July 21, 2003
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Title Goes to Marcus Baur and Max Groy (GER)
Four races were completed in a light northerly breeze by the Gold fleet on the last day of finals at the 49er European Championship bringing changes in the overall standings.
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Four races were completed in a light northerly breeze by the Gold fleet on the last day of finals at the 49er European Championship bringing changes in the overall standings.
With a total of 16 races sailed and two discards the German crew of Marcus BAUR/Max GROY became the European Champions with 55 points followed by the British team Chris DRAPER/Simon HISCOCKS on 67 points. Third place was taken by the current World Champions and 2002 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Nominees, Iker MARTINEZ/Xabier FERNÁNDEZ just two points behind on 69.
ISAF World Ranked Rodion LUKA/Georgiy LEONCHUK (UKR) finished ninth overall squeezing in ahead of Stevie MORRISON/Ben RHODES, the third of the British teams to finish in the top ten – an exciting battle is unfolding in the race for British selection in this event!
The silver fleet sailed 3 races but no races for the bronze fleet.
Top Ten – Gold Fleet
| Pos | Nation | Crew | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Point |
| 1 | GER | Marcus Baur/ Max Groy | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 55 |
| 2 | GBR | Chris Draper/ Simon Hiscocks | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | DSQ | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 67 |
| 3 | ESP | Iker Martinez Xabier Fernandez | 3 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 69 |
| 4 | GBR | Paul Brotherton Mark Asquith | 5 | 1 | BFD | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 79 |
| 5 | AUS | Chris Nicholson/ Gary Boyd | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 15 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 17 | 84 |
| 6 | POL | Pawel Kacprowski Pawel Kuzmicki | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 16 | DSQ | 19 | 5 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 98 |
| 7 | DEN | Allan Norregaard Klaus Naur | 9 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 14 | DNF | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 98 |
| 8 | NOR | Christoffer Sundby/ Frode Bovim | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 16 | 13 | DSQ | 103 |
| 9 | UKR | Rodion Luka/ George Leonchuk | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 19 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 105 |
| 10 | GBR | Stevie Morrison/ Ben Rhodes | 13 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 18 | 108 |