World ski orienteering championships

The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Engl. World Ski Orienteering Championships , shortly Ski-WOC ) are from the World Orienteering Federation held (IOF) since 1975. The world championships are held every two years, with deviations in 1980 and 2005.

Originally there were only two disciplines: an individual competition and a relay. In 1988 a competition was introduced over the short distance, which became the middle distance with the introduction of the sprint in 2002. There has been a competition for mixed teams since 2011. A man and a woman run alternately three rounds in a team.

The official world championship program looks like this:

• Sprint ,
• Means ,
• Long ,
• Relay (teams of three) ,
• Mixed team relay (teams of two) .

The junior world championships take place separately from the active players, for more information see World Junior Ski Orienteering Championships .

Venues

year	date	Host country	venue
1975	February 26-28	Finland	Hyvinkää
1977	March 25-27	Bulgaria	Velingrad
1980	February 26th to March 1st	Sweden	Avesta
1982	February 8-12	Austria	Aigen in the Ennstal
1984	January 30th to February 4th	Italy	Lavarone
1986	February 19 to 24	Bulgaria	Batak
1988	March 2nd to 6th	Finland	Kuopio
1990	March 1st to 4th	Sweden	Skellefteå
1992	January 28th to February 5th	France	Pontarlier
1994	February 1st to 5th	Italy	Val di Non
1996	February 19 to 24	Norway	Lillehammer
1998	January 19-25	Austria	Windischgarsten
2000	February 28th to March 5th	Russia	Krasnoyarsk
2002	February 23 to March 2	Bulgaria	Borovets
2004	February 11th to 15th	Sweden	Åsarna
2005	March 5th to 12th	Finland	Levi
2007	February 23 to March 3	Russia	Moscow
2009	March 3rd to 8th	Japan	Rusutsu
2011	March 20-28	Sweden	Tänndalen
2013	March 3-11	Kazakhstan	Ridder
2015	February 7th to 15th	Norway	Hamar

Classic / long

From 1975 to 1986 this competition was called the classical distance, since 1988 the long distance.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1975	Olavi Svanberg	Jorma Karvonen	Heimo Taskinen	23.4 km, 4 posts
1977	Örjan Svahn	Pekka Pökälä	Jorma Karvonen	22.0 km
1980	Pertti Tikka	Jan-Erik Thorn	Matti Väisänen	23.9 km, 9 items
1982	Olavi Svanberg	Pertti Tikka	Sigurd Dæhli	20.5 km, 12 items
1984	Anssi Juutilainen	Stefan Larsson	Pertti Tikka	19.6 km, 10 items
1986	Claes Berglund	Antti Juutilainen	Hannu Koppinen	19.1 km, 8 items
1988	Anssi Juutilainen	Hannu Koponen	Björkman is different
1990	Björkman is different	Stig Mattsson	Vidar Benjaminsen
1992	Vidar Benjaminsen	Vesa Mäkipää	Ivan Kuzmin	25.0 km, 12 items
1994	Nicolò Corradini	Lars Lystad	Vladislav Kormchikov	17.7 km, 14 posts
1996	Nicolò Corradini	Vidar Benjaminsen	Bertil Nordqvist	22.0 km, 25 items
1998	Viktor Korchagin	Pekka Varis	Nicolò Corradini	21.0 km, 16 items
2000	Vladislav Kormchikov	Jukka Lanki	Andrei Gruzdew
2002	Matti Keskinarkaus	Eduard Chrennikow	Raino Pesu Bertil Nordqvist	19.85 km, 32 posts
2004	Eduard Chrennikow	Tomas Löfgren	Tommy Olsen	23.23 km, 28 posts
2005	Eduard Chrennikow	Andrei Gruzdew	Jukka Lanki	25.5 km, 37 items
2007	Eduard Chrennikow	Kirill Weselow	Andrei Gruzdew	24.81 km, 48 items
2009	Andrei Lamow	Eduard Chrennikow	Olli-Markus Taivainen
2011	Andrei Grigoryev	Staffan Tunis	Vladimir Bartschukov	25.0 km, 34 items
2013	Peter Arnesson	Janne Hakkinen	Staffan Tunis	26.0 km, 34 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1975	Sinikka Kukkonen	Agneta Mansson	Lena Samuelsson	13.8 km, 2 posts
1977	Marianne Bogestedt	Sonja Johannesson	Sinikka Kukkonen	13.0 km
1980	Mirja Puhakka	Kaija Silvennoinen	Ann Larsson	15.6 km, 9 items
1982	Arja Hannus	Mirja Puhakka	Sirpa Kukkonen	13.0 km, 8 items
1984	Mirja Puhakka	Lena Isaksson	Ann Larsson	14.2 km, 5 items
1986	Ragnhild Bratberg	Arja Hannus	Virpi Juutilainen	12.6 km, 5 items
1988	Virpi Juutilainen	Ragnhild Bratberg	Sirpa Kukkonen	12.1 km, 6 posts
1990	Ragnhild Bratberg	Arja Hannus	Annika Zell	18.95 km, 9 items
1992	Annika Zell	Mirja Ojanen	Arja Hannus	13.0 km, 8 items
1994	Pepa Milusheva	Virpi Juutilainen	Maret Vaher	13.0 km, 13 items
1996	Annika Zell	Hilde Pedersen	Arja Nuolioja	14.0 km, 18 posts
1998	Liisa Anttila	Annika Zell	Lena Hasselstrom	15.6 km, 18 items
2000	Arja Hannus	Liisa Anttila	Hanna Kosonen
2002	Lena Hasselström	Erja Jokinen	Mervi Väisänen Bertil Nordqvist	13.7 km, 22 items
2004	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	Hannele Valkonen	Natalia Tomilova	15.94 km, 22 posts
2005	Tatyana Vlasova	Natalia Tomilova	Olga Shevchenko	18.1 km, 26 posts
2007	Tatyana Vlasova	Hannele Valkonen	Marte Reenaas	13.91 km, 31 items
2009	Anastasia Kravchenko	Barbora Chudíková	Helene Söderlund
2011	Helene Söderlund	Tatiana Koslowa	Marte Reenaas	18.1 km, 29 items
2013	Mervi Pesu	Tatiana Koslowa	Tove Alexandersson	19.7 km, 29 items

Short / medium

This competition was first introduced in 1988 as a short distance, since 2002 with the introduction of the sprint, the discipline has been called the middle distance.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1988	Hannu Koponen	Vidar Benjaminsen	Anssi Juutilainen	9.2 km, 11 items
1990	Anssi Juutilainen	Vidar Benjaminsen	Björkman is different	12.31 km, 9 posts
1992	Vidar Benjaminsen	Vesa Mäkipää	Ivan Kuzmin	10.0 km, 12 items
1994	Nicolò Corradini Iwan Kusmin		Vidar Benjaminsen	7.7 km, 12 items
1996	Bjorn Lans	Vidar Benjaminsen	Raino Pesu	8.0 km, 14 items
1998	Raino Pesu	Šulčys Nerijus	Kjetil Ulven	10.8 km, 23 items
2000	Nicolò Corradini	Eduard Chrennikow	Andrei Gruzdew
2002	Eduard Chrennikow	Andrei Gruzdew	Kjetil Ulven	11.2 km
2004	Tomas Löfgren	Tommy Olsen	Arto Lilja	12.38 km, 36 items
2005	Ruslan Grizan Andrei Gruzdew		Eduard Chrennikow	12.7 km, 21 items
2007	Eduard Chrennikow	Staffan Tunis	Kirill Wesselow	11.48 km, 29 items
2009	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Staffan Tunis	Matti Keskinarkaus
2011	Staffan Tunis	Andrei Lamow	Peter Arnesson
2013	Peter Arnesson	Andrei Lamow	Kirill Wesselow	10.2 km, 19 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
1988	Ragnhild Bratberg	Virpi Juutilainen	Sirpa Kukkonen	6.7 km, 8 items
1990	Ragnhild Bratberg	Virpi Juutilainen	Arja Hannus	9.23 km, 9 posts
1992	Arja Hannus	Virpi Juutilainen	Annika Zell	7.0 km, 10 items
1994	Virpi Juutilainen	Sanna Savolainen Hilde Pedersen		5.5 km, 9 items
1996	Arja Nuolioja	Annika Zell	Svetlana Haustova	6.0 km, 12 items
1998	Annika Zell	Lena Hasselström	Liisa Anttila	8.68 km, 23 posts
2000	Tatyana Vlasova	Lena Hasselström	Liisa Anttila
2002	Stina Grenholm	Erja Jokinen	Lena Hasselström	8.4 km
2004	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	Marie Lund	Stina Grenholm	9.03 km, 27 items
2005	Tatyana Vlasova	Erja Jokinen	Stina Grenholm	10.1 km, 17 items
2007	Tatyana Vlasova	Liisa Anttila	Natalia Tomilova	7.45 km, 20 posts
2009	Tatyana Vlasova	Helene Söderlund	Josefine Engström
2011	Polina Malchikova	Alena Trapeznikova	Stine Olsen Kirkevik
2013	Anastasia Kravchenko	Tatiana Koslowa	Josefine Engström	8.6 km, 18 items

sprint

The sprint was held for the first time in 2002.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Andrei Gruzdew	Viktor Korchagin	Raino Pesu	4.2 km, 11 items
2004	Eduard Chrennikow	Bengt Leandersson	Peter Arnesson	3.96 km, 21 posts
2005	Matti Keskinarkaus	Bertil Nordqvist	Tobias Aslund	3.9 km, 10 items
2007	Eduard Chrennikow	Vadim Tolstopyatov	Staffan Tunis	3.84 km, 16 posts
2009	Andrei Lamow	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Staffan Tunis
2011	Olli-Markus Taivainen	Staffan Tunis	Peter Arnesson
2013	Peter Arnesson	Andrei Lamow	Kirill Weselow	3.5 km, 13 items

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze	Remarks
2002	Lena Hasselström	Erja Jokinen	Tatyana Vlasova	3.3 km, 8 posts
2004	Tatyana Vlasova	Liisa Anttila	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	3.48 km, 19 items
2005	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	Erja Jokinen	Katja Rajaniemi	3.6 km, 10 items
2007	Tatyana Vlasova	Olga Novikova	Liisa Anttila Tatjana Koslowa	2.79 km, 14 posts
2009	Hannele Tonna	Helene Söderlund	Tatyana Vlasova
2011	Tove Alexandersson	Helene Söderlund	Liisa Anttila
2013	Tove Alexandersson	Mervi Pesu	Tatiana Koslowa	3.0 km, 11 items

Season

The relay competitions have been held since 1975.

Men's

year	gold	silver	bronze
1975	Finland Pekka Pökälä Heimo Taskinen Jorma Karvonen Olavi Svanberg	Sweden Lars-Ivan Svensson Sven-Olof Bergvall Jerker Axelsson Stefan Persson	Switzerland Hansr. Stämpfli Res robbers Heinz Oswald Hans Gerber
1977	Sweden Sven-Olof Bergvall Örjan Svahn Bo Larsson Stefan Persson	Bulgaria Lyubomir Stojew Alexi Arisanow Ratscho Christow Ivan Nenow	Czechoslovakia Jan Pachner Jaroslav Kačmarčík Jiří Ticháček Jaromír Gorný
1980	Sweden Lasse Jonsson Stefan Persson Bo Larsson Jan-Erik Thorn	Finland Timo Mutikainen Matti Väisänen Olavi Svanberg Pertti Tikka	Bulgaria Lyubormir Stojew Petar Pankow Wasil Shandurkow Ivan Nedkow
1982	Sweden Magnus Lofsted Claes Berglund Stefan Persson Jan-Erik Thorn	Norway Finn Kinneberg Tore Sagvolden Morten Berglia Sigurd Dæhli	Finland Veli-Matti Pellinen Matti Väisänen Pertti Tikka Olavi Svanberg
1984	Sweden Stefan Larsson Ove Boström Jan-Erik Thorn Claes Berglund	Finland Pertti Tikka Olavi Svanberg Veli-Matti Pellinen Matti Väisänen	Norway Finn Kinneberg Morten Berglia Sigurd Dæhli Vidar Benjaminsen
1986	Norway Sigurd Dæhli Lars Lystad Audun Knutsen Vidar Benjaminsen	Bulgaria Georgi Hadschimitew Krum Sergiev Lubomir Dejanow Ignat Orlow	Finland Hannu Koponen Veli-Matti Pellinen Mikko Kosonen Anssi Juutilainen
1988	Finland Hannu Koponen Juha Kirvesniemi Mikko Kosonen Anssi Juutilainen	Sweden Stig Mattsson Claes Berglund Anders Bjorkman Jonas Bauer	Norway Kjetil Ulven Lars Lystad Erlend Slokvik Vidar Benjaminsen
1990	Sweden Stig Mattsson Jonas Engdahl Bo Engdahl Anders Bjorkman	Finland Hannu Koponen Vesa Mäkipää Risto Linnainmaa Anssi Juutilainen	Norway Kjetil Ulven Harald Svergja Vidar Benjaminsen Erlend Slokvik
1992	Finland Eero Haapasalmi Stefan Borgman Anssi Juutilainen Vesa Mäkipää	Russia Viktor Korchagin Nikolai Bondar Vladislav Kormschtschikow Ivan Kuzmin	Norway Kjetil Ulven Harald Svergja Lars Lystad Vidar Benjaminsen
1994	Norway Kjetil Ulven Lars Lystad Harald Svergja Vidar Benjaminsen	Finland Raino Pesu Merkku Järvinen Vesa Mäkipää Anssi Juutilainen	Russia Viktor Korchagin Nikolai Bondar Ivan Kuzmin Vladislav Kormschtschikow
1996	Sweden Pär-Ove Bergquist Mikael Lindmark Björn Lans Bertil Nordqvist	Finland Arto Lilja Merkku Järvinen Raino Pesu Vesa Mäkipää	Norway Harald Svergja Kjetil Ulven Lars Lystad Vidar Benjaminsen
1998	Russia Nikolai Bondar Eduard Chrennikow Viktor Korchagin Vladislav Kormschtschikow	Sweden Björn Lans Mikael Lindmark Claes Turesson Bertil Nordqvist	Finland Jukka Lanki Matti Keskinarkaus Raino Pesu Vesa Mäkipää
2000	Russia Andrei Gruzdew Viktor Korchagin Wladislav Kormschtschikow Eduard Chrennikow	Finland Raino Pesu Pekka Varis Jukka Lanki Matti Keskinarkaus	Sweden Tomas Löfgren Claes Turesson Bertil Nordqvist Björn Lans
2002	Russia Andrei Gruzdew Ruslan Gristan Wiktor Korchagin Eduard Chrennikow	Finland Jukka Lanki Matti Keskinarkaus Arto Lilja Raino Pesu	Sweden Peter Dahlberg Claes Turesson Peter Arnesson Bertil Nordqvist
2004	Russia Wasili Glucharew Andrei Gruzdew Ruslan Grizan Eduard Chrennikow	Norway Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Anders Hauge Eivind Tonna Tommy Olsen	Finland Teemu Köngäs Arto lIlja Jukka Lanki Matti Keskinarkaus
2005	Russia Andrei Gruzdew Ruslan Grizan Eduard Chrennikow	Finland Jukka Lanki Arto Lilja Matti Keskinarkaus	Sweden Tobias Aslund Bertil Nordqvist Peter Arnesson
2007	Russia Andrei Gruzdew Kirill Weselow Eduard Chrennikow	Sweden Peter Arnesson Erik Rost Tomas Löfgren	Switzerland Christian Hohl Boris Fischer Christian Spörry
2009	Finland Teemu Köngäs Matti Keskinarkaus Staffan Tunis	Russia Vladimir Bartschukow Andrei Grigoryev Andrei Lamow	Sweden Daniel Nordebo Peter Arnesson Erik Rost
2011	Finland Olli-Markus Taivainen Matti Keskinarkaus Staffan Tunis	Sweden Johan Granath Erik Rost Peter Arnesson	Norway Eivind Tonna Hans Jørgen Kvåle Lars Hol Moholdt
2013	Russia Andrei Grigorjew Kirill Wesselow Andrei Lamow	Sweden Johan Granath Martin Hammarberg Peter Arnesson	Finland Ville-Petteri Saarela Hannu-Pekka Pukema Staffan Tunis

Ladies

year	gold	silver	bronze
1975	Finland Raili Sallinen Aila Flöjt Sinikka Kukkonen	Sweden Lena Samuelsson Agneta Månsson Marianne Bogestedt	United Kingdom Patricia Murphy Isobel Inglis Frances Murray
1977	Sweden Kaija Halonen Aila Flöjt Sinikka Kukkonen	Sweden Marianne Bogestedt Sonja Johannesson Susanne Lindgren	Czechoslovakia Dana Tichakova Renata Vlachova Anna Handzlova
1980	Finland Mirja Puhakka Kaija Silvennoinen Sinikka Kukkonen	Sweden Ulla Klingström Marianne Bogestedt Ann Larsson	Czechoslovakia Dana Tichakova Anna Gavendova Svatana Novakova
1982	Sweden Ulla Klingström Susanne Lindgren Arja Hannus	Finland Sinikka Kukkonen Sirpa Kukkonen Mirja Puhakka	Norway Ranveig Narbuvold Sidsel Owren Toril Hallan
1984	Sweden Marie Gustafsson Ann Larsson Lena Isaksson	Finland Irmeli Peltola Kaija Silvennoinen Mirja Puhakka	Bulgaria Marinella Dossewa Pepa Miluschewa Gjulka Miluschewa
1986	Norway Toril Hallan Ellen Olsvik Ragnhild Bratberg	Sweden Ulla Klingström Annika Zell Arja Hannus	Bulgaria Marinella Orolowa Dimitrinka Kristowa Pepa Miluschewa
1988	Finland Sirpa Kukkonen Anne Benjaminsen Virpi Juutilainen	Norway Anne Svingheim Toril Hallan Ragnhild Bratberg	Sweden Ann-Charlotte Carlsson Arja Hannus Maria Bergfalt
1990	Finland Riitta Karjalainen Mirja Linnainmaa Virpi Juutilainen	Sweden Lena Hasselström Annika Zell Arja Hannus	Norway Anne Svingheim Kristina Tollefsen Ragnhild Bratberg
1992	Sweden Ann-Charlotte Carlsson Annika Zell Arja Hannus	Finland Riita Karjalainen Mirja Ojanen Virpi Juutilainen	Norway Anne-Marit Korsvold Kristine Ödegaard Hilde Gjermundshaug
1994	Sweden Ann-Charlotte Carlsson Annika Zell Lena Hasselström	Norway Anne-Marit Korsvold Valborg Madslien Hilde G. Pedersen	Finland Arja Nuolioja Sanna Savolainen Virpi Juutilainen
1996	Sweden Ann-Charlotte Carlsson Erica Johansson Annika Zell	Russia Ekaterina Petrowa Natalia Frei Swetlana Haustowa	Finland Terhi Holster Virpi Juutilainen Arja Nuolioja
1998	Finland Mervi Anttila Terhi Holster Liisa Anttila	Sweden Annika Zell Arja Hannus Lena Hasselström	Norway Hanne Sletner Valborg Madslien Hilde G. Pedersen
2000	Finland Mervi Anttila Hanna Kosonen Liisa Anttila	Sweden Annika Zell Arja Hannus Lena Hasselström	Russia Irina Onischenko Tatjana Vlassowa Svetlana Haustowa
2002	Russia Irina Onischenko Natalia Tomilowa Tatyana Vlasova	Sweden Stina Grenholm Ida Wikström Lena Hasselström	Finland Salla Lehto Katja Rajaniemi Erja Jokinen
2004	Finland Hannele Valkonen Erja Jokinen Liisa Anttila	Russia Irina Onischenko Tatyana Vlasova Natalia Tomilova	Sweden Ida Wikström-Holmgren Marie Lund Stina Grenholm
2005	Norway Kjersti Reenaas Marte Reenaas Stine Hjermstad-Kirkevik	Sweden Marie Lund Ingela Jönsson Stina Grenholm	Finland Hannele Valkonen Erja Jokinen Liisa Anttila
2007	Russia Olga Shevchenko Natalja Tomilowa Tatiana Vlassowa	Finland Hannele Valkonen Erja Jokinen Liisa Anttila	Sweden Asa Zetterberg-Eriksson Anna Holmgren Erica Johansson
2009	Sweden Marie Ohlsson Josefine Engström Helene Söderlund	Russia Anastasia Kravchenko Polina Maltschikowa Tatyana Vlasova	Czech Republic Helena Randáková Simona Karochová Barbora Chudíková
2011	Russia Aljona Trapeznikowa Tatiana Koslowa Polina Maltschikowa	Norway Barbro Kvåle Stine Olsen Kirkevik Marte Reenaas	Finland Marjut Turunen Liisa Anttila Hannele Tonna
2013	Russia Anastasia Kravchenko Julia Tarasenko Tatiana Koslowa	Sweden Magdalena Olsson Josefine Engström Tove Alexandersson	Finland Milka Leppäsalmi Marjut Turunen Mervi Pesu

Mixed team

This competition has been held since 2011.

year	gold	silver	bronze
2011	Russia Andrei Grigoryev Polina Maltschikowa	Sweden Peter Arnesson Helene Söderlund	Finland Matti Keskinarkaus Liisa Anttila
2013	Sweden Tove Alexandersson Peter Arnesson	Finland Mervi Pesu Staffan Tunis	Bulgaria Antonija Grigorowa-Burgowa Stanimir Belomaschew

See also

• European ski orienteering championships
• World orienteering championships

Web links

• Results International Orienteering Federation
• Results lazarus.elte.hu