The Optimist World Championship is an annual World Championship sailing regatta in the Optimist class organised by the International Optimist Dinghy Association.
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Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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1983 | France | |||
1984 | Denmark | |||
1985 | Sweden | |||
1986 | France | |||
1987 | Spain | |||
1988 | Spain | |||
1989 | Denmark | |||
1990 | Argentina | |||
1991 | Brazil | |||
1992 | Italy | |||
1993 | Argentina | |||
1994 | Argentina | |||
1995 | Spain | |||
1996 | Argentina | |||
1997 | Peru | |||
1998 | Peru | |||
1999 | Peru | |||
2000 | Argentina | Brazil | Croatia | [86] |
2001 | Argentina | |||
2002 | Argentina | |||
2003 | Argentina | [87] | ||
2004 | Poland | |||
2005 | Argentina | |||
2006 | Singapore | |||
2007 | Greece | |||
2008 | Puerto Rico | |||
2009 | China | |||
2010 | Thailand | |||
2011 | Singapore | |||
2012 | Singapore | United States | Netherlands | [88] |
2013 | Singapore | |||
2014 | Thailand | |||
2015 | Singapore | |||
2016 | United States | Germany | Singapore | |
2017 | United States | |||
2018 | Thailand | |||
2019 | Italy | |||
2020 | Cancelled COVID | |||
2021 | Italy | |||
2022 | United States | |||
2023 | Italy | |||
2024 | Spain | Singapore | Puerto Rico |
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