2017 Laser World Championship
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The 2017 Laser World Championship was held in Split, Croatia 12–19 September 2017. The world championship for the Laser class and organised by the International Laser Class Association and Jedrilicarski klub Mornar.
With no sailing possible on the last scheduled day of racing, the leader Pavlos Kontides of Cyprus was declared world champion of 2017.
Results
Gold fleet
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | X | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pavlos Kontides | Cyprus | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | DNF | 26 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 15 | |
| Tom Burton | Australia | 18 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 30 | |
| Matthew Wearn | Australia | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 24 | 5 | 6 | 31 | |
| 4 | Philipp Buhl | Germany | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 37 |
| 5 | Jesper Stålheim | Sweden | 10 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | UFD | 3 | 11 | 45 |
| 6 | Nick Thompson | Great Britain | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 1 | DNF | 20 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 48 |
| 7 | Jean-Baptiste Bernaz | France | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 30 | 2 | 40 | 50 |
| 8 | Thomas Saunders | New Zealand | 15 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 51 |
| 9 | Francesco Marrai | Italy | 5 | 15 | 7 | 8 | DNF | 1 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 60 |
| 10 | Lorenzo Brando Chiavarini | Great Britain | 2 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 47 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 65 |
| 11 | Elliot Hanson | Great Britain | 2 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 43 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 69 |
| 12 | Sam Meech | New Zealand | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 39 | 12 | 40 | 12 | 72 |
| 13 | Christopher Barnard | United States | 4 | 26 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 73 |
| 14 | Luke Elliott | Australia | 17 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 24 | 73 |
| 15 | Charlie Buckingham | United States | 32 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 75 |
| 16 | Sergey Komissarov | Russia | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 33 | 84 |
| 17 | Benjámin Vadnai | Hungary | 7 | 18 | 25 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 84 |
| 18 | Filip Jurišić | Croatia | 15 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 9 | DSQ | 2 | 20 | 15 | 20 | 85 |
| 19 | Karl-Martin Rammo | Estonia | 22 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 26 | 10 | 94 |
| 20 | Michael Beckett | Great Britain | 5 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 24 | 1 | 96 |
| 21 | Wannes Van Laer | Belgium | 24 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 38 | 6 | 22 | 34 | 101 |
| 22 | Mitchell Kennedy | Australia | 4 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 46 | 36 | 37 | 104 |
| 23 | Hermann Tomasgaard | Norway | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 37 | 37 | 26 | 106 |
| 24 | Duko Bos | Netherlands | 8 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 33 | 40 | 21 | 7 | 108 |
| 25 | Jeremy O'Connell | Australia | 8 | 22 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 16 | 17 | 45 | 22 | 109 |
| 26 | Yuri Hummel | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 44 | 45 | 19 | 17 | 111 |
| 27 | Kaarle Tapper | Finland | 25 | 11 | BFD | 13 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 28 | 20 | 28 | 111 |
| 28 | Stefano Peschiera | Peru | 14 | 9 | 18 | 18 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 42 | 17 | 3 | 112 |
| 29 | Tonči Stipanović | Croatia | 17 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 22 | DNF | DNS | 114 |
| 30 | Joel Rodríguez | Spain | 16 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 17 | 25 | 43 | 18 | 118 |
| 31 | Filip Ciszkiewicz | Poland | 7 | 22 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 14 | 48 | 9 | 27 | 25 | 126 |
| 32 | Finn Lynch | Ireland | 36 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 19 | UFD | 21 | 127 |
| 33 | Jack Wetherell | Great Britain | 31 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 34 | 29 | 33 | 27 | 128 |
| 34 | Žan Luka Zelko | Slovenia | 9 | 8 | 28 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 39 | 25 | 29 | 129 |
| 35 | Milivoj Dukić | Montenegro | 3 | 16 | 10 | UFD | 7 | 18 | 40 | 14 | 30 | 38 | 136 |
| 36 | Ryan Lo | Singapore | 11 | 10 | 13 | 33 | 19 | 14 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 136 |
| 37 | Jonatan Vadnai | Hungary | 14 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 30 | 13 | 44 | 39 | 141 |
| 38 | Giovanni Coccoluto | Italy | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 21 | DNS | 9 | 47 | 47 | UFD | 142 |
| 39 | Marco Gallo | Italy | 37 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 31 | 34 | 45 | 147 |
| 40 | Ha Jee-min | South Korea | 22 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 42 | 32 | 29 | 42 | 149 |
| 41 | Jack Cookson | Great Britain | 5 | 27 | 20 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 39 | 41 | 154 |
| 42 | Enrique Arathoon | El Salvador | 4 | 19 | 9 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 43 | 41 | 36 | 158 |
| 43 | Joaquín Blanco | Spain | 24 | 18 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 17 | 41 | 26 | 23 | DNS | 158 |
| 44 | Antony Munos | France | 12 | 44 | 22 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 49 | 44 | 18 | 30 | 165 |
| 45 | Eliot Merceron | Switzerland | 14 | 13 | 19 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 29 | 36 | 28 | 44 | 165 |
| 46 | Viktor Teplý | Czech Republic | 6 | 44 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 41 | 42 | 32 | 166 |
| 47 | Juan Ignacio Maegli | Guatemala | 19 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 17 | 31 | 35 | 38 | DNS | 170 |
| 48 | Finnian Alexander | Australia | 20 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 9 | 45 | 38 | 35 | 35 | 177 |
| 49 | Malcolm Lamphere | United States | 31 | 17 | 22 | 13 | 8 | 12 | 46 | 48 | 46 | 43 | 207 |
Source: Legend:BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;
Silver fleet
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Davis | Canada | 23 | 14 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 91 |
| 2 | Andrew McKenzie | New Zealand | 46 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | DSQ | 15 | 1 | 93 |
| 3 | Theodor Bauer | Germany | 7 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 14 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 100 |
| 4 | Mustafa Çakir | Turkey | 42 | 33 | 16 | 15 | 29 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 118 |
| 5 | Loïc Queyroux | France | 33 | 13 | 23 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 5 | 10 | 123 |
| 6 | João Pedro Souto de Oliveira | Brazil | 11 | 15 | 23 | 24 | 27 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 123 |
| 7 | Zeno Gregorin | Italy | 22 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 24 | 24 | 25 | 19 | 127 |
| 8 | Juan Pablo Bisio | Argentina | 27 | 22 | 25 | 21 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 11 | 127 |
| 9 | Jesus Rogel Sanchez | Spain | 12 | 16 | 33 | 27 | 40 | 20 | 6 | 15 | 129 |
| 10 | Santiago Sampaio | Portugal | 19 | 11 | 27 | 35 | 31 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 132 |
| 11 | Tonko Kuzmanic | Croatia | 13 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 24 | 29 | 22 | 25 | 133 |
| 12 | George Gautrey | New Zealand | 18 | 28 | 27 | 19 | 16 | 14 | BFD | 12 | 134 |
| 13 | Niels Broekhuizen | Netherlands | 20 | 14 | 26 | 16 | 17 | 18 | BFD | 24 | 135 |
| 14 | Kazumasa Segawa | Japan | 33 | 20 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 19 | 1 | 31 | 137 |
| 15 | Kenji Nanri | Japan | 36 | 31 | 36 | 20 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 23 | 137 |
| 16 | Igor Les | Montenegro | 37 | 32 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 13 | 24 | 7 | 137 |
| 17 | Erik Bowers | United States | DSQ | 8 | 19 | BFD | 20 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 137 |
| 18 | Francisco Renna | Argentina | 29 | 13 | 23 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 10 | 13 | 139 |
| 19 | Henry Marshall | United States | 28 | 30 | 17 | 10 | 35 | 28 | 8 | 22 | 143 |
| 20 | Adonis Bougiouris | Greece | 47 | 24 | 33 | 22 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 18 | 143 |
| 21 | Karolis Janulionis | Lithuania | 12 | 15 | 29 | 27 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 147 |
| 22 | Maksim Nikolayev | Russia | 16 | 38 | 18 | 24 | 21 | 24 | BFD | 9 | 150 |
| 23 | Agustín Vidal | Argentina | 32 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 151 |
| 24 | Eduardo Marques | Portugal | 34 | BFD | 11 | 17 | 15 | 23 | BFD | 4 | 154 |
| 25 | Khairulnizam Afendy | Malaysia | 21 | 23 | 17 | 27 | 19 | 19 | DSQ | 29 | 155 |
| 26 | Tomas Pellejero | Argentina | 25 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 22 | DNF | 28 | 34 | 158 |
| 27 | Rui Silveira | Portugal | 27 | 21 | 20 | 13 | 27 | 25 | 30 | 36 | 163 |
| 28 | Daniel Whiteley | Great Britain | 32 | 28 | 16 | 19 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 165 |
| 29 | Liam Glynn | Ireland | 39 | 21 | 37 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 21 | 21 | 176 |
| 30 | Francisco Guaragna Rigonat | Argentina | 28 | 27 | 24 | 22 | 24 | 20 | 33 | DSQ | 178 |
| 31 | William De Smet | Belgium | 26 | 23 | 31 | 30 | 23 | 20 | 38 | 27 | 180 |
| 32 | Max Gallant | Canada | 23 | 36 | 30 | 34 | 29 | 25 | 14 | 28 | 183 |
| 33 | Sagie Glantz | Israel | 15 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 29 | 22 | 35 | 26 | 183 |
| 34 | Etienne Le Pen | France | 13 | 20 | 26 | 30 | 28 | 39 | BFD | 30 | 186 |
| 35 | Carlos Roselló | Spain | 13 | 16 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 23 | 33 | 187 |
| 36 | Tadeusz Kubiak | Poland | 35 | 25 | 37 | 38 | 23 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 192 |
| 37 | Yuichiro Kitamura | Japan | 6 | 26 | 36 | 22 | DNF | DNF | 12 | 42 | 194 |
| 38 | Ignacio Rodríguez | Uruguay | 16 | 26 | 36 | 26 | 26 | 29 | 37 | 35 | 194 |
| 39 | Maxime Mazard | France | 35 | 36 | 18 | UFD | 18 | 23 | BFD | 16 | 196 |
| 40 | Ford McCann | United States | 39 | 25 | 15 | 21 | 32 | 33 | 34 | bfd | 199 |
| 41 | Marshall McCann | United States | 30 | 28 | 34 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 31 | 45 | 202 |
| 42 | Luke Ruitenberg | Canada | 17 | 34 | 29 | 37 | 36 | 30 | 27 | 39 | 210 |
| 43 | Nicolo Villa | Italy | 21 | 24 | 22 | 43 | 38 | 41 | 32 | 32 | 210 |
| 44 | Andrey Quintero | Colombia | 45 | 40 | 30 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 29 | 40 | 216 |
| 45 | Nooa Laukkanen | Finland | 44 | 19 | 25 | 28 | 34 | 30 | BFD | 38 | 218 |
| 46 | Sam Whaley | Great Britain | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 22 | 16 | BFD | DSQ | 219 |
| 47 | Justin Norton | Canada | 41 | 40 | 21 | 28 | 30 | 27 | 36 | 44 | 223 |
| 48 | Fillah Karim | Canada | 25 | 19 | 41 | 29 | 33 | 36 | BFD | 41 | 224 |
| 49 | Clemente Seguel | Chile | 30 | 42 | 35 | 25 | 25 | 29 | 39 | 46 | 225 |
Source: Legend:BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;
Bronze fleet
| Pos | Helmsman | Country | I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christian Guldberg Rost | Denmark | 47 | 36 | 28 | 21 | 33 | 33 | 2 | 3 | 156 |
| 2 | Martis Pajarskas | Lithuania | 48 | 37 | 40 | 25 | 26 | 24 | 3 | 2 | 157 |
| 3 | Berkay Abay | Turkey | 31 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 26 | 30 | 6 | 12 | 168 |
| 4 | Yanic Gentry | Mexico | 39 | 30 | 38 | 26 | 31 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 169 |
| 5 | Maximilian Müller | Germany | 26 | 35 | 24 | 31 | 35 | 37 | 16 | 8 | 175 |
| 6 | Hugh Macrae | Canada | 34 | 39 | 32 | 35 | 31 | 34 | 4 | 10 | 180 |
| 7 | Keerati Bualong | Thailand | 23 | 43 | 32 | 32 | 40 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 183 |
| 8 | Dominik Perkovic | Croatia | 27 | 34 | 27 | 36 | 42 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 183 |
| 9 | Daniel Self | Australia | 38 | 31 | 34 | 28 | 28 | 27 | BFD | 1 | 187 |
| 10 | James Stewart | Australia | 36 | 45 | 35 | UFD | 36 | 31 | 1 | 5 | 189 |
| 11 | Marek Zaleski | United States | 40 | 46 | 32 | 23 | 34 | 26 | 5 | 30 | 190 |
| 12 | Štěpán Novotný | Czech Republic | 6 | 42 | 39 | 34 | 37 | 36 | 20 | 26 | 198 |
| 13 | Aleksi Tapper | Finland | 44 | 39 | 31 | 29 | 35 | DNS | 17 | 6 | 201 |
| 14 | Santiago Diz | Uruguay | 41 | 43 | UFD | 31 | 39 | 31 | 11 | 14 | 210 |
| 15 | Mark Wong | Singapore | 20 | 34 | 34 | 39 | 32 | 27 | BFD | 24 | 210 |
| 16 | Patrick Døpping | Denmark | 9 | 29 | BFD | DNS | DNS | DNS | 7 | 16 | 211 |
| 17 | Wilhelm Kark | Sweden | 44 | 40 | UFD | 26 | 44 | 44 | 9 | 7 | 214 |
| 18 | Mario Novak | Croatia | 43 | 32 | 44 | 37 | 37 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 214 |
| 19 | Konstantinos Stamatiou-Merakli | Greece | 24 | 48 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 43 | 10 | 18 | 215 |
| 20 | Jack Aitken | Great Britain | 34 | 29 | 38 | 41 | 42 | 36 | 18 | 20 | 216 |
| 21 | Alec Cvinar | Croatia | 49 | 41 | 42 | 33 | 36 | 37 | 12 | 21 | 222 |
| 22 | Gabriel Sanz | Guatemala | 11 | 41 | 40 | 33 | 37 | 37 | BFD | 25 | 224 |
| 23 | Ao Higuchi | Japan | 21 | 31 | 29 | 42 | 40 | 38 | BFD | 36 | 237 |
| 24 | Daniil Krutskikh | Russia | 29 | 30 | 41 | 34 | 41 | DNS | 13 | DSQ | 238 |
| 25 | Andres Lage | Venezuela | 49 | 44 | 43 | 38 | 33 | 15 | 31 | 35 | 239 |
| 26 | Marcus Magnusson | Sweden | 43 | 35 | 30 | 39 | 45 | 40 | 22 | 31 | 240 |
| 27 | Kevin Wiersma | Canada | 45 | 43 | 45 | UFD | 38 | 34 | 19 | 17 | 241 |
| 28 | Arthur Baudet | Switzerland | 18 | 45 | 43 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 28 | 32 | 244 |
| 29 | Panagiotis Iordanou | Cyprus | 40 | 39 | 41 | DNF | 38 | 35 | 32 | 19 | 244 |
| 30 | Chusitt Punjamala | Thailand | 43 | 27 | 39 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 29 | 23 | 244 |
| 31 | Georg Haud | Estonia | 41 | 29 | 43 | 42 | 43 | 35 | 27 | 27 | 244 |
| 32 | Abdulla Janahi | Brunei | 35 | 33 | 28 | 36 | 30 | 32 | DNS | DNS | 244 |
| 33 | Jakub Halouzka | Czech Republic | 38 | 18 | 42 | 38 | 43 | 41 | 26 | 42 | 245 |
| 34 | Forrester Wachholz | Canada | 30 | 37 | 42 | DNS | DNS | DNS | 24 | 15 | 248 |
| 35 | Brendan Aulthouse | Canada | 42 | 49 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 45 | 21 | 39 | 260 |
| 36 | Upamanyu Dutta | India | 29 | 41 | 40 | 45 | 41 | 40 | 30 | DNS | 266 |
| 37 | Jaroupong Meeyusamsen | Thailand | 26 | 46 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 43 | 34 | 33 | 268 |
| 38 | Juan Ignacio Pérez | Mexico | 28 | 35 | 44 | 47 | 49 | 45 | 35 | 37 | 271 |
| 39 | Nikola Churkoski | North Macedonia | 37 | 38 | BFD | 42 | 46 | 39 | 25 | DSQ | 277 |
| 40 | Jiri Halouzka | Czech Republic | 46 | 42 | 45 | 43 | 45 | 44 | 33 | 28 | 280 |
| 41 | Cyrill Knecht | Switzerland | DNS | 37 | 45 | 44 | 39 | 38 | BFD | 29 | 282 |
| 42 | Hassan Al Tamimi | Qatar | 47 | 45 | 39 | 45 | 46 | 42 | BFD | 22 | 286 |
| 43 | Faris Al Bakri | Qatar | 19 | 47 | 49 | 44 | DNF | DNS | 41 | 38 | 288 |
| 44 | Ruslan Jangazov | Kazakhstan | 42 | 47 | 48 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 41 | 292 |
| 45 | Marin Mandic | Croatia | 45 | 47 | 46 | 40 | DNS | DNS | 36 | 34 | 298 |
| 46 | Patrik Meliš | Slovakia | 38 | 48 | 46 | DNS | 45 | 41 | 40 | bfd | 308 |
| 47 | Michal Andel | Slovakia | 40 | DSQ | 46 | 48 | 48 | 47 | 38 | 43 | 310 |
| 48 | Gabriele Besozzi | Italy | 46 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 47 | 46 | 39 | 40 | 310 |
| 49 | Austin Ross | Canada | 48 | 50 | DNF | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | 348 |
Source: Legend:BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; UFD – "U" flag disqualification;