You are here: okdia.org > reports & results > world ranking

World Ranking List

An explanation how the ranking list is computed

Other Rankings

August 2008

Despite losing the world title for the first time in four years, Nick Craig (GBR) has retained the top spot in the OK Dinghy World Ranking List, and has even increased his lead.

This issue includes the Spring Cup at Medemblik, the German Nationals, the Nordics, Kiel Week, Warnemünde Week and the recent World Championships held in Warnemünde, Germany.

Craig won the Spring Cup and placed third in Kiel and second at the worlds. Jørgen Lindhardtsen (DEN) moves up one place to second while the new world champion and winner of Warnemünde Week, Karl Purdie (NZL) moves up to third place, his highest ever world ranking.

While the German championship was won by Rene Johanssen (DEN), Kiel Week was won by Thomas Hansson-Mild (SWE), who moved from 26th to 11th, while this issue's biggest climbers are the 2006 European Champion, Martin von Zimmerman (GER) who moves from 18th to 4th after some consistent results this season, and Gunter Arndt (GER) from 20th to 5th.

After his excellent 9th place at the worlds and a win at the 49 boat Nordics, Christian Olsesen (DEN) also makes his first appearance in the top ten of the rankings, moving from 16th to 9th. Meanwhile Greg Wilcox (NZL) drops out of the top ten for the first time, while Terry Curtis moves up 2 places to 6th, his higher ever ranking.

The number of qualifying sailors - those who competed in a world ranking event - continues to grow, with 375 sailors now having a world ranking position.

The next ranking list is due to be issued in November

Ranking
RankNameNat.Sailno.PointsEvents
1Nick CraigGBR2116918,5912
2Jorgen LindhartdsenDEN1364872,9412
3Karl PurdieNZL531867,847
4Martin von ZimmermannGER693836,6911
5Gunter ArndtGER672824,778
6Terry CurtisGBR2118821,519
7Mark PerrowNZL527810,199
8Andre BlasseAUS727807,078
9Christian OlesenDEN1340804,629
10Steve McDowellNZL525790,767
11Thomas Hanson-MildSWE2767784,919
12Pawel PawlaczykPOL14781,738
13Oliver GronholzGER717781,5910
14Luke O'ConnellNZL511760,9510
15Karsten HitzGER744739,598
16Greg WilcoxNZL522734,556
17Thomas GlasGER731734,1612
18Robert DeavesGBR2119733,286
19Hans ElkjaerSWE99702,438
20Jorgen HolmDEN1214685,612
21Marek JarockiPOL16668,918
22Jon FishGBR2122654,767
23Alistair DeavesNZL532652,696
24Jan Eric NystedtSWE66634,836
25Andreas PichGER747632,2310
26Trent PryceNZL502629,627
27Ralf TietjeGER750619,029
28Bo TeglersDEN1324611,4410
29Alex ScolesGBR2117610,119
30Rene JohannsenDEN1361601,547
31Dan AgerGBR2120583,037
32Darek KrasPOL5549,2111
33Ian HarrisGBR2105544,855
34Jan-Erik EngholmSWE2763531,175
35Peter ScheuerlGER718525,985
36Gavin WaldronGBR2085522,726
37Neil GoodheadGBR2125519,317
38Mike EdwardsGBR2126504,815
39Glenn YatesAUS724496,556
40Paul RhodesNZL517494,985
41Peter StephanGER665487,759
42Christian MidtgaardDEN1304483,774
43Carsten SassGER539465,337
44Keith DuttonGBR2127463,075
45Dave ClancyAUS733461,574
46Dave KettridgeAUS725460,215
47Bartosz RakocyPOL11459,7811
48Anders AndersenDEN1346457,443
49Matt StevenNZL501440,392
50Hinnerk RiesGER670440,159
51Tomasz GajPOL1437,549
52Bob BuchananAUS726435,614
53Darren HuntAUS641430,686
54Janusz StobinskiPOL10422,917
55Matt StechmannNZL524421,196
56Jakub KaniaPOL27414,3110
57Rainer Dr PospiechGER745402,68
58Arne LindemannGER645398,367
59Joe PorebskiNZL523384,547
60David O'DonnellAUS695382,426
61Jorg RademacherGER730370,86
62Keith ByersGBR1985367,54
63Dirk GerickeGER735366,376
64Troels LykkeDEN1330366,054
65Thorsten SchmidtGER737360,617
66Sonke BehrensGER695357,015
67Gunnar SpechtGER694354,26
68Grant PedersenNZL518352,933
69Mogens JohansenDEN1335344,715
70Mike WildeNZL529338,815
71Bengt StrombergSWE11336,796
72Ralf MackmanGER723336,516
73Dirk DameGER688335,148
74Andreas DeubelGER671316,639
75Max NystedtSWE123314,294
76Peter LynchAUS713313,254
77Jerzy BojanowskiPOL18312,827
78Antony RichGBR2121306,024
79Antoni PawlowskiPOL31305,323
80Jonas QuistSWE33304,983
81Katharina HussGER606299,356
82Falk HagemannGER659294,556
83Erik BorkGER695293,235
84Juliane HofmannGER699291,947
85Peter WallaceAUS716290,197
86Christian HedlundDEN1368289,366
87Roger Blasse�AUS678279,73
88Yves KaminskiGER577275,896
89Claes AhlstromSWE2780270,626
90Jorg SylvesterGER526266,15
91Per JaenssonSWE222262,934
92Paul VerrijdtBEL214259,178
93Tim DaviesAUS732258,493
94Bruce AshtonAUS728257,563
95Ulf DagerbrandtSWE2731253,924
96Piotr PrzewoznyPOL424245,944
97Ingmar JansonSWE2772242,864
98Jonas BorupDEN1339236,58
99Deryck LovegroveGBR2130235,356
100Bill TylerAUS692231,065
101Lennart HanssonSWE2768228,254
102Robert DavisAUS735223,641
103Richard FurneauxAUS694213,074
104Andy TurnerGBR2123203,843
105Joe SchubertDEN1347200,095
106Justin BarrAUS721196,372
107Adrian GorkaPOL190191,964
108John MeadowcroftGBR2084191,912
109Ben MorrisonNZL530189,93
110Peter WibroeDEN1344187,23
111Tom PearceAUS715187,184
112Jan-Dietmar DellasGER698187,115
113Heinz RidderGER651186,098
114Ronny PoelmanBEL220185,77
115Peter RobinsonAUS688180,13
116Morgan StaleyAUS708179,025
117Bartosz Przbysz POL47177,954
118Michel LesureLUX1176,244
119Fritz Banner PedersenDEN1331175,843
120Christian HussGER714170,16
121Ed DuttonGBR2098169,483
122Christian HeinzeGER607168,668
123Ivan PedersenDEN1322168,513
124Mieczyslaw PoplonykPOL15168,022
125John Skjoldby PetersenDEN0165,724
126Mick McQueenAUS703164,082
127Malte PedersenDEN1265163,298
128Christan Schmidt-MollerDEN1285159,364
129Uwe BohmGER599157,983
130Fabian GronholzGER632157,124
131Simon ChildsGBR2101155,471
132Maciej Pezala POL62155,454
133Christian HartmannGER120152,735
134Maciej MiskoPOL46150,493
135Tim SmithAUS730148,293
136Russell WoodNZL526145,163
137Gunnar GoronziGER687142,036
138Stu BannatyneNZL499141,572
139Per SorensenDEN1350140,145
140Dan SlaterNZL5151401
141Tobias WillmannGER404138,37
142Tom GuthormsenNOR459138,252
143EddieO'DonnellAUS693132,133
144Piotr FalczynskiPOL45132,084
145Alastair GairNZL521130,371
146Jan HartmannGER666127,093
147Josh JuniorNZL491125,561
148Piotr BajonczakPOL30124,824
149Bernd WillmannGER660123,066
150Per Arne OlsenSWE33120,883
151Rod AndrewBEL1113,393
152Radek DrozdzikPOL44112,082
153Andrew PardingtonNZL528110,482
154Mike WalkerAUS655108,163
155Gerd BreitbartGER662106,54
156Dean DorazioAUS673105,952
157Julian BurnhamGBR2087104,792
158Sven MarchotGER640103,894
159Ulrik LarsenDEN1259103,782
160Tim O'LearyGBR1966103,212
161Tony ThresherGBR1774102,51
162Darren PriorGBR2107102,363
163Karl Johan OsthSWE2740100,794
164Andrew RowettAUS69999,222
165Peter BerghSWE274398,623
166Ellen KetteridgeAUS67298,013
167Thomas NevelingGER66496,93
168Rainer RehbehnGER42496,821
169Owen AndersonNZL46992,623
170David McGregorGBR210192,51
171Jaroslaw SzpinalskiPOL6190,53
172Mark GeboesBEL60489,393
173Mads ChristensenDEN1360891
174Nik WallisAUS64287,893
175Pete TurnerGBR205987,51
176Alan AtkinGBR205387,243
177Sam JedigDEN132986,923
178G HagenaersBEL207851
179Dave CooperGBR203184,83
180Christian SenstGER71084,762
181Simon ShawGBR206583,272
182Bertil EliassonSWE272182,82
183Andres Blasco CortesESP182,714
184Jonas AnderssonSWE277080,751
185Donat KujawinskiPOL20179,191
186Paul PikeGBR210478,383
187Karsten KathGER78778,277
188Radoslaw DrozdzikPOL4476,771
189Lars HanssonSWE27776,193
190Tony WoodsGBR2068751
191Per BaagoeDEN124874,82
192Jan WirbeleitGER59074,154
193Per BlommegerdSWE273373,641
194Al FryGBR21172,51
195Jorg PosnyGER69771,461
196Robert Glowacki POL370,971
197Bill BradburnGBR209270,722
198Andrew DayGBR2102701
199Stefan BleichGER69169,271
200Marty WeeksNZL50967,143
201Jonathan HoganAUS68566,23
202Jakub DworniczakPOL2464,252
203Reinhard GrassmelGER18964,184
204Sebastian KnorrGER3364,14
205Rolf MeilenbrockPOL49761,695
206Paul RichardsAUS66660,752
207Marion RuckGER55960,491
208K HauspyBEL58601
209Maxine MancaFRA133659,82
210Czyz WaldemarPOL8159,443
211Kamil KaluznyPOL1159,351
212Ortwin ZimmerGER759,172
213Stewart ColesGBR207257,51
214J TiefaneFRA2156,431
215Thomas ChristensenDEN133656,193
216Mike WilliamsAUS72056,121
217Daniel GroschlGER65655,852
218Olle HeimerssonSWE274655,232
219Roger ColeGBR2114551
220David HoogenboomNZL48154,522
221Peter HorneAUS053,361
222Norbert PetrauschGER63052,744
223Todd HughesAUS50050,591
224Dennis OlssonSWE150,23
225Per TrolleDEN135450,193
226Flemming IpsenDEN135549,992
227Frank HansenDEN134549,121
228Torsten AlbrechtGER59648,832
229Joost RommelaereBEL5648,572
230Dave RidleyNZL47648,521
231Josh WeeksNZL50948,32
232Henning Biering NeilsenDEN135748,182
233Jonas LindahlSWE275048,181
234Jesper StrandbergDEN132648,132
235Finn JensenDEN121448,041
236Douglas FlahertyAUS70647,832
237Lynge Thang JorgensenDEN135347,751
238Johanna Andrew BeckerBEL2947,563
239Robert PatrosPOL647,422
240Joachim SingethanGER58846,962
241Krzystof KolanowskiPOL13546,942
242Aaron HeritageAUS6746,451
243Berndt SvennsonSWE273246,361
244Erik Dergent BEL12845,711
245Uwe RademacherGER045,352
246Bob ChapmanAUS70445,071
247Mary ReddyhoffGBR2058451
248Slawomir Blaszka POL161451
249Jesper PetersenDEN134044,711
250Jens Kostka GER60944,293
251Claus DeichgraberDEN043,241
252Christopher ArnellGBR043,11
253Jan TaelmanBEL442,862
254Jake CracknellGBR201242,51
255Peter NielsenAUS64042,31
256J HuybrechtsBEL20842,141
257John HoogerbrugNZL36042,092
258Mikael NielsenDEN134141,761
259Gary LokumAUS54341,372
260Peter YatesAUS70940,921
261Jurgen SpliethGER72740,711
262Klaus StephanGER61540,361
263Pawel WozniakPOL27240,322
264Frederic LamarqueFRA176439,21
265Przemyslaw DrozdzikPOL10439,031
266P LaumansBEL20538,571
267Joachim UllrichGER6338,541
268Marina DellasGER68038,192
269Chris BiscombGBR208337,51
270Ed BradburnGBR209237,282
271Stefan WuytsBEL8637,141
272Sebastian GruszkaPOL11336,512
273Eric WarneckeGER4136,15
274Scott BeavisNZL51935,872
275Alexander HirschGER54335,592
276John WalderGBR1915351
277Douglas ParkerAUS61234,922
278Frank PraterAUS67934,843
279Martin KayDEN130534,812
280Jaruslav SpinalskiPOL6134,731
281Rob HengstNZL49434,071
282Mikkel HvalsoeDEN130133,821
283Mateusz BujkoPOL72733,231
284Emily FurneauxAUS63032,533
285Bob EastwoodGBR200132,262
286David SwalesAUS62531,911
287Henrik SogrenDEN031,471
288Simon PoltegSWE277131,251
289Ralf GerbigGER35731,123
290Rene DelecluseFRA176930,21
291Jaroslaw WojewskiPOL99301
292James ColeGBR1967301
293Dan BushNZL47829,261
294Ian Lind SeddonDEN115929,022
295Jan DurajskiPOL24728,553
296Brett HollyAUS64128,491
297Marc Vande Ghinste BEL1428,41
298Milosz WojewskiPOL2228,331
299Roy BurnhamGBR211527,51
300Graham LambertNZL49327,223
301Ken ZierDEN124927,061
302Jaroslaw KucynskiPOL8026,671
303Niels TrolandDEN15925,751
304Tom PedersenDEN126125,591
305Alex HobernGBR1983251
306Simon TuckerNZL49924,441
307Rudiger PrinzGER71124,361
308Arne MalmSWE123,641
309Tomasz KosmickiPOL4623,331
310Egon PetersenDEN1318231
311Jens MakholmDEN133722,651
312Ralf AbratisGER7222,311
313Olof LindgrenSWE271922,271
314Roger KauffmannGER65822,181
315Johhny RodholmDEN32921,961
316Stefan NikiciukPOL17821,932
317Pawel TrybusPOL2821,671
318Konrad KierzekPOL14121,611
319Phillippe BaeteBEL11121,071
320Mads BrockhussDEN135920,251
321Gareth WellsAUS64420,21
322Erik KarlssonSWE259920,111
323Colin PageGBR1927201
324Pete WatersNZL47419,631
325Per KarlssonSWE207119,552
326Johhny Leif HansenDEN134219,351
327Duncan LockAUS65318,821
328Zbibniew JurkiewiczPOL6518,711
329Roger CooperGBR207417,51
330Alan SteilAUS63617,431
331S MackmannGER7217,141
332Jan LarsenSWE016,741
333Grzegorz SokalskiPOL14116,671
334Ben KerstenAUS64316,051
335Konrad ZajacPOL34715,811
336Maunoir VilleneuveBEL29915,81
337Philip RzepeckyNZL50014,811
338Jens SvensenDEN136614,751
339Michael WichmannGER66114,181
340Jedrzej CharlampowiczPOL4514,131
341Jacques TiefaineFRA1110141
342D IstasseBEL12513,571
343Maciej MiskoPOL4613,331
344Andrew MaCleanAUS66313,291
345Andre HenningsGER62113,041
346Niels Jorgen LarsenDEN134312,831
347Sam PrestonGBR196212,51
348Edward DoltonGBR209812,141
349Robin KernGER6911,322
350Adrian ManneringNZL504112
351Poul ChristiansenDEN127710,881
352Sven BeyeGER71910,041
353F StephanGER615101
354Bjorn GustafssonSWE77101
355Tom PrestonGBR208101
356Rudiger LippertGER3999,821
357Frank VislerDEN09,411
358Christof PanseGER2409,091
359Mikkel SlovDEN138,911
360Oliver RonsliauxFRA17908,61
361Rafal PatrzalekPOL68,331
362Peter WestDEN134881
363Poul AunsholmDEN11597,941
364Per Bo HansenDEN13287,611
365Rodney ThorneGBR20497,381
366Lennarth JohanssonSWE2597,161
367Jean Patrice CourtoisFRA18096,81
368Grzegorz DurdynPOL36,671
369Ruban SzymonPOL6495,91
370Kai WehmhoernerGER2915,451
371Jacob Christensen WulffDEN127151
372Michel FournieFRA80951
373Ed KennedyAUS61951
374Jeroen AertsBEL20851
375Andy HolmesGBR205651