Orienteering World Championships 2008

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The 25 orienteering world championships were held from 12. July bis 20th July 2008 in and around Olomouc (German Olmütz) in the Czech Republic instead.

Men's

sprint

space country athlete time
1 RUS Andrei Khramov 13: 36.9 min
2 SUI Daniel Hubmann 13: 39.3 min
3 SWE Martin Johansson 14: 13.7 min
4th SVK Lukáš Barták 14: 17.1 min
5 FRA Thierry Gueorgiou 14: 19.3 min
6th CZE Tomáš Dlabaja 14: 23.1 min

Qualification : July 13th (morning)
Location: Prostejov

Final : July 13th (afternoon)
Location: Olomouc
Length: 3.0 km
Gradient: 45 m
Post:

Middle distance

space country athlete time
1 FRA Thierry Gueorgiou 33: 49.0 min
2 CZE Michal Smola 34: 23.0 min
3 RUS Valentin Novikov 34: 27.0 min
4th SUI Daniel Hubmann 34: 36.0 min
5 SWE Peter Öberg 35: 20.0 min
6th NOR Nordberg is different 35: 23.0 min

Qualification : July 17th (morning)
Location: Čokoládka

Final : July 17th (afternoon)
Location: Mazance
Length: 5.8 km Gradient
: 245 m
Post:

Long distance

space country athlete time
1 SUI Daniel Hubmann 1: 46: 08.0 h
2 NOR Nordberg is different 1: 47: 23.0 h
3 FRA François Gonon 1: 48: 05.0 h
4th RUS Andrei Khramov 1: 49: 30.0 h
5 SUI Matthias Merz 1: 49: 47.0 h
6th SVK Marián Dávidík 1: 50: 15.0 h

Qualification : July 15th
Place: Hadinec

Final : July 19th
Location: Boudy
Length: 17.3 km
Gradient: 750 m
Post:

Season

space country Athletes time
1 GBR Graham Gristwood
Jon Duncan
Jamie Stevenson 		2:18:17 h
2 RUS Dmitri Zwetkow
Andrei Chramow
Valentin Novikow 		2:18:58 h
3 SUI Baptiste Rollier
Matthias Merz
Daniel Hubmann 		2:21:49 h
4th CZE Jan Procházka
Michal Smola
Tomáš Dlabaja 		2:22:27 h
5 LAT Edgars Bertuks
Janis Krumins
Martins Sirmais 		2:22:53 h
6th FIN Pasi icons
Jarkko Huovila
Tero Föhr 		2:23:21 h

Final : July 20th
Location: Olsana
Length: 5.8 km / 5.8 km / 7.0 km Gradient
: 275 m / 275 m / 300 m
Post: 17/17/22

With the victory of Great Britain there was a surprise in the men's relay race. Initially, François Gonon had put his favorite French in the lead. After the second runners, France was second behind Great Britain and ahead of Russia and Switzerland. However, the French runner-up Thierry Gueorgiou had to give up the race after being allergic to a bee sting. The French were eliminated as well as the Danes who had previously been 13th. The Scandinavian nations Finland, Norway and Sweden came in 6th to 8th. Austria came in 11th and Germany in 16. Of 33 teams that crossed the finish line (three were disqualified), South Africa finished last with 3:51:35 h .

Ladies

sprint

space country Athlete time
1 NOR Anne Margrethe Hausken 12: 42.2 min
2 FIN Minna Kauppi 12: 51.5 min
3 SWE Helena Jansson 13:01.1 min
4th RUS Galina Vinogradova 13: 06.8 min
5 FIN Heli Jukkola 13: 13.1 min
6th CZE Dana Brožková 13: 13.2 min

Final : July 13th
Location:
Length: 2.5 km
Gradient: 45 m
Post:

Middle distance

space country athlete time
1 FIN Minna Kauppi 32: 35.0 min
2 SUI Vroni King Salmi 34: 37.0 min
3 CZE Radka Brožková 34: 51.0 min
4th NOR Marianne Andersen 35: 11.0 min
5 RUS Tatiana Ryabkina 35: 39.0 min
6th FIN Merja Rantanen 35: 43.0 min
Minna Kauppi, 2008 world champion in the middle distance and with the Finnish relay

Qualification : July 17th (morning)
Location: Čokoládka

Final : July 17th (afternoon)
Location: Mazance
Length: 4.8 km Gradient
: 190 m
Post:

Long distance

space country athlete time
1 CZE Dana Brožková 1: 24: 26.0 h
2 NOR Marianne Andersen 1: 25: 09.0 h
3 SWE Annika Billstam 1: 25: 28.0 h
4th NOR Anne Margrethe Hausken 1: 26: 14.0 h
5 THE Signe Soes 1: 27: 24.0 h
6th SWE Sofie Johansson 1: 28: 09.0 h

Qualification : July 15th
Place: Hadinec

Final : July 19th
Location: Boudy
Length: 11.9 km
Gradient: 450 m
Post:

Season

space country Athletes time
1 FIN Katri Lindeqvist
Merja Rantanen
Minna Kauppi 		2:13:14 h
2 RUS Galina Vinogradova
Julia Novikova
Tatiana Ryabkina 		2:15:49 h
3 SWE Annika Billstam
Sofie Johansson
Helen Jansson 		2:16:27 h
4th SUI Ines Brodman
Vroni König-Salmi
Lea Müller 		2:17:08 h
5 CZE Radka Brožková
Eva Juřeníková
Dana Brožková 		2:18:22 h
6th NOR Marianne Riddervold
Marianne Andersen
Anne Margethe Hausken 		2:20:04 h

Final : July 20
Location: Olsana
Length: 7.6 km / 7.6 km / 8.4 km Gradient
: 350 m / 350 m / 350 m
Post: 23/23/27

All 26 teams that started crossed the finish line. After the first runners, Russia was ahead of the Swedes and Czechs at the same time. The Finnish team was initially only in seventh place. The second Russian runner, Julia Novikowa , could no longer hold the Russian lead and the relay fell back to third. With a solid run, Vroni König-Salmi built a lead of almost a minute on the Swedes, who are still in second place. The Czech Republic was now in fourth place, Finland climbed to fifth place after Merja Rantanens run ahead of Norway. Lea Müller now starts for the leading Switzerland . It took a full 52:06 minutes with which the Swiss women fell back again. The Finn Minna Kauppi put in a brilliant performance with 45:13 minutes and, despite a previous gap of three minutes, built a lead of a good two and a half minutes over the Russian Tatjana Rjabkina, who ran second . The Swedes came in third in the end and Switzerland fell from first to fourth. Germany reached 15th place, Austria 22nd place.

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 FinlandFinland Finland 2 1 - 3
2 RussiaRussia Russia 1 2 1 4th
SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 1 2 1 4th
4th NorwayNorway Norway 1 2 - 3
5 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Czech Republic 1 1 1 3
6th FranceFrance France 1 - 1 2
7th United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom 1 - - 1
8th SwedenSweden Sweden - - 4th 4th

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