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2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships

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21st FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship
LocationRio Claro, São Paulo,  Brazil
Start dateJuly 17, 2014 (2014-07-17)
End dateJuly 27, 2014 (2014-07-27)
Competitors58 from 22 nations
Champion
Japan Yudai Fujita

2014 World Hot Air Balloon Championships was 21st edition of World Hot Air Ballooning Championships held in Rio Claro, São Paulo, Brazil from July 17 to July 27, 2014. It was a first time when championships were held in South America. Total of 23 tasks were held.

Final ranking

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Top 20
Rank Balloonist Nation Points Wins
1st place, gold medalist(s) Yudai Fujita  Japan 17443 3
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Uwe Schneider  Germany 16216 0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Lupercio Lima  Brazil 16064 1
4 Stefan Zeberli   Switzerland 15867 1
5 Rimas Kostiuškevičius  Lithuania 15173 1
6 Gerald Stuerzlinger  Austria 15130 0
7 Artem Denisenko  Russia 15096 1
8 Joe Heartsill  United States 15092 0
9 Rokas Kostiuškevičius  Lithuania 15002 0
10 Rhett Heartsill  United States 14717 1
11 Marc Blaser   Switzerland 14587 0
12 Andy Baird  United States 14584 0
13 Paul Petrehn  United States 14548 2
14 Sergey Latypov  Russia 14508 0
15 Nico Betzen  Luxembourg 14066 0
16 Tod Isley  United States 13993 1
17 Fabio Passos  Brazil 13845 1
18 Nicolas Schwartz  France 13578 1
19 Alexander Dultsev  Russia 13439 0
20 Jose-Maria Llado  Spain 13432 0

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