The RS:X windsurfing class have two World Championship events the RS:X World Championships and the RS:X Youth World Championships these are annual international sailing regatta, organized by the host club on behalf of the International RS:X Class Association and recognized by World Sailing, the sports IOC recognized governing body. In addition the RS:X was used Youth Sailing World Championships which is run entirely by World Sailing this unlike the class youth world championship is limited to one competitor per country.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Sopot (POL) |  Christian Freimüller (GER) |  Richard Hamilton (GBR) |  Pierre Le Coq (FRA) |
| 2008 Pattaya (THA) |  Ho Tsun Leung (HKG) |  Piotr Myszkowski (POL) |  Thiseas Kampas (GRE) |
| 2009 Bodrum (TUR) |  Michalis Malekkides (CYP) | Thomas Goyard (FRA) |  Manfredi Misuraca (ITA) |
| 2010 Kerteminde (DEN) | Thomas Goyard (FRA) | Michalis Malekkides (CYP) | Paweł Tarnowski (POL) |
| 2011 Cagliari (ITA) | Pawel Tarnowski (POL) | Louis Giard (FRA) | Sam Sills (GBR) |
| 2012 Pengu Island | Pawel Tarnowski (POL) | Kieran Martin (GBR) | Martin Olmeta (FRA) |
| 2013 Civitavecchia (ITA) | Mattia Camboni (ITA) |  Mayan Rafic (ISR) |  Bautista Saubidet Birkner (ARG) |
| 2014 Clearwater (USA) | Radosław Furmański (POL) | Mattia Camboni (ITA) |  Toni Bonet Macias (ESP) |
| 2015 Gdynia (POL) | Yoav Omer (ISR) | Francisco Saubidet (ARG) | Titouan Le Bosq (FRA) |
| 2016 Lymasol (CYP) | Yoav Omer (ISR) | Camille BOUYER (FRA) | Tom REUVENY (ISR) |
| 2017 Torbole (ITA) | Tom Reuveny (ISR) | Luca Di Tomassi (ITA) | Andy Brown (GBR) |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Sopot (POL) | Moana Delle (GER) | Maja Dziarnowska (POL) | Regina Stadler (GER) |
| 2008 Pattaya (THA) | Laura Linares (ITA) | Hei Man H V Chan (HKG) | Maja Dziarnowska (POL) |
| 2009 Bodrum (TUR) | Izzy Hamilton (GBR) | Leonore Bosch (FRA) | Lo Sin Lam (HKG) |
| 2010 Kerteminde (DEN) | Izzy Hamilton (GBR) | Hanna Zembrzuska (POL) | Hélène Noesmoen (FRA) |
| 2011 Cagliari (ITA) | Agnieszka Bilska (POL) | Kamila Smektala (POL) | Barbara Dmuchowska (POL) |
| 2012 Pengu Island | Naomi Cohen (ISR) | Saskia Sills (GBR) | Jeanne Dantès (FRA) |
| 2013 Civitavecchia (ITA) | Marta Maggetti (ITA) | Hadas Hochster (ISR) | Maëlle Guilbaud (FRA) |
| 2014 Clearwater (USA) | Emma Wilson (GBR) | Berenice Mege (FRA) | Marta Maggetti (ITA) |
| 2015 Gdynia (POL) | Noy Drihan (ISR) |  Stefania Elfutina (RUS) | Berenice Mege (FRA) |
| 2016 Lymasol (CYP) | Katy Spychakov (ISR) | Noy DRIHAN (ISR) | Mariam Sekhposyan (RUS) |
| 2017 Torbole (ITA) | Maya Morris (ISR) | Emma Wilson (GBR) |  Kazami Matsuura (JPN) |
The RS:X has been used as equipment in the Youth Sailing World Championships which is run by World Sailing for sailors under 19.
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Weymouth (GBR) 29 Boards [20] | Lukasz Grodzicki (POL) | Fabian Heidegger (ITA) | Pierre Le Coq (FRA) |
| 2007 Kingston (CAN) 20 Boards | Pierre LE COQ (FRA) | Ron ASULIN (ISR) | Dimitris VLACHAKIS (GRE) |
| 2008 Århus (DEN) 27 Boards | Michalis Malekkides (CYP) | Thiseas Kampas (GRE) | Oliver-Tom Schliemann (GER) |
| 2009 Buzios (BRA) 24 Boards | Joseph Gueguen (FRA) | Michalis Malekkides (CYP) |  Jorge Renato do Amaral Silva (BRA) |
| 2010 Istanbul (TUR) 30 Boards [21] | Mateo Sanz (ESP) |  Cho Won-woo (KOR) | Pawel Tarnowski (POL) |
| 2011 Zadar (CRO) 33 Boards | Wonwoo Cho (KOR) | Mateo Sanz (ESP) | Louis Giard (FRA) |
| 2012 Dun Loughrie (IRL) 30 Boards | Wonwood Cho (KOR) | Mattia Camboni (ITA) | Maxime Labat (FRA) |
| 2013 Limosol (CYP) 28 Boards | Kieran Martin (GBR) |  Oleksandr Tugaryev (UKR) | Radosław Furmański (POL) |
| 2014 Tavira (POR) 32 Boards | Yael Paz (ISR) | Mattia Camboni (ITA) | Radoslaw Furmanski (POL) |
| 2015 Langkawi (MAL) 29 Boards | Titouan Le Bosq (FRA) | Francisco Saubidet (ARG) | Brenno FRANCIOLI (BRA) |
| 2016 Auckland (NZL) Boards | Yoav Omer (ISR) |  Sil Hoekstra (NED) |  Chen Hao Chen (CHN) |
| 2017 Sanya (CHN) [22] | Yoav Cohen (ISR) | Chen Hao (CHN) | Sil Hoekstra (NED) |
| 2018 Corpus Christi (USA) [23] |  Geronimo Nores (USA) | Nicolò Renna (ITA) | Fabien Pianazza (FRA) |
| 2019 Gdynia (POL) [24] | Fabien Pianazza (FRA) | Nicolò Renna (ITA) | Liam Segev (ISR) |
| Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Weymouth (GBR) 18 Boards [25] | Laura Linares (ITA) | Maayan Davidovich (ISR) | Małgorzata Białecka (POL) |
| 2007 Kingston (CAN) 15 Boards | Laura Linares (ITA) | Moana Delle (GER) | Nina Szymczyk (POL) |
| 2008 Århus (DEN) 15 Boards | Laura Linares (ITA) | Maja Dziarnowska (POL) | Patrícia Freitas (BRA) |
| 2009 Buzios (BRA) 15 Boards | Hei Man Chan (HKG) | Isobel Hamilton (GBR) | Leonore Bosch (FRA) |
| 2010 Istanbul (TUR) [26] | Kamila Smektala (POL) | Isobel Hamilton (GBR) | Ofir Halevy (ISR) |
| 2011 Zadar (CRO) 19 Boards | Veronica Fanciulli (ITA) |  Siripon Kaewduang-Ngam (THA) | Naomi Cohen (ISR) |
| 2012 Dun Loughrie (IRL) 23 Boards | Saskia Sills (GBR) | Naomi Cohen (ISR) | Veronica Fanciulli (ITA) |
| 2013 Limosol (CYP) 22 Boards | Lu Yunxiu (CHN) | Marta Maggetti (ITA) | Sara Wennekes (NED) |
| 2014 Tavira (POR) 21 Boards | Stefaniya Elfutina (RUS) | Shi Hongmei (CHN) | Marta Maggetti (ITA) |
| 2015 Langkawi (MAL) 21 Boards | Stefaniya Elfutina (RUS) | Emma Wilson (GBR) | Xian Ting Huang (CHN) |
| 2016 Auckland (NZL) 27 Boards | Yoav Omer (ISR) | Sil Hoekstra (NED) | Chen Hao Chen (CHN) |
| 2017 Sanya (CHN) [27] | Emma Wilson (GBR) | Giorgia Speciale (ITA) | Ting Yu (CHN) |
| 2018 Corpus Christi (USA) [28] | Islay Watson (GBR) |  Veerle Ten Have (NZL) | Giorgia Speciale (ITA) |
| 2019 Gdynia (POL) [29] | Linoy Geva (ISR) | Yana Reznikova (RUS) | Héloïse Macquaert (FRA) |
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