2013 World Orienteering Championships

The 30th World Orienteering Championships was held in Vuokatti, Finland, from 6 to 14 July 2013.

World Orienteering Championships 2013

Host city	Vuokatti
Country	Finland
Nations	44
Opening	6 July 2013 (2013-07-06)
Closing	14 July 2013 (2013-07-14)
Website	woc2013.fi

Medalists

Men

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint	Mårten Boström Finland	Scott Fraser Great Britain	Jonas Leandersson Sweden
Middle distance	Leonid Novikov Russia	Thierry Gueorgiou France	Gustav Bergman Sweden
Long distance	Thierry Gueorgiou France	Jani Lakanen Finland	Edgars Bertuks Latvia
Relay	Russia Leonid Novikov Valentin Novikov Dmitriy Tsvetkov	Sweden Anders Holmberg Peter Öberg Gustav Bergman	Ukraine Pavlo Ushkvarok Oleksandr Kratov Denys Sherbakov

Women

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sprint	Simone Niggli Switzerland	Annika Billstam Sweden	Venla Niemi Finland
Middle distance	Simone Niggli Switzerland	Tove Alexandersson Sweden	Merja Rantanen Finland
Long distance	Simone Niggli Switzerland	Tove Alexandersson Sweden	Lena Eliasson Sweden
Relay	Norway Heidi Bagstevold Anne M. Hausken Nordberg Mari Fasting	Finland Venla Niemi Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Sara Lüscher Judith Wyder Simone Niggli

Participating countries

A total of 44 countries participated at this World Championships.

Argentina  Australia  Austria  Azerbaijan  Belarus  Belgium  Bulgaria  Canada  China

Chinese Taipei  Croatia  Czech Republic  Denmark  DPR Korea  Estonia  Finland  France  Germany

Great Britain  Hong Kong  Hungary  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Japan  Latvia  Lithuania

Moldova  Montenegro  New Zealand  Norway  Poland  Portugal  Romania  Russia  Serbia

Slovakia  Spain  Sweden  Switzerland  Turkey  Ukraine  United States  Uruguay

Results

Sprint

The sprint finals were held on 8 July 2013 at Hiukka, Sotkamo.

Men's sprint

WOC 2013 – Sprint final – Men (3.9 km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Mårten Boström	Finland	14:19.6
	Scott Fraser	Great Britain	14:36.7
	Jonas Leandersson	Sweden	14:37.8
4	Fabian Hertner	Switzerland	14:41.3
5	Matthias Kyburz	Switzerland	14:45.8
6	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	Denmark	14:47.3
7	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø	Norway	14:49.4
8	Jerker Lysell	Sweden	14:52.3
9	Murray Strain	Great Britain	14:56.4
10	Jan Procházka	Czech Republic	14:56.8
11	Andreas Kyburz	Switzerland	14:58.2
12	Yannick Michiels	Belgium	15:06.3
13	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Ukraine	15:06.7
14	Jonas Vytautas Gvildys	Lithuania	15:13.6
15	Tuomo Mäkelä	Finland	15:17.9
16	Kristian Jones	Great Britain	15:18.8
17	Gustav Bergman	Sweden	15:19.9
18	Bjørn Ekeberg	Norway	15:21.8
19	Petteri Muukkonen	Finland	15:23.2
20	Oleksandr Kratov	Ukraine	15:24.3
21	Carl Waaler Kaas	Norway	15:24.6
22	Martin Hubmann	Switzerland	15:25.5
23	Gernot Kerschbaumer	Austria	15:25.6
24	Kiril Nikolov	Bulgaria	15:32.4
25	Robert Merl	Austria	15:35.0
26	Andreas Boesen	Denmark	15:38.6
27	Vincent Coupat	France	15:49.2
28	Ivan Sirakov	Bulgaria	15:50.1
29	Roman Ryapolov	Russia	15:56.8
30	Simon Uppill	Australia	15:58.0
31	Ivaylo Kamenarov	Bulgaria	16:00.3
32	Wojciech Kowalski	Poland	16:00.8
33	Andreu Blanes	Spain	16:06.6
34	João Figueiredo	Portugal	16:07.2
35	Pieter Hendrickx	Belgium	16:07.6
36	Artūrs Pauliņš	Latvia	16:08.5
37	Milos Nykodym	Czech Republic	16:17.7
38	Mārtiņš Sirmais	Latvia	16:18.6
39	Máté Baumholczer	Hungary	16:18.9
40	Antonio Martínez	Spain	16:24.0
41	Christian Wartbichler	Austria	16:31.8
42	Alexander Lubina	Germany	16:43.5
43	Frédéric Tranchand	France	16:54.9
44	Marc Serrallonga	Spain	16:59.2
45	Kenny Kivikas	Estonia	17:20.1
99	Vilius Aleliunas	Lithuania	DQ

Women's sprint

WOC 2013 – Sprint final – Women (3.4 km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simone Niggli	Switzerland	14:10.6
	Annika Billstam	Sweden	14:18.7
	Venla Niemi	Finland	14:48.5
4	Maja Alm	Denmark	14:53.0
5	Tessa Hill	Great Britain	14:58.2
6	Galina Vinogradova	Russia	15:04.3
7	Emma Klingenberg	Denmark	15:08.9
8	Merja Rantanen	Finland	15:15.9
9	Heidi Østlid Bagstevold	Norway	15:20.8
10	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Norway	15:22.8
11	Nadiya Volynska	Ukraine	15:34.5
12	Lina Strand	Sweden	15:35.0
13	Iveta Duchova	Czech Republic	15:38.4
14	Lizzie Ingham	New Zealand	15:39.6
15	Olga Reznichenko	Ukraine	15:49.3
16	Rahel Friederich	Switzerland	15:53.9
17	Lea Vercellotti	France	15:54.3
18	Irina Nyberg	Russia	15:54.7
19	Ausrine Kutkaite	Lithuania	15:54.9
20	Sarah Rollins	Great Britain	16:01.5
21	Sabine Hauswirth	Switzerland	16:07.5
22	Tereza Novotna	Czech Republic	16:10.1
23	Ursula Kadan	Austria	16:12.6
24	Alva Olsson	Sweden	16:15.6
25	Alison Crocker	United States	16:16.7
26	Ekaterina Nikitina	Russia	16:21.0
27	Annika Rihma	Estonia	16:24.7
28	Gabija Ražaitytė	Lithuania	16:33.0
29	Miek Fabré	Belgium	16:33.3
30	Kristina Rybakovaitė	Lithuania	16:51.1
31	Felicity Brown	Australia	16:53.8
32	Vanessa Round	Australia	16:56.4
33	Paulina Faron	Poland	16:57.5
34	Elisa Elstner	Austria	17:00.2
35	Celine Dodin	France	17:09.3
36	Fanni Gyurkó	Hungary	17:12.5
37	Laura Vīķe	Latvia	17:31.3
38	Carlotta Scalet	Italy	17:37.6
39	Yingwei Wang	China	17:52.3
40	Christine Kirchlechner	Italy	17:55.5
41	Nataliya Dimitrova	Bulgaria	18:07.3
42	Jasmine Neve	Australia	18:36.5
43	Alicia Cobo	Spain	20:02.0
99	Michela Guizzardi	Italy	DQ
99	Judith Wyder	Switzerland	DQ

Middle distance

The middle distance finals were held on 12 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti.

Men's middle distance

WOC 2013 – Middle distance final – Men (6.3 km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Leonid Novikov	Russia	37:45
	Thierry Gueorgiou	France	37:54
	Gustav Bergman	Sweden	38:21
4	Matthias Kyburz	Switzerland	39:08
5	Daniel Hubmann	Switzerland	39:16
5	Fabian Hertner	Switzerland	39:16
7	Carl Waaler Kaas	Norway	39:21
8	Edgars Bertuks	Latvia	39:51
9	Denys Sherbakov	Ukraine	39:59
10	Peter Öberg	Sweden	40:22
11	Oleksandr Kratov	Ukraine	40:30
12	Mārtiņš Sirmais	Latvia	40:33
13	Lauri Sild	Estonia	41:02
14	Johan Runesson	Sweden	41:08
15	Gernot Kerschbaumer	Austria	41:10
16	Anders Nordberg	Norway	41:42
16	Valentin Novikov	Russia	41:42
18	Zsolt Lenkei	Hungary	41:46
19	Olle Kärner	Estonia	42:20
20	Tomáš Dlabaja	Czech Republic	42:22
21	Jan Procházka	Czech Republic	42:28
22	Tue Lassen	Denmark	42:44
23	Hannu Airila	Finland	42:46
24	Jonas Vytautas Gvildys	Lithuania	42:51
25	Rasmus Thrane Hansen	Denmark	42:54
26	Robert Merl	Austria	42:56
27	Pavlo Ushkvarok	Ukraine	43:11
28	Philippe Adamski	France	43:24
29	Bjørn Ekeberg	Norway	43:32
30	Alexey Bortnik	Russia	44:01
31	Andreu Blanes	Spain	44:03
32	Mikhail Mamleev	Italy	44:26
33	Simon Uppill	Australia	44:55
34	Simonas Krėpšta	Lithuania	45:39
35	Michal Krajčík	Slovakia	45:54
36	Hector Haines	Great Britain	46:50
37	Christoph Prunsche	Germany	47:16
38	Roger Casal	Spain	47:31
39	Daniel Barkasz	Romania	47:43
40	Kalvis Mihailovs	Latvia	47:56
41	Mateusz Wenslaw	Poland	48:24
42	Pavel Gvozdev	Israel	48:44
43	Timo Sild	Estonia	48:46
44	Tiago Aires	Portugal	51:17
99	Mark Nixon	Great Britain	DNF

Women's middle distance

WOC 2013 – Middle distance final – Women (5.0 km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simone Niggli	Switzerland	0:35:25
	Tove Alexandersson	Sweden	0:37:10
	Merja Rantanen	Finland	0:37:59
4	Minna Kauppi	Finland	0:38:39
5	Irina Nyberg	Russia	0:38:45
6	Annika Billstam	Sweden	0:38:49
7	Amélie Chataing	France	0:38:50
7	Tatyana Riabkina	Russia	0:38:50
9	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Norway	0:38:56
10	Maja Alm	Denmark	0:39:13
11	Ida Bobach	Denmark	0:39:43
12	Inga Dambe	Latvia	0:39:46
13	Judith Wyder	Switzerland	0:39:50
14	Venla Niemi	Finland	0:40:03
15	Ausrine Kutkaite	Lithuania	0:40:24
16	Nadiya Volynska	Ukraine	0:40:30
17	Vendula Haldin	Czech Republic	0:40:42
18	Tone Wigemyr	Norway	0:40:45
19	Mari Fasting	Norway	0:41:10
20	Saila Kinni	Finland	0:41:13
21	Hollie Orr	Great Britain	0:41:39
22	Sara Lüscher	Switzerland	0:41:48
23	Ursula Kadan	Austria	0:41:54
24	Dana Brožková	Czech Republic	0:42:01
25	Eva Juřeníková	Czech Republic	0:42:09
26	Emily Kemp	Canada	0:42:43
27	Lina Strand	Sweden	0:42:45
28	Claire Ward	Great Britain	0:43:01
29	Alison Crocker	United States	0:44:49
30	Anu Åkerman	Estonia	0:45:34
31	Olga Reznichenko	Ukraine	0:45:49
32	Charlotte Bouchet	France	0:46:36
33	Hanny Allston	Australia	0:46:38
34	Paulina Faron	Poland	0:47:24
35	Elisa Elstner	Austria	0:47:31
36	Indrė Valaite	Lithuania	0:47:53
37	Tessa Hill	Great Britain	0:48:46
38	Christiane Tröße	Germany	0:49:08
39	Laura Vīķe	Latvia	0:49:19
40	Annabel Valledor	Spain	0:50:05
41	Louise Oram	Canada	0:50:09
42	Michela Guizzardi	Italy	0:53:07
43	Vanessa Round	Australia	0:53:20
44	Jasmine Neve	Australia	0:54:28
45	Hinako Inage	Japan	1:01:24

Long distance

The long distance finals were held on 9 July 2013 at Kumpula, Sotkamo.

Men's long distance

WOC 2013 – Long distance final – Men (19.8 km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Thierry Gueorgiou	France	1:41:39
	Jani Lakanen	Finland	1:42:57
	Edgars Bertuks	Latvia	1:43:29
4	Dmitriy Tsvetkov	Russia	1:43:43
5	Magne Daehli	Norway	1:43:57
6	Matthias Merz	Switzerland	1:44:20
7	Daniel Hubmann	Switzerland	1:44:48
8	Tue Lassen	Denmark	1:46:21
9	Kiril Nikolov	Bulgaria	1:46:40
9	Valentin Novikov	Russia	1:46:40
11	Anders Holmberg	Sweden	1:47:03
12	Philippe Adamski	France	1:47:36
13	Anders Nordberg	Norway	1:47:40
14	Fredrik Johansson	Sweden	1:47:58
15	Simonas Krėpšta	Lithuania	1:48:11
16	Jan Šedivý	Czech Republic	1:48:15
17	Tero Föhr	Finland	1:48:37
18	Stepan Kodeda	Czech Republic	1:48:55
19	Timo Sild	Estonia	1:49:53
20	Ralph Street	Great Britain	1:50:19
21	Vilius Aleliunas	Lithuania	1:50:37
22	Hans Gunnar Omdal	Norway	1:50:44
23	Yury Tambasov	Belarus	1:51:42
24	Simo-Pekka Fincke	Finland	1:51:45
25	Leonid Novikov	Russia	1:51:52
25	Artem Panchenko	Ukraine	1:51:52
27	Peeter Pihl	Estonia	1:53:04
28	Zsolt Lenkei	Hungary	1:53:09
29	Jan Petržela	Czech Republic	1:53:47
30	Baptiste Rollier	Switzerland	1:54:51
31	Sören Lösch	Germany	1:55:40
32	Aleksei Alekseyonok	Belarus	1:57:11
33	Nicolas Simonin	Ireland	1:57:13
34	Søren Schwartz Sørensen	Denmark	1:57:44
35	Mikhail Mamleev	Italy	1:58:17
36	Tiago Aires	Portugal	1:58:44
37	Diogo Miguel	Portugal	1:58:45
38	Kalvis Mihailovs	Latvia	1:59:44
39	Johan Runesson	Sweden	2:00:29
40	Jānis Kūms	Latvia	2:02:35
41	Markus Lang	Austria	2:04:25
42	Roger Casal	Spain	2:05:43
43	Mateusz Wenslaw	Poland	2:07:02
44	Pavel Gvozdev	Israel	2:11:10
45	Andrey Salin	Belarus	2:26:32

Women's long distance

WOC 2013 – Long distance final – Women (13.9 km)

Rank	Competitor	Nation	Time
	Simone Niggli	Switzerland	1:20:02
	Tove Alexandersson	Sweden	1:23:01
	Lena Eliasson	Sweden	1:23:08
4	Minna Kauppi	Finland	1:23:44
5	Tatyana Riabkina	Russia	1:23:45
6	Anni-Maija Fincke	Finland	1:25:51
7	Emma Johansson	Sweden	1:26:32
8	Mari Fasting	Norway	1:26:40
9	Tone Wigemyr	Norway	1:28:06
10	Catherine Taylor	Great Britain	1:28:11
11	Ida Bobach	Denmark	1:28:46
12	Eva Juřeníková	Czech Republic	1:29:26
13	Dana Brožková	Czech Republic	1:29:41
14	Amélie Chataing	France	1:31:01
15	Sara Lüscher	Switzerland	1:31:27
16	Anastasiya Tikhonova	Russia	1:31:28
17	Natalia Efimova	Russia	1:31:37
18	Alison Crocker	United States	1:32:30
19	Aija Skrastiņa	Latvia	1:33:03
20	Sarina Jenzer	Switzerland	1:34:05
21	Inga Dambe	Latvia	1:34:53
22	Hanny Allston	Australia	1:35:17
23	Ines Brodmann	Switzerland	1:35:48
24	Rasa Ptašekaitė	Lithuania	1:36:56
25	Emily Kemp	Canada	1:38:03
26	Gabija Ražaitytė	Lithuania	1:38:13
27	Helen Palmer	Great Britain	1:38:37
28	Līga Ārniece	Latvia	1:39:33
29	Anu Åkerman	Estonia	1:39:38
30	Olga Sluta	Ukraine	1:41:05
31	Indrė Valaite	Lithuania	1:43:22
32	Nataliya Dimitrova	Bulgaria	1:44:50
33	Miek Fabré	Belgium	1:45:08
34	Kirti Rebane	Estonia	1:46:26
35	Michaela Omová	Czech Republic	1:46:52
36	Ursula Kadan	Austria	1:48:20
37	Anastasia Kruglenia	Belarus	1:49:19
38	Daria Lajn	Poland	1:50:19
39	Alicia Cobo	Spain	1:52:33
40	Karoliina Sundberg	Finland	1:53:51
41	Anna Serrallonga	Spain	1:55:30
42	Maryna Suzdalova	Ukraine	1:56:29
43	Louise Oram	Canada	1:56:50
44	Michela Guizzardi	Italy	1:58:03
99	Emma Klingenberg	Denmark	DQ

Relay

The relay events were held on 13 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti.

Men's relay

WOC 2013 – Relay – Men (5.2 + 5.2 + 5.6 km)

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Russia	Leonid Novikov, Valentin Novikov, Dmitriy Tsvetkov	1:41:47
	Sweden	Anders Holmberg, Peter Öberg, Gustav Bergman	1:42:47
	Ukraine	Pavlo Ushkvarok, Oleksandr Kratov, Denys Sherbakov	1:42:55
4	Switzerland	Matthias Merz, Daniel Hubmann, Matthias Kyburz	1:43:39
5	Finland	Mårten Boström, Jani Lakanen, Tero Föhr	1:44:55
6	Norway	Øystein Kvaal Østerbø, Carl Waaler Kaas, Magne Daehli	1:45:00
7	Estonia	Olle Kärner, Timo Sild, Lauri Sild	1:45:50
8	France	Frederic Tranchand, Philippe Adamski, Thierry Gueorgiou	1:46:20
9	Czech Republic	Tomáš Dlabaja, Jan Šedivý, Jan Procházka	1:46:56
10	Austria	Gernot Kerschbaumer, Helmut Gremmel, Robert Merl	1:50:14
11	Great Britain	Murray Strain, Hector Haines, Ralph Street	1:50:21
12	Latvia	Kalvis Mihailovs, Mārtiņš Sirmais, Edgars Bertuks	1:50:23
13	Italy	Klaus Schgaguler, Alessio Tenani, Mikhail Mamleev	1:50:37
14	Spain	Antonio Martínez, Roger Casal, Andreu Blanes	1:57:29
15	Hungary	Zsolt Lenkei, Máté Baumholczer, Máté Kerényi	1:57:34
16	Lithuania	Vilius Aleliunas, Simonas Krėpšta, Jonas Vytautas Gvildys	1:58:00
17	Bulgaria	Ivan Sirakov, Ivaylo Kamenarov, Kiril Nikolov	1:58:10
18	Denmark	Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Andreas Boesen, Søren Schwartz Sørensen	2:01:01
19	Belarus	Aleksei Alekseyonok, Yury Tambasov, Andrey Salin	2:04:24
20	Australia	Simon Uppill, Joshua Blatchford, Bryan Keely	2:04:27
21	Ireland	Nicolas Simonin, Darren Burke, Neil Dobbs	2:07:52
22	Germany	Christoph Brandt, Bjarne Friedrichs, Sören Lösch	2:09:22
23	Poland	Mateusz Wenslaw, Wojciech Dwojak, Wojciech Kowalski	2:10:55
24	Portugal	Diogo Miguel, Miguel Silva, Tiago Aires	2:12:37
25	Canada	Will Critchley, Robbie Anderson, Eric Kemp	2:15:46
26	New Zealand	Ross Morrison, Tane Cambridge, Tim Robertson	2:19:45
27	United States	Eric Bone, Boris Granovskiy, Ross Smith	2:23:46
28	Israel	Pavel Gvozdev, Guy Sabo-Bar, Alexey Marchenko	2:25:21
29	Belgium	Tomas Hendrickx, Pieter Hendrickx, Yannick Michiels	2:28:27
30	Moldova	Roman Ciobanu, Igori Postica, Ivan Fomiciov	2:42:41
31	Hong Kong	Tsz Wai Yu, Kin Wai Lee, Gerald Yip	3:12:13
32	China	Xiyuan Liang, Yefeng Luo, Qiaoping Li	3:42:33
99	Japan	Hirokazu Osaki, Yuta Tanikawa, Yoichi Shimbo	DQ

Women's relay

WOC 2013 – Relay – Women (4.2 + 4.2 + 4.4 km)

Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time
	Norway	Heidi Bagstevold, Mari Fasting, Anne M. Hausken Nordberg	1:37:53
	Finland	Venla Niemi, Anni-Maija Fincke, Minna Kauppi	1:39:07
	Switzerland	Sara Lüscher, Judith Wyder, Simone Niggli	1:43:44
4	Sweden	Emma Johansson, Annika Billstam, Tove Alexandersson	1:43:58
5	Czech Republic	Vendula Haldin, Eva Juřeníková, Dana Brožková	1:45:48
6	Russia	Galina Vinogradova, Irina Nyberg, Tatyana Riabkina	1:46:29
7	Denmark	Maja Alm, Ida Bobach, Emma Klingenberg	1:48:27
8	Great Britain	Catherine Taylor, Hollie Orr, Claire Ward	1:53:54
9	Ukraine	Anastasiia Danylova, Olga Reznichenko, Nadiya Volynska	1:54:03
10	Lithuania	Gabija Ražaitytė, Indrė Valaite, Ausrine Kutkaite	1:56:11
11	Italy	Carlotta Scalet, Christine Kirchlechner, Michela Guizzardi	1:59:44
12	Latvia	Līga Ārniece, Inga Dambe, Aija Skrastiņa	2:00:23
13	Australia	Vanessa Round, Aislinn Prendergast, Hanny Allston	2:01:05
14	France	Lea Vercellotti, Charlotte Bouchet, Amélie Chataing	2:02:16
15	Estonia	Kirti Rebane, Annika Rihma, Anu Åkerman	2:02:22
16	Austria	Anna Nilsson-Simkovics, Elisa Elstner, Ursula Kadan	2:04:13
17	Poland	Daria Lajn, Maria Pabich, Paulina Faron	2:10:31
18	Germany	Esther Doetsch, Christiane Tröße, Sieglinde Kundisch	2:11:27
19	United States	Alison Crocker, Samantha Saeger, Hannah Culberg	2:11:44
20	Canada	Emily Kemp, Louise Oram, Kerstin Burnett	2:13:57
21	New Zealand	Lara Prince, Kate Morrison, Lizzie Ingham	2:25:08
22	China	Mingyue Zhu, Jieling Zhou, Yingwei Wang	2:25:40
23	Spain	Anna Serrallonga, Annabel Valledor, Alicia Cobo	2:35:26
24	Japan	Hinako Inage, Saho Miyakawa, Natsuki Yamagishi	2:52:14
25	Ireland	Niamh O'Boyle, Rosalind Hussey, Susan Lambe	3:29:46
26	Hong Kong	Tsz Ying Yu, Wai Lan Iris Lui, Sophia Tam Kar Bik	3:32:44