The Flying Dutchman World Championship, also known as FD Worlds, are international sailing regattas in the Flying Dutchman class organized by the International Flying Dutchman Class Organization since 1956 and recognised by World Sailing.[1]
The Szabolcs Majthényi & András Domokos team has been the most successful in the history of the championships, with fourteen titles, making Hungary the most successful among the nations. Danish sailors together have won thirteen championships as well, followed by sailors of West Germany with eight titles.
Flying Dutchman was an Olympic class from 1960 to 1992.
The first Flying Dutchman World Championships were held in Starnberger See in 1956.
| Ed. | Year | City | Country | Dates | Athletes | Nations | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 19–25 August | [2] [3] | ||||||
| 2 | 18–25 August | [4] | ||||||
| 3 | 2–7 September | [5] | ||||||
| 4 | 20–25 July | [6] | ||||||
| N/A | 1960 | Not held | ||||||
| N/A | 1961 | Not held | ||||||
| 5 | 3–10 March | [7] | ||||||
| 6 | 30 September – 5 October | [8] | ||||||
| N/A | 1964 | Not held | ||||||
| 7 | 13–19 September | [9] | ||||||
| N/A | 1966 | Not held | ||||||
| 8 | 8–16 September | [10] | ||||||
| N/A | 1968 | Not held | ||||||
| 9 | 6–13 July | [11] | ||||||
| 10 | 20–26 February | [12] | ||||||
| 11 | 26 July – 1 August | [13] | ||||||
| N/A | 1972 | Not held | ||||||
| 12 | 8–12 September | [14] | ||||||
| 13 | 11–16 July | [15] | ||||||
| 14 | 5–10 August | [16] | ||||||
| N/A | 1976 | Not held | ||||||
| 15 | 6–15 June | [17] | ||||||
| 16 | 17–22 September | [18] | ||||||
| 17 | 23 June – 2 July | [19] | ||||||
| 18 | 8–14 June | [20] | ||||||
| 19 | 27 September – 5 October | |||||||
| 20 | 2–10 January, 1983 | align=center | [21] | |||||
| 21 | 3–12 June | [22] | ||||||
| 22 | 4–12 April | [23] | ||||||
| 23 | 1–12 July | [24] | ||||||
| 24 | 12–23 February | [25] | ||||||
| 25 | 26 June – 4 July | [26] | ||||||
| 26 | 1–9 July | [27] | ||||||
| 27 | 16–23 September | [28] | ||||||
| 28 | 1–8 September | [29] | ||||||
| 29 | 29 December, 1991 – 8 January, 1992 | [30] | ||||||
| 30 | 10–17 May | [31] | ||||||
| 31 | 1–7 August | [32] [33] | ||||||
| 32 | 2–9 January, 1995 | [34] [35] | ||||||
| 33 | 27 August – 3 September | [36] [37] | ||||||
| 34 | 19–25 May | [38] | ||||||
| 35 | 31 March – 5 April | [39] | ||||||
| 36 | 25 July – 1 August | [40] | ||||||
| 37 | 23–31 July | [41] | ||||||
| 38 | 13–24 November | [42] | ||||||
| 39 | 20–28 June | [43] | ||||||
| 40 | 28 August – 3 September | [44] | ||||||
| 41 | 27 December, 2003 – 6 January, 2004 | [45] | ||||||
| 42 | 28 July – 4 August | [46] | ||||||
| 43 | 9–16 September | [47] | ||||||
| 44 | 4–11 April | [48] | ||||||
| 45 | 13–16 July | [49] | ||||||
| 46 | 31 December, 2008 – 11 January, 2009 | [50] | ||||||
| 47 | 31 July – 7 August | [51] | ||||||
| 48 | 27 July – 6 August | [52] | ||||||
| 49 | 30 June – 9 July | [53] | ||||||
| 50 | 23–30 September | [54] | ||||||
| 51 | 24 May – 1 June | [55] | ||||||
| 52 | 11–19 July | [56] | ||||||
| 53 | 1–8 January | [57] | ||||||
| 54 | 20–29 May | [58] | ||||||
| 55 | 22–30 September | [59] | ||||||
| 56 | 20–28 July | [60] | ||||||
| 57 | 13–21 February | [61] | ||||||
| N/A | [62] | |||||||
| 58 | 4–11 September | |||||||
| 59 | 3–9 September | |||||||
| 60 | 21–29 July | |||||||
| 61 | 26–31 March |
Source from the results table below updated to include up to 2024
| Athlete | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Szabolcs Majthényi | 14 | 8 | 1 | 23 | ||
| - | András Domokos | 14 | 8 | 1 | 23 | ||
| 3 | Jørgen Bojsen-Møller | 10 | 3 | 2 | 15 | ||
| 4 | Jacob Bojsen-Møller | 9 | 3 | 3 | 15 | ||
| 5 | Albert Batzill | 4 | 2 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 6 | Ian McCrossin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| - | James Cook | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 8 | Rodney Pattisson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 9 | Kay-Uwe Lüdtke | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| - | Kai Schäfers | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 11 | Rudolf Batzill | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 12 | Evert Bastet | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Hans Fogh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| - | Rolf Mulka | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| - | Ingo von Bredow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| - | Jens Bojsen-Møller | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 17 | Ian MacDonald-Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| - | Paul Foerster | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| - | Stephen Bourdow | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| - | Jørgen Schönherr | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 21 | Jörg Diesch | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| - | Eckart Diesch | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 23 | Ard Geelkerken | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | ||
| 24 | Mario Capio | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| 25 | Rolly Tasker | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| - | Peter Fröschl | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| - | Klaus Wende | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 28 | Peter Lang | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| - | Hein Dijksterhuis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |