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The Olympic sailing classes have been used in the sport of Sailing/Yachting during the Olympic Summer Games since 1896. Since then, 46 different classes have been used.

History

Over a period of more than 112 years, in a sport that uses complex technical equipment, classes will be discontinued for use at the Olympics. Reasons for discontinuation of a class varied from economical, logistical and technological to emotional and even political. Some of the discontinued classes remain very strong International - or National classes. Others filled a niche in a specific area like sailing schools or local club racing. Some faded away.

The "Former Olympic Sailing Classes", together with their crews form an important and significant part of the history of sailing in general and Olympic Sailing in particular. These tables give an overview of the classes and when they were used for Olympic sailing.

Current Olympic Classes

Discontinued Olympic Classes

Pre-WWII games (1900–1936)

Category	Class	1900	1904	1908	1912	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936
Ton classes	12 Ton	•
12–1 Ton	•
1–2 Ton	•
2–3 Ton	•
3–10 Ton	•
10–20 Ton	•
Open	•
Square MeterSkerry Cruiser classes	30m2	•
40m2	•
Jauge chemin de fer classes	6.5 Metre	•
8.5 Metre	•
Metre classes	6 Metre	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
7 Metre	•	•
8 Metre	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
9 Metre	•
10 Metre	•	•
12 Metre	•	•	•
15 Metre	•
Monotype classes	12 foot dinghy	•	•
18 foot dinghy	•
French National Monotype 1924	•
Snowbird	•
O-Jolle	•
Keelboat	Star	•	•

Post-WWII games (1948—2020)

Legend

( • ) Open Class event (Male and Female)
( M ) Male event
( F ) Female event
( Fm ) Female Matchrace event
( C ) Combined open event (Fleetrace and Matchrace)
( Mix ) Mixed (e.g. One Male & One Female Crew)
( H ) Heavyweight Dinghy event
( P ) High Performance Dinghy event

References

International Sailing Federation