| Event title | |
|---|---|
| Edition | 1st |
| Event details | |
| Venue |  Cádiz, Spain |
| Dates | 3–24 September |
| Titles | 11 |
| Competitors | |
| Competitors | 1450 |
| Competing nations | 71 |
| Qualification(s) | 2004 Summer Olympics |
2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships was the first edition of the ISAF Sailing World Championships and was held in Cádiz, Spain from 11 September to 24 September.
The venue for the 2003 ISAF Sailing World Championships was Cádiz with three marinas: El Puerto de Santa María for Mistral, Finn, Yngling, Europe, Star, Tornado and 49er, Cádiz for Laser and Rota for 470. Racing was held on nine race areas off Cádiz.
The following events were open for entries:
| Event | Equipment | Max. entries |
|---|---|---|
| Men's one-person dinghy | Finn | 90 |
| Men's two-person dinghy | 470 | 120 |
| Men's keelboat | Star | 120 |
| Men's windsurfer | Mistral | 120 |
| Open one-person dinghy | Laser | 160 |
| Open two-person dinghy | 49er | 120 |
| Open multihull | Tornado | 80 |
| Women's one-person dinghy | Europe | 120 |
| Women's two-person dinghy | 470 | 80 |
| Women's keelboat | Yngling | 80 |
| Women's windsurfer | Mistral | 80 |
* Host nation (Spain)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Great Britain (GBR) | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 |  Australia (AUS) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
 France (FRA) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Greece (GRE) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Norway (NOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 6 |  Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
 United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 8 |  Italy (ITA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal (POR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 11 | Spain (ESP)* | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 17 |  Argentina (ARG) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Denmark (DEN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Russia (RUS) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | |
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