470 European Championships

The 470 European Championships are international sailing regattas in the 470 class, held annually since 1966.^[1] Non-European entries are allowed to take part since the 1972 edition, however they will not become European champions.^[1]

Medals (1966-2024)

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1	France	21	11	13	45
2	Sweden	8	2	6	16
3	Germany[n 1]	7	17	13	37
4	Spain	7	7	6	20
5	Ukraine	7	1	0	8
6	United Kingdom	6	7	8	21
7	Italy	5	8	10	23
8	Greece	4	3	2	9
9	Netherlands	3	8	8	19
10	Russia[n 2]	3	4	5	12
11	Austria	3	3	0	6
12	Portugal	3	2	1	6
13	Finland	3	1	3	7
14	Croatia	3	1	2	6
15	Israel	2	6	6	14
16	Denmark	2	5	0	7
17	Slovenia	2	4	3	9
18	Switzerland	1	2	2	5
19	Norway	1	1	0	2
20	Belgium	1	0	1	2
21	Estonia	1	0	0	1
22	Poland	0	0	4	4
	TOTAL	93	93	93	279

1. Includes medals won by West Germany and East Germany from 1949 to 1990.
2. Includes medals won by the Soviet Union.

Editions

1966

1967

1968

1969

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980, 2011

1981

1982, 1989, 2006

1983

1984

1985

1986

1987

1988

1990

1991

1992, 1997

1993

1994

1995

1996

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2007

2008

2009

2010

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

Host cities of the 470 European Championships

Year	City	Country	Dates	Events	Athletes	Nations	Notes
1966	Boulogne-sur-Mer	France	14–17 July	1	126	3	[2]
1967	Lacanau	France	29–31 July	1	256	2	[3]
1968	Palamós	Spain	2–6 August	1	268	8	[4]
1969	Castiglione della Pescaia	Italy	26–30 August	1	88	5	[5][6]
1971	Southend-on-Sea	United Kingdom	4–8 July	1	128	9	[7][6]
1972	Medemblik	Netherlands	13–19 July	1	238	9	[8][6]
1973	Saint-Cast-le-Guildo	France		1	340	14	[9][6]
1974	El Masnou	Spain	8–16 July	1	302	15	[10][6]
1975	Stokes Bay	United Kingdom	12–22 August	1	226	20	[11][6]
1976	Hellerup	Denmark	13–22 August	1	152	15	[12][6]
1977	Rust	Austria	8–15 June	1	160	21	[13][6]
1978	Cascais	Portugal	15–22 July	1	122	23	[14][6]
1979	Dénia	Spain	6–15 July	1	204	24	[15][6]
1980	Helsinki	Finland	7–15 June	1	104	20	[16][6]
1981	Morges	Switzerland	30 May – 7 June	1	138	19	[17][6]
1982	Balatonfüred	Hungary	28 August – 6 September	1	154	19	[18][6]
1983	Puck	Poland	26 August – 2 September	1	154	19	[19][6]
1984	Salou	Spain	5–13 May	1	140	20	[20][6]
1985	Koper	Yugoslavia	6–13 July	1	158	20	[21][6]
1986	Sønderborg	Denmark	30 June – 10 July	2			[22][23][6]
1987	Lysekil	Sweden	15–22 August	2			[24][25][6]
1988	Quiberon	France	27 June – 10 July	2			[26][27][6]
1989	Balatonfüred	Hungary	21–29 September	2			[28][29][6]
1990	Marina di Carrara	Italy	5–14 July	2			[30][6]
1991	Bergen	Norway	5–13 July	2			[31][32][6]
1992	Nieuwpoort	Belgium	10–18 June	2			[33][34][6]
1993	Breitenbrunn	Austria	5–13 June	2			[35][36][6]
1994	Röbel	Germany	5–12 June	2			[37][38][6]
1995	Båstad	Sweden	8–17 June	2			[39][6]
1996	Hayling Island	United Kingdom	6–15 June	2			[40][41][6]
1997	Nieuwpoort	Belgium	10–19 July	2			[42][6]
1998	Çeşme	Turkey	21–30 July	2			[43][6]
1999	Zadar	Croatia	5–14 August	2			[44][6]
2000	Malcesine	Italy	5–14 June	2			[45][46][6]
2001	Dún Laoghaire	Ireland	10–19 July	2			[47][6]
2002	Tallinn	Estonia	25 July – 3 August	2			[48][6]
2003	Brest	France	6–15 July	2			[49][6]
2004	Warnemünde	Germany	31 May – 10 June	2			[50][51]
2005	Gdynia	Poland	5–14 June	2			[52]
2006	Balatonfüred	Hungary	10–18 June	2			[53]
2007	Thessaloniki	Greece	1–10 June	2			[54]
2008	Riva del Garda	Italy	5–14 June	2			[55]
2009	Traunsee	Austria	5–14 June	2			[56]
2010	Istanbul	Turkey	28 August – 6 September	2			[57]
2011	Helsinki	Finland	6–15 July	2			[58]
2012	Largs	United Kingdom	25 June – 4 July	2			[59]
2013	Formia	Italy	8–15 June	2			[60]
2014	Athens	Greece	8–15 July	2			[61]
2015	Aarhus	Denmark	27 June – 4 July	2			[62][63]
2016	s'Arenal	Spain	5–12 April	2			[64]
2017	Monaco	Monaco	6–13 May	2			[65]
2018	Burgas	Bulgaria	16–24 May	2			[66]
2019	Sanremo	Italy	6–14 May	2			[67]
2021	Vilamoura	Portugal	30 April – 7 May	2			[68]
2022	Çeşme	Turkey	10–18 September	1			[69]
2023	Sanremo	Italy	12–20 May	1	100[a]	19[b]	[70][71]
2024	Cannes	France	7–12 May	1	92	22	[72]
2025	Split	Croatia	12–17 May	1	37	14	[73]

1. 130 including non-European entries
2. 26 including non-European entries

Medalists

Open

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966 Boulogne-sur-Mer[74]	France Gabriel de Kergariou Alain Cordonnier	France Léon Brillouet Blanchard	France Jean-Claude Cornu Jean Morin
1967 Lacanau[75]	Belgium Paul Maes Daniel Quertainmont	France Marc Bouet Joël Desbois	France Yves Pajot Marc Pajot
1968 Palamós[76]	France Marc Bouet Joël Desbois	France Yves Pajot Marc Pajot	France Jean-Louis Brehant Jean-François Brehant
1969 Castiglione della Pescaia[77]	France Marc Bouet Michel Christ	France Marc Laurent Michel Cornic	Switzerland Bernard de Gaudenzi Malignon
1971 Southend-on-Sea[78]	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen	Belgium Paul Maes Daniel Quertainmont
1972 Medemblik[79]	Netherlands Joop van Werkhoven Robert van Werkhoven	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen
1973 Saint-Cast-le-Guildo[80]	Denmark Henrik Söderlund Anders Børresen	West Germany Frank Hübner Klaus Feldmann	Netherlands Joop van Werkhoven Robert van Werkhoven
1974 El Masnou[81]	France Marc Bouet Stéphane Fleury	Spain Juan Santana Francisco Colom	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant
1975 Stokes Bay[82]	Switzerland Jean-Claude Vuithier Laurent Quellet	Norway C. Aazer Walter	West Germany Frank Hübner Harro Bode
1976 Hellerup[83]	Sweden Olle Johansson Lars Johansson	Denmark Lars Lønberg Dan Ibsen Sørensen	Poland Leon Wróbel Tomasz Stocki
1977 Rust[84]	Soviet Union Yuri Koriachkin Vasili Koriachkin	East Germany Helmar Nauck Harald Schaale	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander
1978 Cascais[85]	Soviet Union Mikhail Kudryavtsev Edgar Terekhin	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander	Poland Leon Wróbel Tomasz Stocki
1979 Dénia[86]	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander	West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Niels Korte	Poland Leon Wróbel Tomasz Stocki
1980 Helsinki[87]	East Germany Jörn Borowski Egbert Svensson	France Daniel Péponnet Thierry Peponnet	Soviet Union Vladimir Ignatenko Sergei Jdanov
1981 Morges[88]	Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi	East Germany Jörn Borowski Egbert Svensson	Italy Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco
1982 Balatonfüred[89]	East Germany Jurgen Brietzke Ekkehard Schulz	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander	France Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot
1983 Puck[90]	East Germany Jörn Borowski Egbert Svensson	Italy Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco	France Thierry Peponnet Luc Pillot
1984 Salou[91]	Finland Peter von Koskull Johan von Koskull	Netherlands John Stavenuiter Guido Alkemade	Netherlands Hans Duetz Jan Bos
1985 Koper[92]	Spain Luis Doreste Roberto Molina	Italy Gianfranco Noe Andrea Ballico	Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi

Men and Mixed

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986 Sønderborg[93]	France Thierry Péponnet Luc Pillot	Netherlands Hans Duetz Jan Bos	East Germany Jurgen Brietzke Ekkehard Schulz
1987 Lysekil[94]	Finland Peter von Koskull Johan von Koskull	France Thierry Péponnet Luc Pillot	Spain Jordi Calafat Roberto Molina
1988 Quiberon[95]	France Thierry Péponnet Luc Pillot	Italy Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco	Finland Peter von Koskull Johan von Koskull
1989 Balatonfüred[96]	Italy Sandro Montefusco Paolo Montefusco	West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Rolf Schmidt	France Jean-François Berthet Gwenaël Berthet
1990 Marina di Carrara[97]	Italy Giovanni Cassinari Daniele Cassinari	Switzerland Stefan Seger Dominik Liener	West Germany Rainer Schulz Frank Thieme
1991 Bergen[98]	Norway Herman Horn Johannessen Pal Mccarthy	Netherlands Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven	Germany Wolfgang Hunger Rolf Schmidt
1992 Nieuwpoort[99]	Estonia Tõnu Tõniste Toomas Tõniste	Sweden Magnus Lundgren Urban Lagneus	Netherlands Ben Kouwenhoven Jan Kouwenhoven
1993 Breitenbrunn[100]	Sweden Markus Westerlind Henrik Wallin	Germany Michael Koch Stefan Theuerkauf	Israel Shay Bachar Ilan Tshtash
1994 Röbel[101]	Italy Matteo Ivaldi Michele Ivaldi	Great Britain John Merricks Ian Walker	Spain Jordi Calafat Kiko Sánchez
1995 Båstad[102]	Great Britain John Merricks Ian Walker	Finland Petri Leskinen Mika Aarnika	Germany Ronald Rensch Torsten Haverland
1996 Hayling Island[103]	Russia Dmitry Berezkin Yevgeny Burmatnov	Portugal Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto	Great Britain John Merricks Ian Walker
1997 Nieuwpoort[104]	Portugal Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto	Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko	Finland Petri Leskinen Kristian Heinilä
1998 Çeşme[105]	Portugal Hugo Rocha Nuno Barreto	Slovenia Tomaž Čopi Mitja Margon	Portugal Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes
1999 Zadar[106]	Sweden Johan Molund Mattias Rahm	Slovenia Tomaž Čopi Mitja Margon	France Gildas Philippe Tanguy Cariou
2000 Malcesine[107]	France Gildas Philippe Tanguy Cariou	Italy Matteo Ivaldi Francesco Ivaldi	Spain Gustavo Martinez Tunte Cantero
2001 Dún Laoghaire[108]	Ukraine Yevhen Braslavets Ihor Matviyenko	Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal	Italy Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani
2002 Tallinn[109]	France Nicolas Charbonnier Stéphane Christidis	Greece Andreas Kosmatopoulos Konstantinos Trigonis	Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield
2003 Brest[110]	France Gildas Philippe Nicolas Le Berre	Germany Lucas Zellmer Felix Krabbe	Sweden Johan Molund Martin Andersson
2004 Warnemünde[111]	Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield	Russia Dmitry Berezkin Mikhail Krutikov	Sweden Johan Molund Martin Andersson
2005 Gdynia[112]	Great Britain Nick Rogers Jonathan Glanfield	Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal	Netherlands Sven Coster Kalle Coster
2006 Balatonfüred[113]	France Benjamin Bonnaud Romain Bonnaud	France Ronan Dreano Ronan Floch	France Pierre Leboucher Vincent Garos
2007 Thessaloniki[114]	Portugal Álvaro Marinho Miguel Nunes	France Nicolas Charbonnier Olivier Bausset	Italy Gabrio Zandonà Andrea Trani
2008 Riva del Garda[115]	Great Britain Nic Asher Elliot Willis	Netherlands Sven Coster Kalle Coster	Israel Gideon Kliger Udi Gal
2009 Traunsee[116]	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Germany Lucas Zellmer Heiko Seelig	Italy Gabrio Zandonà Edoardo Mancinelli Scotti
2010 Istanbul[117]	Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis	Israel Gideon Kliger Eran Sela	Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell
2011 Helsinki[118]	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Great Britain Luke Patience Stuart Bithell	Israel Gideon Kliger Eran Sela
2012 Largs[119]	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Great Britain Ben Saxton Richard Mason	Russia Mikhail Sheremetyev Maksim Sheremetyev

Men

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2013 Formia[120]	France Sofian Bouvet Jérémie Mion	Great Britain Luke Patience Jonathan Glanfield	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić
2014 Athens	Great Britain Luke Patience Elliot Willis	Austria Matthias Schmid Florian Reichstädter	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić
2015 Aarhus[121]	Germany Ferdinand Gerz Oliver Szymanski	Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis	Russia Pavel Sozykin Denis Gribanov
2016 Mallorca[122]	France Sofian Bouvet Jérémie Mion	Croatia Šime Fantela Igor Marenić	Italy Simon Sivitz Kosuta Jas Farneti
2017 Monaco[123]	Sweden Carl-Fredrik Fock Marcus Dackhammar	France Guillaume Pirouelle Jérémie Mion	Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez
2018 Burgas[124]	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström	Greece Panagiotis Mantis Pavlos Kagialis	Germany Malte Winkel Matti Cipra
2019 Sanremo[125]	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström	Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez	France Kevin Peponnet Jérémie Mion
2021 Vilamoura[126]	France Kevin Peponnet Jérémie Mion	Spain Jordi Xammar Nicolás Rodríguez	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Fredrik Bergström

Women

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1986 Sønderborg[127]	France Florence Lebrun Sophie Berge	Netherlands Wilma Kramer Henneke Stavenuiter	Italy Paola Porta Anna Barabino
1987 Lysekil[128]	Finland Bettina Lemström Annika Mannström	Netherlands Henny Vegter Marion Bultman	Sweden Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson
1988 Quiberon[129]	Netherlands Henny Vegter Marion Bultman	Sweden Marit Söderström Birgitta Bengtsson	East Germany Peggy Hardwiger Christina Pinnow
1989 Balatonfüred[130]	East Germany Peggy Hardwiger Christina Pinnow	East Germany Suzanne Theel Wibke Buelle	Finland Bettina Lemström Annika Mannström
1990 Marina di Carrara[131]	France Florence Lebrun Odile Barre	Spain Núria Bover Irene Martín	West Germany Tanja Stemler Sabine Lenkmann
1991 Bergen[132]	Spain Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra	Soviet Union Larisa Moskalenko Elena Pakholchik	Great Britain Debbie Jarvis Rosie Tribe
1992 Nieuwpoort[133]	Spain Theresa Zabell Patricia Guerra	Italy Maria Quarra Anna Barabino	CIS Larisa Moskalenko Elena Pakholchik
1993 Breitenbrunn[134]	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Svetlana Oleksenko	Germany Susanne Meyer Katrin Adlkofer	Germany Nicola Birkner Wibke Bülle
1994 Röbel[135]	Spain Theresa Zabell Begoña Vía Dufresne	Germany Tanja Stemler Susanne Bergmann	Germany Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer
1995 Båstad[136]	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Elena Pakholchik	Germany Ines Bohn Sabine Rohatzsch	Spain Laura León Viviane Mainemare
1996 Hayling Island[137]	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Elena Pakholchik	Germany Susanne Bauckholt Katrin Adlkofer	Germany Peggy Bahr Christina Pinnow
1997 Nieuwpoort[138]	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Elena Pakholchik	Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward	Italy Federica Salvà Emanuela Sossi
1998 Çeşme[139]	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Elena Pakholchik	Germany Stephanie Trübel Carolin Grosser	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa
1999 Zadar[140]	Ukraine Ruslana Taran Elena Pakholchik	Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward	Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Alexandra Verbeek
2000 Malcesine[141]	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward	Russia Vladilena Krachun Natalia Gaponovich
2001 Dún Laoghaire[142]	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón	Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila
2002 Tallinn[143]	Greece Sofia Bekatorou Emilia Tsoulfa	Russia Vladelina Ilienko Diana Krutskikh	Netherlands Lisa Westerhof Margriet Matthijsse
2003 Brest[144]	Spain Natalia Vía Dufresne Sandra Azón	Slovenia Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec	Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson-Santén
2004 Warnemünde[145]	Denmark Susanne Ward Michaela Ward	Russia Vladelina Ilienko Natalia Gaponovich	Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila
2005 Gdynia[146]	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux	Israel Nike Kornecki Vered Buskila	Sweden Therese Torgersson Vendela Zachrisson-Santén
2006 Balatonfüred[147]	Germany Stefanie Rothweiler Vivien Kussatz	Austria Sylvia Vogl Carolina Flatscher	Spain Marina Gallego Laia Tutzó
2007 Thessaloniki[148]	Germany Stefanie Rothweiler Vivien Kussatz	Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	Italy Elisabetta Saccheggiani Elisa Cecconi
2008 Riva del Garda[149]	Austria Sylvia Vogl Carolina Flatscher	Switzerland Emmanuelle Rol Anne-Sophie Thilo	Slovenia Vesna Dekleva Klara Maučec
2009 Traunsee[150]	Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos	Greece Anthi Economou Olga Tsigaridi
2010 Istanbul[151]	France Emmanuelle Rol Hélène Defrance	Italy Giulia Conti Giovanna Micol	France Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux
2011 Helsinki[152]	Spain Tara Pacheco Berta Betanzos	Denmark Henriette Koch Lene Sommer	Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark
2012 Largs[153]	Great Britain Sophie Weguelin Sophie Ainsworth	Slovenia Tina Mrak Teja Černe	Germany Annika Bochmann Elisabeth Panuschka
2013 Formia[154]	France Camille Lecointre Mathilde Géron	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar	Great Britain Sophie Weguelin Eilidh McIntyre
2014 Athens	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar	Great Britain Hannah Mills Saskia Clark	Slovenia Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol
2015 Aarhus[155]	Slovenia Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol	France Camille Lecointre Hélène Defrance	Great Britain Sophie Weguelin Eilidh McIntyre
2016 Mallorca[156]	Austria Lara Vadlau Jolanta Ogar	Netherlands Afrodite Kyranakou Anneloes van Veen	Slovenia Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol
2017 Monaco[123]	Netherlands Afrodite Zegers Anneloes van Veen	Italy Elena Berta Sveva Carraro	Poland Agnieszka Skrzypulec Jolanta Ogar
2018 Burgas[124]	Slovenia Tina Mrak Veronika Macarol	Germany Frederike Loewe Anna Markfort	Germany Nadine Boehm Ann-Christin Goliass
2019 Sanremo[125]	France Camille Lecointre Aloïse Retornaz	Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre	Netherlands Afrodite Zegers Lobke Berkhout
2021 Vilamoura[126]	France Camille Lecointre Aloïse Retornaz	Great Britain Hannah Mills Eilidh McIntyre	Switzerland Linda Fahrni Maja Siegenthaler

Mixed

Year v t e	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2022 Çeşme[157]	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Lovisa Karlsson	Spain Jordi Xammar Nora Brugman	Italy Giacomo Ferrari Bianca Caruso
2023 Santo Stefano al Mare[158]	Sweden Anton Dahlberg Lovisa Karlsson	Germany Simon Diesch Anna Markfort	France Hippolyte Machetti Aloïse Retornaz
2024 Cannes[159]	Spain Jordi Xammar Nora Brugman	Portugal Diogo Costa Carolina João	France Jérémie Mion Camille Lecointre
2025 Split[160]	Spain Jordi Xammar Marta Cardona	Great Britain Martin Wrigley Bettine Harris	France Matisse Pacaud Lucie de Gennes

Notes