2006 World Orienteering Championships

2006 World Orienteering Championships
Host city	Aarhus
Country	Denmark
Events	8
	← 2005 Aichi 2007 Kyiv →

The 2006 World Orienteering Championships, the 23rd World Orienteering Championships, were held in Aarhus, Denmark, 1 –5 August 2006.^[1]

The championships had eight events; sprint for men and women, middle distance for men and women, long distance (formerly called individual or classic distance) for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint ^[1]	Emil Wingstedt (SWE)	13:35.3	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	13:36.3	Claus Bloch (DEN)	13:37.0
Women's sprint ^[1]	Hanny Allston (AUS)	13:13.3	Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI)	13:19.1	Kajsa Nilsson (SWE)	13:24.3
Men's middle distance ^[1]	Holger Hott Johansen (NOR)	35:49.4	Jarkko Huovila (FIN)		Jamie Stevenson (GBR)
Women's middle distance ^[1]	Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI)	33:58.1	Marianne Andersen (NOR)		Tatiana Ryabkina (RUS)
Men's long distance ^[1]	Jani Lakanen (FIN)	1:45:01,0	Marc Lauenstein (SUI)		Andrey Khramov (RUS)
Women's long distance ^[1]	Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI)	1:19:50.4	Marianne Andersen (NOR)		Dana Brozková (CZE)
Men's relay^[1]	Russia (RUS) Roman Efimov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov	2:11:41	Finland (FIN) Mats Haldin Jarkko Huovila Jani Lakanen		Sweden (SWE) Niclas Jonasson Emil Wingstedt Mattias Karlsson
Women's relay^[1]	Finland (FIN) Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	2:21:05	Sweden (SWE) Jenny Johansson Kajsa Nilsson Karolina Arewång Höjsgaard		Switzerland (SUI) Martina Fritschy Vroni König-Salmi Simone Niggli

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "World Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

[iof-woc2006-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "World Orienteering Championships 2006". International Orienteering Federation. Archived from the original on 6 July 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2017.

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