World orienteering championships 1972
The 4th World Orienteering Championships were held from 14. September bis 16th September 1972 in the area around Old Splavy in Jicin (Jičín) in Czechoslovakia instead.
Men's
singles
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Åge Hadler | 1:35:57 h |
| 2 | NOR | Stig mountains | 1:40:52 h |
| 3 | SWE | Bernt Frilén | 1:43:55 h |
| 4th | SUI | Dieter Hulliger | 1:47:01 h |
| 5 | TCH | Petr Uher | 1:47:34 h |
| 6th | SUI | Dieter Wolf | 1:48:21 h |
| 7th | FIN | Risto Nuuros | 1:48:25 h |
| 8th | TCH | Zdeněk Lenhart | 1:48:45 h |
Individual:
Defending champion: Stig Berge
Length: 13.5 km
Post: 18
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE |
Lennart Carlström Lars Arnesson Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén |
4:41:37 h |
| 2 | SUI |
Dieter Hulliger Dieter Wolf Bernhard Marti Karl John |
4:47:23 h |
| 3 | HUN |
Zoltán Boros János Sõtér Géza Vajda András Hegedűs |
5:09:29 h |
| 4th | TCH |
Josef Borůvka Petr Uher Zdeněk Lenhart Jaroslav Jašek |
5:20:13 h |
| 5 | THE |
Jens Jensen Tor Jørgensen Keld Olsen Flemming Nørgaard |
5:26:28 h |
| 6th | GDR |
Wolf Jentsch Tassilo Schmalfeld Conrad Hans-Dieter Baumgart |
5:40:51 h |
| 7th | GBR |
Michael Murray Geoffrey Peck Rik Plumb Jonathan Thomson |
5:40:55 h |
Season:
Defending champions: Ola Skarholt , Stig Berge , Per Fosser , Åge Hadler
8 out of 15 teams were disqualified or failed to finish. These included the teams from Norway and Finland.
Ladies
singles
| Platza | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HUN | Sarolta Monspart | 1:17:01 h |
| 2 | FIN | Pirjo Seppä | 1:18:35 h |
| 3 | SWE | Birgitta Larsson | 1:18:53 h |
| 4th | SWE | Ulla Lindkvist | 1:20:17 h |
| 5 | NOR | Ingrid Hadler | 1:21:00 h |
| 6th | FIN | Liisa Veijalainen | 1:22:39 h |
| 7th | NOR | Kristin Danielsen | |
| 8th | SWE | Birgitta Johansson | 1:22:57 h |
Individual:
Defending champion: Ingrid Hadler
Length: 7.1 km
Post: 12
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIN |
Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä Liisa Veijalainen |
2:33:42 h |
| 2 | SWE |
Birgitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist Birgitta Larsson |
2:33:52 h |
| 3 | TCH |
Nada Mertová Renata Vlachová Anna Hanzlová |
2:45:00 h |
| 4th | HUN |
Magda Horváth Ágnes Hegedűs Sarolta Monspart |
2:53:50 h |
| 5 | SUI |
Ruth Schaffner Annelies Dütsch Ruth Schmid |
3:01:00 h |
| 6th | GDR |
Rita Winkler Erika Conrad Hannelore Schubert |
3:09:04 h |
| 7th | NOR |
Astrid Rodmyr Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler |
3:13:49 h |
| 8th | FRG |
Luise Gruhn Hanna Bahr Hadmut Hindorf |
3:14:22 h |
Season:
Defending champions: Sinikka Kukkonen , Pirjo Seppä , Liisa Veijalainen
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Sweden
|
1 | 1 | 2 | 4th |
| 2 |
Finland
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
|
Norway
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
| 4th |
 Hungary
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 5 |
 Switzerland
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
| 6th |
 Czechoslovakia
|
- | - | 1 | 1 |