World Orienteering Championships 1990
The 8th World Ski Orienteering Championships were held from 1. March bis 4. March 1990 in Skellefteå , Sweden instead.
This was the first time that a world championship in orienteering was held in Sweden.
Men's
Short distance
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIN | Anssi Juutilainen | 37:05 min |
| 2 | NOR | Vidar Benjaminsen | 38:12 min |
| 3 | SWE | Björkman is different | 38:59 min |
| 4th | SWE | Stig Mattsson | 39:29 min |
| 5 | NOR | Erlend Slokvik | 40:04 min |
| 6th | SWE | Jonas Engdahl | 46:02 min |
Defending champion: Hannu Koponen
Length: 12.31 km Elevation gain
: 250
Posts: 9
Participants: 60
Long distance
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE | Björkman is different | 1:34:11 h |
| 2 | SWE | Stig Mattsson | 1:37:57 h |
| 3 | NOR | Vidar Benjaminsen | 1:38:01 h |
| 4th | FIN | Anssi Juutilainen | 1:38:38 h |
| 5 | ITA | Nicolò Corradini | 1:38:52 h |
| 6th | URS | Ivan Kuzmin | 1:38:58 h |
Defending champion: Anssi Juutilainen
Length: 29.19 km Elevation gain
: 425
Posts: 12
Participants: 60
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SWE |
Stig Mattsson Jonas Engdahl Bo Engdahl Anders Björkman |
3:32:34 h |
| 2 | FIN |
Hannu Koponen Vesa Mäkipää Risto Linnainmaa Anssi Juutilainen |
3:34:16 h |
| 3 | NOR |
Kjetil Ulven Harald Svergia Vidar Benjaminsen Erlend Slokvik |
3:34:30 h |
| 4th | URS |
Viktor Korchagin Ivan Kuzmin Vladislav Kormchikov Dimitri Kalimullin |
3:40:15 h |
| 5 | TCH |
Milan Novotny Radovan Kunc Zdenek Zuzanek Ivan Smaus |
3:47:50 h |
| 6th | BUL |
Krum Sergiev Lubomir Dejanow Nikolai Kondew Ignat Orlov |
3:54:43 h |
Defending champion: Hannu Koponen , Juha Kirvesmies , Mikko Kosonen , Anssi Juutilainen
Length: 4 rounds of 12 km
Participants: 13 relays
Ladies
Short distance
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Ragnhild Bratberg | 34:06 min |
| 2 | FIN | Virpi Juutilainen | 34:11 min |
| 3 | SWE | Arja Hannus | 34:25 min |
| 4th | FIN | Riitta Karjalainen | 36:14 min |
| 5 | SWE | Annika Zell | 36:17 min |
| 6th | FIN | Mirja Linnainmaa | 36:38 min |
Defending champion: Ragnhild Bratberg
Length: 9.23 km Elevation gain
: 175
Posts: 9
Participants: 34
Long distance
| space | country | athlete | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NOR | Ragnhild Bratberg | 1:11:35 h |
| 2 | SWE | Arja Hannus | 1:12:23 h |
| 3 | SWE | Annika Zell | 1:12:38 h |
| 4th | SWE | Lena Hasselström | 1:14:44 h |
| 5 | FIN | Virpi Juutilainen | 1:15:38 h |
| 6th | FIN | Riitta Karjalainen | 1:17:41 h |
Defending champion: Virpi Juutilainen
Length: 18.95 km Elevation
meters: 260
Posts: 9
Participants: 34
Season
| space | country | Athletes | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FIN |
Riitta Karjalainen Mirja Linnainmaa Virpi Juutilainen |
2:07:59 h |
| 2 | SWE |
Lena Hasselström Annika Zell Arja Hannus |
2:08:01 h |
| 3 | NOR |
Anne Svingheim Kristina Tollefsen Ragnhild Bratberg |
2:14:43 h |
| 4th | URS |
Swetlana Berezina Maret Vaher Jekaterina Petrowa |
2:21:38 h |
| 5 | BUL |
Dimitrenka Schristowa Krassimira Tschulkowa Pepa Milusheva |
2:24:47 h |
| 6th | United States |
Sharon Crawford Michelle Kuipers Laurie Collinsworth |
3:04:10 h |
Defending champions: Sirpa Kukkonen , Anne Benjaminsen , Virpi Juutilainen
Length: 3 rounds of 8 km
Participants: 6 relays
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Sweden
|
2 | 3 | 3 | 8th |
| 2 |
Finland
|
2 | 2 | - | 4th |
| 3 |
Norway
|
2 | 1 | 3 | 6th |
Most successful participant
| space | Athlete | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Björkman is different
|
2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 1 |
Ragnhild Bratberg
|
2 | - | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |
Anssi Juutilainen
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 3 |
Virpi Juutilainen
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| 3 |
Stig Mattsson
|
1 | 1 | - | 2 |