Orienteering European Championships 2012

The 9th European Orienteering Championships , the seventh since the re-introduction of competition in 2000, found from 14 to 20, 2012 in the area around Falun and Mora in Sweden instead.

Sweden hosted the European orienteering championships for the first time, although three world championships had already taken place in Sweden: 1968 in Linköping , 1989 in Skaraborgs län and 2004 in Västerås .

Time schedule

• May 14th, 2012: Qualification middle distance in Hökberg
• May 15, 2012: Qualification long distance in Hökberg
• May 16, 2012: Sprint qualification in Falun
• May 17th, 2012: Final middle distance in Skattungby
• May 18, 2012: Long distance final in Skattungby
• May 19, 2012: Final sprint in Lugnet
• May 20, 2012: Relay in Lugnet

The official opening ceremony took place on May 17th, the closing ceremony on May 20th.

Men's

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Jonas Leandersson	15:20 min
2	BUL	Kiril Nikolov	15:25 min
3	SWE	Jerker Lysell	15:27 min
	SUI	Daniel Hubmann	15:27 min
5	GBR	Scott Fraser	15:34 min
6th	SUI	Matthias Kyburz	15:46 min
7th	SUI	Matthias Müller	15:55 min
8th	LTU	Jonas Vytautas Gvildys	16:02 min

Qualification: May 16, 2012
Location: Stadsparken, Falun

Final: May 19, 2012
Location: Lugnet (map)
Length: 3.54 km
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Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Olav Lundanes	34:12 min
2	RUS	Valentin Novikov	35:31 min
3	NOR	Carl Waaler Kaas	35:46 min
4th	UKR	Olksandr Kratov	36:13 min
5	SWE	Gustav Bergman	36:27 min
	SUI	Matthias Merz	36:27 min
7th	SUI	Marc Lauenstein	36:28 min
8th	RUS	Dmitri Zwetkow	36:44 min

Qualification: May 14, 2012
Location: Hökberg

Final: May 17th, 2012
Location: Skattungbyn (map)
Length: 6.24 km
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Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Olav Lundanes	1:27:43 h
2	SUI	Matthias Merz	1:28:48 h
3	RUS	Valentin Novikov	1:29:13 h
4th	NOR	Nordberg is different	1:30:09 h
5	SUI	Marc Lauenstein	1:30:52 h
6th	UKR	Oleksandr Kratov	1:32:41 h
7th	FRA	Philippe Adamski	1:32:57 h
8th	RUS	Dmitri Zwetkow	1:32:59 h

Qualification: May 15, 2012
Location: Hökberg

Final: May 18, 2012
Location: Skattungbyn (map)
Length: 15.36 km
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Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SUI	Martin Hubmann Matthias Müller Matthias Kyburz	1:53:43 h
2	SWE	Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Anders Holmberg	1:53:46 h
3	FRA	Frédéric Tranchand Philippe Adamski François Gonon	1:53:55 h
4th	NOR	Anders Nordberg Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes	1:53:59 h
5	RUS	Andrei Chramow Dmitri Zwetkow Valentin Novikow	1:54:38 h
6th	LAT	Edgars Bertuks Martins Sirmais Kalvis Mihailovs	1:56:20 h
7th	FIN	Jani Lakanen Hannu Airila Olli-Markus Taivainen	1:57:07 h
8th	LTU	Vilius Aleliunas Simonas Krepšta Jonas Vytautas Gvildys	1:58:32 h

Date : May 20, 2012
Location: Lugnet

Ladies

sprint

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	14:58 min
2	SWE	Lena Eliasson	15:30 min
3	THE	Maja Møller Alm	15:49 min
4th	SUI	Judith Wyder	15:58 min
5	SUI	Rahel Friedrich	16:16 min
6th	THE	Emma Klingenberg	16:23 min
7th	RUS	Svetlana Mironova	16:25 min
8th	FIN	Marika Teini	16:29 min

Qualification: May 16, 2012
Location: Stadsparken, Falun

Final: May 19, 2012
Location: Lugnet (map)
Length: 3.21 km
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Middle distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	33:42 min
2	FIN	Minna Kauppi	35:07 min
3	RUS	Tatiana Yuryevna Ryabkina	35:21 min
4th	SWE	Helena Jansson	36:06 min
5	SWE	Tove Alexandersson	36:31 min
6th	SWE	Annika Billstam	36:35 min
7th	FIN	Merja Rantanen	37:00 min
8th	NOR	Mari fasting	36:44 min

Qualification: May 14, 2012
Location: Hökberg

Final: May 17th, 2012
Location: Skattungbyn (map)
Length: 5.19 km
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Long distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	1:01:34 h
2	RUS	Tatiana Yuryevna Ryabkina	1:05:34 h
3	FIN	Minna Kauppi	1:06:08 h
4th	SWE	Tove Alexandersson	1:07:21 h
5	SWE	Annika Billstam	1:09:10 h
6th	NOR	Tone Wigemyr	1:10:18 h
7th	NOR	Mari fasting	1:10:41 h
8th	SWE	Lina beach	1:10:49 h

Qualification: May 15, 2012
Location: Hökberg

Final: May 18, 2012
Location: Skattungbyn (map)
Length: 9.67 km
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Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Natalja Efimowa Svetlana Mironova Tatiana Jurjewna Ryabkina	1:55:35 h
2	FIN	Sofia Haajanen Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	1:55:44 h
3	SWE	Annika Billstam Lina Strand Tove Alexandersson	1:56:30 h
4th	THE	Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach Maja Møller Alm	1:59:20 h
5	NOR	Tone Wigemyr Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken	1:59:48 h
6th	SUI	Sara Lüscher Sarina Jenzer Rahel Friedrich	2:00:04 h
7th	CZE	Vendula Klechová Iveta Duchová Dana Brožková	2:05:05 h
8th	LTU	Kristina Rybakovaité Inga Kazlauskaité Aušriné Kutkaite	2:05:21 h

Date : May 20, 2012
Location: Lugnet

Medal table

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

See also

• Orienteering World Championships 2012

Web links

• The organizer website (English)
• European Orienteering Championships 2012 International orienteering association

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sprint Men's Final May 19, 2012 . eoc2012.se. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
2. ↑ Middle Distance Men Final May 14, 2012 . eoc2012.se. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
3. ↑ Long distance men final May 15, 2012 . eoc2012.se. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
4. ↑ Sprint Women Final May 16, 2012 . eoc2012.se. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
5. ↑ Middle Distance Women Final May 14, 2012 . eoc2012.se. Archived from the original on August 11, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
6. ↑ Long Distance Women Final May 18, 2012 . eoc2012.se. Archived from the original on January 19, 2013. Retrieved September 16, 2019.