Orienteering European Championships 2004

The fifth European Orienteering Championships , the third since the re-introduction of competition in 2000, took place from July 10th to 17th July 2004 in the area around Roskilde in Denmark instead.

There were eight competitions: a sprint, a medium-distance and a long-distance competition for men and women as well as a men’s and a women’s relay.

The schedule was as follows:

• July 12, 2004: Qualification middle distance
• July 13th, 2004: Decision middle distance
• July 14th, 2004: Qualification & decision relay race
• July 15, 2004: Qualification long distance
• July 16, 2004: Long distance decision
• July 17, 2004: Sprint decision

Men's

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	13:35 min
2	RUS	Andrei Khramov	13:46 min
3	FIN	Mårten Boström	13:51 min
4th	NOR	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	13:54 min
5	THE	Mikkel Lund	13:57 min
6th	SWE	Jonas Pilblad	13:58 min
7th	NOR	Bernt Bjørnsgaard	13:59 min
8th	NOR	Goals Sandvik	14:01 min

Sprint: July 14, 2004
Defending champion: Emil Wingstedt Location: Roskilde Length: 3.0 km Post: 20

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRA	Thierry Gueorgiou	30:49 min
2	FIN	Jarkko Huovila	32:01 min
3	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	32:10 min
4th	THE	Carsten Jørgensen	32:13 min
5	THE	Chris Terkelsen	32:14 min
6th	FIN	Pasi icons	32:31 min
7th	GBR	Jamie Stevenson	32:40 min
8th	NOR	Nordberg is different	32:51 min

Middle distance: July 13, 2004
Defending champion: Michail Mamlejew Location: Grønholt Hegn Length: 6.4 km Gradient : 95 m Post: 22

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Kalle Dalin	1:23:40 h
2	FIN	Mats Haldin	1:23:58 h
3	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	1:24:41 h
4th	POLE	Robert Banach	1:25:20 h
5	RUS	Andrei Khramov	1:25:37 h
6th	CZE	Michal Horáček	1:25:50 h
7th	NOR	Holger Hott	1:25:59 h
8th	GBR	Jamie Stevenson	1:26:11 h

Long distance: July 16, 2004
Defending champion: Thomas Bührer Location: Klinteskoven Length: 14.5 km Gradient: 560 m Post: 29

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Jarkko Huovila Pasi icons Mats Haldin	2:06:32 h
2	THE	Chris Terkelsen René Rokkjær Carsten Jørgensen	2:06:42 h
3	SWE	Kalle Dalin Johan Modig Emil Wingstedt	2:06:53 h
4th	NOR	Bjørnar Valstad Anders Nordberg Holger Hott	2:07:13 h
5	RUS	Sergei Detkow Andrei Chramow Michail Mamlejew	2:08:01 h
6th	FRA	François Gonon Nicolas Girsch Damien Renard	2:08:17 h
7th	CZE	Vladimír Lučan Michal Horáček Michal Smola	2:10:04 h

Season: July 17, 2004
Defending champion: Jani Lakanen , Pasi Ikonen , Mats Haldin Location: Klinteskoven Length: 6.4 km Incline: 95 m Post: 22

Ladies

sprint

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	12:18 min
2	SWE	Jenny Johansson	12:37 min
3	SWE	Emma Engstrand	12:49 min
4th	SWE	Emma Dahlstedt	12:52 min
5	NOR	Anne Margrethe Hausken	13:10 min
6th	SWE	Anna Mårsell	13:12 min
7th	SWE	Gunilla Svärd	13:13 min
8th	SUI	Sara Gemperle	13:15 min

Sprint: July 14, 2004
Defending champion: Vroni König-Salmi Location: Roskilde Length: 2.5 km Post: 16

Middle distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NOR	Hanne Staff	29:58 min
2	LTU	Dainora Alšauskaitė	30:24 min
3	RUS	Tatiana Ryabkina	30:53 min
4th	FIN	Minna Kauppi	31:02 min
5	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	31:03 min
	SWE	Jenny Johansson	31:03 min
7th	SWE	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	31:18 min
8th	SWE	Gunilla Svärd	31:49 min

Middle distance: July 13, 2004
Defending champion: Gunilla Svärd Location: Grønholt Hegn Length: 5.3 km Gradient: 90 m Post: 21

Long distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	1:02:04 h
2	SWE	Emma Engstrand	1:05:45 h
3	RUS	Tatiana Ryabkina	1:05:53 h
4th	FIN	Heli Jukkola	1:06:12 h
5	FIN	Minna Kauppi	1:06:26 h
6th	NOR	Hanne Staff	1:06:44 h
7th	SWE	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard	1:07:48 h
8th	GER	Karin Schmalfeld	1:07:54 h

Long distance: July 16, 2004
Defending champion: Simone Niggli-Luder Location: Klinteskoven Length: 9.6 km Gradient: 340 m Post: 21

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Karolina Arewång-Höjsgaard Jenny Johansson Gunilla Svärd	1:54:18 h
2	NOR	Marianne Andersen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	1:54:29 h
3	RUS	Natalja Efimowa Olga Belozerova Tatiana Ryabkina	1:58:36 h
4th	FIN	Heli Jukkola Paula Haapakoski Minna Kauppi	1:59:38 h
5	POLE	Monika Depta Barbara Bączek-Motała Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz	1:59:40 h
6th	SUI	Brigitte Grüniger Sara Gemperle Simone Niggli	2:00:38 h
7th	CZE	Marta Štěrbová Martina Zverinova Zuzana Macúchová	2:01:49 h
8th	THE	Helene Hausner Signe Søes Anne Konring Olesen	2:04:00 h

Sprint: July 17, 2004
Defending champions: Elisabeth Ingvaldsen , Birgitte Husebye , Hanne Staff Location: Klinteskoven

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	3	2	3	8th
2	Switzerland	2	-	-	2
3	Finland	1	2	1	4th
4th	Norway	1	1	-	2
5	France	1	-	-	1
6th	Russia	-	1	4th	5
7th	Lithuania	-	1	-	1
	Denmark	-	1	-	1

Web links

• Results Sprint World of O Runners
• Results Middle Distance World of O Runners
• Results long distance World of O Runners
• World of O Runners season results
• European championship results on old.orientering.no