World orienteering championships 1974

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

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Rolf Pettersson Gunnar Öhlund Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	4:49:27 h
2	FIN	Hannu Mäkiranta Markku Salminen Risto Nuuros Seppo Väli-Klemelä	5:05:26 h
3	NOR	Svein Jacobsen Jan Fjærestad Ivar Formo Eystein Weltzien	5:08:58 h
4th	SUI	Dieter Wolf Bernard Marti Dieter Hulligern Karl John	5:09:02 h
5	TCH	Josef Borůvka Zdeněk Lenhart Jaroslav Kačmarčík Jaroslav Hořínek	5:27:43 h
6th	HUN	Zoltán Boros Janos Sõtér Zoltán Hegedüs Géza Vajda	5:31:28 h
7th	THE	Ivan Christensen Kurt Jensen Per Olof Andersen Kurt Lyndgaard	5:47:32 h
8th	GBR	Michael Murray Geoff Peck Michael Down Alistair Wood	6:00:40 h

Season:

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

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

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Birgitta Larsson Monica Andersson Kristin Cullman	2:51:36 h
2	NOR	Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler Linda Verde	2:51:48 h
3	TCH	Dana Prochazková Anna Hanzlová Renata Vlachová	3:01:05 h
4th	SUI	Ruth Schaffner Annelies Duetsch Ruth Baumberger	3:01:25 h
5	FIN	Sinikka Kukkonen Outi Borgenström Liisa Veijalainen	3:09:45 h
6th	THE	Else Marker Larsen Vibeke Bøkevik Mona Nørgaard	3:09:47 h
7th	GBR	Susan Banner Allyson Reed Elizabeth Mills	3:16:46 h
8th	THE	Barbara Cser Magda Horvath Sarolta Monspart	3:20:16 h

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

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	3	1	-	4th
2	Denmark	1	-	-	1
3	Norway	-	2	2	4th
4th	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

• Results of the 1974 World Championships International Orienteering Federation

Individual evidence

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