World Ski Orienteering Championships 2002

The 14th World Ski Orienteering Championships took place from February 23 to March 3, 2002 in Borovets , Bulgaria .

With the sprint, a new competition was introduced, increasing the total number of decisions from six to eight.

Men's

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Andrei Gruzdew	18:44 min
2	RUS	Viktor Korchagin	18:51 min
3	FIN	Raino Pesu	18:59 min
4th	FIN	Matti Keskinarkaus	19:04 min
5	RUS	Eduard Chrennikow	19:10 min
6th	SWE	Bertil Nordqvist	19:15 min

Defending champion: (new competition)
Length: 4.2 km
Elevation gain: 85
Items: 11
Participants: 66

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Eduard Chrennikow	46:25 min
2	RUS	Andrei Gruzdew	46:53 min
3	NOR	Kjetil Ulven	48:05 min
4th	FIN	Arto Lilja	48:23 min
5	NOR	Eivind Tonna	48:43 min
6th	NOR	Not so Hauge	48:52 min

Defending champion: Nicolò Corradini Length: 11.2 km Participants: 69

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Matti Keskinarkaus	1:42:29 h
2	RUS	Eduard Chrennikow	1:43:05 h
3	FIN	Raino Pesu	1:45:10 h
	SWE	Bertil Nordqvist	1:45:10 h
5	FIN	Jukka Lanki	1:48:35 h
6th	CZE	Ondrej Vodrazka	1:49:51 h

Defending champion: Wladislaw Kormchikow Length: 19.85 km Elevation gain : 825 Posts: 32 Participants: 70

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Andrei Gruzdew Ruslan Grizan Viktor Korchagin Eduard Chrennikow	1:56:37 h
2	FIN	Jukka Lanki Matti Keskinarkaus Arto Lilja Raino Pesu	2:00:44 h
3	SWE	Peter Dahlberg Claes Turesson Peter Arnesson Bertil Nordqvist	2:00:45 h
4th	CZE	Ondrej Vodrazka Lubomir Tomecek Jan Lauerman Jakub Vondrazka	2:06:25 h
5	NOR	Andreas Edvardsen Anders Hauge Tommy Olsen Kjetil Ulven	2:07:14 h
6th	SUI	Christian Hohl Peter Nosimann Marc Lauenstein Stefan Lauenstein	2:09:30 h

Defending champion: Andrei Gruzdew , Viktor Korchagin , Wladislaw Kormchikow , Eduard Chrennikow

Ladies

sprint

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Lena Hasselström	16:49 min
2	FIN	Erja Jokinen	16:51 min
3	RUS	Tatyana Vlasova	16:59 min
4th	FIN	Katja Rajaniemi	17:09 min
5	SWE	Stina Grenholm	17:24 min
	RUS	Natalia Tomilova	17:24 min

Defending champion: (new competition)
Length: 3.3 km
Elevation gain: 70
Items: 8
Participants: 41

Middle distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Stina Grenholm	45:28 min
2	FIN	Erja Jokinen	45:38 min
3	SWE	Lena Hasselström	45:40 min
4th	FIN	Katja Rajaniemi	45:49 min
5	RUS	Natalia Naumova	46:11 min
6th	SWE	Ida Wirkström	47:25 min

Defending champion: Tatyana Vlasova Length: 8.4 km Participants: 42

Long distance

space	country	athlete	time
1	SWE	Lena Hasselström	1:20:34 h
2	FIN	Erja Jokinen	1:23:16 h
3	FIN	Mervi Väisänen	1:23:56 h
4th	NOR	Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	1:26:37 h
5	RUS	Tatyana Vlasova	1:27:45 h
6th	NOR	Marte Reenaas	1:28:04 h

Defending champion: Arja Hannus Length: 13.7 km Elevation gain: 660 Items: 22 Participants: 41

Season

space	country	Athletes	time
1	RUS	Irina Onischenko Natalja Tomilowa Tajana Vlasowa	1:21:12 h
2	SWE	Stina Grenholm Ida Wirkström Lena Hasselström	1:21:29 h
3	FIN	Salla Lehto Katja Rajaniemi Erja Jokinen	1:23:41 h
4th	NOR	Marte Reenaas Kristin Hasle Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik	1:24:34 h
5	SUI	Regula Muhleman Yvonne Wicki Yvonne Gantenbein	1:37:19 h
6th	LTU	Vilma Rudzenskaite Diana Vosyligte Ramune Arlauskiene	1:37:37 h

Defending champions: Mervi Anttila , Hanna Kosonen , Liisa Anttila

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	4th	3	1	8th
2	Sweden	3	1	3	7th
3	Finland	1	4th	4th	9
4th	Norway	-	-	1	1

Most successful participant

space	Athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Lena Hasselström	2	1	1	4th
2	Eduard Chrennikow	2	1	-	3
2	Andrei Gruzdew	2	1	-	3
4th	Tatyana Vlasova	2	-	-	2
5	Stina Grenholm	1	1	-	2
5	Matti Keskinarkaus	1	1	-	2
5	Viktor Korchagin	1	1	-	2

Web links

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