Orienteering World Championships 1978

The 7th World Orienteering Championships were held from 15. September bis 17th September 1978 in the area around Kongsberg in Norway instead.

For the first time, uniform map symbols that had been defined by the world association IOF were used.

Men's

singles

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Egil Johansen	1:31:44 h
2	FIN	Risto Nuuros	1:32:52 h
3	FIN	Simo Nurminen	1:34:00 h
4th	NOR	Eystein Weltzien	1:34:24 h
5	SWE	Olle Nåbo	1:36:51 h
6th	NOR	Jan Fjærestad	1:37:21 h
7th	SWE	Lars Lönnkvist	1:37:35 h
8th	SWE	Jörgen Mårtensson	1:37:46 h

Individual:
Defending champion: Egil Johansen Length: 15.7 km Post: 21

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	NOR	Jan Fjærestad Svein Jacobsen Egil Johansen Eystein Weltzien	3:55:33 h
2	SWE	Rolf Pettersson Lars Lönnkvist Kjell Lauri Olle Nåbo	4:04:05 h
3	FIN	Urho Kujala Jarmo Karvonen Simo Nurminen Risto Nuuros	4:16:27 h
4th	SUI	Dieter Wolf Dieter Hulliger Willi Müller Max Horisberger	4:16:34 h
5	TCH	Peter Uher Zdenek Lenhart Jiri Tichacek Jaroslav Kačmarčík	4:29:31 h
6th	GBR	Mike Down Geoff Peck Peter Haines Chris Hirst	4:44:36 h
7th	THE	Lars Konradsen Ivan Christensen NIels Pallisgaard Klaus Madsen	4:53:07 h
8th	CAN	Ron Lowry Ted de St Croix Gord Hunter Brian Ellis	5:13:42 h

Season:
Defending champions: Erik Johansson , Gert Petterson , Arne Johansson , Rolf Pettersson

Ladies

singles

Platza	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Anne Berit oath	1:01:40 h
2	FIN	Liisa Veijalainen	1: 01.42 h
3	NOR	Whom Jacobsen	1:02:42 h
4th	SWE	Kristin Cullman	1:03:06 h
5	SWE	Karin Rabe	1:05:10 h
6th	FIN	Outi Borgenström	1:06:06 h
7th	SUI	Ruth Baumberger	1:06:21 h
8th	NOR	Astrid Carlson	1:06:44 h

Individual:
Defending champion: Liisa Veijalainen Length: 8.6 km Post: 14

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Outi Borgenström Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen	2:26:48 h
2	SWE	Eva Moberg Karin Rabe Kristin Cullman	2:26:52 h
3	SUI	Ruth Baumberger Ruth Humbel Hanni Fries	2:38:43 h
4th	NOR	Tine Fjogstad Wenche Jacobsen Anne Berit Oath	2:38:45 h
5	TCH	Svatana Novakova Katerina Keclikova Ada Kuchařová	2:39:18 h
6th	GBR	Sue Parkin Carol McNeill Jean Ramsden	2:50:46 h
7th	HUN	Vera Korik Katalin Kármán Irén Rostás	3:09:21 h
8th	OUT	Carolyn Hooper Margaret Elcombe Peta Whitford	3:09:23 h

Season:
Defending champions: Ingrid Ohlsson , Kristin Cullman , Anna Lundmark

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Norway	3	-	1	4th
2	Finland	1	2	2	5
3	Sweden	-	2	-	2
4th	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results of the World Championships 1978 International Orienteering Federation