The World Mountain Bike Orienteering Championships is the official event for awarding World Champion titles in mountain bike orienteering. The World Championships, also known as WMTBOC, were first held in 2002, and since 2004 they have been organized annually – except in 2020. The programme includes Long distance, Middle distance, Sprint, Mass Start (unofficial in 2016 and official from 2017), and a Relay for both men and women.
Host towns and cities Below is a list of towns and cities that have hosted World Championships in mountain bike orienteering. Year, date, place and number of participating countries are shown.
Year Date Place # Countries Notes 2002 1–6 July Fontainebleau, France 29 2004 19–23 October Ballarat, Australia 26 2005 5–11 September Banská Bystrica, Slovakia 26 2006 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2006) 9–13 July Joensuu, Finland 25 2007 5–12 August Nové Město na Moravě, Czech Republic 22 2008 24–31 August Ostróda, Poland 26 2009 9–16 August Ben Shemen, Israel 20 2010 11–17 July Montalegre, Portugal 25 2011 20–28 August Vicenza, Italy 27 2012 20–25 August Veszprém, Hungary 30 2013 26–31 August Rakvere, Estonia 26 2014 24–31 August Białystok, Poland 27 2015 14–23 August Liberec, Czech Republic 28 2016 24–30 July Águeda, Portugal 22 2017 19–27 August Vilnius, Lithuania 23 2018 5–12 August Zwettl, Austria 27 2019 28 July–3 August Viborg, Denmark 24 2020 17–22 August* Jeseník, Czech Republic cancelled 2021 10–18 June Kuortane, Finland 16 2022 15–20 July Falun, Sweden 25
Long distance
Men Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Jussi Mäkilä Jérémie Gillmann Alain Berger 2004 Alain Berger Mika Tervala Adrian Jackson 2005 Ruslan Gritsan Victor Korchagin Adrian Jackson 2006 Mika Tervala Ruslan Gritsan Matti Keskinarkaus 2007 Ruslan Gritsan Lasse Brun Pedersen Jaroslav Rygl 2008 Ruslan Gritsan Torbjørn Gasbjerg Beat Okle 2009 Adrian Jackson Ruslan Gritsan Matthieu Barthelemy 2010 Anton Foliforov Adrian Jackson Erik Skovgaard Knudsen 2011 Samuli Saarela Erik Skovgaard Knudsen Ruslan Gritsan 2012 Ruslan Gritsan Juho Saarinen Samuel Pokala Length 29.3 km, Climb 310m, 29 controls 2013 Kryštof Bogar Samuli Saarela Anton Foliforov Length 34.9 km, Climb 405m, 32 controls 2014 Anton Foliforov Baptiste Fuchs Jiří Hradil 2015 Anton Foliforov Jussi Laurila Luca Dallavalle 2016 Anton Foliforov Kryštof Bogar Davide Machado 2017 Rasmus Soegaard Jiří Hradil Anton Foliforov 2018 Kryštof Bogar Simon Braendli Anton Foliforov 2019 Ruslan Gritsan Baptiste Fuchs Anton Foliforov 2021 Andre Haga Pekka Niemi Simon Braendli
Women Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Päivi Tommola Emily Viner Antje Bornhak 2004 Anke Dannowski Päivi Tommola Antje Bornhak 2005 Päivi Tommola Antje Bornhak Anke Dannowski 2006 Christine Schaffner Ksenia Chernykh Ingrid Stengård 2007 Michaela Gigon Ksenia Chernykh Christine Schaffner 2008 Christine Schaffner Marika Hara Line Pedersen 2009 Christine Schaffner Sonja Zinkl Hana Bajtošová 2010 Christine Schaffner Ksenia Chernykh Marika Hara 2011 Rikke Kornvig Ingrid Stengard Laura Scaravonati 2012 Susanna Laurila Ksenia Chernykh Marika Hara Length 21.5 km, Climb 250m, 24 controls 2013 Marika Hara Susanna Laurila Cecilia Thomasson Length 26.0 km, Climb 265m, 27 controls 2014 Olga Vinogradova Svetlana Poverina Camilla Soegaard 2015 Martina Tichovská Svetlana Poverina Cecilia Thomasson 2016 Emily Benham Gaëlle Barlet Maja Rothweiler 2017 Emily Benham Martina Tichovská Olga Vinogradova 2018 Martina Tichovská Antonia Haga Svetlana Poverina 2019 Emily Benham Kvale Veronika Kubínová Gabriele Andrasiuniene 2021 Camilla Soegaard Veronika Kubínová Marika Hara
Middle distance
Men Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2004 Adrian Jackson Alain Berger Victor Korchagin 2005 Ruslan Gritsan Jaroslav Rygl Mika Tervala 2006 Tuomo Tompuri Mika Tervala Ruslan Gritsan 2007 Mika Tervala Jérémie Gillmann Lubomír Tomeček 2008 Adrian Jackson Søren Strunge Lubomír Tomeček 2009 Torbjørn Gasbjerg Jiří Hradil Lasse Brun Pedersen Length: 20.4 km, Climb: 355 m, 19 controls 2010 Samuli Saarela Adrian Jackson Luca Dallavalle 2011 Samuli Saarela Ruslan Gritsan Tobias Breitschadel 2012 Samuli Saarela Anton Foliforov Samuel Pökälä Length 14.4 km, Climb 240m, 21 controls 2013 Tõnis Erm Anton Foliforov Samuli Saarela Length 15.6 km, Climb 290m, 24 controls 2014 Ruslan Gritsan Jiří Hradil Anton Foliforov 2015 Anton Foliforov Luca Dallavalle Marek Pospíšek 2016 Anton Foliforov Vojtěch Ludvík Ruslan Gritsan 2017 Kryštof Bogar Anton Foliforov Valeriy Gluhov 2018 Simon Braendli Baptiste Fuchs Grigory Medvedev 2019 Vojtěch Ludvík Anton Foliforov Grigory Medvedev 2021 Samuel Pokala Simon Braendli Kryštof Bogar
Women Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2004 Michaela Gigon Laure Coupat Belinda Allison 2005 Michaela Gigon Christine Schaffner Ramune Arlauskiene 2006 Michaela Gigon Hana Bajtošová Ingrid Stengård 2007 Ksenia Chernykh Hana Bajtošová Markéta Jirásková 2008 Ksenia Chernykh Michaela Gigon Päivi Tommola 2009 Marika Hara Michaela Gigon Christine Schaffner Length: 15.6 km, Climb: 225 m, 15 controls 2010 Michaela Gigon Rikke Kornvig Marika Hara 2011 Michaela Gigon Anna Kaminska Rikke Kornvig 2012 Ursina Jäggi Ingrid Stengard Nina Hoffmann Length 11.7 km, Climb 205m, 17 controls 2013 Marika Hara Emily Benham Susanna Laurila Length 11.3 km, Climb 200m, 18 controls 2014 Cecilia Thomasson Emily Benham Marika Hara 2015 Gaelle Barlet Martina Tichovská Emily Benham 2016 Olga Vinogradova Emily Benham Camilla Soegaard 2017 Olga Vinogradova Martina Tichovská Emily Benham 2018 Olga Vinogradova Martina Tichovská Veronika Kubinova 2019 Emily Benham Kvale Veronika Kubínová Marika Hara 2021 Svetlana Foliforova* Martina Tichovská Marika Hara *Neutral athlete, born in Russia
Sprint
Men Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Mika Tervala Alain Berger Jérémie Gillmann 2007 Torbjørn Gasbjerg Jérémie Gillmann Anton Foliforov 2008 Lasse Brun Pedersen Jiří Hradil Tõnis Erm 2009 Adrian Jackson Lasse Brun Pedersen Ruslan Gritsan 2010 Adrian Jackson Tõnis Erm Anton Foliforov 2011 Anton Foliforov Jiří Hradil Erik Skovgaard Knudsen 2012 Tobias Breitschädel Marek Pospíšek Ruslan Gritsan Length 6.9 km, Climb 135m, 20 controls 2013 Tõnis Erm Lauri Malsroos Kryštof Bogar Length 6.1 km, Climb 55m, 22 controls 2014 Hans Jorgen Kvale Anton Foliforov Grigory Medvedev 2015 Luca Dallavalle Vojtěch Stránský Lauri Malsroos 2016 Anton Foliforov Luca Dallavalle Cedric Beill 2017 Grigory Medvedev Jussi Laurila Lauri Malsroos 2018 Anton Foliforov Grigory Medvedev Kryštof Bogar 2019 Grigory Medvedev Anton Foliforov Yoann Courtois 2021 Kryštof Bogar Simon Braendli Valeriy Glukhov* *Neutral athlete from Russia
Women Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Laure Coupat Mervi Väisänen Antje Bornhak 2007 Ksenia Chernykh Michaela Gigon Hana Bajtošová 2008 Hana Bajtošová Michaela Gigon Martina Tichovská 2009 Hana Bajtošová Marika Hara Michaela Gigon 2010 Anna Kaminska Christine Schaffner Martina Tichovská 2011 Gaelle Barlet Marika Hara Michaela Gigon 2012 Christine Schaffner Emily Benham Anna Kaminska Length 5.1 km, Climb 105m, 17 controls 2013 Cecilia Thomasson Eeva-Liisa Hakala Tatiana Repina Length 5.7 km, Climb 50m, 21 controls 2014 Marika Hara Tatiana Repina Emily Benham 2015 Martina Tichovská Svetlana Poverina Cecilia Thomasson 2016 Emily Benham Marika Hara Henna Saarinen 2017 Marika Hara Emily Benham Olga Vinogradova 2018 Henna Saarinen Martina Tichovská Camilla Soegaard 2019 Emily Benham Kvale Veronika Kubínová Clare Dallimore 2021 Marika Hara Svetlana Foliforova* Anna Tiderman *Neutral athlete from Russia
Mass Start
Men Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2017 Luca Dallavalle Ruslan Gritsan Simon Braendli 2018 Jussi Laurila Davide Machado Kevin Haselsberger 2019 Jiří Hradil Kryštof Bogar Vojtěch Stránský 2021 Samuel Pokala Jiří Hradil Anton Foliforov* *Neutral athlete from Russia
Women Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2017 Emily Benham Olga Vinogradova Gaëlle Barlet 2018 Camilla Soegaard Martina Tichovská Sonja Zinkl 2019 Emily Benham Kvale Camilla Soegaard Anastasiya Svir 2021 Svetlana Foliforova* Mervi Pesu Martina Tichovská *Neutral athlete from Russia
Relay
Men Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 France Czech Republic Finland 2004 Finland Czech Republic Australia 2005 Finland France Switzerland 2006 Finland Russia Switzerland 2007 France Czech Republic Denmark 2008 Denmark Russia Czech Republic 2009 Russia Czech Republic Finland 2010 Russia Denmark Czech Republic 2011 Denmark Czech Republic Finland 2012 Finland Russia Austria 2013 Czech Republic Finland Estonia 2014 Estonia Finland France 2015 Austria Russia Finland 2016 Czech Republic Russia France 2017 Czech Republic Finland Russia 2018 Russia Sweden Czech Republic 2019 Russia Czech Republic Finland 2021 Finland Neutral* Switzerland *Neutral team from Russia
Women Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 2002 Finland France Czech Republic 2004 Finland Austria Australia 2005 Germany Czech Republic France 2006 Russia Finland Czech Republic 2007 Finland Russia Austria 2008 Finland Russia Austria 2009 Austria Switzerland Russia 2010 Denmark Finland Czech Republic 2011 Switzerland Lituania Slovakia 2012 Finland Switzerland Slovakia 2013 Finland Denmark Switzerland 2014 Russia Finland Czech Republic 2015 Finland Russia Czech Republic 2016 Finland Russia Czech Republic 2017 Finland France Russia 2018 Czech Republic Russia Finland 2019 Russia Finland Sweden 2021 Denmark Finland Neutral* *Neutral team from Russia
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