Beginning in 1994, ISAF World Sailing Games were held on four occasions.
The 1994 IYRU Cup saw more than 1000 sailors from 76 countries.
[4] In the 2002 event, each country could have two sailors per event, with addition to the ISAF rankings leaders in Olympic classes, winners of the preceding 1998 games and winners of the 2000 Olympics.
[6] In the 2006 event, sailors from similar classes were invited to participate, e.g. the medalists from 2005 Finn Gold Cup and the world champions in Byte, Contender, and OK were invited to the men's one-person dinghy event in Laser.
[7] Legend: M – Men; W – Women; Mx – Mixed; O – Open;