Orienteering World Championships 1981
The 9th World Orienteering Championships were held from 4. September bis 6. September 1981 in the area around Thun in Switzerland instead.
After two world championships had taken place in two consecutive years in 1978 and 1979, the staging cycle was set at two years again. This should now be enforced by 2004.
In the men's area, Norway's runners were once again in a class of their own. Four out of four possible medals went to the Norwegian men. In the individual run, as in 1979, the first three places were occupied by runners from Norway, with Øyvin Thon defending his 1979 world championship title with a two-and-a-half-minute lead over Tore Sagvolden .
Sweden became the most successful nation among women: Annichen Kringstad , 1980 Junior World Champion, won the first two of her six world championship gold medals of her career in singles and in the relay. Kringstad was awarded the Svenska Dagbladet gold medal in 1981 because of her success in Thun . There was an innovation in the women's relay race: instead of the previous World Championships, four instead of three runners started in one team.
Men's
singles
space | country | athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | NOR | Øyvin Thon | 1:30:05 h |
2 | NOR | Tore Sagvolden | 1:32:33 h |
3 | NOR | Morten Berglia | 1:33:10 h |
4th | SWE | Lars Lönnkvist | 1:35:06 h |
5 | FIN | Kari Sallinen | 1:35:49 h |
6th | SWE | Jörgen Mårtensson | 1:36:04 h |
7th | TCH | Jaroslav Kačmarčík | 1:38:31 h |
8th | THE | Lars Konradsen | 1:39:43 h |
Individual:
Place: Bulle-Les Alpettes
Length: 14.1 km
Incline: 560 m
Post: 15
Season
space | country | Athletes | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | NOR |
Øyvin Thon Harald Thon Tore Sagvolden Sigurd Dæhli |
4:38:15 h |
2 | SWE |
Lars-Henrik Undeland Bengt Levin Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist |
4:38:47 h |
3 | FIN |
Kari Sallinen Ari Anjala Seppo Rytkönen Hannu Kottonen |
4:45:23 h |
4th | TCH |
Luděk Pavelek Zdeněk Lenhart Jiří Ticháček Jaroslav Kačmarčík |
4:49:22 h |
5 | SUI |
Martin Howald Dieter Wolf Markus Stappung Willi Müller |
4:55:21 h |
6th | OUT |
Maurice Ongania Steve Kay Terry Farrell Warren Key |
4:58:38 h |
7th | GBR |
Geoff Peck Martin Bagness Chris Hirst Colin McIntyre |
5:03:00 h |
8th | THE |
Niels Pallisgaard Lars Konradsen Erik Bobach Klaus Madsen |
5:03:19 h |
Season:
Location: Les Verriéres
Ladies
singles
space | country | Athlete | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SWE | Annichen Kringstad | 1:05:47 h |
2 | NOR | Brit Volden | 1:08:54 h |
3 | SWE | Karin Rabe | 1:09:40 h |
4th | SUI | Ruth Humbel | 1:11:46 h |
5 | FIN | Outi Borgenström | 1:13:05 h |
6th | TCH | Ada Kuchařová | 1:13:28 h |
7th | FIN | Liisa Veijalainen | 1:13:41 h |
8th | SWE | Arja Hannus | 1:13:59 h |
Individual:
Location: Bulle-Les Alpettes
Length: 8.1 km
Incline: 520 m
Post: 18
Season
space | country | Athletes | time |
---|---|---|---|
1 | SWE |
Arja Hannus Barbro Lönnkvist Karin Rabe Annichen Kringstad |
3:49:53 h |
2 | FIN |
Helena Mannervesi Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen Outi Borgenström |
4:05:07 h |
3 | SUI |
Ruth Schmid Annelies Meier Irene Bucher Ruth Humbel |
4:13:10 h |
4th | NOR |
Linda Verde Ragnhild Bratberg Brit Volden Anne Berit Oath |
4:17:33 h |
5 | GBR |
Sue Parkin Roz Clayton Carol McNeill Jean Ramsden |
4:24:23 h |
6th | OUT |
Sue Key Christine Watson Madeleine Sevior Jenny Bourne |
4:43:52 h |
7th | TCH |
Jana Hlaváčová Anna Gavendová Ada Kuchařová Svatava Nováková |
4:46:39 h |
8th | FRG |
Heidrun Finke Martina Willmann Anja Gruhn Hadmut Hindorf |
4:56:03 h |
Season:
Location: Les Verriéres
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Norway | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
2 | Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4th |
3 | Finland | - | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4th | Switzerland | - | - | 1 | 1 |