12 Metre World Championship

12 Metre World Championship is a World Championship sailing regatta in the 12 Metre class organised by the International 12 Metre Association (Website).

Editions

Event			Host			Sailors					Ref.
Ed	Dates	Year	Club	Location	Nats	Fleet	Boats	Sailors	Nats	Cont
1		1979		Brighton	United Kingdom						[1]
2		1982		Newport	United States						[2]
4		1984		Porto Cervo	Italy						[3]
5	7–20 February	1986		Fremantle	Australia						[4][5]
6	25 June – 11 July	1987	Yacht Club Costa Smeralda	Porto Cervo	Italy						[6]
7	19–26 June	1988		Luleå	Sweden						[7]
8	13–19 June	1999		Saint-Tropez	France						[8]
9	16–24 August	2001	Royal Yacht Squadron	Cowes	United Kingdom						[9]
10		2003		Newport	United States						[10]
11	14–18 September	2005		Newport	United States						[11]
12	25–29 September	2007		Cannes	France						[12]
13	5–11 July	2008		Glücksburg	Germany						[13]
14	22–27 September	2009		Newport	United States						[14]
15	28 June – 3 July	2011	Flensburger Segel-Club	Flensburg	Germany						[15]
16	13–19 July	2014	Real Club Náutico de Barcelona	Barcelona	Spain						[16]
17	8–13 July	2019		Newport	United States						[17]
18	14–21 August	2021	Nyländska Jaktklubben (NJK)	Helsinki	Finland
19		2023	Ida Lewis Yacht Club		United States
20		2024	Yacht Club Porquerolles		France

Medalists

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1979 Brighton	Lionheart (GBR)
1982 Newport	Victory '82 (GBR) Phil Crebbin Harold Cudmore	Clipper (CAN) Terry McLaughlin
1984 Porto Cervo	Victory '83 (GBR)
1986 Fremantle	Australia III (AUS)
1987 Porto Cervo	Kiwi Magic (NZL)
1988 Luleå	Kookaburra III (AUS) Peter Gilmour
1991 San Diego	New Zealand (NZL)
1999 St.-Tropez	Kiwi Magic (ITA)
2001 Cowes	South Australia (AUS) Russell Coutts	New Zealand Cameron Appleton	United States John Edwin Bertrand Cole Lissiman
2005 Newport	Hissar - KZ5 (USA)	Wright on White - KZ3 (BRA)	Kiwi Magic (USA)
2007 Cannes	no champion decided
2008 Flensburg	Nyala (ITA)	Trivia (GER)	Sphinx (GER)
2009 Newport	Kiwi Magic (USA)	Wright on White - KZ3 (BRA)	U.S.A. - US61 (USA)
2014 Barcelona	Nyala (ITA)	Trivia (GER)	Vanity V (DEN)
2019 Newport	Legacy - KZ5 (DEN)  Challenge 12 (USA)  Columbia (USA)  Nyala (ITA)	New Zealand - KZ3 (USA)  Enterprise (USA)  American Eagle (USA)  Onawa (USA)	Kookaburra II (ITA)  Courageous (USA)  Nefertiti (USA)  Blue Marlin (FIN)
2021 Helsinki	Vim (DEN)	Blue Marlin (FIN)	Flica II (GER)