ISAF World Sailing Rankings – The Official ISAF Rankings for Olympic Classes

by ISAF on 7 Oct 2003 The most important regatta in the Olympic classes calendar for 2003, the ISAF World Championship, has concluded, and the results have been entered into the world rankings to present the latest positions on the World Olympic Classes stage.

For many Olympic events this Championship has been the only results included in the rankings calculation, but it’s status as the World Championship gives it a heavier weighting than even an ISAF Grade 1 event, and as such there are some expected climbers and expected drops in the rankings since before the Championship.

Having said that, there are also some unexpected movers and shakers. This can be explained by the nature of the two-year rolling cycle, coupled with event weighting and grading points that make the rankings difficult to predict, and increases the anticipation for their release.

For an event-by-event report on the movers and shakers following the latest rankings release go to http://www.sailing.org/Article_content.asp?ArticleID=5545

The Top 5 in each class:

Windusrfer Men - Mistral One-Design

1 Jon-Paul TOBIN (NZL) (right)

2 Maxim OBEREMKO (UKR)

3 Joeri VAN DIJK (NED)

4 Joao RODRIGUES (POR)

5 Gal FRIDMAN (ISR)

Windsurfer Women - Mistral One-Design

1 Lise VIDAL (FRANCE)

2 Romy KINZL (GER)

3 Synthia GROS (FRA)

4 Allison SHREEVE (AUS)

5 Anna GRACZYK (POL)

Single-Handed Dinghy Women - Europe

1 Siren SUNDBY (NOR) (right)

2 Sari MULTALA (FIN)

3 Petra NIEMANN (GER)

4 Carolijn BROUWER (NED)

5 Trine Julie ABRAHAMSEN (DEN)

Single-Handed Dinghy Men - Finn

1 Ben AINSLIE (GBR)

2 Mateusz KUSZNIEREWICZ (POL)

3 Sebastien GODEFROID (BEL

4 Karlo KURET (CRO)

5 Michael FELLMANN (GER)

Single-Handed Dinghy Open - Laser

1 Michael BLACKBURN (AUS)

2 Robert SCHEIDT (BRA)

3 Paul GOODISON (GBR)

4 = Daniel BIRGMARK (SWE)

4 = Kalle SUNESON (SWE)

Double-Handed Dinghy Men - 470

1 Nathan WILMOT Malcolm PAGE (AUS) (right)

2 Philippe GILDAS Nicolas LE BERRE (FRA)

3 Andreas KOSMATOPOULOS Kostas TRIGONIS (GRE)

4 Alvaro MARINHO Miguel NUNES (POR)

5 Benjamin BONNAUD Romai BONNAUD (FRA)

Double-Handed Dinghy Women - 470

1 Ingrid PETITJEAN Nadege DOUROUX (FRA)

2 Vlada ILIENKO Natalia GAPONOVICH (RUS)

3 Stefanie ROTHWEILER Monika LEU (GER)

4 Natalia VIA DUFRESNE Sandra AZON (ESP)

5 Sofia BEKATOROU Emilia TSOULFA (GRE)

Double-Handed Dinghy Open - 49er

1 Chris DRAPER Simon HISCOCKS (GBR) (right)

2 Rodion LUKA George LEONCHUK (UKR)

3 Paul BROTHERTON Mark ASQUITH (GBR)

4 Alistair RICHARDSON Peter GREENHALGH (GBR)

5 Christoffer SUNDBY Frode BOVIM (NOR)

Multihull Open - Tornado

1 Xavier REVIL Laurent GUILLEMETTE (FRA)

2 Santiago LANGE Carlos ESPINOLA (ARG)

3 Mitch BOOTH Herbert DERCKSEN (NED)

4 Roman HAGARA Hans-Peter STEINACHER (AUT)

5 Hugh STYLES Adam MAY (GBR)

Keelboat Women - Yngling

1 Betsy ALISON, Suzy LEECH, Lee ICYDA (USA)

2 Ulrike SCHUEMANN, Winnie LIPPERT, Wibke BUELL
(GER)

3 Dorte O. JENSEN, Hellen JESPERSEN, Rachel KIEL (DEN)

4 Kristin WAGNER, Anna HOLL, Veronika LOCHBRUNNER (GER)

5 Hannah SWETT, Melissa PURDY, Joun TOUCHETTE (USA)

Keelboat Men - Star

1 Fredrik LOOF Anders EKSTROM (SWE) (right)

2 Iain PERCY Steve MITCHELL (GBR)

3 Peter BROMBY Martin SIESE (BER)

4 Mark MANSFIELD Killian COLLINS (IRL)

5 Philippe PRESTI Jean Philippe SALIOU (FRA)