Template:470 Open World Championship medallists

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1970 Lake Lacanau	France Yves Carré Hervé Carré	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	France Didier Poisson Denis Londeix
1971 Ostend	Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	France Bruno Demartial Bernard Demartial
1972 Montreal	Netherlands Sjoerd Vollebregt Erik Vollebregt	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	Netherlands Tom van Essen Wouter van Essen
1973 Kiel	Denmark Henrik Söderlund Age Börresen	United States Peter Commette Michael Loeb	Netherlands Joop van Werkhoven Robert van Werkhoven
1974 Naples	Spain Antonio Gorostegui Manuel Albalat	France Philippe Lecrit Dominique Duvallet	Spain Juan Santana Francisco Colom
1975 New York	France Marc Laurent Roger Surmin	France Philippe Follenfant Hubert Follenfant	France Jean-François Fountaine Claire Fountaine
1976	not held
1977 Shizuoka	United States David Ullman Tom Linskey	Japan Kazunori Komatsu Yasuyuki Hakomori	New Zealand Mark Paterson David Mackay
1978 Marstrand	United States David Ullman Tom Linskey	Canada Gerry Roufs Charles Robitaille	West Germany John Pudenz Ulrich Kittmann
1979 Medemblik	Japan Miyuki Kay Ryo Komiya	France Laurent Delage Hervé Wattine	France Stéphane Richer Philippe Claude
1980 Porto Alegre	United States David Ullman Tom Linskey	France Laurent Delage Hervé Wattine	France Stéphane Richer Philippe Claude
1981 Quiberon	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox	United States Steve Benjamin Chris Steinfeld	Italy Tommaso Chieffi Enrico Chieffi
1982 Cascais	East Germany Jörn Borowski Eckbert Swensson	France Daniel Peponnet Pascal Champaloux	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox
1983 Weymouth	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox	West Germany Wolfgang Hunger Jochen Hunger	Israel Shimshon Brokman Eitan Friedlander
1984 Auckland	New Zealand David Barnes Hamish Willcox	New Zealand Chris Dickson Joe Allen	New Zealand Peter Evans Sean Reeves