Orienteering World Championships 1993

The 15th World Orienteering Championships were held from 9. October bis 14. October 1993 in the area around West Point (New York) in the United States instead.

Men

Short distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Petter Thoresen	22:34 min
2	FIN	Timo Karppinen	23:00 min
3	SWE	Martin Johansson	23:26 min
4th	GBR	Steven Hale	23:27 min
	NOR	Jon Tvedt	23:27 min
6th	SWE	Jörgen Mårtensson	23:28 min
7th	SWE	Arto Rautiainen	23:40 min
8th	NOR	Kjetil Bjørlo	23:41 min

Qualification: October 9, 1993
Location: Lake Welch

Final: October 10, 1993
Location: Lake Sebago - Pole Brook Mountain
Length: 4.745 km Gradient
: 135 Hm
Post: 14

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	THE	Allan Mogensen	1:26:36 h
2	SWE	Jörgen Mårtensson	1:28:07 h
3	NOR	Petter Thoresen	1:29:28 h
4th	SWE	Kent Olsson	1:30:18 h
5	NOR	Rolf Vestre	1:30:36 h
6th	SUI	Dominik Humbel	1:30:51 h
7th	FIN	Timo Karppinen	1:31:20 h
8th	SWE	Martin Johansson	1:31:21 h

Final: October 12, 1993
Location: Surebridge Mountain
Length: 13.475 km
Incline: 690 m
Post: 19

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SUI	Dominik Humbel Christian Aebersold Urs Flühmann Thomas Bührer	3:37:16 h
2	GBR	Jonathan Musgrave Martin Bagness Stephen Palmer Steven Hale	3:37:31 h
3	FIN	Keijo Parkkinen Mika Kuisma Petri Forsman Timo Karppinen	3:38:20 h
4th	SWE	Arto Rautiainen Jörgen Mårtensson Kent Olsson Martin Johansson	3:40:18 h
5	RUS	Ilya Gusew Sergei Sibilew Vladimir Alexejew Vladimir Koslow	3:41:02 h
6th	NOR	Håvard Tveite Jon Tvedt Petter Thoresen Rolf Vestre	3:41:21 h
7th	THE	Chris Terkelsen Rasmus Ødum Flemming Jørgensen Allan Mogensen	3:43:18 h
8th	CZE	Petr Kozák Libor Zridkavesely Tomaš Prokeš Petr Vavrys	3:51:25 h

Date: October 14, 1993
Location: Rockhouse Mountain (map)

Women

Short distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SWE	Anna Bogren	20:39 min
2	SWE	Marita Skogum	21:10 min
3	FIN	Eija Koskivaara	21:11 min
4th	NOR	Torunn Fossli	21:47 min
5	NOR	Ragnhild Bente Andersen	22:09 min
6th	SWE	Marlena Jansson	22:16 min
7th	HUN	Katalin Oláh	22:17 min
8th	FIN	Kirsi Tiira	22:18 min

Qualification: October 9, 1993
Location: Lake Welch

Final: October 10, 1993
Location: Lake Sebago - Pole Brook Mountain
Length: 3.66 km
Gradient: 85 Hm
Post: 11

Long distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SWE	Marita Skogum	1:02:27 h
2	FIN	Annika Viilo	1:04:42 h
3	GBR	Yvette Hague	1:06:09 h
4th	FIN	Eija Koskivaara	1:07:04 h
5	FIN	Kirsi Tiira	1:07:37 h
6th	SWE	Marlena Jansson	1:07:43 h
7th	SWE	Annette Nilsson	1:09:57 h
8th	NOR	Ragnhild Bente Andersen	1:09:57 h

Final: October 12, 1993
Location: Surebridge Mountain
Length: 8.625 km Gradient
: 410 m
Post: 14

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Anette Nilsson Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren Marita Skogum	2:48:48 h
2	FIN	Johanna Tiira Kirsi Tiira Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara	2:56:59 h
3	CZE	Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubátková Jana Cieslarová	3:00:29 h
4th	RUS	Irina Michalko Nadeschda Rudakowa Svetlana Rakimowa Tatiana Jaksanowa	3:10:47 h
5	SUI	Brigitte Wolf Sabrina Master-Fesseler Ursula Oehy Vroni König-Salmi	3:11:11 h
6th	THE	Charlotte Thrane Lone Hansen Tenna Nørgaard Ulrika Ø. Jørgensen	3:11:50 h
7th	HUN	Andrea Horvath Réka Tóth Katalin Oláh Katalin Lovasi	3:12:21 h
8th	GBR	Heather Monro Yvette Hague Jean Cory Wright Jenny James	3:12:37 h

Date: October 14, 1993
Location: Rockhouse Mountain

The originally runner-up Norwegian relay team was disqualified because of a positive doping result at Torunn Fossli .

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Sweden	3	2	1	6th
2	Norway	1	-	1	2
3	Denmark	1	-	-	1
3	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
5	Finland	-	3	2	2
6th	United Kingdom	-	1	1	2
7th	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Results of the 1993 World Championships International Orienteering Federation

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Rockhouse Mountain . orientering.dk. Retrieved September 16, 2019.