Mountain bike orienteering world championships

The Mountain Bike Orienteering World Championships (MBO, MTBO or Bike-O World Championships, English World MTB Orienteering Championships ) have been held by the World Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 2002. They have been held annually since 2004.

Based on world championships in other orienteering sports, the competition program provides for three individual disciplines (sprint and long distance and, since 2004, also a middle distance) and a relay competition.

The official world championship program looks like this:

• Sprint ,
• Means ,
• Long ,
• Season .

Venues

year	date	Host country	venue
2002	July 1st to 6th	France	Fontainebleau
2004	July 19-23	Australia	Ballarat
2005	September 5th to 11th	Slovakia	Banska Bystrica
2006	July 9th to 13th	Finland	Joensuu
2007	August 5th to 12th	Czech Republic	Nové Město na Moravě
2008	August 24th to 31st	Poland	Ostróda
2009	August 9-16	Israel	Ben Shemen
2010	July 11th to 17th	Portugal	Montalegre
2011	August 20th to 28th	Italy	Vicenza
2012	August 20th to 25th	Hungary	Veszprém
2013	August 26th to 31st	Estonia	Rakvere
2014	August 24th to 31st	Poland	Białystok
2015	August 14-23	Czech Republic	Liberec
2016	July 24th to 30th	Portugal	Aveiro / Coimbra
2017

Long

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Jussi Mäkilä	Jérémie Gillmann	Alain Berger
2004	Alain Berger	Mika Tervala	Adrian Jackson
2005	Ruslan Grizan	Viktor Korchagin	Adrian Jackson
2006	Mika Tervala	Ruslan Grizan	Matti Keskinarkaus
2007	Ruslan Grizan	Leave Brun Pedersen	Jaroslav Rygl
2008	Ruslan Grizan	Torbjørn Gasbjerg	Beat Okle
2009	Adrian Jackson	Ruslan Grizan	Matthieu Barthelemy
2010	Anton Foliforov	Adrian Jackson	Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
2011	Samuli Saarela	Erik Skovgaard Knudsen	Ruslan Grizan
2012	Ruslan Grizan	Juho Saarinen	Samuel Pökälä
2013	Kryštof Bogar	Samuli Saarela	Anton Foliforov	34.9 km, 405 m ascent, 32 p.
2014	Anton Foliforov	Baptiste Fox	Jiří Hradil

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Päivi Tommola	Emily Viner	Antje Bornhak
2004	Anke Dannowski	Päivi Tommola	Antje Bornhak
2005	Päivi Tommola	Antje Bornhak	Anke Dannowski
2006	Christine Schaffner	Xenia Chernych	Ingrid Stengård
2007	Michaela Gigon	Xenia Chernych	Christine Schaffner
2008	Christine Schaffner	Marika Hara	Line Pedersen
2009	Christine Schaffner	Sonja Zinkl	Hana Bajtošova
2010	Christine Schaffner	Xenia Chernych	Marika Hara
2011	Rikke Kornvig	Ingrid Stengård	Laura Scaravonati
2012	Susanna Laurila	Xenia Chernych	Marika Hara
2013	Marika Hara	Susanna Laurila	Cecilia Thomasson	26.0 km, 265 m ascent, 27 p.
2014	Olga Vinogradova	Svetlana Repina	Camilla Søgaard

medium

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2004	Adrian Jackson	Alain Berger	Viktor Korchagin
2005	Ruslan Grizan	Jaroslav Rygl	Mika Tervala
2006	Tuomo Tompuri	Mika Tervala	Ruslan Grizan
2007	Mika Tervala	Jérémie Gillmann	Lubomír Tomecek
2008	Adrian Jackson	Søren Strunge	Lubomír Tomecek
2009	Torbjørn Gasbjerg	Jiri Hradil	Leave Brun Pedersen	20.4 km, 355 m ascent, 19 posts
2010	Samuli Saarela	Adrian Jackson	Luca Dallavalle
2011	Samuli Saarela	Ruslan Grizan	Tobias Breitschädel	19.1 km, 450 m ascent
2012	Samuli Saarela	Anton Foliforov	Samuel Pökälä Jan Svoboda
2013	Tõnis Erm	Anton Foliforov	Samuli Saarela	11.4 km, 290 m ascent, 24 p.
2014	Ruslan Grizan	Jiří Hradil	Anton Foliforov	13.3 km, 26 p.

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2004	Michaela Gigon	Laure Coupat Belinda Allison
2005	Michaela Gigon	Christine Schaffner	Ramune Arlauskiene
2006	Michaela Gigon	Hana Bajtošova	Ingrid Stengård
2007	Xenia Chernych	Hana Bajtošova	Markéta Jirásková
2008	Xenia Chernych	Michaela Gigon	Päivi Tommola
2009	Marika Hara	Michaela Gigon	Christine Schaffner	15.6 km, 225 m ascent, 15 posts
2010	Michaela Gigon	Rikke Kornvig	Marika Hara
2011	Michaela Gigon	Anna Kaminska	Rikke Kornvig	16.4 km, 390 m ascent
2012	Ursina Jäggi	Ingrid Stengård	Nina Hoffmann
2013	Marika Hara	Emily Benham	Susanna Laurila	8.7 km, 200 m ascent, 18 p.
2014	Cecilia Thomasson	Emily Benham	Marika Hara	10.4 km, 20 p.

sprint

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Mika Tervala	Alain Berger	Jérémie Gillmann
2007	Torbjørn Gasbjerg	Jérémie Gillmann	Anton Foliforov
2008	Leave Brun Pedersen	Jiri Hradil	Tõnis Erm
2009	Adrian Jackson	Leave Brun Pedersen	Ruslan Grizan
2010	Adrian Jackson	Tõnis Erm	Anton Foliforov
2011	Anton Foliforov	Jiři Hradil	Erik Skovgaard Knudsen
2012	Tobias Breitschädel	Marek Pospíšek	Ruslan Grizan
2013	Tõnis Erm	Lauri Malsroos	Kryštof Bogar	6.1 km, 55 m ascent, 22 p.
2014	Hans Jørgen Kvåle Anton Foliforow		Grigory Medvedev	5.7 km, 31 p.

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Laure Coupat	Mervi Väisänen	Antje Bornhak
2007	Xenia Chernych	Michaela Gigon	Hana Bajtošova
2008	Hana Bajtošova	Michaela Gigon	Martina Tichovská
2009	Hana Bajtošova	Marika Hara	Michaela Gigon
2010	Anna Kaminska	Christine Schaffner	Martina Tichovská
2011	Gaelle Barlet	Marika Hara	Michaela Gigon
2012	Christine Schaffner	Emily Benham	Anna Kaminska
2013	Cecilia Thomasson	Eeva-Liisa Hakala	Tatiana Repina	5.7 km, 50 m ascent, 21 p.
2014	Marika Hara	Tatiana Repina	Emily Benham	4.9 km, 29 p.

Season

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze
2002	France Sébastien Sxay Joel Poirette Olivier Pralus	Czech Republic Petr Strejcek Radovan Mach Jaroslav Rygl	Finland Raino Pesu Jussi Mäkilä Mika Tervala
2004	Finland Timo Sarkkinen Jussi Mäkilä Mika Tervala	Czech Republic Radek Tichacek Jaroslav Rygl Lubomir Tomecek	Australia Alex Randall Tom Walter Adrian Jackson
2005	Finland Timo Sarkkinen Mika Tervala Jussi Mäkilä	France Matthieu Barthelem Stéphane Toussaint Jérémie Gillmann	Switzerland Beat Schaffner Simon Seger Rémy Jabas
2006	Finland Jussi Mäkilä Mika Tervala Tuomo Tompuri	Russia Viktor Korchagin Maxim Tschurkin Ruslan Grizan	Switzerland Beat Schaffner Beat Oklé Simon Seger
2007	France Stéphane Toussaint Matthieu Barthelemy Jérémie Gillmann	Czech Republic Martin Ševcík Jaroslav Rygl Lubomir Tomecek	Denmark Lasse Brun Pedersen Torbjørn Gasbjerg Søren Strunge
2008	Denmark Lasse Brun Pedersen Torbjørn Gasbjerg Søren Strunge	Russia Ruslan Grizan Maxim Tschurkin Anton Foliforow	Czech Republic Martin Ševcík Jaroslav Rygl Lubomir Tomecek
2009	Russia Maxim Tschurkin Ruslan Grizan Anton Foliforow	Czech Republic Radek Laciga Jiri Hradil Lubomir Tomecek	Finland Tuukka Turkka Samuli Saarela Juho Saarinen
2010	Russia Ruslan Grizan Valeri Gluchow Anton Foliforow	Denmark Bjarke Refslund Erik Skovgaard Knudsen Lasse Brun Pedersen	Czech Republic Radek Laciga Jan Lauerman Marek Pospíšek
2011	Denmark Bjarke Refslund Lasse Brun Pedersen Erik Skovgaard Knudsen	Czech Republic Radek Laciga Jiři Hradil Marek Pospíšek	Finland Jussi Laurila Pekka Niemi Samuli Saarela
2012	Finland Pekka Niemi Samuli Saarela Jussi Laurila	Russia Valeri Gluchow Ruslan Grizan Anton Foliforow	Austria Bernhard Schachinger Kevin Haselsberger Tobias Breitschädel
2013	Czech Republic František Bogar Jan Svoboda Kryštof Bogar	Finland Pekka Niemi Samuli Saarela Jussi Laurila	Estonia Lauri Malsroos Margus Hallik Tõnis Erm
2014	Estonia Lauri Malsroos Margus Hallik Tõnis Erm	Finland Tuomo Lahtinen Samuli Saarela Juuso Jutila	France Baptiste Fuchs Clément Souvray Cedric Beill

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze
2002	Finland Kirsi Korhonen Päivi Tommola Mervi Väisänen	France Laure Coupat Magali Coupat Caroline Finance	Czech Republic Hana Ryglova Markéta Jakoubová Marie Hrdinova
2004	Finland Maija Lång Kirsi Korhonen Päivi Tommola	Austria Nicole Senft Sonja Zinkl Michaela Gigon	Australia Mary Fien Carolyn Jackson Anna Sheldon
2005	Germany Anke Dannowski Gerit Pfuhl Antje Bornhak	Czech Republic Michaela Lacigová Markéta Jakoubová Hana La Carbonara	France Caroline Finance Madeleine Kammerer Aurélie Ballot
2006	Russia Nadja Mikrukowa Anna Ustinowa Xenia Tschernych	Finland Maija Lång Ingrid Stengård Päivi Tommola	Czech Republic Michaela Lacigová Markéta Jakoubová Hana La Carbonara
2007	Finland Taija Jäppinen Ingrid Stengård Päivi Tommola	Russia Anna Ustinowa Nadja Mikrukowa Xenia Tschernych	Austria Elisabeth Hohenwarter Sonja Zinkl Michaela Gigon
2008	Finland Maija Lång Marika Hara Ingrid Stengård	Russia Anna Vorobijowa Nadja Mikrukowa Xenia Tschernych	Austria Elisabeth Hohenwarter Sonja Zinkl Michaela Gigon
2009	Austria Elisabeth Hohenwarter Sonja Zinkl Michaela Gigon	Switzerland Maja Rothweiler Ursina Jäggi Christine Schaffner	Russia Nadja Mikrukowa Tatjana Repina Xenia Tschernych
2010	Denmark Ann-Dorthe Lisbygd Line Brun Stallknecht Rikke Kornvig	Finland Kaisa Pirkonen Ingrid Stengård Marika Hara	Czech Republic Barbora Chudíková Hana La Carbonara Martina Tichovská
2011	Switzerland Maja Rothweiler Ursina Jäggi Christine Schaffner	Lithuania Karolina Mickeviciute Asta Šimkoniene Ramune Arlauskiene	Slovakia Daniela Trnovcová Stanislava Fajtová Hana Bajtosova
2012	Finland Marika Hara Ingrid Stengård Susanna Laurila	Switzerland Maja Rothweiler Ursina Jäggi Christine Schaffner	Slovakia Daniela Trnovcová Stanislava Fajtová Hana Garde
2013	Finland Ingrid Stengård Susanna Laurila Marika Hara	Denmark Ann-Dorthe Lisbygd Nina Hoffmann Camilla Søgaard	Switzerland Maja Rothweiler Claudia Hünig Ursina Jäggi
2014	Russia Tatjana Repina Olga Winogradowa Swetlana Powerina	Finland Eeva-Liisa Hakala Susanna Laurila Marika Hara	Czech Republic Naděžda Skácelová Martina Tichovská Renata Paulicková

See also

• World orienteering championships
• World ski orienteering championships

Web links

• Mountain bike orienteering world championships on orienteering.org