | John A. Biddle (GBR) |
| 1969 | Grafham Water | Alan Emus (GBR) | Gunnar Aggefors (SWE) | John A. Biddle (GBR) |
| 1972 | Oxelösund | Martin Rosell (SWE) | Gunnar Aggefors (SWE) | John A. Biddle (GBR) |
| 1975 | Hayling Island | Lars-Erik Lundgren (GBR) | Leif Johansson (SWE) | Mats Lind (SWE) |
| 1978 | Fiskeboda | Martin Gullberg (SWE) |  Steve Clark (USA) | Lars-Erik Lundgren (SWE) |
| 1981 | Buzzards Bay | Max Tollqvist (SWE) | Olle Berqvist (SWE) | Steve Clark (USA) |
| 1984 | Ängelholm | Steve Clark (USA) | Chris Converse (USA) | Hannah Clark (USA) |
| 1987 | Plymouth | Robin Wood (GBR) | Lars Guck (USA) | Patrick Marshall (GBR) |
| 1990 | Steinhuder Meer | Lars Guck (USA) | Steve Clark (USA) | Jens Reichert (FRG) |
| 1993 | San Francisco | Robin Wood (GBR) | Steve Clark (USA) | Lars Guck (USA) |
| 1996 |  Port Stephens | Robin Wood (GBR) | Mark Goodchild (GBR) | Anders Petersson (SWE) |
| 1999 | Nynäshamn | Lester Noble (GBR) | Mark Goodchild (GBR) | Anders Petersson (SWE) |
| 2002 | Bristol | Steve Clark (USA) | Anders Petersson (SWE) | Eric Chase (USA) |
| 2005 | Weymouth | Mark Goodchild (GBR) | John Ellis (GBR) | Simon Allen (GBR) |
| 2008 | Port Philipp | Hayden Virtue (AUS) | Bill Beaver (USA) | Seth Dunbar (AUS) |
| 2011 | Travemünde | Chris Maas (USA) | Peter Ullman (GER) | Alistair Warren (GBR) |
| 2014 | San Francisco | Mikey Radziejowski (USA) | Chris Maas (USA) | Alistair Warren (GBR) |
| 2017 | Pwllheli | Robin Wood (GBR) | Chris Maas (USA) | Alistair Warren (GBR) |
| 2020 | Cancelled [4] | |||
| 2024 | Travemünde | Glen Truswell (GBR) | Michael Costello (USA) | Mike Fenwick (GBR) |
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