Orienteering European Championships 2008

The 7th European Orienteering Championships , the 5th since the competition was reinstated in 2000, took place from May 25th to June 1st, 2008 in and around Ventspils , Latvia .

Competition schedule

• May 26, 2008: Qualification and final sprint (in Ventspils )
• May 27, 2008: Qualification long distance (in Liepene )
• May 28, 2008: Final long distance (in Irbene )
• May 30th, 2008: Qualification middle distance (in Jaunupe )
• May 31, 2008: Final middle distance (in Jaunupe)
• June 1, 2008: Relay (in Ventspils)

Men's

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	13:11 min
2	SUI	Daniel Hubmann	13:25 min
3	RUS	Andrei Khramov	13:35 min
4th	GBR	Scott Fraser	13:37 min
5	NOR	Lars Skjeset	13:43 min
6th	SWE	Peter Öberg	13:44 min
7th	FIN	Mats Haldin	13:45 min
8th	FRA	Thierry Gueorgiou	13:46 min
	NOR	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	13:46 min

Sprint: May 26, 2008
Defending champion: Emil Wingstedt Location: Ventspils Length: 3.1 km Gradient: 20 m Post: 19

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FRA	Thierry Gueorgiou	35:41 min
2	LAT	Mārtiņš Sirmais	36:07 min
3	FIN	Pasi icons	36:31 min
4th	SUI	Daniel Hubmann	36:59 min
5	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	37:18 min
6th	RUS	Valentin Novikov	37:34 min
	SWE	Mats Troeng	37:34 min
8th	FIN	Jarkko Huovila	37:51 min

Middle distance: May 31, 2008
Defending champion: Thierry Gueorgiou Location: Jaunupe Length: 6.5 km Gradient: 140 m Post: 22

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Dmitri Zwetkow	1:29:12 h
2	SUI	Daniel Hubmann	1:29:45 h
3	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	1:29:46 h
4th	SUI	Matthias Merz	1:31:00 h
5	SWE	Martin Johansson	1:31:42 h
6th	SUI	Baptiste Rollier	1:32:31 h
7th	LAT	Edgars Bertuks	1:32:43 h
8th	NOR	Audun Weltzien	1:33:11 h

Long distance: May 26, 2008
Defending champion: Jani Lakanen Location: Irbene Length: 17.5 km Gradient: 260 m Post: 33

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Dmitri Zwetkow Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	2:03:13 h
2	SUI	Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann	2:03:28 h
3	FIN	Jarkko Huovila Pasi icons Mats Haldin	2:05:32 h
4th	FRA	Damien Renard François Gonon Thierry Gueorgiou	2:05:35 h
5	CZE	Jan Procházka Tomáš Dlabaja Michal Smola	2:05:36 h
6th	SWE	Erik Ohlund Mattias Millinger Martin Per Johansson	2:06:46 h
7th	GBR	Graham Gristwood Oli Johnson Jamie Stevenson	2:07:18 h
8th	NOR	Lars Skjeset Anders Nordberg Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	2:09:52 h

Season: June 1, 2008
Defending champions: Niclas Jonasson , Peter Öberg , David Andersson Location: Ventspils

Ladies

sprint

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NOR	Anne Margrethe Hausken	11:11 min
2	FIN	Heli Jukkola	11:14 min
3	SWE	Helena Jansson	11:17 min
4th	FIN	Minna Kauppi	11:39 min
5	FIN	Merja Rantanen	11:40 min
6th	CZE	Radka Brožková	11:44 min
7th	SWE	Linnea Gustafsson	11:46 min
8th	SWE	Sofie Johansson	11:53 min

Sprint: May 26, 2008
Defending champion: Simone Niggli Location: Ventspils Length: 2.5 km Gradient: 15 m Post: 17

Middle distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	FIN	Heli Jukkola	31:05 min
2	FIN	Merja Rantanen	31:31 min
3	FIN	Minna Kauppi	31:55 min
4th	RUS	Tatiana Ryabkina	32:12 min
5	THE	Signe Søes	32:27 min
6th	CZE	Radka Brožková	33:23 min
7th	NOR	Anne Margrethe Hausken	33:24 min
8th	FIN	Katri Lindqvist	33:32 min

Middle distance: May 31, 2008
Defending champion: Minna Kauppi Location: Ventspils Length: 5.2 km Gradient: Post: 16

Long distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NOR	Anne Margrethe Hausken	1:08:55 h
2	RUS	Tatyana Rijabkina	1:09:48 h
3	SWE	Emma Engstrand	1:10:33 h
4th	RUS	Julia Novikova	1:11:19 h
5	SWE	Sofie Rantanen	1:11:48 h
6th	FIN	Merja Rantanen	1:13:16 h
7th	FIN	Bodil Holmström	1:13:21 h
8th	CZE	Dana Brožková	1:14:21 h

Long distance: May 28, 2008
Defending champion: Simone Niggli Location: Irbene (Map: Staldzene) Length: 11.0 km Gradient : 140 m Post: 24

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Lina Persson Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	1:45:10 h
2	RUS	Natalja Kortschowa Julia Novikowa Tatiana Ryabkina	1:45:22 h
3	FIN	Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	1:46:29 h
4th	NOR	Marianne Riddervold Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken	1:53:57 h
5	CZE	Zdenka Stara Radka Brozkova Dana Brožková	1:53:58 h
6th	EST	Annika Rihma Merike Vanjuk Liis Johanson	1:53:59 h
7th	SUI	Ines Brodmann Seline Stalder Lea Müller	1:54:04 h
8th	LTU	Rasa Ptasekaite Sandra Pauzaite Inga Kazlauskaite	1:54:05 h

Season: June 1, 2008
Defending champions: Paula Haapakoski , Heli Jukkola , Minna Kauppi Location: Ventspils (Map: Seaside Park)

Medal table

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

Web links

• Website of the organizer
• Results International Orienteering Federation
• 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