European Orienteering Championships 2012

The seventh Ski European Orienteering Championships were held from 20th February bis 26. February 2012 in the area of Sumy in the northeast of Ukraine instead.

Men's

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Staffan Tunis	12:20 min
2	BUL	Stanimir Belomashev	12:23 min
3	RUS	Eduard Chrennikow	12:27 min
4th	RUS	Andrei Lamow	12:39 min
5	RUS	Andrei Grigoryev	12:43 min
6th	SWE	Martin Hammarberg	12:47 min
7th	RUS	Kirill Wesselow	12:49 min
8th	NOR	Hans Jørgen Kvåle	12:50 min

Sprint: February 22nd, 2012
Defending champion: Peter Arnesson Length: 3.15 km Gradient: 100 Hm Post: 12

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Eduard Chrennikow	43:14 min
2	FIN	Olli-Markus Taivainen	43:32 min
3	NOR	Hans Jørgen Kvåle	43:36 min
4th	SWE	Peter Arnesson	43:37 min
5	FIN	Staffan Tunis	43:38 min
6th	RUS	Andrei Grigoryev	43:40 min
7th	BUL	Stanimir Belomashev	43:42 min
8th	SWE	Erik Rost	43:51 min

Middle distance: February 23, 2012
Defending champion: Erik Rost Length: 9.37 km Gradient: 260 Hm Post: 22

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Staffan Tunis	1:37:08 h
2	RUS	Andrei Lamow	1:38:11 h
3	NOR	Hans Jørgen Kvåle	1:38:17 h
4th	NOR	Lars Hol Moholdt	1:38:28 h
5	SWE	Erik Rost	1:38:37 h
6th	FIN	Matti Keskinarkaus	1:38:45 h
7th	KAZ	Mikhail Sorokin	1:39:05 h
8th	FIN	Ville-Petteri Saarela	1:39:55 h

Long distance: February 26th, 2012
Defending champion: Staffan Tunis Length: 19.4 km Gradient: 330 Hm Post: 22

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Matti Keskinarkaus Staffan Tunis Olli-Markus Taivainen	1:51:24 h
2	NOR	Ove Sætra Lars Hol Moholdt Hans Jørgen Kvåle	1:52:29 h
3	SWE	Joel Sjölander Martin Hammarberg Erik Rost	1:53:20 h
4th	RUS	Andrei Lamow Andrei Grigoryev Eduard Chrennikow	1:54:12 h
5	CZE	Michal Drobník Radek Laciga Jiří Bouchal	2:00:35 h
6th	LAT	Raivo Kivlenieks Andris Kivlenieks Edgars Briconoks	2:03:27 h
7th	EST	Priit Randman Tiit Toomas Even Toomas	2:06:57 h
8th	LTU	Vitalijus Petrulis Nerijus Šulčys Regimantas Kavaliauskas	2:08:49 h

Season: February 25, 2012
Defending champions: Wladimir Bartschukow , Kirill Wesselow , Eduard Chrennikow Length: 3 laps of 7.3–7.5 km Gradient : 190–200 m altitude Post: 13

Ladies

sprint

space	country	Athlete	time
1	SWE	Josefine Engström	13:20 min
2	RUS	Polina Malchikova	13:28 min
3	FIN	Sonja Mörsky	13:31 min
4th	RUS	Tatiana Koslowa	13:32 min
5	RUS	Natalia Tomilova	13:36 min
6th	RUS	Julia Tarasenko	13:41 min
7th	SWE	Kajsa Richardsson	13:49 min
8th	RUS	Anastasia Kravchenko	13:50 min

Sprint: February 22nd, 2012
Defending champion: Tatjana Vlasowa Length: 2.79 km Gradient: 90 Hm Post: 10

Middle distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	NOR	Marte Reenaas	41:47 min
2	SWE	Josefine Engström	42:10 min
3	SWE	Kajsa Richardsson	44:47 min
4th	BUL	Antonija Grigorova	44:58 min
5	RUS	Polina Malchikova	45:02 min
6th	CZE	Helena Randáková	45:07 min
7th	RUS	Natalia Tomilova	45:21 min
8th	SUI	Carmen Strub	46:04 min

Middle distance: February 23, 2012
Defending champion: Marte Reenaas Length: 7.0 km Incline: 220 m, Post: 15

Long distance

space	country	Athlete	time
1	RUS	Polina Malchikova	1:06:59 h
2	RUS	Anastasia Kravchenko	1:07:25 h
3	RUS	Tatiana Koslowa	1:07:38 h
4th	CZE	Hana Hančíková	1:08:52 h
5	KAZ	Olga Novikova	1:09:11 h
6th	RUS	Julia Tarasenko	1:09:57 h
7th	NOR	Audhild Bakken	1:11:01 h
8th	SWE	Kajsa Richardsson	1:11:35 h

Long distance: February 26, 2012
Defending champion: Helene Söderlund Length: 13.9 km Gradient: 185 m, Post: 16

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Tatiana Koslowa Natalja Tomilowa Polina Maltschikowa	1:36:38 h
2	NOR	Christina Løvald Hellberg Audhild Bakken Andrine Benjaminsen	1:38:23 h
3	SWE	Magdalena Olsson Kajsa Richardsson Josefine Engström	1:39:18 h
4th	FIN	Pernilla Tunis Anni Honkimaa Sari Vääränen	1:40:14 h
5	CZE	Helena Randáková Simona Karochová Hana Hančíková	1:42:01 h
6th	SUI	Carmen Strub Ladina Lechner Yvonne Gantenbein	1:46:51 h
7th	LTU	Ramune Arlauskienė Jolanta Šulčienė Gabriele Keinaite	1:48:44 h
8th	UKR	Yevgenia Jaremenko Olga Sluta Switlana Korol	1:58:19 h

Season: February 25, 2012
Defending champions: Anastasia Kravtschenko , Maria Ketschkina , Aljona Trapeznikowa Length: 3 rounds of 6.7–6.9 km Gradient : 110–115 m Post: 14

Mixed sprint relay

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Andrei Grigoryev Polina Maltschikowa	46:26 min
2	SWE	Peter Arnesson Tove Alexandersson	46:28 min
3	BUL	Stanimir Belomaschew Antonija Grigorova	46:57 min
4th	FIN	Matti Keskinark from Sonja Mörsky	47:53 min
5	NOR	Lars Hol Moholdt Maren Haverstad	48:26 min
6th	SUI	Gion Schnyder Ladina Lechner	48:33 min
7th	LTU	Vitalijus Petrulis Gabriele Keinaite	49:34 min
8th	EST	Tiit Toomas Piret Pärnik	49:51 min

Mixed sprint relay: February 21, 2012
Defending champion: (new competition)
Length: 3 laps of 1.7–1.9 km (women) + 3 laps of 2.1–2.3 km (men)
Gradient: 30 m / 35 Hm
Post: 6/8

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	4th	3	2	9
2	Finland	3	1	1	5
3	Sweden	1	2	3	6th
4th	Norway	1	2	2	5
5	Bulgaria	-	1	1	2

Most successful participant

space	Athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Polina Malchikova	3	1	-	4th
2	Staffan Tunis	3	-	-	3
3	Josefine Engström	1	1	1	3
4th	Olli-Markus Taivainen	1	1	-	2
5	Eduard Chrennikow	1	-	1	2
5	Tatiana Koslowa	1	-	1	2

Web links

• Event website
• European Ski Orienteering Championships 2012 International Orienteering Federation