Orienteering European Championships 1962

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The 1st European orienteering championships took place on September 22nd and September 23rd, 1962 in the area around Løten in Norway .

46 men and 23 women took part in the individual competitions. In the relay races, which were not yet part of the official European championship program in 1962, eight men's and five women's teams took part.

Men's

singles

space country athlete time
1 NOR Magne Lystad 1:48:32 h
2 SWE Bertil Norman 1:54:11 h
3 SWE Sivar Nordström 1:57:56 h
4th SWE Halvard Nilsson 1:58:27 h
5 FIN Erkki Kohvakka 1:59:08 h
6th NOR Knut Berglia 2:00:18 h
7th FIN Rolf Koskinen 2:01:40 h
8th NOR Ola Skarholt 2:02:45 h
SWE Per-Olof Skogum 2:02:45 h

Individual:
Length: 16.5 km
Post: 13

Season

space country Athletes time
1 FIN Aimo Tepsell
Esko Vainio
Rolf Koskinen
Erkki Kohvakka 		3:34:08 h
2 SWE Bertil Norman
Per-Olof Skogum
Sven Gustafsson
Halvard Nilsson 		3:43:20 h
3 NOR Per Kristiansen
Ola Skarholt
Knut Berglia
Magne Lystad 		3:43:59 h
4th SUI Andrin Urech
Fritz Maurer
Jakob Waser
Ernst Saxer 		4:20:09 h
5 THE Ole Hansen
Jørn Esbensen
Hans Hartmund
Erik Brühl 		4:36:51 h
6th HUN 6:03:11 h
7th BUL 6:29:20 h

Season:

The relay competition was not yet an official competition at the first European championships. The German relay team was disqualified.

Ladies

singles

space country Athlete time
1 SWE Ulla Lindkvist 1:03:30 h
2 NOR Marit Økern 1: 03.46 h
3 SWE Emy Gauffin 1:06:18 h
4th FIN Tuula Hovi 1:11:03 h
5 FIN Raila Hovi 1:12:14 h
6th SUI Käthi of Salis 1:13:42 h
7th NOR Lillis Kielland 1:13:51 h
8th THE Karin Agesen 1:14:00 h

Individual:
Length: 7.5 km
Post: 7

Season

space country Athletes time
1 SWE Siri Lundkvist
Emy Gauffin
Ulla Lindkvist 		2:56:03 h
2 NOR Lillis Kielland
Babben Enger
Marit Økern 		3:12:57 h
3 SUI Margrit Thommen
Sonja Ballestad
Käthi from Salis 		3:24:27 h
4th THE Karin Ågesen
Karin Østerby
Marianne Selbo 		3:43:37

Season:

The relay competition was not yet an official competition at the first European championships. The Finnish relay was disqualified.

Medal table

The medal table without the unofficial relay competitions:

space country gold silver bronze total
1 SwedenSweden Sweden 1 1 2 4th
2 NorwayNorway Norway 1 1 - 2

The medal table with the unofficial relay competitions:

space country gold silver bronze total
1 SwedenSweden Sweden 2 2 2 6th
2 NorwayNorway Norway 1 2 1 4th
3 FinlandFinland Finland 1 - - 1
4th SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland - - 1 1

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