The orienteering events at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung was played between 17 and 19 July.^[1] 72 orienteers, from 19 nations, participated in the tournament. The orienteering competition took place at Chengcing Lake and in Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	2	1	1	4
2	Finland	1	2	1	4
3	Australia	1	1	0	2
	Switzerland	1	1	0	2
5	Norway	0	0	2	2
6	Sweden	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		5	5	5	15

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's sprint details	Andrey Khramov  Russia	Daniel Hubmann  Switzerland	Tero Föhr  Finland
Men's middle distance details	Daniel Hubmann  Switzerland	Dmitry Tsvetkov  Russia	Andrey Khramov  Russia
Women's sprint details	Minna Kauppi  Finland	Johanna Allston  Australia	Elise Egseth  Norway
Women's middle distance details	Johanna Allston  Australia	Minna Kauppi  Finland	Linnea Gustafsson  Sweden
Mixed relay details	Russia Dmitry Tsvetkov Yulia Novikova Andrey Khramov Galina Vinogradova	Finland Pasi Ikonen Bodil Holmström Tero Föhr Minna Kauppi	Norway Lars Skjeset Mari Fasting Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Elise Egseth

• International Orienteering Federation
• Orienteering on IWGA website
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