World Orienteering Championships 2009

The 18th World Ski Orienteering Championships were held from 3. March bis 8. March 2009 in the area around Rusutsu in the sub-prefecture Shiribeshi in Japan instead.

Men's

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Andrei Lamow	10:43 min
2	FIN	Olli-Markus Taivainen	10:58 min
3	FIN	Staffan Tunis	10:59 min
4th	NOR	Eivind Tonna	11:04 min
5	RUS	Andrei Grigoryev	11:05 min
6th	FIN	Matti Keskinarkaus	11:18 min

Defending champion: Eduard Chrennikow Venue: Otomegaoka Length: 3.7 km Elevation gain : 80 Positions: 10 Participants: 52 Russia

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Olli-Markus Taivainen	37:12 min
2	FIN	Staffan Tunis	37:49 min
3	FIN	Matti Keskinarkaus	38:08 min
4th	RUS	Andrei Lamow	38:11 min
5	SWE	Peter Arnesson	38:13 min
6th	RUS	Andrei Grigoryev	38:30 min

Defending champion: Eduard Chrennikow Venue: Izumikawa Length: 11.0 km Elevation gain: 300 Posts: 22 Participants: 53 Russia

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Andrei Lamow	1:26:31 h
2	RUS	Eduard Chrennikow	1:26:40 h
3	FIN	Olli-Markus Taivainen	1:27:16 h
4th	FIN	Staffan Tunis	1:28:10 h
5	FIN	Teemus Köngäs	1:28:19 h
6th	SWE	Peter Arnesson	1:30:24 h

Defending champion: Eduard Chrennikow Venue: Kotoge Length: 24.0 km Elevation gain : 800 Posts: 30 Participants: 50 Russia

space	country	Athletes	time
1	FIN	Teemu Köngäs Matti Keskinarkaus Staffan Tunis	1:51:03 h
2	RUS	Vladimir Barchukow Andrei Grigoryev Andrei Lamow	1:53:28 h
3	SWE	Daniel Nordebo Peter Arnesson Erik Rost	1:56:40 h
4th	NOR	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Eivind Tonna Lars Moholdt	1:58:02 h
5	CZE	Jirí Bouchal Jakub Škoda Jan Lauerman	1:58:49 h
6th	SUI	Gion Schnyder Antoine Vullioud Christian Spörry	2:01:49 h

Defending champion: Andrei Gruzdew , Kirill Wesselow , Eduard Chrennikow Length: 3 rounds of 8.5 km Elevation meters: 200 positions each: 17 participants each : 11 relays Russia

space	country	athlete	time
1	FIN	Hannele Tonna	10:09 min
2	SWE	Helene Söderlund	10:26 min
3	RUS	Tatyana Vlasova	10:28 min
4th	RUS	Tatiana Koslowa	10:29 min
5	FIN	Liisa Anttila	10:31 min
6th	SWE	Josefine Engström	10:41 min

Defending champion: Tatjana Vlasowa Venue: Otomegaoka Length: 3.3 km Elevation meters: 60 Positions: 9 Participants: 39 Russia

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Tatyana Vlasova	40:26 min
2	SWE	Helene Söderlund	41:49 min
3	SWE	Josefine Engström	42:05 min
4th	FIN	Hanna-Maija Mäkelä	42:27 min
5	FIN	Hannele Tonna	42:42 min
6th	CZE	Barbora Chudíková	42:53 min

Defending champion: Tatjana Vlasowa Venue: Izumikawa Length: 9.0 km Elevation gain: 280 Posts: 18 Participants: 39 Russia

space	country	athlete	time
1	RUS	Anastasia Kravchenko	1:07:45 h
2	CZE	Barbora Chudíková	1:08:32 h
3	SWE	Helene Söderlund	1:08:39 h
4th	FIN	Marttiina Joensuu	1:08:58 h
5	CZE	Helena Randáková	1:09:40 h
6th	RUS	Tatyana Vlasova	1:09:45 h

Defending champion: Tatjana Vlassowa Long distance: Kotoge Length: 15.0 km Elevation gain : 500 positions: 20 Participants: 37 Russia

space	country	Athletes	time
1	SWE	Marie Ohlsson Josefine Engström Helene Söderlund	1:32:03 h
2	RUS	Anastasia Kravchenko Polina Malchikova Tatiana Vlasova	1:33:03 h
3	CZE	Helena Randáková Simona Karochová Barbora Chudíková	1:34:21 h
4th	FIN	Hanna-Maija Mäkelä Liisa Anttila Hannele Tonna	1:35:43 h
5	LTU	Ramune Arlauskiene Jolanta Šulciene Edita Martuseviciute	1:44:09 h
6th	BUL	Teodora Maltschewa Stefanija Belomaschewa Antonija Grigorowa	1:52:13 h

Defending champions: Olga Shevchenko , Natalja Tomilowa , Tatjana Wlassowa Length: 3 rounds of 7.5 km Elevation meters: 150 positions each: 15 participants each : 9 relays Russia

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia Russia	4th	3	1	8th
2	Finland Finland	3	2	3	8th
3	Sweden Sweden	1	2	3	6th
4th	Czech Republic Czech Republic	-	1	1	2

space	Athlete	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia Andrei Lamow	2	1	-	3
2	Sweden Helene Söderlund	1	2	1	4th
3	Finland Olli-Markus Taivainen	1	1	1	3
3	Russia Tatyana Vlasova	1	1	1	2
5	Russia Anastasia Kravchenko	1	1	-	2
6th	Sweden Josefine Engström	1	-	1	2
6th	Finland Matti Keskinarkaus	1	-	1	2