World orienteering championships 1974

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The 5th World Orienteering Championships were held from 20th September bis 22. September 1974 in the area around Silkeborg and Viborg in Denmark instead.

Men's

singles

space country athlete time
1 SWE Bernt Frilén 1:35:48 h
2 NOR Jan Fjærestad 1:40:45 h
3 NOR Eystein Weltzien 1:42:32 h
4th FIN Risto Nuuros 1:43:00 h
5 SWE Arne Johansson 1:43:27 h
6th NOR Svein Jacobsen 1:43:36 h
7th SUI Dieter Hulliger 1:43:37 h
8th SWE Stefan Persson 1:44:05 h

Individual:
Defending champion: Åge Hadler Location: Silkeborg, Lina Vesterskov Length: 15.9 km Post: 26 NorwayNorway


Season

Season:

Defending champions: Lennart Carlström , Lars Arnesson , Arne Johansson , Bernt Frilén Location: Rye SønderskovSwedenSweden

Ladies

singles

Platza country athlete time
1 THE Mona Nørgaard 1:03:43 h
2 SWE Kristin Cullman 1:06:37 h
3 FIN Outi Borgenström 1:09:11 h
4th NOR Linda Verde 1:09:50 h
5 TCH Renata Vlachová 1:10:56 h
6th FIN Liisa Veijalainen 1:11:20 h
7th SWE Monica Andersson 1:11:52 h
8th THE Vibeke Bøkevik 1:12:10 h

Individual:
Defending champion:
Sarolta Monspart Location: Silkeborg, Lina Vesterskov Length: 7.9 km Post: 14 HungaryHungary


Season

Season:
Defending champions:
Sinikka Kukkonen , Pirjo Seppä , Liisa Veijalainen Location: Rye SønderskovFinlandFinland

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 SwedenSweden Sweden 3 1 - 4th
2 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1 - - 1
3 NorwayNorway Norway - 2 2 4th
4th FinlandFinland Finland - 1 2 3

philately

On August 22, 1974, the Danish Post issued two postage stamps for the World Championships with a value of 0.70 and 0.80 Danish kroner (catalog number 573 and 574).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Orienteering philately Center for Orienteering History (accessed August 1, 2014)