Orienteering World Championships 2014

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The 31st Orienteering World Championships took place from July 5th to 12th, 2014 in the northern Italian provinces of Trentino and Veneto .

Italy hosted the World Orienteering Championships for the first time. At the same time, the 2014 Trail Orienteering World Championships were held in Trentino .

Program and schedule

In 2014 a new competition program was used. With the introduction of a mixed sprint relay, the number of medal decisions increased from eight to nine. The qualification runs over the middle and long distance were canceled. The starting place allocation for these two competitions was carried out for the first time via the ranking list for the starting place allocation at the orienteering world championships . Host Italy automatically received three places.

  • July 5th: Sprint (qualification in Burano and final in Venice )
  • July 6th: opening ceremony in Asiago
  • July 7th: Sprint relay in Trento
  • July 9: Long distance in Lavarone
  • July 11th: Middle distance in Campomulo
  • July 12th: Relay in Campomulo and closing ceremony in Lavarone

The competition centers were located in Jesolo between July 3rd and 5th, 2014 and in Lavarone from July 6th to 13th.

Participating Nations

The following nations took part in the 31st Orienteering World Championships:

Men's

sprint

space country athlete time
1 THE Søren Bobach 15:37 min
2 SUI Daniel Hubmann 15:39 min
3 THE Let me do it 15:41 min
4th SWE Jerker Lysell 15:48 min
5 SUI Matthias Kyburz 15:52 min
6th SWE Jonas Leandersson 15:58 min
7th BEL Yannick Michiels 16:04 min
8th CZE Jan Procházka 16:08 min

Sprint: July 5, 2014
Location: Burano (qualification) & Venice
Length: 4.40 km
Gradient:
Post: 20

Middle distance

space country athlete time
1 NOR Olav Lundanes 38:12 min
2 SUI Fabian Hertner 38:30 min
3 UKR Oleksandr Kratov 38:46 min
4th SUI Baptiste Rollier 39:45 min
5 SUI Andreas Kyburz 40:05 min
6th EST Lauri Sild 40:39 min
7th NOR Carl Godager Kaas 41:28 min
8th RUS Leonid Novikov 41:29 min

Middle distance: July 11, 2014
Location: Campomulo
Length: 5.86 km
Incline: 290 m
Post: 19

Long distance

space country athlete time
1 FRA Thierry Gueorgiou 1:34:45 h
2 SUI Daniel Hubmann 1:36:12 h
3 NOR Olav Lundanes 1:37:09 h
4th SUI Fabian Hertner 1:38:54 h
5 SUI Matthias Kyburz 1:40:12 h
6th SWE Fredrik Johansson 1:40:16 h
7th SUI Baptiste Rollier 1:41:19 h
8th AUT Gernot Kerschbaumer 1:41:40 h

Long distance: July 9, 2014
Location: Lavarone
Length: 16.36 km
Gradient: 820 m
Post: 33

Season

space country Athletes time
1 SWE Jonas Leandersson
Fredrik Johansson
Gustav Bergman 		1:56:49 h
2 SUI Fabian Hertner
Daniel Hubmann
Matthias Kyburz 		1:57:58 h
3 FRA Frédéric Tranchand
François Gonon
Thierry Gueorgiou 		1:58:03 h
4th NOR Øystein Kvaal Østerbø
Carl Godager Kaas
Olav Lundanes 		2:03:48 h
5 FIN Mikko Siren
Pasi Ikonen
Mårten Boström 		2:03:49 h
6th CZE Jan Petržela
Jan Šedivý
Jan Procházka 		2:04:53 h
7th GBR Scott Fraser
Hector Haines
Graham Gristwood 		2:05:07 h
8th AUT Gernot Kerschbaumer
Helmut Gremmel
Robert Merl 		2:05:08 h

Season: July 12, 2014
Location: Campomulo

Ladies

sprint

space country Athlete time
1 SUI Judith Wyder 15:32 min
2 SWE Tove Alexandersson 15:43 min
3 THE Maja Møller Alm 15:45 min
4th UKR Nadija Wolynska 15:46 min
5 SWE Lena Eliasson 15:59 min
6th SUI Rahel Friedrich 16:06 min
7th RUS Galina Vinogradova 16:11 min
8th NOR Gøril Rønning Sund 16:29 min

Sprint: July 5, 2014
Location: Burano (qualification) & Venice
Length: 4.05 km
Gradient:
Post: 18

Middle distance

space country Athlete time
1 SWE Annika Billstam 37:03 min
2 THE Ida Bobach 37:25 min
3 SWE Tove Alexandersson 37:27 min
4th SUI Sara Lüscher 38:37 min
5 NOR Mari fasting 38:53 min
6th THE Maja Møller Alm 39:00 min
7th FIN Saila Kinni 39:29 min
8th SWE Helena Jansson 39:37 min

Middle distance: July 11, 2014
Location: Campomulo
Length: 4.96 km
Incline: 230 m
Post: 16

Long distance

space country Athlete time
1 RUS Svetlana Mironova 1:19:44 h
2 SWE Tove Alexandersson 1:20:15 h
3 SUI Judith Wyder 1:20:34 h
4th NOR Mari fasting 1:22:06 h
5 NOR Gøril Rønning Sund 1:22:38 h
6th SWE Annika Billstam 1:22:40 h
7th NOR Tone Wigemyr 1:22:41 h
8th SUI Sarina Jenzer 1:22:43 h

Long distance: July 9, 2014
Location: Lavarone
Length: 11 km
Incline: 495 m
Post: 23

Season

space country Athletes time
1 SUI Sara Lüscher
Sabine Hauswirth
Judith Wyder 		1:51:21 h
2 THE Emma Klingenberg
Ida Bobach
Maja Møller Alm 		1:51:32 h
3 SWE Helena Jansson
Annika Billstam
Tove Alexandersson 		1:53:56 h
4th NOR Heidi Bagstevold
Tone Wigemyr
Mari Fasting 		1:55:45 h
5 FIN Sofia Haajanen
Saila Kinni
Minna Kauppi 		1:59:03 h
6th GBR Tessa Hill
Claire Ward
Catherine Taylor 		2:06:31 h
7th LTU Kristina Rybakovaite
Sandra Pauzaite
Gabija Razaityte 		2:07:04 h
8th UKR Olha Panchenko
Nadija Wolynska
Olena Pitirimowa 		2:08:32 h

Season: July 12, 2014
Location: Campomulo

Mixed sprint relay

space country Athletes time
1 SUI Rahel Friedrich
Martin Hubmann
Matthias Kyburz
Judith Wyder 		59:04 min
2 THE Emma Klingenberg
Tue Lassen
Søren Bobach
Maja Møller Alm 		59:07 min
3 RUS Anastassija Tikhonova
Gleb Tikhonov
Andrei Chramow
Galina Vinogradowa 		59:15 min
4th SWE Helena Jansson
Jerker Lysell
Jonas Leandersson
Lena Eliasson 		59:25 min
5 UKR Olha Panchenko
Pavlo Ushkwarok
Ruslan Glibow
Nadija Wolynska 		60:16 min
6th GBR Tessa Hill
Murray Strain
Kristian Jones
Catherine Taylor 		60:24 min
7th CZE Martina Zvěřinová
Vojtěch Král
Jan Procházka
Iveta Šístková 		60:32 min
8th FIN Venla Niemi
Severi Kymäläinen
Mårten Boström
Marika Teini 		61:29 min

Sprint relay: July 7, 2014
Location: Trento

Medal table

space country gold silver bronze total
1 SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland 3 4th 1 8th
2 SwedenSweden Sweden 2 2 2 6th
3 DenmarkDenmark Denmark 1 3 2 6th
4th FranceFrance France 1 - 1 2
4th NorwayNorway Norway 1 - 1 2
4th RussiaRussia Russia 1 - 1 2
7th UkraineUkraine Ukraine - - 1 1

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