World orienteering championships

World Orienteering Championship
postage stamp of the GDR 1970

The World Orienteering Championships (Engl. World Orienteering Championships , short WOC ) are from the World Orienteering Federation held (IOF) since 1966. Until 2003, world orienteering championships were held every two years (with one exception, the 1979 world championships). They have been held every year since 2003.

Originally there were only two disciplines with an individual competition and a relay. In 1991 another discipline was added to the world championship program with the short distance. Since 2001 there has been a separate sprint competition (winning time about 15 minutes) and in 2003 the short distance was replaced by a middle distance (winning time between 30 and 40 minutes). The former so-called individual competition is now held under the name long distance (winning time between 60 and 90 minutes). In 2014, another competition was introduced with the sprint relay for mixed teams. In return, the qualification runs over the middle and long distance were canceled. Since then, starting places have been allocated in these two competitions via a ranking list (see ranking list for starting place allocation at world orienteering championships ).

The official world championship program is structured as follows:

• Sprint (with qualification),
• Mixed sprint relay ,
• Middle distance ,
• Long distance ,
• Season .

The junior world championships take place separately from the active players.

Venues

year	date	Host country	venue
1966	October 1st to 2nd	Finland	Fiskars
1968	September 28-29	Sweden	Linkoping
1970	September 27-29	German Democratic Republic	Friedrichroda
1972	September 14th to 16th	Czechoslovakia	Staré Splavy
1974	September 20-22	Denmark	Silkeborg
1976	September 24th to 26th	United Kingdom	Aviemore
1978	September 15th to 17th	Norway	Kongsberg
1979	September 2nd to 4th	Finland	Tampere
1981	September 4th to 6th	Switzerland	Tuna
1983	September 1st to 4th	Hungary	Zalaegerszeg
1985	September 4th to 6th	Australia	Bendigo
1987	3rd to 5th September	France	Gerardmer
1989	17th to 20th August	Sweden	Skaraborg
1991	August 21st to 25th	Czechoslovakia	Mariánské Lázně
1993	October 9-14	United States	West Point
1995	August 15th to 20th	Germany	Detmold
1997	August 11th to 16th	Norway	Grimstad
1999	August 1st to 8th	United Kingdom	Inverness
2001	July 29th to August 4th	Finland	Tampere
2003	3rd to 9th August	Switzerland	Rapperswil / Jona
2004	September 11th to 19th	Sweden	Västerås
2005	August 9th to 15th	Japan	Aichi
2006	August 1st to 5th	Denmark	Aarhus
2007	August 18-26	Ukraine	Kiev
2008	July 10th to 20th	Czech Republic	Olomouc
2009	August 18-23	Hungary	Miskolc
2010	August 7th to 15th	Norway	Trondheim
2011	August 10th to 20th	France	Savoie
2012	July 14-22	Switzerland	Lausanne
2013	July 6-14	Finland	Vuokatti
2014	July 5th to 13th	Italy	Trentino / Veneto
2015	August 1st to 7th	United Kingdom	Inverness
2016	August 20th to 28th	Sweden	Strömstad & Tanum
2017	July 1st to 7th	Estonia	Otepää
2018	4th to 11th August	Latvia	Riga & Sigulda
2019	August 12th to 17th	Norway	Østfold
2020	July 6-11	Denmark	Fredericia , Kolding & Vejle
2021		Czech Republic	Mladá Boleslav
2022		United Kingdom	Edinburgh

Single / classic / long

This competition was called individual from 1966 to 1989, classical distance from 1991 to 2001 and since 2003 the discipline is called long distance.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1966	Åge Hadler	Aimo Tepsell	Morelius is different	14.1 km, 11 items
1968	Karl Johansson	Stubborn Bjork	Åge Hadler	14.7 km, 18 items
1970	Stig mountains	Karl John	Dieter Hulliger	14.5 km, 19 items
1972	Åge Hadler	Stig mountains	Bernt Frilén	13.5 km, 18 items
1974	Bernt Frilén	Jan Fjærestad	Eystein Weltzien	15.9 km, 26 items
1976	Egil Johansen	Rolf Pettersson	Svein Jacobsen	15.5 km, 24 items
1978	Egil Johansen	Risto Nuuros	Simo Nurminen	15.7 km, 21 items
1979	Øyvin Thon	Egil Johansen	Tore Sagvolden	15.1 km, 16 items
1981	Øyvin Thon	Tore Sagvolden	Morten Berglia	14.1 km, 18 posts
1983	Morten Berglia	Øyvin Thon	Sigurd Dæhli	14.0 km, 24 items
1985	Kari Sallinen	Tore Sagvolden	Egil Iversen	15.2 km, 23 items
1987	Kent Olsson	Tore Sagvolden	Urs Flühmann	14.6 km, 21 items
1989	Petter Thoresen	Kent Olsson	Håvard Tveite	17.7 km, 24 items
1991	Jörgen Mårtensson	Kent Olsson	Sixten Sild	17.4 km, 25 posts
1993	Allan Mogensen	Jörgen Mårtensson	Petter Thoresen	13.5 km, 19 items
1995	Jörgen Mårtensson	Janne Salmi	Carsten Jørgensen	16.2 km, 30 items
1997	Petter Thoresen	Jörgen Mårtensson	Kjetil Bjørlo	13.7 km, 24 items
1999	Bjørnar Valstad	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	Alain Berger	15.7 km, 25 items
2001	Jørgen Rostrup	Jani Lakanen	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	14.4 km, 26 posts
2003	Thomas Buehrer	Yuri Omelchenko	Emil Wingstedt	16.7 km, 34 items
2004	Bjørnar Valstad	Mattias Karlsson	Holger Hott Johansen	17.1 km, 28 items
2005	Andrei Khramov	Marc Lauenstein	Holger Hott Johansen	12.9 km, 29 items
2006	Jani Lakanen	Marc Lauenstein	Andrei Khramov	17.5 km, 32 posts
2007	Matthias Merz	Andrei Khramov	Nordberg is different	18.2 km, 28 items
2008	Daniel Hubmann	Nordberg is different	François Gonon	17.3 km, 36 posts
2009	Daniel Hubmann	Thierry Gueorgiou	Mikhail Mamleev	17.5 km, 33 posts
2010	Olav Lundanes	Nordberg is different	Thierry Gueorgiou	15.0 km, 29 items
2011	Thierry Gueorgiou	Pasi icons	François Gonon	15.8 km, 31 items
2012	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Merz	Edgars Bertuks	18.3 km, 31 items
2013	Thierry Gueorgiou	Jani Lakanen	Edgars Bertuks	19.8 km, 18 items
2014	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Olav Lundanes	16.4 km, 33 posts
2015	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Olav Lundanes	16.4 km, 32 posts
2016	Olav Lundanes	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	15.5 km, 30 items
2017	Olav Lundanes	Leonid Novikov	William Lind	17.1 km, 25 items
2018	Olav Lundanes	Ruslan Glibov	Fabian Hertner	16.1 km, 24 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1966	Ulla Lindkvist	Katharina Perch-Nielsen	Raila Hovi	6.6 km, 6 posts
1968	Ulla Lindkvist	Ingrid Hadler	Kerstin Granstedt	7.8 km, 10 items
1970	Ingrid Hadler	Ulla Lindkvist	Kristin Danielsen	7.5 km, 10 items
1972	Sarolta Monspart	Pirjo Seppä	Birgitta Larsson	7.1 km, 12 items
1974	Mona Nørgaard	Kristin Cullman	Outi Borgenström	7.9 km, 14 posts
1976	Liisa Veijalainen	Kristin Cullman	Anne Lundmark	8.9 km, 16 items
1978	Anne Berit oath	Liisa Veijalainen	Whom Jacobsen	8.6 km, 14 posts
1979	Outi Borgenström	Liisa Veijalainen	Monica Andersson	8.3 km, 10 items
1981	Annichen Kringstad	Brit Volden	Karin Rabe	8.7 km, 12 items
1983	Annichen Kringstad	Marita Skogum	Annariita Kottonen	8.1 km, 18 items
1985	Annichen Kringstad	Brit Volden	Christina Blomqvist	8.4 km, 14 posts
1987	Arja Hannus	Karin Rabe	Jana Galíková	8.8 km, 15 items
1989	Marita Skogum	Jana Galíková	Alida Abola	9.7 km, 15 items
1991	Katalin Oláh	Christina Blomqvist	Jana Galíková	10.5 km, 16 items
1993	Marita Skogum	Annika Viilo	Yvette Hague	8.6 km, 14 posts
1995	Katalin Oláh	Yvette Hague Eija Koskivaara		9.7 km, 21 items
1997	Hanne Staff	Katarina Borg	Hanne Sandstad	8.7 km, 17 items
1999	Kirsi Boström	Hanne Staff	Johanna Asklöf	10.3 km, 18 items
2001	Simone Luder	Marika Mikkola	Reeta Kolkkala	9.7 km, 17 items
2003	Simone Luder	Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard	Brigitte Wolf	11.8 km, 19 items
2004	Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard	Hanne Staff	Marika Mikkola	11.02 km, 25 items
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Vroni King Salmi	8.8 km, 21 items
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Dana Brožková	11.7 km, 24 items
2007	Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola		Simone Niggli-Luder	11.9 km, 23 items
2008	Dana Brožková	Marianne Andersen	Annika Billstam	11.9 km, 24 items
2009	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	11.8 km, 27 items
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Emma Claesson	9.9 km, 23 items
2011	Annika Billstam	Dana Brožková	Helena Jansson	10.3 km, 21 items
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Annika Billstam	12.4 km, 23 items
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tove Alexandersson	Lena Eliasson	13.9 km, 12 items
2014	Svetlana Mironova	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	11.0 km, 23 items
2015	Ida Bobach	Mari fasting	Svetlana Mironova	9.7 km, 19 items
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	11.2 km, 18 items
2017	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Natalia Gemperle	11.4 km, 20 items
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Sabine Hauswirth	9.9 km, 18 items

Short

This competition was held from 1991 to 2001 before it was replaced by the middle distance in the World Championship program.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1991	Petr Kozák	Kent Olsson	Martin Johansson	5.8 km, 10 items
1993	Petter Thoresen	Timo Karppinen	Martin Johansson	4.7 km, 14 items
1995	Yuri Omelchenko	Jörgen Mårtensson	Bjørnar Valstad	5.6 km, 18 items
1997	Janne Salmi	Timo Karppinen	Bjørnar Valstad	4.2 km, 16 items
1999	Jørgen Rostrup	Juha Peltola	Janne Salmi	4.5 km, 17 posts
2001	Pasi icons	Goals Sandvik	Jørgen Rostrup	4.1 km, 15 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1991	Jana Cieslarová	Ada Kuchařová	Marita Skogum	5.5 km, 9 items
1993	Anna Bogren	Marita Skogum	Eija Koskivaara	3.7 km, 11 items
1995	Marie-Luce Romanes	Yvette Hague	Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren	4.6 km, 14 items
1997	Lucie Boehm	Hanne Sandstad	Hanne Staff Marie-Luce Romanens	3.3 km, 13 items
1999	Yvette Baker	Lucie Boehm	Frauke Schmitt Gran	3.6 km, 13 items
2001	Hanne Staff	Jenny Johansson	Gunilla Svärd	3.6 km, 11 items

medium

This competition was added to the World Cup program in 2003.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2003	Thierry Gueorgiou	Bjørnar Valstad	Øystein Kristiansen	5.0 km, 21 items
2004	Thierry Gueorgiou	Valentin Novikov	Nordberg is different	6.3 km, 18 items
2005	Thierry Gueorgiou	Chris Terkelsen	Jarkko Huovila	5.0 km, 13 items
2006	Holger Hott Johansen	Jarkko Huovila	Jamie Stevenson	6.3 km, 23 items
2007	Thierry Gueorgiou	Tero Foehr	Valentin Novikov	6.2 km, 17 items
2008	Thierry Gueorgiou	Michal Smola	Valentin Novikov	6.8 km, 27 items
2009	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Matthias Merz	6.8 km, 25 items
2010	Carl Waaler Kaas	Peter Öberg	Thierry Gueorgiou Daniel Hubmann	5.4 km, 20 items
2011	Thierry Gueorgiou	Peter Öberg	Olav Lundanes	5.4 km, 21 items
2012	Edgars Bertuks	Valentin Novikov	Fabian Hertner	6.5 km, 20 items
2013	Leonid Novikov	Thierry Gueorgiou	Gustav Bergman	6.3 km, 9 items
2014	Olav Lundanes	Fabian Hertner	Oleksandr Kratov	5.9 km, 19 items
2015	Daniel Hubmann	Lucas Basset	Olle Boström	6.2 km, 25 items
2016	Matthias Kyburz	Olav Lundanes	Daniel Hubmann	6.3 km, 25 items
2017	Thierry Gueorgiou	Fabian Hertner	Oleksandr Kratov	6.1 km, 24 items
2018	Eskil Kinneberg	Daniel Hubmann	Florian Howald	5.9 km, 19 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2003	Simone Luder	Hanne Staff	Heli Jukkola	4.5 km, 18 items
2004	Hanne Staff	Tatiana Ryabkina	Heli Jukkola	5.2 km,? Post
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Jenny Johansson	Minna Kauppi	4.1 km, 13 items
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.2 km, 22 items
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Marianne Andersen	5.1 km, 14 posts
2008	Minna Kauppi	Vroni King Salmi	Radka Brožková	4.8 km, 23 items
2009	Dana Brožková	Marianne Andersen	Simone Niggli-Luder	5.3 km, 22 items
2010	Minna Kauppi	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	4.5 km, 17 posts
2011	Helena Jansson	Ida Bobach	Judith Wyder	3.8 km, 16 items
2012	Minna Kauppi	Tove Alexandersson	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.5 km, 18 items
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tove Alexandersson	Merja Rantanen	5.1 km, 9 items
2014	Annika Billstam	Ida Bobach	Tove Alexandersson	5.0 km, 16 items
2015	Annika Billstam	Merja Rantanen	Emma Johansson	5.3 km, 21 items
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Heidi Bagstevold	Natalia Gemperle	5.1 km, 21 items
2017	Tove Alexandersson	Marianne Andersen	Venla Harju	5.1 km, 21 items
2018	Natalia Gemperle	Marika Teini	Isia Basset	4.8 km, 17 items

sprint

This competition was added to the World Cup program in 2001.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2001	Jimmy Birklin	Pasi icons	Jörgen Olsson	2.66 km, 12 posts
2003	Jamie Stevenson	Rudolf Ropek	Thierry Gueorgiou	2.8 km, 18 items
2004	Niclas Jonasson	Håkan Eriksson Yuri Omelchenko		3.06 km, 13 posts
2005	Emil Wingstedt	Daniel Hubmann	Jani Lakanen	2.4 km, 14 posts
2006	Emil Wingstedt	Daniel Hubmann	Claus Bloch	3.1 km, 21 items
2007	Thierry Gueorgiou	Matthias Merz	Martin Johansson	3.2 km, 14 posts
2008	Andrei Khramov	Daniel Hubmann	Martin Johansson	3 km, 17 posts
2009	Andrei Khramov	Fabian Hertner	Daniel Hubmann	3.2 km, 22 posts
2010	Matthias Müller	Fabian Hertner	Frédéric Tranchand	2.7 km, 21 items
2011	Daniel Hubmann	Not so Holmberg	Matthias Müller	2.5 km, 20 posts
2012	Matthias Kyburz	Matthias Merz	Matthias Müller	4.0 km, 20 items
2013	Mårten Boström	Scott Fraser	Jonas Leandersson	3.9 km, 24 items
2014	Søren Bobach	Daniel Hubmann	Let me do it	4.4 km, 20 items
2015	Jonas Leandersson	Martin Hubmann	Jerker Lysell	4.1 km, 23 items
2016	Jerker Lysell	Matthias Kyburz	Daniel Hubmann	4.1 km, 22 posts
2017	Daniel Hubmann	Frédéric Tranchand	Jerker Lysell	4.0 km, 15 items
2018	Daniel Hubmann	Tim Robertson	Andreas Kyburz	4.3 km, 18 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2001	Vroni King Salmi	Johanna Asklöf	Simone Luder	2.24 km, 10 posts
2003	Simone Luder	Marie-Luce Romanes	Jenny Johansson	2.6 km, 17 items
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	2.56 km, 11 posts
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Heather Monro	2.1 km, 12 items
2006	Hanny Allston	Simone Niggli-Luder	Kajsa Nilsson	2.7 km, 15 items
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Lena Eliasson	2.5 km, 14 posts
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Minna Kauppi	Helena Jansson	2.5 km, 17 posts
2009	Helena Jansson	Linnea Gustafsson	Simone Niggli-Luder	2.6 km, 18 posts
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Helena Jansson	Marianne Andersen	2.6 km, 21 items
2011	Linnea Gustafsson	Helena Jansson	Lena Eliasson	2.2 km, 19 items
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Maja Alm	Annika Billstam	3.7 km, 19 items
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Annika Billstam	Venla Niemi	3.4 km, 21 items
2014	Judith Wyder	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Møller Alm	4.05 km, 18 posts
2015	Maja Alm	Nadiya Volynska	Galina Vinogradova	3.8 km, 21 items
2016	Maja Alm	Judith Wyder	Anastasia Denisova	3.7 km, 20 items
2017	Maja Alm	Natalia Gemperle	Galina Vinogradova	3.4 km, 13 items
2018	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	3.8 km, 17 items

Sprint relay

This competition was held for the first time in 2014.

year	gold	silver	bronze
2014	Switzerland Rahel Friederich Martin Hubmann Matthias Kyburz Judith Wyder	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Russia Anastassija Tichonowa Gleb Tichonow Andrei Chramow Galina Winogradowa
2015	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Norway Elise Egseth Håkon Jarvis Westergård Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Russia Tatyana Riabkina Gleb Tichonow Andrei Chramow Galina Vinogradowa
2016	Denmark Cecilie Friberg Klysner Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Alm	Switzerland Rahel Friederich Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Judith Wyder	Sweden Lina Strand Gustav Bergman Jonas Leandersson Helena Jansson
2017	Sweden Lina Strand Jerker Lysell Jonas Leandersson Helena Jansson	Denmark Cecilie Friberg Klysner Andreas Hougaard Boesen Tue Lassen Maja Alm	Switzerland Elena Roos Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Sabine Hauswirth
2018	Sweden Tove Alexandersson Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Switzerland Elena Roos Florian Howald Fabian Hertner Judith Wyder	Denmark Amanda Falck Weber Tue Lassen Jakob Edsen Maja Alm

Season

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze
1966	Sweden Bertil Norman Karl Johansson Anders Morelius Göran Öhlund	Finland Erkki Kohvakka Rolf Koskinen Juhani Salmenkylä Aimo Tepsell	Norway Dagfinn Olsen Ola Skarholt Åge Hadler Stig Mountains
1968	Sweden stubborn Björk Karl Johansson Sten-Olof Carlström Göran Öhlund	Finland Rolf Koskinen Veijo Tahvanainen Juhani Salmenkylä Markku Salminen	Norway Per Fosser Ola Skarholt Stig Berge Åge Hadler
1970	Norway Ola Skarholt Stig Berge Per Fosser Åge Hadler	Sweden Björn Nordin Karl Johansson Sture Björk Bernt Frilén	Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Lenhart Bohuslav Beránek Jaroslav Jašek Svatoslav Galík
1972	Sweden Lennart Carlström Rolf Pettersson Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	Switzerland Dieter Hulliger Dieter Wolf Bernard Marti Karl John	Hungary Zoltán Boros János Sőtér Géza Vajda András Hegedűs
1974	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Gunnar Ohlund Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	Finland Hannu Mäkirinta Markku Salminen Risto Nuuros Seppo Väli-Klemelä	Norway Svein Jacobsen Jan Fjærestad Ivar Formo Eystein Weltzien
1976	Sweden Erik Johansson Gert Pettersson Arne Johansson Rolf Pettersson	Norway Jan Fjærestad Øystein Halvorsen Svein Jacobsen Egil Johansen	Finland Hannu Mäkirinta Markku Salminen Matti Mäkinen Kimmo Rauhamäki
1978	Norway Jan Fjærestad Sven Jacobsen Egil Johansen Eystein Weltzien	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Lars Lönnkvist Kjell Lauri Olle Nåbo	Finland Urho Kujala Jarmo Karvonen Simo Nurminen Risto Nuuros
1979	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Kjell Lauri Lars Lönnkvist Bjorn Rosendahl	Finland Seppo Keskinarkaus Hannu Kottonen Risto Nuuros Ari Anjala	Czechoslovakia Petr Uher Zdeněk Lenhart Jiří Ticháček Jaroslav Kačmarčík
1981	Norway Øyvin Thon Harald Thon Tore Sagvolden Sigurd Dæhli	Sweden Lars-Henrik Undeland Bengt Levin Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist	Finland Kari Sallinen Ari Anjala Seppo Rytkönen Hannu Kottonen
1983	Norway Morten Berglia Øyvin Thon Tore Sagvolden Harald Thon	Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Uchytil Pavel Ditrych Josef Pollák Jaroslav Kačmarčík	Sweden Bengt Levin Kjell Lauri Lars Lönnkvist Kent Olsson
1985	Norway Morten Berglia Atle Hansen Tore Sagvolden Øyvin Thon	Sweden Lars Palmqvist Michael Wehlin Kjell Lauri Jörgen Mårtensson	Switzerland Willi Müller Martin Howald Urs Flühmann Alain Gafner
1987	Norway Morten Berglia Håvard Tveite Tore Sagvolden Øyvin Thon	Switzerland Markus Stappung Stefan Bolliger Kaspar Oettli Urs Flühmann	Sweden Kent Olsson Hans Melin Jörgen Mårtensson Michael Wehlin
1989	Norway Øyvin Thon Rolf Vestre Petter Thoresen Håvard Tveite	Sweden Kent Olsson Michael Wehlin Jörgen Mårtensson Håkan Eriksson	Finland Keijo Parkkinen Ari Kattainen Peter Ivars Reijo Mattinen
1991	Switzerland Thomas Bührer Alain Berger Urs Flühmann Christian Aebersold	Norway Petter Thoresen Bjørnar Valstad Rolf Vestre Håvard Tveite	Finland Reijo Mattinen Ari Anjala Mika Kuisma Keijo Parkkinen
1993	Switzerland Dominik Humbel Christian Aebersold Urs Flühmann Thomas Bührer	United Kingdom Jonathan Musgrave Martin Bagness Stephen Palmer Steven Hale	Finland Keijo Parkkinen Mika Kuisma Petri Forsman Timo Karppinen
1995	Switzerland Alain Berger Daniel Hotz Christian Aebersold Thomas Bührer	Finland Keijo Parkkinen Reijo Mattinen Timo Karppinen Janne Salmi	Sweden Lars Holmqvist Jimmy Birklin Johan Ivarsson Jörgen Mårtensson
1997	Denmark Torben Skovlyst Carsten Jørgensen Chris Therkelsen Allan Mogensen	Finland Timo Karppinen Juha Peltola Mikael Boström Janne Salmi	Norway Håvard Tveite Bjørnar Valstad Kjetil Bjørlo Petter Thoresen
1999	Norway goals Sandvik Bernt Bjørnsgaard Petter Thoresen Bjørnar Valstad	Finland Jani Lakanen Juha Peltola Mikael Boström Janne Salmi	Sweden Jimmy Birklin Håkan Eriksson Jörgen Olsson Johan Ivarsson
2001	Finland Jani Lakanen Jarkko Huovila Juha Peltola Janne Salmi	Norway Bernt Bjørnsgaard Carl Henrik Bjørseth Tore Sandvik Bjørnar Valstad	Czech Republic Michal Horáček Michal Jedlička Radek Novotný Rudolf Ropek
2003	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Mattias Karlsson Emil Wingstedt	Finland Jani Lakanen Jarkko Huovila Mats Haldin	United Kingdom Daniel Marston Jon Duncan Jamie Stevenson
2004	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Øystein Kristiansen Jørgen Rostrup	Russia Michail Mamlejew Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	Sweden Mattias Karlsson Emil Wingstedt Niclas Jonasson
2005	Norway Holger Hott Johansen Øystein Kristiansen Jørgen Rostrup	France François Gonon Damien Renard Thierry Gueorgiou	Switzerland Matthias Merz Marc Lauenstein Daniel Hubmann
2006	Russia Roman Jefimow Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	Finland Mats Haldin Jarkko Huovila Jani Lakanen	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Emil Wingstedt Mattias Karlsson
2007	Russia Roman Jefimow Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	Sweden Peter Oberg David Andersson Emil Wingstedt	Finland Mats Haldin Pasi Icons Tero Fohr
2008	United Kingdom Graham Gristwood Jon Duncan Jamie Stevenson	Russia Dmitri Zwetkow Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann
2009	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Daniel Hubmann Matthias Merz	Russia Dmitri Zwetkow Valentin Novikow Andrei Chramow	Finland Topi Anjala Tero Föhr Mats Haldin
2010	Russia Andrei Chramow Dmitri Zwetkow Valentin Novikow	Norway Carl Waaler Kaas Audun Weltzien Olav Lundanes	Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Matthias Müller Matthias Merz
2011	France Philippe Adamski François Gonon Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Carl Waaler Kaas Anders Nordberg Olav Lundanes	Sweden Anders Holmberg Olle Boström David Andersson
2012	Czech Republic Tomáš Dlabaja Jan Šedivý Jan Procházka	Norway Magne Dæhli Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Peter Öberg Anders Holmberg
2013	Russia Leonid Novikow Valentin Novikow Dmitri Zwetkow	Sweden Anders Holmberg Peter Öberg Gustav Bergman	Ukraine Pavlo Ushkwarok Oleksandr Kratow Dennis Shcherbakov
2014	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Gustav Bergman	Switzerland Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	France Frédéric Tranchand François Gonon Thierry Gueorgiou
2015	Switzerland Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	Norway Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Carl Godager Kaas Magne Dæhli	France Vincent Coupat Lucas Basset Frédéric Tranchand
2016	Norway Carl Godager Kaas Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	Switzerland Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	Sweden Fredrik Bakkman Gustav Bergman William Lind
2017	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	France Frédéric Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou	Sweden Johan Runesson William Lind Gustav Bergman
2018	Norway Hallan Steiwer Gaute Eskil Kinneberg Magne Dæhli	Switzerland Florian Howald Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	France Nicolas Rio Lucas basset Frédéric Tranchand

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze
1966	Sweden Kerstin Granstedt Eivor Steen-Olsson Gunvor Åhling	Finland Anja Meldo Pirjo Ruotsalainen Raila Hovi	Norway Astrid Hansen Ragnhild Kristensen Ingrid Thoresen
1968	Norway Astrid Rødmyr Astrid Hansen Ingrid Hadler	Sweden Gun-Britt Nyberg Kerstin Granstedt Ulla Lindkvist	Finland Pirjo Seppä Tuula Hovi Raila Kerkelä
1970	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Hungary Magda Horváth Ágnes Hegedűs Sarolta Monspart	Norway Astrid Rødmyr Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler
1972	Finland Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Brigitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist Birgitta Larsson	Czechoslovakia Naďa Mertová Renata Vlachová Anna Handzlová
1974	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Monica Andersson Kristin Cullman	Norway Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler Linda Verde	Czechoslovakia Dana Procházková Anna Handzlová Renata Vlachová
1976	Sweden Ingrid Ohlsson Kristin Cullman Anne Lundmark	Finland Outi Borgenström Sinikka Kukkonen Liisa Veijalainen	Hungary Irén Rostás Magda Kovács Sarolta Monspart
1978	Finland Outi Borgenström Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Eva Moberg Karin Rabe Kristin Cullman	Switzerland Ruth Baumberger Ruth Humbel Hanni Fries
1979	Finland Leena Silvennoinen Leena Salmenkylä Liisa Veijalainen	Norway Anne Berit Eid Astrid Carlson Brit Volden	Sweden Anna-Lena Axelsson Karin Rabe Monica Andersson
1981	Sweden Arja Hannus Barbro Lönnkvist Karin Rabe Annichen Kringstad	Finland Helena Mannervesi Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen Outi Borgenström	Switzerland Ruth Schmid Annelies Meier Irene Bucher Ruth Humbel
1983	Sweden Karin Rabe Marita Skogum Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Czechoslovakia Iva Kalibánová Eva Bártová Jana Hlaváčová Ada Kuchařová	Denmark Mette Filskov Hanne Birke Karin Jexner Dorthe Hansen
1985	Sweden Karin Rabe Christina Blomqvist Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Hilde Tellesbø Helle Johansen Ellen Sofie Olsvik	Switzerland Susanne Luscher Frauke Sonderegger Bandixes Brigitte Zurcher Ruth Humbel
1987	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ellen Sofie Olsvik Brit Volden	Sweden Arja Hannus Katarina Borg Marita Skogum Karin Rabe	Czechoslovakia Iva Kalibánová Iva Slaninová Ada Kuchařová Jana Galíková
1989	Sweden Karin Rabe Arja Hannus Kerstin Haglund Marita Skogum	Czechoslovakia Petra Wagnerová Jana Cieslarová Ada Kuchařová Jana Galíková	Finland Marja Liisa Portin Ulla Mänttäri Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara
1991	Sweden Arja Hannus Christina Blomqvist Marlena Jansson Marita Skogum	Norway Hanne Sandstad Heidi Arnesen Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Czechoslovakia Marcela Kubatková Jana Galíková Ada Kuchařová Jana Cieslarová
1993	Sweden Anette Nilsson Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren Marita Skogum	Finland Johanna Tiira Kirsi Tiira Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara	Czech Republic Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubatková Jana Cieslarová
1995	Finland Kirsi Tiira Reetta-Mari Kolkkala Eija Koskivaara Annika Viilo	Sweden Anette Granstedt Maria Gustafsson Anna Bogren Marlena Jansson	Czech Republic Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubatková Jana Cieslarová
1997	Sweden Anna Bogren Gunilla Svärd Cecilia Nilsson Marlena Jansson	Norway Torunn Fossli Sæthre Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Marie-Luce Romanens Vroni King Sabrina Meister-Fesseler
1999	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	Finland Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Sanna Nymalm Kirsi Tiira Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Katarina Allberg Marlena Jansson Annette Granstedt Gunilla Svärd
2001	Finland Reeta Kolkkala Liisa Anttila Marika Mikkola Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Katarina Allberg Jenny Johansson Cecilia Nilsson Gunilla Svärd	Norway Birgitte Husebye Linda Antonsen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff
2003	Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Vroni König-Salmi Simone Luder	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard Jenny Johansson	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Huseby Hanne Staff
2004	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Jenny Johansson Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard	Finland Marika Mikkola Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff
2005	Switzerland Lea Müller Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	Norway Marianne Andersen Marianne Riddervold Anne Margrethe Hausken	Sweden Jenny Johansson Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard Emma Engstrand
2006	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Sweden Jenny Johansson Kajsa Nilsson Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard	Switzerland Martina Fritschy Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder
2007	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Sweden Annika Billstam Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	Norway Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien Marianne Andersen Anne Margrethe Hausken
2008	Finland Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Russia Galina Winogradowa Julija Novikowa Tatiana Ryabkina	Sweden Annika Billstam Sofie Johansson Helena Jansson
2009	Norway Betty Ann Nilsen Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen	Sweden Karolina Arewång-Højsgaard Kajsa Nilsson Helena Jansson	Finland Bodil Holmström Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi
2010	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Norway Elise Egseth Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen	Sweden Annika Billstam Emma Claesson Helena Jansson
2011	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Czech Republic Martina Zverinova Eva Juřeníková Dana Brožková	Sweden Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson Annika Billstam
2012	Switzerland Ines Brodmann Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder	Sweden Annika Billstam Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Norway Silje Ekroll years Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken
2013	Norway Heidi Bagstevold Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken	Finland Venla Niemi Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Sara Lüscher Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder
2014	Switzerland Sara Lüscher Sabine Hauswirth Judith Wyder	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Sweden Helena Jansson Annika Billstam Tove Alexandersson
2015	Denmark Maja Møller Alm Ida Bobach Emma Klingenberg	Norway Heidi Bagstevold Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Sweden Helena Jansson Annika Billstam Emma Johansson
2016	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Swetlana Mironowa Natalia Gemperle	Denmark Signe Klinting Ida Bobach Maja Alm	Finland Sari Anttonen Marika Teini Merja Rantanen
2017	Sweden Emma Johansson Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Swetlana Mironowa Natalia Gemperle	Finland Venla Harju Marika Teini Merja Rantanen
2018	Switzerland Elena Roos Julia Jakob Judith Wyder	Sweden Helena Bergman Karolin Ohlsson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Tatyana Riabkina Natalia Gemperle

Eternal medal table

Status after the World Championships 2018:

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	55	54	55	164
2	Norway	48	47	42	137
3	Switzerland	45	33	37	115
4th	Finland	24	42	32	98
5	France	14th	7th	10	31
6th	Denmark	12	10	6th	28
7th	Russia	11	12	13	36
8th	Czech Republic	3	4th	5	12
9	United Kingdom	3	4th	4th	11
10	Hungary	3	1	2	6th
11	Czechoslovakia (former)	2	5	8th	15th
12	Ukraine	1	4th	3	8th
13	Austria	1	1	-	2
14th	Latvia	1	-	2	3
15th	Australia	1	-	-	1
16	New Zealand	-	1	-	1
17th	Soviet Union (former)	-	-	2	2
18th	Germany	-	-	1	1
18th	Italy	-	-	1	1
18th	Belarus	-	-	1	1

See also

• European orienteering championships

• Mountain bike orienteering world championships
• World ski orienteering championships

Web links

• International Orienteering Federation
• World Orienteering Championships, Statistics 1966-2005 ( Memento from July 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive )

WOC

• World Orienteering Championships 2004
• World Orienteering Championships 2005
• World Orienteering Championships 2006
• World Orienteering Championships 2007
• World Orienteering Championships 2008
• World Orienteering Championships 2009
• World Orienteering Championships 2010
• World Orienteering Championships 2011
• World Orienteering Championships 2012
• World Orienteering Championships 2013
• World Orienteering Championships 2014
• World Orienteering Championships 2015
• World Orienteering Championships 2016
• World Orienteering Championships 2017
• World Orienteering Championships 2018