Sailing (also known as yachting until 2000) has been one of the Olympic sports since the Games of the I Olympiad, held in Athens, Greece, in 1896. Despite being scheduled in the first Olympic program, the races were canceled due to severe weather conditions. Apart from the 1904 Summer Olympics, sailing has been present in every edition of the Olympic Games.

Summary

Timeline

Olympic Classes & Events

Over the years the classes used in the Olympic Sailing Program were replaced from time to time. This table shows this development: Gender Criteria: Open events have no gender requirements where as mixed events require male and female competitors Events Notes: Events in "" Brackets were scheduled but did not take place and therefore not included in the totals

Boat types

Race types

Olympic sailing venues

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Medal table

Updated as of Paris 2024 Olympics.

Nations

This table is based upon the names of the sailors who are documented in the Official Olympic Reports. The last column shows the total number of competitors sent from each country.

Multiple gold medalists

Briton Ben Ainslie and Brazilians Torben Grael and Robert Scheidt are the only Olympic sailors with five Olympic medals. The most successful sailor is Ainslie with four gold medals and one silver, one of only four athletes to win four consecutive gold medals in individual events.