Orienteering World Championships 2006

The 23rd World Orienteering Championships took place from July 29th to August 5th, 2006 in and around Aarhus , Denmark . The sprint competitions were held in Mindeparken, the other races in the forests of Addit / Løndal Skov, Gjern Bakker and Himmelbjerget. The qualifications were carried out in Mindeparken and in the forests of Hjortsballe Krat and Linå Vesterskov.

Men

sprint

Platza	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Emil Wingstedt	13: 35.3 min
2	SUI	Daniel Hubmann	13: 36.3 min
3	THE	Claus Bloch	13: 37.0 min
4th	FIN	Jonne Lakanen	13: 47.8 min
5	SUI	Matthias Müller	13: 50.9 min
6th	UKR	Yuri Omelchenko	13: 59.7 min

Qualification and final
Date: August 1st
Location: Mindeparken
Length: 3.1 km
Gradient: 42 m
Post: 21

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	NOR	Holger Hott Johansen	35: 49.4 min
2	FIN	Jarkko Huovila	35: 58.3 min
3	GBR	Jamie Stevenson	36: 00.0 min
4th	FRA	Thierry Gueorgiou	36: 20.5 min
5	RUS	Valentin Novikov	36: 43.5 min
6th	SUI	Daniel Hubmann	36: 45.2 min

Qualification
Date: July 29th
Location: Hjortsballe Krat

Final
Date: August 4th
Location: Gjern Bakker
Length: 6.3 km
Gradient: 240 m
Post: 23

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Jani Lakanen	1: 45: 01.0 h
2	SUI	Marc Lauenstein	1: 46: 10.5 h
3	RUS	Andrei Khramov	1: 46: 41.2 h
4th	CZE	Michal Smola	1: 47: 18.8 h
5	EST	Olle Kärner	1: 47: 46.5 h
6th	FRA	François Gonon	1: 48: 04.1 h

Qualification
Date: July 30th
Location: Linå Vesterskov

Final
Date: August 2nd
Location: Addit / Løndal Skov
Length: 17.5 km Gradient
: 880 m
Post: 32

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Roman Efimow Andrei Chramow Valentin Novikow	2:11:41 h
2	FIN	Mats Haldin Jarkko Huovila Jani Lakanen	2:15:44 h
3	SWE	Niclas Jonasson Emil Wingstedt Mattias Karlsson	2:18:22 h
4th	SUI	Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann Marc Lauenstein	2:19:25 h
5	CZE	Vladimír Lučan Michal Smola Petr Losman	2:22:55 h
6th	NOR	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Øystein Kristiansen Hans Gunnar Omdal	2:23:14 h

Final
date: 5th August
Location: Himmelbjerget
Length: 6.8–7.1 km / 7.6–8.0 km / 7.6–8.0 km
Gradient: 405–425 m / 460–470 m / 460 -470 m
post: 20/22/22

Women

sprint

Simone Niggli-Luder at the 2006 World Cup

space	country	Athlete	time
1	OUT	Hanny Allston	13: 13.3 min
2	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	13: 19.1 min
3	SWE	Kajsa Nilsson	13: 24.3 min
4th	SWE	Lena Eliasson	13: 29.4 min
5	FIN	Minna Kauppi	13: 48.7 min
6th	GBR	Helen Bridle	14: 13.6 min

Qualification and final
Date: August 1st
Location: Mindeparken
Length: 2.7 km
Gradient: 30 m
Post: 15

Middle distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	33: 58.1 min
2	NOR	Marianne Andersen	34: 20.5 min
3	RUS	Tatiana Ryabkina	36: 13.9 min
4th	FIN	Minna Kauppi	36: 24.9 min
5	FIN	Heli Jukkola	37: 20.7 min
6th	NOR	Mari fasting	37: 24.3 min

Qualification
Date: July 29th
Location: Hjortsballe Krat

Final
Date: August 4th
Location: Gjern Bakker
Length: 5.2 km
Gradient: 200 m
Post: 22

Long distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SUI	Simone Niggli-Luder	1:19: 50.4 h
2	NOR	Marianne Andersen	1: 20: 16.1 h
3	CZE	Dana Brožková	1: 22: 42.4 h
4th	FIN	Heli Jukkola	1: 24: 06.6 h
5	NOR	Birte Riddervold	1: 24: 17.4 h
6th	NOR	Anne Margrethe Hausken	1: 24: 27.1 h

Qualification
Date: July 30th
Location: Linå Vesterskov

Final
date: 2nd August
Location: Addit / Løndal Skov
Length: 11.7 km Gradient
: 595 m
Post: 24

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	2:21:05 h
2	SWE	Jenny Johansson Kajsa Nilsson Karolina A. Höjsgaard	2:22:16 h
3	SUI	Martina Fritschy Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	2:22:55 h
4th	OUT	Jo Allison Grace Elson Hanny Allston	2:26:02 h
5	CZE	Zdenka Stará Eva Juřeníková Dana Brožková	2:26:54 h
6th	NOR	Birte Riddervold Marianne Andersen Anne Margrethe Hausken	2:27:00 h

Final
date: August 5th
Location: Himmelbjerget
Length: 5.1–5.3 km / 6.4–6.9 km / 6.4–6.9 km
Gradient: 305–320 m / 400–410 m / 400 -410 m
post: 14/19/19

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Switzerland	2	3	1	6th
2	Finland	2	2	-	4th
3	Norway	1	2	-	3
4th	Sweden	1	1	2	4th
5	Russia	1	-	2	3
6th	Australia	1	-	-	1
7th	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	United Kingdom	-	-	1	1
	Czech Republic	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Organizer website