Orienteering World Championships 2001

The 19th World Orienteering Championships took place from July 29th to August 4th 2001 in the vicinity of the city of Tampere in Finland .

Men

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Jimmy Birklin	10: 55.9 min
2	FIN	Pasi icons	11:06.1 min
3	SWE	Jörgen Olsson	11: 09.7 min
4th	FIN	Juha Peltola	11: 10.1 min
5	GBR	Jamie Stevenson	11: 18.0 min
6th	RUS	Mikhail Mamleev	11: 19.8 min

Defending champion: (new competition)
Location: Kauppi
Length: 2.6 km
Incline: 60 m
Post: 12

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Pasi icons	23:41 min
2	NOR	Goals Sandvik	24:02 min
3	NOR	Jørgen Rostrup	24:15 min
4th	FIN	Jani Lakanen	24:42 min
5	FIN	Juha Peltola	24:53 min
6th	SWE	Mats Troeng	25:05 min

Defending champion: Jørgen Rostrup Location: Pulesjärvi Length: 4.1 km Gradient: 170 m Post: 15

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Jørgen Rostrup	1:29:43 h
2	FIN	Jani Lakanen	1:30:17 h
3	NOR	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	1:31:58 h
4th	NOR	Bjørnar Valstad	1:32:52 h
5	SWE	Fredrik Löwegren	1:33:18 h
6th	FIN	Janne Salmi	1:33:50 h

Defending champion: Bjørnar Valstad Location: Taisko Length: 14.4 km Gradient : 500 m Post: 26

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Jani Lakanen Jarkko Huovila Juha Peltola Janne Salmi	2:48:53 h
2	NOR	Bernt Bjørnsgaard Carl Henrik Bjørseth Tore Sandvik Bjørnar Valstad	2:50:59 h
3	CZE	Michal Horáček Michal Jedlička Radek Novotný Rudolf Ropek	2:52:25 h
4th	RUS	Evgeny Fadeev Valentin Novikov Vladimir Alexeyev Mikhail Mamlejew	2:52:56 h
5	SUI	Matthias Gilgien Christoph Plattner Matthias Niggli Thomas Bührer	2:54:28 h
6th	OUT	Grant Bluett Troy de Haas Rob Walter Tom Quayle	2:58:02 h

Defending champion: Tore Sandvik , Bernt Bjørnsgaard , Petter Thoresen , Bjørnar Valstad Location: Pulesjärvi Length: 5.8 km / 8.6 km Gradient: 200 m / 280 m Post: 19/25

Women

sprint

Platza	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Vroni King Salmi	10: 54.9 min
2	FIN	Johanna Asklöf	11: 00.5 min
3	SUI	Simone Luder	11:01.9 min
4th	SWE	Jenny Johansson	11:05.4 min
5	FIN	Reeta Kolkkala	11: 09.5 min
6th	SUI	Marie-Luce Romanes	11: 19.7 min

Defending champion: (new competition)
Location: Kauppi
Length: 2.2 km
Gradient: 40 m
Post: 10

Middle distance

Platza	country	Athlete	time
1	NOR	Hanne Staff	25:41 min
2	SWE	Jenny Johansson	25:54 min
3	SWE	Gunilla Svärd	25:58 min
4th	SUI	Simone Luder	26:27 min
5	FIN	Reeta Kolkkala	26:33 min
6th	FIN	Johanna Asklöf	26:41 min

Defending champion: Yvette Baker Location: Pulesjärvi Length: 3.6 km Incline: 250 m Post: 11

Long distance

Platza	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Luder	1:14:57 h
2	FIN	Marika Mikkola	1:15:00 h
3	FIN	Reeta Kolkkala	1:15:43 h
4th	SWE	Anette Granstedt	1:16:17 h
5	FIN	Johanna Asklöf	1:16:23 h
6th	NOR	Hanne Staff	1:17:07 h

Defending champion: Kirsi Boström Location: Taisko Length: 9.8 km Gradient : 390 m Post: 17

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Reeta Kolkkala Liisa Anttila Marika Mikkola Johanna Asklöf	2:37:01 h
2	SWE	Katarina Allberg Jenny Johansson Cecilia Nilsson Gunilla Svärd	2:41:00 h
3	NOR	Birgitte Husebye Linda Antonsen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff	2:41:00 h
4th	SUI	Käthi Widler Sabrina Master Vroni König-Salmi Simone Luder	2:43:22 h
5	GBR	Kim Buckley Jenny James Yvette Baker Heather Monro	2:50:51 h
6th	GER	Elisa Dresen Karin Schmalfeld Anke Xylander Frauke Schmitt-Gran	2:51:47 h

Defending champions: Birgitte Husebye , Elisabeth Ingvaldsen , Hanne Sandstad , Hanne Staff Location: Pulesjärvi Length: 4.8 km / 5.9 km Gradient: 180 m / 200 m Post: 14/19

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Finland	3	4th	1	8th
2	Norway	2	2	3	7th
3	Switzerland	2	-	1	3
4th	Sweden	1	2	2	5
5	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1

philately

As with the 1979 World Championships, the Finnish Post issued a stamp in 2001 to mark the competitions. The brand's motif, with a face value of 3.60 Finnmark, shows a stylized compass and details of an orienteering map and was designed by Ken Nikander .

Web links

• Results of the World Championships 2001 International Orienteering Federation
• Results lazarus.elte.hu

Individual evidence

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