European orienteering championships

The orienteering European championships were held for the first time in 1962. After that there was another event in 1964. With the introduction of the world championships in 1966, European championships were no longer held. Only since 2000 have European championships been held every two years.

The official European Championship program is as follows:

• sprint
• medium
• Long
• Season
• Sprint relay (since 2016)

Venues

year	date	place
1962	September 22nd to 23rd	Soldering
1964	September 26-27	Le Brassus
2000	June 30th to July 4th	Truskavets
2002	September 25th to 30th	Sümeg
2004	July 10-17	Roskilde
2006	May 7-14	Otepää
2008	May 25th to June 1st	Ventspils
2010	May 27th to June 6th	Primorsko
2012	May 14th to 20th	Falun
2014	April 9-16	Palmela
2016	May 25th to 31st	Jeseník
2018	May 5th to 13th	Ticino
2020		Rakvere

Single / classic / long

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1962	Magne Lystad	Bertil Norman	Sivar Nordström	16.5 km, 13 items
1964	Erkki Kohvakka	Alex brother-in-law	Aimo Tepsell	15.0 km, 15 items
2000	Valentin Novikov	Marián Dávidík	Bjørnar Valstad
2002	Thomas Buehrer	Bjørnar Valstad	Emil Wingstedt	12.4 km, 23 items
2004	Kalle Dalin	Mats Haldin	Emil Wingstedt	14.5 km, 29 items
2006	Jani Lakanen	Daniel Hubmann	Olle Kärner	16.21 km, 33 posts
2008	Dmitri Zwetkow	Daniel Hubmann	Emil Wingstedt	16.9 km, 33 items
2010	Daniel Hubmann	Philippe Adamski	Fabian Hertner	17.1 km, 30 items
2012	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Merz	Valentin Novikov	15.36 km
2014	Daniel Hubmann	Olav Lundanes	Fredrik Johansson	20.3 km, 30 items
2016	Daniel Hubmann	Magne Dæhli	Martin Regborn	16.1 km, 23 items
2018	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Kyburz	Gernot Kerschbaumer	14.9 km, 35 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1962	Ulla Lindkvist	Marit Økern	Emy Gauffin	7.5 km, 7 items
1964	Margrit Thommen	Ann-Marie Wallsten	Ulla Lindkvist	8.1 km, 10 items
2000	Hanne Staff	Brigitte Wolf	Yvette Baker
2002	Simone Niggli-Luder	Hanne Staff	Birgitte Husebye	6.7 km, 17 items
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Emma Engstrand	Tatiana Ryabkina	9.6 km, 21 items
2006	Simone Niggli	Heli Jukkola	Minna Kauppi	10.93 km, 25 items
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Tatiana Ryabkina	Emma Engstrand	11.0 km, 24 items
2010	Simone Niggli	Dana Brožková	Helena Jansson	11.2 km, 26 items
2012	Simone Niggli	Tatiana Ryabkina	Minna Kauppi	9.67 km
2014	Judith Wyder	Svetlana Mironova	Catherine Taylor	13.3 km, 23 items
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Svetlana Mironova	10.3 km, 15 items
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Julia Gross	11.2 km, 25 items

medium

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Mikhail Mamleev	Yuri Omelchenko	Jamie Stevenson	5.2 km, 15 items
2004	Thierry Gueorgiou	Jarkko Huovila	Emil Wingstedt	6.4 km, 22 items
2006	Thierry Gueorgiou	Martin's sir corn	Valentin Novikov	6.7 km, 18 items
2008	Thierry Gueorgiou	Martin's sir corn	Pasi icons	6.7 km, 22 items
2010	Valentin Novikov	Matthias Merz	Daniel Hubmann	6.4 km, 22 items
2012	Olav Lundanes	Valentin Novikov	Carl Waaler Kaas	6.24 km
2014	Daniel Hubmann	Fabian Hertner	Thierry Gueorgiou	7.9 km, 22 items
2016	Matthias Kyburz	Gustav Bergman	Lucas Basset	5.7 km, 24 items
2018	Matthias Kyburz	Florian Howald	Olav Lundanes	5.3 km, 24 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Gunilla Svärd	Brigitte Wolf	Birgitte Husebye	4.5 km, 13 items
2004	Hanne Staff	Dainora Alšauskaitė	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.3 km, 21 items
2006	Minna Kauppi	Marianne Andersen	Heli Jukkola	5,679 km, 15 posts
2008	Heli Jukkola	Merja Rantanen	Minna Kauppi	5.2 km, 16 items
2010	Simone Niggli	Signe Søes	Lena Eliasson	5.4 km, 22 posts
2012	Simone Niggli	Minna Kauppi	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.19 km
2014	Signe Søes	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson	6.4 km, 17 items
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	Marika Teini	5.0 km, 21 items
2018	Marika Teini	Tove Alexandersson	Simona Aebersold	4.2 km, 16 items

Short / sprint

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2000	Valentin Novikov	Yuri Omelchenko	Goals Sandvik
2002	Emil Wingstedt	Håkan Pettersson	Yuri Omelchenko	3.2 km, 10 items
2004	Emil Wingstedt	Andrei Khramov	Mårten Boström	3.0 km, 20 items
2006	Emil Wingstedt	Jamie Stevenson	Andrei Khramov	3.07 km, 17 posts
2008	Emil Wingstedt	Daniel Hubmann	Andrei Khramov	3.3 km, 19 items
2010	Fabian Hertner	Daniel Hubmann	Emil Wingstedt	3.3 km, 24 items
2012	Jonas Leandersson	Kiril Nikolov	Jerker Lysell Daniel Hubmann	3.54 km
2014	Jonas Leandersson	Jerker Lysell	Martin Hubmann	2.8 km, 22 posts
2016	Matthias Kyburz	Gustav Bergman	Florian Howald	3.4 km, 22 posts
2018	Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz		Kristian Jones	4.1 km, 27 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2000	Jenny Johansson	Simone Luder	Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz
2002	Vroni King Salmi	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	Anne Margrethe Hausken	2.85 km, 11 posts
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Jenny Johansson	Emma Engstrand	2.5 km, 16 posts
2006	Simone Niggli	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	2.73 km, 14 posts
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Heli Jukkola	Helena Jansson	2.5 km, 14 posts
2010	Helena Jansson	Simone Niggli	Maja Alm	2.8 km, 21 items
2012	Simone Niggli	Lena Eliasson	Maja Alm	3.21 km
2014	Judith Wyder	Nadija Wolynska	Julia Gross	2.3 km, 19 items
2016	Judith Wyder	Nadija Wolynska	Maja Alm	3.0 km, 18 items
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	Natalia Gemperle	3.7 km, 23 items

Season

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1962	Finland Aimo Tepsell Esko Vainio Rolf Koskinen Erkki Kohvakka	Sweden Bertil Norman Per-Olof Skogum Sven Gustafsson Halvard Nilsson	Norway Per Kristiansen Ola Skarholt Knut Berglia Magne Lystad	not part of the EM
1964	Finland Juhani Salmenkylä Rolf Koskinen Aimo Tepsell Erkki Kohvakka	Norway Ola Skarholt Per Kristiansen Sagne Lystad Stig Mountains	Sweden Sven-Olof Åsberg Sven Gustavsson Bertil Norman Pontus Carlson
2000	Switzerland Matthias Niggli Christoph Plattner Thomas Bührer	Czech Republic Vladimír Lučan Michal Jedlička Rudolf Ropek	Sweden 2 Fredrik Löwegren Thomas Asp Jörgen Olsson
2002	Finland Jani Lakanen Pasi Icons Mats Haldin	Sweden 2 Johan Näsman Fredrik Löwegren Emil Wingstedt	Denmark Mikkel Lund René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen
2004	Finland Jarkko Huovila Pasi Icons Mats Haldin	Denmark Chris Terkelsen René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen	Sweden Kalle Dalin Johan Modig Emil Wingstedt
2006	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Peter Öberg David Andersson	France François Gonon Damien Renard Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway 2 Lars Skjeset Carl Waaler Kaas Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
2008	Russia Dmitri Zwetkow Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann	Finland Jarkko Huovila Pasi Icons Mats Haldin
2010	Switzerland Matthias Müller Fabian Hertner Matthias Merz	France Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Holger Hott Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes
2012	Switzerland Martin Hubmann Matthias Müller Matthias Kyburz	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Anders Holmberg	France Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski François Gonon
2014	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Gustav Bergman	Czech Republic Jan Petržela Vojtech Kraal Jan Procházka	France Frédéric Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou
2016	Switzerland 2 Florian Howald Baptiste Rollier Martin Hubmann	Norway Carl Godager Kaas Eskil Kinneberg Magne Dæhli	Czech Republic Jan Petržela Jan Šedivý Vojtěch Král
2018	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Magne Dæhli Olav Lundanes	Switzerland Florian Howald Matthias Kyburz Daniel Hubmann	France Nicolas Rio Lucas basset Frédéric Tranchand

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1962	Sweden Siri Lundkvist Emy Gauffin Ulla Lindkvist	Norway Lillis Kielland Babben Enger Marit Økern	Switzerland Margrit Thommen Sonja Ballestad Käthi von Salis	not part of the EM
1964	Sweden Ann-Marie Wallsten Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Switzerland Käthi by Salis Marlies Saxer Margrit Thommen	Denmark Ellen Berg Bodil Jakobsen Karin Agesen
2000	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff	Sweden Katarina llberg Maria Sandström Jenny Johansson	United Kingdom Jenny James Yvette Baker Heather Monro
2002	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff	Switzerland Birgitte Wolf Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	Lithuania Giedre Voveriene Vilma Rudzenskaite Ieva Sargautyte
2004	Sweden Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Jenny Johansson Gunilla Svärd	Norway Marianne Andersen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	Russia Natalja Efimowa Olga Belozerowa Tatiana Ryabkina
2006	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Lea Müller Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli	Sweden Emma Engstrand Kajsa Nilsson Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard
2008	Sweden Lina Persson Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	Russia Natalia Korzhowa Julia Novikowa Tatjana Ryabkina	Finland Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi
2010	Sweden Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Lena Eliasson Helena Jansson	Finland Merja Rantanen Anna-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Vroni König-Salmi Caroline Cejka Simone Niggli
2012	Russia Natalja Efimowa Svetlana Mironowa Tatiana Ryabkina	Finland Sofia Haajanen Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Sweden Annika Billstam Lina Strand Tove Alexandersson
2014	Switzerland Julia Gross Sabine Hauswirth Judith Wyder	Sweden Lilian Forsgren Karolin Olsson Alva Olsson	Russia Julia Novikowa Irina Nyberg Natalia Vinogradowa
2016	Finland Sari Anttonen Marika Teini Merja Rantanen	Sweden Lina Strand Emma Johansson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Julia Novikowa Natalia Winogradowa Swetlana Mironowa
2018	Switzerland Judith Wyder Elena Roos Julia Gross	Sweden Lina Strand Sara Hagström Karolin Ohlsson	Denmark Cecilie Friberg Klysner Ida Bobach Maja Alm

Sprint relay

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2016	Russia Natalia Vinogradowa Gleb Tikhonow Andrey Chramow Galina Vinogradowa	Denmark Cecilie Friberg Klysner Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Alm	Switzerland Judith Wyder Andreas Kyburz Martin Hubmann Rahel Friederich
2018	Switzerland Judith Wyder Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Elena Roos	Sweden Lina Strand Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Norway Sigrid Alexandersen Trond Einar Moen Pedersli Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Andrine Benjaminsen

Eternal medal table

Status after the European Championships 2018:

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Switzerland	33	21st	11	65
2	Sweden	22nd	18th	22nd	62
3	Norway	11	13	11	35
4th	Finland	11	8th	11	30th
5	Russia	8th	7th	12	27
6th	France	3	3	5	11
7th	Denmark	1	4th	6th	11
8th	Ukraine	-	4th	1	5
9	Czech Republic	-	3	1	4th
10	Latvia	-	2	-	2
11	United Kingdom	-	1	5	6th
12	Lithuania	-	1	1	2
13	Bulgaria	-	1	-	1
13	Slovakia	-	1	-	1
15th	Austria	-	-	1	1
15th	Estonia	-	-	1	1
15th	Poland	-	-	1	1

See also

• World orienteering championships

Web links

• Results of the European Championships from 1962 to 2006