The 36th World Orienteering Championships were held in Østfold, Norway in August 2019.
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 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.
Schedule 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
Men Long distanceWednesday 14th LONG 1:30:09 1:31:48 1:33:07Middle distance 34:18 34:29 34:47Relay 1:40:42 1:42:16 1:42:25
Women Long distance 1:09:00 1:15:16 1:15:50Middle distance 38:20 38:25 40:05Relay 1:35:49 1:35:53 1:36:56
Results
Men's long distance + WOC 2019 – Long – Men (16.6 km, 26 controls) Rank Competitor Nation Time Olav Lundanes 1:30:09 Kasper Fosser 1:31:48 Daniel Hubmann 1:33:07 4 Matthias Kyburz 1:33:10 5 Ruslan Glibov 1:33:24 6 Magne Daehli 1:35:37 7 Vojtěch Král 1:36:03 8 Albin Ridefelt 1:36:11 9 Gernot Ymsén 1:36:22 10 Frédéric Tranchand 1:36:28 11 Martin Hubmann 1:36:45 12 Gustav Bergman 1:36:46 13 Emil Svensk 1:37:43 14 Elias Kuukka 1:37:47 15 Timo Sild 1:39:14 16 Miika Kirmula 1:39:55
Women's long distance + WOC 2019 – Long – Women (11.7 km, 21 controls) Rank Competitor Nation Time Tove Alexandersson 1:09:00 Lina Strand 1:15:16 Simona Aebersold 1:15:50 4 Marika Teini 1:16:02 5 Sabine Hauswirth 1:18:26 6 Karolin Ohlsson 1:19:14 6 Venla Harju 1:19:14 8 Julia Jakob 1:19:54 9 Sara Hagström 1:20:25 9 Anastasia Rudnaya 1:20:25 11 Natalia Gemperle 1:21:10 12 Vendula Horcicková 1:21:25 13 Kamilla Olaussen 1:21:34 14 Svetlana Mironova 1:21:42 15 Marianne Andersen 1:21:59 16 Denisa Kosova 1:22:07
Women's middle final + WOC 2019 – Middle – Women (5.5 km, 20 controls) Rank Competitor Nation Time Tove Alexandersson 38:20 Simona Aebersold 38:25 Natalia Gemperle 40:05 Venla Harju 40:05 5 Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg 40:07 6 Sabine Hauswirth 40:08 7 Lina Strand 40:12 8 Denisa Kosova 40:37 9 Marika Teini 41:06 10 Cecilie Friberg Klysner 41:27 11 Merja Rantanen 41:37 12 Marianne Andersen 42:39 13 Anastasia Rudnaya 42:54 14 Karolin Ohlsson 43:00 15 Lenka Mechlová 43:15 16 Kamilla Olaussen 43:18
Men's middle final + WOC 2019 – Long – Men (6.1 km, 23 controls) Rank Competitor Nation Time Olav Lundanes 34:18 Gustav Bergman 34:29 Magne Daehli 34:47 4 Emil Svensk 34:48 5 Lucas Basset 35:20 6 Frédéric Tranchand 36:09 7 Miika Kirmula 36:15 8 Florian Howald 36:29 9 Andreas Kyburz 36:37 10 Daniel Hubmann 36:48 11 Ruslan Glibov 36:55 12 Aleksi Niemi 36:59 13 Timo Sild 37:12 14 Vojtěch Král 37:28 15 Milos Nykodym 37:53 16 Tue Lassen 38:04
References
External links Official website