The 2nd World Orienteering Championships were held in Linköping, Sweden, 28–29 September 1968.
The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.
The men's individual course had 18 controls over 14.6 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 7.8 kilometres.
Swedish Television (SVT) broadcast the entire individual competition live. This was the first time ever orienteering was shown live on TV in Sweden, or in any other country in the world.
Medalists Men's individual 1:48:19 1:49:38 1:50:13 Women's individual 1:04:55 1:10:35 1:11:27 Men's relay 4:25:19 4:25:28 4:42:31 Women's relay 3:17:53 3:18:07 3:42:15
Results
Men's individual + WOC 1968 – Individual – Men (14.6 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time Karl Johansson 1:48:19 Sture Björk 1:49:38 Åge Hadler 1:50:13 4 Juhani Salmenkylä 1:51:18 5 Ola Skarholt 1:51:48 6 Sten-Olof Carlström 1:53:37 7 Jostein Nilsen 1:54:16 8 Stig Berge 1:54:32 9 Pauli Reunamäki 1:55:27 10 Veijo Tahvanainen 1:55:30
Women's individual + WOC 1968 – Individual – Women (7.8 km) Rank Competitor Nation Time Ulla Lindkvist 1:04:55 Ingrid Hadler 1:10:35 Kerstin Granstedt 1:11:27 4 Pirjo Seppä 5 Raila Kerkelä 6 Vibeke Bøgevig 7 Jitenka Sevcikova 8 Birgitta Larsson 9 Inga-Britt Bengtsson 10 Astrid Rødmyr 11 Tuula Hovi 12 Katharina Mo 1:28:50
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