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2019 World Orienteering Championships

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

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

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

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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

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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

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Men

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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

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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

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Men's long distance

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WOC 2019 – Long – Men (16.6 km, 26 controls)[8]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
  Olav Lundanes   Norway 1:30:09
  Kasper Fosser   Norway 1:31:48
  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

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WOC 2019 – Long – Women (11.7 km, 21 controls)[9]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
  Tove Alexandersson   Sweden 1:09:00
  Lina Strand   Sweden 1:15:16
  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

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WOC 2019 – Middle – Women (5.5 km, 20 controls)[7]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
  Tove Alexandersson   Sweden 38:20
  Simona Aebersold   Switzerland 38:25
  Natalia Gemperle   Russia 40:05
  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

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WOC 2019 – Long – Men (6.1 km, 23 controls)[4]
Rank Competitor Nation Time
  Olav Lundanes   Norway 34:18
  Gustav Bergman   Sweden 34:29
  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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  1. ^ "World Orienteering Championships moves into new era". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b Wednesday 14th LONG
  3. ^ "Sixth WOC Long Distance gold for Lundanes". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Official results Men" (pdf). International Orienteering Federation. 2019-08-16.
  5. ^ a b "Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 - Relay". International Orienteering Federation. 2019-08-17.
  6. ^ "Master-class gold show by Tove Alexandersson". orienteering.sport. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  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.
  9. ^ "Official results Women. World Orienteering Championships 2019. Long distance". eventor.orienteering.org. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
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