Orienteering World Championships 2007

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Official logo of the 2007 World Orienteering Championships in Kiev

The 24 orienteering world championships were held from 18th August bis 26. August 2007 in and around Kiev in the Ukraine instead.

Men's

sprint

space country athlete time
1 FRA Thierry Gueorgiou 14: 44.0 min
2 SUI Matthias Merz 14: 44.9 min
3 SWE Martin Johansson 15: 03.6 min
4th SUI Daniel Hubmann 15: 09.2 min
5 LAT Martin's sir corn 15: 09.5 min
6th CZE Tomáš Dlabaja 15: 10.3 min

Qualification : August 18th
Location: Golosiivo

Final : August 26th
Location: Museum of the Great Patriotic War / Botanical Garden
Length: 3.2 km
Gradient: 95 m
Post: 14th

Middle distance

space country athlete time
1 FRA Thierry Gueorgiou 32:21 min
2 FIN Tero Foehr 34:22 min
3 RUS Valentin Novikov 34:30 min
4th NOR Nordberg is different 34:43 min
5 SWE David Andersson 34:50 min
6th NED Jonn Are Myhren 35:09 min

Qualification : August 20th
Location: Bortnychi

Final : August 22nd
Location: Bortnychi
Length: 6.2 km Gradient
: 110 m
Post: 17th

Long distance

space country athlete time
1 SUI Matthias Merz 1:44:28 h
2 RUS Andrei Khramov 1:48:06 h
3 NOR Nordberg is different 1:48:36 h
4th FIN Mats Haldin 1:48:52 h
5 UKR Vyacheslav Mukhidinov 1:49:45 h
6th RUS Roman Efimov 1:49:50 h
Andrey Khramov, Matthias Merz and Anders Nordberg

Qualification : August 19th
Location: Pidgirtsi

Final : 23 August
Location: Golosiivo
Length: 18.2 km
Incline: 550 m
Post: 28

Season

space country Athletes time
1 RUS Roman Efimow
Andrei Chramow Valentin
Novikow
2:10:26 h
2 SWE Peter Öberg
David Andersson
Emil Wingstedt
2:11:08 h
3 FIN Mats Haldin
Pasi icons
Tero Föhr
2:11:35 h
4th NOR Anders Nordberg
Holger Hott
Audun Hultgreen Weltzien
2:11:38 h
5 SUI David Schneider
Daniel Hubmann
Matthias Merz
2: 12: 07h
6th FRA François Gonon
Damien Renard
Thierry Gueorgiou
2:13:24 h

Final : August 25th
Location: Golosiivo
Length: 8.6 km 6.5 km Gradient
: 175 m 110 m
Post: 21/17

Ladies

sprint

space country Athlete time
1 SUI Simone Niggli-Luder 12: 06.9 min
2 FIN Minna Kauppi 12: 26.6 min
3 SWE Lena Eliasson 12: 46.4 min
4th SWE Helena Jansson 12: 55.0 min
5 NOR Marianne Andersen 12: 57.8 min
6th NOR Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien 13:00, 1 min

Qualification : August 18th
Location: Golosiivo

Final : August 26th
Location: Museum of the Great Patriotic War / Botanical Garden
Length: 2.5 km
Gradient: 75 m
Post: 14th

Middle distance

space country Athlete time
1 SUI Simone Niggli-Luder 32:13 min
2 FIN Heli Jukkola 33:18 min
3 NOR Marianne Andersen 34:14 min
4th FIN Minna Kauppi 34:17 min
5 SWE Helena Jansson 35:01 min
6th RUS Tatiana Riabkina 35:28 min
Simone Niggli-Luder, followed by Marianne Andersen

Qualification : August 20th
Location: Bortnichi

Final : August 22nd
Location: Bortnichi
Length: 5.1 km Gradient
: 90 m
Post: 14th

Long distance

space country Athlete time
1 FIN Heli Jukkola 1:20:17 h
FIN Minna Kauppi 1:20:17 h
3 SUI Simone Niggli-Luder 1:21:48 h
4th NOR Anne Margrethe Hausken 1:23:19 h
5 NOR Marianne Andersen 1:23:47 h
6th OUT Hanny Allston 1:24:17 h
Minna Kauppi, Heli Jukkola and Simone Niggli-Luder

Qualification : August 19th
Location: Pidgirtsi

Final : August 23rd
Location: Golosiivo
Length: 11.9 km Gradient
: 300 m
Post: 23rd

Season

space country Athletes time
1 FIN Paula Haapakoski
Heli Jukkola
Minna Kauppi
1:46:35 h
2 SWE Annika Billstam
Emma Engstrand
Helena Jansson
1:47:41 h
3 NOR Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien
Marianne Andersen
Anne Margrethe Hausken
1:47:50 h
4th SUI Martina Fritschy
Lea Müller
Simone Niggli-Luder
1:51:35 h
5 RUS Julia Novikova
Larissa Stantschenko
Tatiana Ryabkina
1:53:02 h
6th CZE Zdenka Stará
Eva Juřeníková
Dana Brožková
1:57:49 h

Final : August 25th
Location: Golosiivo
Length: 6.1 / 5.4 km
Gradient: 150/140 m
Post: 17/14

Medal table

Simone Niggli-Luder and Thierry Gueorgiou, the world champions over the middle distance
space country gold silver bronze total
1 FinlandFinland Finland 3 3 1 7th
2 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3 1 1 5
3 FranceFrance France 2 - - 2
4th RussiaRussia Russia 1 1 1 3
5 SwedenSweden Sweden - 2 2 4th
6th NorwayNorway Norway - - 3 3

Web links

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