2019 World Orienteering Championships

2019 World Orienteering Championships
Country Norway
Events6
Dates13–17 August 2019 (2019-08-13 – 2019-08-17)
Websitewoc2019.no/en

The 36th World Orienteering Championships were held in Østfold, Norway in August 2019.

The competitions consisted of middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. Both individual women’s competitions were won by Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson. She won the long distance with a margin of six minutes ahead of Lina Strand, and the middle distance with a margin of five seconds ahead of Simona Aebersold. Norway’s Olav Lundanes won both the long and middle distances for men, ahead of Kasper Fosser and Gustav Bergman, respectively. Sweden won the women’s relay ahead of Switzerland and Russia. Sweden also won the men’s relay, ahead of Finland and France.

Competition format

From 2019 the world championships are split in two (forest and park), each being held every second year. The 2019 edition is a pure "forest" format. The competitions are the middle and long distances, and relay.[1]

Schedule

Date Event Location
13 Aug Middle qualification
14 Aug Long distance
15 Aug Rest day
16 Aug Middle distance final
17 Aug Relay

Medal summary

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Long distance[2][3]  Olav Lundanes (NOR) 1:30:09  Kasper Fosser (NOR) 1:31:48  Daniel Hubmann (SUI) 1:33:07
Middle distance[4]  Olav Lundanes (NOR) 34:18  Gustav Bergman (SWE) 34:29  Magne Daehli (NOR) 34:47
Relay[5]  Sweden
Johan Runesson
Emil Svensk
Gustav Bergman
 1:40:42  Finland
Aleksi Niemi
Elias Kuukka
Miika Kirmula
 1:42:16  France
Nicolas Rio
Frédéric Tranchand
Lucas Basset
 1:42:25

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Long distance[2][6]  Tove Alexandersson (SWE) 1:09:00  Lina Strand (SWE) 1:15:16  Simona Aebersold (SUI) 1:15:50
Middle distance[7]  Tove Alexandersson (SWE) 38:20  Simona Aebersold (SUI) 38:25  Natalia Gemperle (RUS)
 Venla Harju (FIN)		 40:05
Relay[5]  Sweden
Lina Strand
Tove Alexandersson
Karolin Ohlsson
 1:35:49  Switzerland
Sabine Hauswirth
Simona Aebersold
Julia Jakob
 1:35:53  Russia
Anastasia Rudnaya
Tatiana Ryabkina
Natalia Gemperle
 1:36:56

Results

Men's long distance

WOC 2019 – Long – Men (16.6 km, 26 controls)[8]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olav Lundanes  Norway 1:30:09
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Kasper Fosser  Norway 1:31:48
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Daniel Hubmann  Switzerland 1:33:07
4 Matthias Kyburz  Switzerland 1:33:10
5 Ruslan Glibov  Ukraine 1:33:24
6 Magne Daehli  Norway 1:35:37
7 Vojtěch Král  Czech Republic 1:36:03
8 Albin Ridefelt  Sweden 1:36:11
9 Gernot Ymsén  Austria 1:36:22
10 Frédéric Tranchand  France 1:36:28
11 Martin Hubmann  Switzerland 1:36:45
12 Gustav Bergman  Sweden 1:36:46
13 Emil Svensk  Sweden 1:37:43
14 Elias Kuukka  Finland 1:37:47
15 Timo Sild  Estonia 1:39:14
16 Miika Kirmula  Finland 1:39:55

Women's long distance

WOC 2019 – Long – Women (11.7 km, 21 controls)[9]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tove Alexandersson  Sweden 1:09:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lina Strand  Sweden 1:15:16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Simona Aebersold  Switzerland 1:15:50
4 Marika Teini  Finland 1:16:02
5 Sabine Hauswirth  Switzerland 1:18:26
6 Karolin Ohlsson  Sweden 1:19:14
6 Venla Harju  Finland 1:19:14
8 Julia Jakob  Switzerland 1:19:54
9 Sara Hagström  Sweden 1:20:25
9 Anastasia Rudnaya  Russia 1:20:25
11 Natalia Gemperle  Russia 1:21:10
12 Vendula Horcicková  Czech Republic 1:21:25
13 Kamilla Olaussen  Norway 1:21:34
14 Svetlana Mironova  Russia 1:21:42
15 Marianne Andersen  Norway 1:21:59
16 Denisa Kosova  Czech Republic 1:22:07

Women's middle final

WOC 2019 – Middle – Women (5.5 km, 20 controls)[7]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Tove Alexandersson  Sweden 38:20
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Simona Aebersold  Switzerland 38:25
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Natalia Gemperle  Russia 40:05
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Venla Harju  Finland 40:05
5 Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg  Norway 40:07
6 Sabine Hauswirth  Switzerland 40:08
7 Lina Strand  Sweden 40:12
8 Denisa Kosova  Czech Republic 40:37
9 Marika Teini  Finland 41:06
10 Cecilie Friberg Klysner  Denmark 41:27
11 Merja Rantanen  Finland 41:37
12 Marianne Andersen  Norway 42:39
13 Anastasia Rudnaya  Russia 42:54
14 Karolin Ohlsson  Sweden 43:00
15 Lenka Mechlová  Czech Republic 43:15
16 Kamilla Olaussen  Norway 43:18

Men's middle final

WOC 2019 – Long – Men (6.1 km, 23 controls)[4]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olav Lundanes  Norway 34:18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gustav Bergman  Sweden 34:29
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Magne Daehli  Norway 34:47
4 Emil Svensk  Sweden 34:48
5 Lucas Basset  France 35:20
6 Frédéric Tranchand  France 36:09
7 Miika Kirmula  Finland 36:15
8 Florian Howald  Switzerland 36:29
9 Andreas Kyburz  Switzerland 36:37
10 Daniel Hubmann  Switzerland 36:48
11 Ruslan Glibov  Ukraine 36:55
12 Aleksi Niemi  Finland 36:59
13 Timo Sild  Estonia 37:12
14 Vojtěch Král  Czech Republic 37:28
15 Milos Nykodym  Czech Republic 37:53
16 Tue Lassen  Denmark 38:04

References

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  2. ^ a b Wednesday 14th LONG
  3. ^ "Sixth WOC Long Distance gold for Lundanes". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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  5. ^ a b "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 - Relay". International Orienteering Federation. 2019-08-17.
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  7. ^ a b "Official results Women". International Orienteering Federation. 2019-08-16.
  8. ^ "Official results Men. World Orienteering Championships 2019. Long distance". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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