World Ski Orienteering Championships 1998

The 12th World Ski Orienteering Championships were held from 19th January bis 25. January 1998 in Windischgarsten , Austria instead.

Men's

Short distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Raino Pesu	44:30 min
2	LTU	Nerijus Sulcys	45:46 min
3	NOR	Kjetil Ulven	47:29 min
4th	RUS	Viktor Korchagin	47:50 min
5	SWE	Claes Turesson	47:58 min
6th	NOR	Lars Lystad	48:05 min

Defending champion: Björn Lans Length: 10.8 km Elevation gain: 270 positions: 23 Participants: 73

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Viktor Korchagin	1:20:38 h
2	FIN	Pekka Varis	1:20:49 h
3	ITA	Nicolò Corradini	1:20:50 h
4th	SWE	Bertil Nordqvist	1:20:58 h
5	FIN	Raino Pesu	1:21:11 h
6th	RUS	Vladislav Kormchikov	1:22:02 h

Defending champion: Nicolò Corradini Length: 21.0 km Elevation gain: 735 Posts: 16 Participants: 79

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Nikolai Bondar Eduard Chrennikow Viktor Korchagin Vladislav Kormchikow	1:50:50 h
2	SWE	Björn Lans Mikael Lindmark Claes Turesson Bertil Nordqvist	1:52:43 h
3	FIN	Jukka Lanki Matti Keskinark from Raino Pesu Vesa Mäkipää	1:53:59 h
4th	NOR	Andreas Edvardsen Kjetil Ulven Tommy Olsen Lars Lystad	1:56:52 h
5	CZE	Jakub Vodrazka Jaroslav Rygl Jan Pecka Ondrej Vodrazka	1:59:44 h
6th	SUI	Luc Beguin Peter Mosimann Lukas Stoffel Stefan Lauenstein	2:04:10 h

Defending champion: Per-Ove Bergqvist , Mikael Lindmark , Björn Lans , Bertil Nordqvist Participants: 15 relays

Ladies

Short distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Annika Zell	46:06 min
2	SWE	Lena Hasselström	47:02 min
3	FIN	Liisa Anttila	47:17 min
4th	SWE	Arja Hannus	47:28 min
5	RUS	Svetlana Haustova	48:14 min
6th	FIN	Terhi holster	48:58 min

Defending champion: Arja Nuolija Length: 8.6 km Elevation gain : 230 Posts: 23 Participants: 64

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Liisa Anttila	1:24:27 h
2	SWE	Annika Zell	1:26:42 h
3	SWE	Lena Hasselström	1:27:13 h
4th	SWE	Arja Hannus	1:27:13 h
5	RUS	Natalja Frei	1:29:16 h
6th	RUS	Svetlana Haustova	1:30:34 h

Defending champion: Annika Zell Length: 15.6 km Elevation gain: 595 Positions: 18 Participants: 61

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Mervi Anttila Terhi Holster Liisa Anttila	1:09:53 h
2	SWE	Annika Zell Arja Hannus Lena Hasselström	1:10:48 h
3	NOR	Hanne Sletner Valborg Madslien Hilde G. Pedersen	1:10:58 h
4th	RUS	Tatiana Naumowa Natalja Frei Svetlana Haustowa	1:11:20 h
5	EST	Ruth Vaher Maret Vaher Mall Alev	1:16:09 h
6th	LTU	Ramune Arlauskiene Jolanta Vosyliute Vilma Rudzenskaite	1:16:39 h

Defending champions: Ann-Charlotte Carlsson , Erica Johansson , Annika Zell Participants: 17 relays

Medal table

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

Most successful participant

space	Athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Liisa Anttila	2	-	1	3
2	Viktor Korchagin	2	-	-	2
3	Annika Zell	1	2	-	3
4th	Raino Pesu	1	-	1	2

Web links

• Results on lazarus.elte.hu
• Results on orienteering.org