| Year: | 2006 |
| Type: | ISAF World Sailing Games |
| Venue: | Lake Neusiedl, Austria |
| Dates: | 10–20 May |
| Titles: | 10 |
| Yachts: | 420, 470, 49er, Hobie 16, Hobie Tiger, Laser, Laser Radial, |
| Prev: | 2002 |
The 2006 ISAF World Sailing Games was held at Lake Neusiedl, Austria 10–20 May.
The events were 420 team racing, 470 (men and women), 49er, women's Hobie 16, Hobie Tiger, men's Laser, women's Laser Radial, and (men and women).[1] In the 2006 event, sailors from similar classes were invited to participate, e.g. the medalists from 2005 Finn Gold Cup and the world champions in Byte, Contender, and OK were invited to the men's one-person dinghy event in Laser.[2]
Of each countries entries, two were initially accepted: the first entry from the country and the entry that was best-ranked on the most recent ISAF World Sailing Rankings for the corresponding Olympic event. Additionally, the organising committee could accept the second-fastest entry per country if the quota of the event was not yet reached. Champions and medalists of the latest World championships could enter outside the national restrictions as listed below. Also top-ten of the 15 February 2006 ISAF World Sailing Rankings and current World champions in Olympic classes (except Yngling, Finn and Star), as well as top-four of the 2005 Team Sailing World Championships were qualified.[3]
| Event | Equipment | Max. entries | Invited medalists or champions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's one-person dinghy | 100 | Finn (3), Byte (1), Contender (1), OK (1) | ||
| Men's two-person dinghy | 80 | 420 (1), 505 (1), Flying Dutchman (1) | ||
| Men's multihull | 60 | A-Catamaran (1), Dart 18 (1), Formula 18 (1), Hobie 16 (1), Hobie Tiger (1) | ||
| Men's windsurfer | 80 | |||
| Women's one-person dinghy | 80 | Europe (1) | ||
| Women's two-person dinghy | 50 | |||
| Women's multihull | 40 | Hobie 16 (women) (3) | ||
| Women's windsurfer | 60 | |||
| Open skiff | 50 | |||
| Team sailing |
| Criteria | Men | Women | Open | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=100 | Laser ! | width=100 | 470 ! | width=100 | Hobie Tiger ! | width=100 | ! | width=100 | Laser Radial ! | width=100 | 470 ! | width=100 | Hobie 16 ! | width=100 | ! | width=100 | 49er ! | width=100 | Team |
| width=20 | ISAF World Sailing Rankings top ten [4] [5] [6] [7] | valign=top | valign=top | valign=top | valign=top | valign=top | |||||||||||||
| Class WC winners |  USA 1 USA 2 Great Britain 1 Great Britain 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Other WC winners | A-Catamaran champions Dart 18 champions Formula 18 champions Hobie 16 champions Hobie Tiger champions | Europe champion | Hobie 16 (women) 1 Hobie 16 (women) 2 Hobie 16 (women) 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 420 (team racing)[8] | Danny Pletsch Carolyn Howe Caleb Silsby Paige Silsby | Rob Sherrington Linda Eadie Steve Tylecote Debs Kershaw | Tim Wadlow Ery Largary Timothy Fallon Karen Renzulli | |
| Men's 470[9] |  Nathan Wilmot Malcolm Page |  Benjamin Bonnaud Romain Bonnaud |  Kiko Sánchez Alejandro Ramos | |
| Women's 470[10] | Ingrid Petitjean Nadège Douroux | Elise Rechichi Tessa Parkinson |  Ruslana Taran Olena Pakholchyk | |
| 49er[11] | Iker Martínez de Lizarduy Xabier Fernández | Rodion Luka George Leonchuk |  Pietro Sibello Gianfranco Sibello | |
| Hobie 16[12] | Kerstin Wichardt Anja Hafke | Marie Duvignac Pauline Thevenot | Annie Gardner Susan Korzeniewski | |
| Hobie Tiger[13] | Darren Bundock Glenn Ashby | Mitch Booth Herbert Dercksen | Coen de Koning Mischa Heemskerk | |
| Laser[14] | ||||
| Laser Radial[15] | ||||
| Men's RS:X[16] | ||||
| Women's RS:X[17] |