2024 29er World Championship

The 2024 29er World Championship was a world championship of sailing that was held at Aarhus International Sailing Center in Aarhus, Denmark. The 24th 29er World Championship took place between 1 August and 9 August 2024.

The event was won by Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi^[1] of Italy, who had previously finished 2nd in the 2022 29er World Championship,^[2] and 3rd at the 2023 World Championship.^[3]

Reigning world champion Clementine Van Steenberge^[3] of Ireland finished 2nd in silver fleet^[4] after switching crews from her brother, Nathan Van Steenberge, to Jessica Riordan for the event. They finished as the 6th female team overall.

There were 5 different winners of the first race of the day due to separate fleets. These winners included eventual event winners Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi, as well as female team Emily Polson and Tiffany Mak of Hong Kong, and Swedish mixed duo Selma Hård and Lukas Wolfgang. Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi went on to win the first 4 races in their fleet creating a dominant lead from the start of the championship. The top 3 in the qualifying series would be Alex Demurtas and Giovanni Santi, Ewa Lewandowska and Krzysztof Królik of Poland, with French duo Nolann Huet Des Aunay and Titouan Gresset finishing 3rd.

Gold fleet results are shown:^[4]

Scoring system: low-point system; Source: Legend: BFD – Black flag disqualification; DNC – Did not come to the starting area; DNF – Did not finish; DNS – Did not start; DNE – Disqualification (other then DGM) not excludable under rule 90.3(b); DNF – Started but did not finish; DNS – Came to the start area but did not start; DSQ – Disqualified; RDG – Redress given; RET – Retired; SCP –Scoring penalty under rule 44.3; UFD – "U" flag disqualification; (X) – Discarded race not counted in the overall result;