Host city | Vuokatti |
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Country | Finland |
Nations | 44 |
Opening | 6 July 2013 |
Closing | 14 July 2013 |
Website | woc2013 |
The 30th World Orienteering Championships was held in Vuokatti, Finland, from 6 to 14 July 2013. [1] [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Sprint | Mårten Boström Finland | Scott Fraser Great Britain | Jonas Leandersson Sweden |
Middle distance | Leonid Novikov Russia | Thierry Gueorgiou France | Gustav Bergman Sweden |
Long distance | Thierry Gueorgiou France | Jani Lakanen Finland | Edgars Bertuks Latvia |
Relay | Russia Leonid Novikov Valentin Novikov Dmitriy Tsvetkov | Sweden Anders Holmberg Peter Öberg Gustav Bergman | Ukraine Pavlo Ushkvarok Oleksandr Kratov Denys Sherbakov |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
---|---|---|---|
Sprint | Simone Niggli Switzerland | Annika Billstam Sweden | Venla Niemi Finland |
Middle distance | Simone Niggli Switzerland | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | Merja Rantanen Finland |
Long distance | Simone Niggli Switzerland | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | Lena Eliasson Sweden |
Relay | Norway Heidi Bagstevold Anne M. Hausken Nordberg Mari Fasting | Finland Venla Niemi Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi | Switzerland Sara Lüscher Judith Wyder Simone Niggli |
A total of 44 countries participated at this World Championships. [3]
The sprint finals were held on 8 July 2013 at Hiukka, Sotkamo. [4]
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Mårten Boström | Finland | 14:19.6 | |
Scott Fraser | Great Britain | 14:36.7 | |
Jonas Leandersson | Sweden | 14:37.8 | |
4 | Fabian Hertner | Switzerland | 14:41.3 |
5 | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 14:45.8 |
6 | Rasmus Thrane Hansen | Denmark | 14:47.3 |
7 | Øystein Kvaal Østerbø | Norway | 14:49.4 |
8 | Jerker Lysell | Sweden | 14:52.3 |
9 | Murray Strain | Great Britain | 14:56.4 |
10 | Jan Procházka | Czech Republic | 14:56.8 |
11 | Andreas Kyburz | Switzerland | 14:58.2 |
12 | Yannick Michiels | Belgium | 15:06.3 |
13 | Pavlo Ushkvarok | Ukraine | 15:06.7 |
14 | Jonas Vytautas Gvildys | Lithuania | 15:13.6 |
15 | Tuomo Mäkelä | Finland | 15:17.9 |
16 | Kristian Jones | Great Britain | 15:18.8 |
17 | Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 15:19.9 |
18 | Bjørn Ekeberg | Norway | 15:21.8 |
19 | Petteri Muukkonen | Finland | 15:23.2 |
20 | Oleksandr Kratov | Ukraine | 15:24.3 |
21 | Carl Waaler Kaas | Norway | 15:24.6 |
22 | Martin Hubmann | Switzerland | 15:25.5 |
23 | Gernot Kerschbaumer | Austria | 15:25.6 |
24 | Kiril Nikolov | Bulgaria | 15:32.4 |
25 | Robert Merl | Austria | 15:35.0 |
26 | Andreas Boesen | Denmark | 15:38.6 |
27 | Vincent Coupat | France | 15:49.2 |
28 | Ivan Sirakov | Bulgaria | 15:50.1 |
29 | Roman Ryapolov | Russia | 15:56.8 |
30 | Simon Uppill | Australia | 15:58.0 |
31 | Ivaylo Kamenarov | Bulgaria | 16:00.3 |
32 | Wojciech Kowalski | Poland | 16:00.8 |
33 | Andreu Blanes | Spain | 16:06.6 |
34 | João Figueiredo | Portugal | 16:07.2 |
35 | Pieter Hendrickx | Belgium | 16:07.6 |
36 | Artūrs Pauliņš | Latvia | 16:08.5 |
37 | Milos Nykodym | Czech Republic | 16:17.7 |
38 | Mārtiņš Sirmais | Latvia | 16:18.6 |
39 | Máté Baumholczer | Hungary | 16:18.9 |
40 | Antonio Martínez | Spain | 16:24.0 |
41 | Christian Wartbichler | Austria | 16:31.8 |
42 | Alexander Lubina | Germany | 16:43.5 |
43 | Frédéric Tranchand | France | 16:54.9 |
44 | Marc Serrallonga | Spain | 16:59.2 |
45 | Kenny Kivikas | Estonia | 17:20.1 |
Vilius Aleliunas | Lithuania | DQ |
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Simone Niggli | Switzerland | 14:10.6 | |
Annika Billstam | Sweden | 14:18.7 | |
Venla Niemi | Finland | 14:48.5 | |
4 | Maja Alm | Denmark | 14:53.0 |
5 | Tessa Hill | Great Britain | 14:58.2 |
6 | Galina Vinogradova | Russia | 15:04.3 |
7 | Emma Klingenberg | Denmark | 15:08.9 |
8 | Merja Rantanen | Finland | 15:15.9 |
9 | Heidi Østlid Bagstevold | Norway | 15:20.8 |
10 | Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg | Norway | 15:22.8 |
11 | Nadiya Volynska | Ukraine | 15:34.5 |
12 | Lina Strand | Sweden | 15:35.0 |
13 | Iveta Duchova | Czech Republic | 15:38.4 |
14 | Lizzie Ingham | New Zealand | 15:39.6 |
15 | Olga Reznichenko | Ukraine | 15:49.3 |
16 | Rahel Friederich | Switzerland | 15:53.9 |
17 | Lea Vercellotti | France | 15:54.3 |
18 | Irina Nyberg | Russia | 15:54.7 |
19 | Ausrine Kutkaite | Lithuania | 15:54.9 |
20 | Sarah Rollins | Great Britain | 16:01.5 |
21 | Sabine Hauswirth | Switzerland | 16:07.5 |
22 | Tereza Novotna | Czech Republic | 16:10.1 |
23 | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 16:12.6 |
24 | Alva Olsson | Sweden | 16:15.6 |
25 | Alison Crocker | United States | 16:16.7 |
26 | Ekaterina Nikitina | Russia | 16:21.0 |
27 | Annika Rihma | Estonia | 16:24.7 |
28 | Gabija Ražaitytė | Lithuania | 16:33.0 |
29 | Miek Fabré | Belgium | 16:33.3 |
30 | Kristina Rybakovaitė | Lithuania | 16:51.1 |
31 | Felicity Brown | Australia | 16:53.8 |
32 | Vanessa Round | Australia | 16:56.4 |
33 | Paulina Faron | Poland | 16:57.5 |
34 | Elisa Elstner | Austria | 17:00.2 |
35 | Celine Dodin | France | 17:09.3 |
36 | Fanni Gyurkó | Hungary | 17:12.5 |
37 | Laura Vīķe | Latvia | 17:31.3 |
38 | Carlotta Scalet | Italy | 17:37.6 |
39 | Yingwei Wang | China | 17:52.3 |
40 | Christine Kirchlechner | Italy | 17:55.5 |
41 | Nataliya Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 18:07.3 |
42 | Jasmine Neve | Australia | 18:36.5 |
43 | Alicia Cobo | Spain | 20:02.0 |
Michela Guizzardi | Italy | DQ | |
Judith Wyder | Switzerland | DQ |
The middle distance finals were held on 12 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti. [4]
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Leonid Novikov | Russia | 37:45 | |
Thierry Gueorgiou | France | 37:54 | |
Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 38:21 | |
4 | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 39:08 |
5 | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 39:16 |
5 | Fabian Hertner | Switzerland | 39:16 |
7 | Carl Waaler Kaas | Norway | 39:21 |
8 | Edgars Bertuks | Latvia | 39:51 |
9 | Denys Sherbakov | Ukraine | 39:59 |
10 | Peter Öberg | Sweden | 40:22 |
11 | Oleksandr Kratov | Ukraine | 40:30 |
12 | Mārtiņš Sirmais | Latvia | 40:33 |
13 | Lauri Sild | Estonia | 41:02 |
14 | Johan Runesson | Sweden | 41:08 |
15 | Gernot Kerschbaumer | Austria | 41:10 |
16 | Anders Nordberg | Norway | 41:42 |
16 | Valentin Novikov | Russia | 41:42 |
18 | Zsolt Lenkei | Hungary | 41:46 |
19 | Olle Kärner | Estonia | 42:20 |
20 | Tomáš Dlabaja | Czech Republic | 42:22 |
21 | Jan Procházka | Czech Republic | 42:28 |
22 | Tue Lassen | Denmark | 42:44 |
23 | Hannu Airila | Finland | 42:46 |
24 | Jonas Vytautas Gvildys | Lithuania | 42:51 |
25 | Rasmus Thrane Hansen | Denmark | 42:54 |
26 | Robert Merl | Austria | 42:56 |
27 | Pavlo Ushkvarok | Ukraine | 43:11 |
28 | Philippe Adamski | France | 43:24 |
29 | Bjørn Ekeberg | Norway | 43:32 |
30 | Alexey Bortnik | Russia | 44:01 |
31 | Andreu Blanes | Spain | 44:03 |
32 | Mikhail Mamleev | Italy | 44:26 |
33 | Simon Uppill | Australia | 44:55 |
34 | Simonas Krėpšta | Lithuania | 45:39 |
35 | Michal Krajčík | Slovakia | 45:54 |
36 | Hector Haines | Great Britain | 46:50 |
37 | Christoph Prunsche | Germany | 47:16 |
38 | Roger Casal | Spain | 47:31 |
39 | Daniel Barkasz | Romania | 47:43 |
40 | Kalvis Mihailovs | Latvia | 47:56 |
41 | Mateusz Wenslaw | Poland | 48:24 |
42 | Pavel Gvozdev | Israel | 48:44 |
43 | Timo Sild | Estonia | 48:46 |
44 | Tiago Aires | Portugal | 51:17 |
Mark Nixon | Great Britain | DNF |
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Simone Niggli | Switzerland | 35:25 | |
Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 37:10 | |
Merja Rantanen | Finland | 37:59 | |
4 | Minna Kauppi | Finland | 38:39 |
5 | Irina Nyberg | Russia | 38:45 |
6 | Annika Billstam | Sweden | 38:49 |
7 | Amélie Chataing | France | 38:50 |
7 | Tatyana Riabkina | Russia | 38:50 |
9 | Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg | Norway | 38:56 |
10 | Maja Alm | Denmark | 39:13 |
11 | Ida Bobach | Denmark | 39:43 |
12 | Inga Dambe | Latvia | 39:46 |
13 | Judith Wyder | Switzerland | 39:50 |
14 | Venla Niemi | Finland | 40:03 |
15 | Ausrine Kutkaite | Lithuania | 40:24 |
16 | Nadiya Volynska | Ukraine | 40:30 |
17 | Vendula Haldin | Czech Republic | 40:42 |
18 | Tone Wigemyr | Norway | 40:45 |
19 | Mari Fasting | Norway | 41:10 |
20 | Saila Kinni | Finland | 41:13 |
21 | Hollie Orr | Great Britain | 41:39 |
22 | Sara Lüscher | Switzerland | 41:48 |
23 | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 41:54 |
24 | Dana Brožková | Czech Republic | 42:01 |
25 | Eva Juřeníková | Czech Republic | 42:09 |
26 | Emily Kemp | Canada | 42:43 |
27 | Lina Strand | Sweden | 42:45 |
28 | Claire Ward | Great Britain | 43:01 |
29 | Alison Crocker | United States | 44:49 |
30 | Anu Åkerman | Estonia | 45:34 |
31 | Olga Reznichenko | Ukraine | 45:49 |
32 | Charlotte Bouchet | France | 46:36 |
33 | Hanny Allston | Australia | 46:38 |
34 | Paulina Faron | Poland | 47:24 |
35 | Elisa Elstner | Austria | 47:31 |
36 | Indrė Valaite | Lithuania | 47:53 |
37 | Tessa Hill | Great Britain | 48:46 |
38 | Christiane Tröße | Germany | 49:08 |
39 | Laura Vīķe | Latvia | 49:19 |
40 | Annabel Valledor | Spain | 50:05 |
41 | Louise Oram | Canada | 50:09 |
42 | Michela Guizzardi | Italy | 53:07 |
43 | Vanessa Round | Australia | 53:20 |
44 | Jasmine Neve | Australia | 54:28 |
45 | Hinako Inage | Japan | 1:01:24 |
The long distance finals were held on 9 July 2013 at Kumpula, Sotkamo. [4]
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Thierry Gueorgiou | France | 1:41:39 | |
Jani Lakanen | Finland | 1:42:57 | |
Edgars Bertuks | Latvia | 1:43:29 | |
4 | Dmitriy Tsvetkov | Russia | 1:43:43 |
5 | Magne Daehli | Norway | 1:43:57 |
6 | Matthias Merz | Switzerland | 1:44:20 |
7 | Daniel Hubmann | Switzerland | 1:44:48 |
8 | Tue Lassen | Denmark | 1:46:21 |
9 | Kiril Nikolov | Bulgaria | 1:46:40 |
9 | Valentin Novikov | Russia | 1:46:40 |
11 | Anders Holmberg | Sweden | 1:47:03 |
12 | Philippe Adamski | France | 1:47:36 |
13 | Anders Nordberg | Norway | 1:47:40 |
14 | Fredrik Johansson | Sweden | 1:47:58 |
15 | Simonas Krėpšta | Lithuania | 1:48:11 |
16 | Jan Šedivý | Czech Republic | 1:48:15 |
17 | Tero Föhr | Finland | 1:48:37 |
18 | Stepan Kodeda | Czech Republic | 1:48:55 |
19 | Timo Sild | Estonia | 1:49:53 |
20 | Ralph Street | Great Britain | 1:50:19 |
21 | Vilius Aleliunas | Lithuania | 1:50:37 |
22 | Hans Gunnar Omdal | Norway | 1:50:44 |
23 | Yury Tambasov | Belarus | 1:51:42 |
24 | Simo-Pekka Fincke | Finland | 1:51:45 |
25 | Leonid Novikov | Russia | 1:51:52 |
25 | Artem Panchenko | Ukraine | 1:51:52 |
27 | Peeter Pihl | Estonia | 1:53:04 |
28 | Zsolt Lenkei | Hungary | 1:53:09 |
29 | Jan Petržela | Czech Republic | 1:53:47 |
30 | Baptiste Rollier | Switzerland | 1:54:51 |
31 | Sören Lösch | Germany | 1:55:40 |
32 | Aleksei Alekseyonok | Belarus | 1:57:11 |
33 | Nicolas Simonin | Ireland | 1:57:13 |
34 | Søren Schwartz Sørensen | Denmark | 1:57:44 |
35 | Mikhail Mamleev | Italy | 1:58:17 |
36 | Tiago Aires | Portugal | 1:58:44 |
37 | Diogo Miguel | Portugal | 1:58:45 |
38 | Kalvis Mihailovs | Latvia | 1:59:44 |
39 | Johan Runesson | Sweden | 2:00:29 |
40 | Jānis Kūms | Latvia | 2:02:35 |
41 | Markus Lang | Austria | 2:04:25 |
42 | Roger Casal | Spain | 2:05:43 |
43 | Mateusz Wenslaw | Poland | 2:07:02 |
44 | Pavel Gvozdev | Israel | 2:11:10 |
45 | Andrey Salin | Belarus | 2:26:32 |
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Simone Niggli | Switzerland | 1:20:02 | |
Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 1:23:01 | |
Lena Eliasson | Sweden | 1:23:08 | |
4 | Minna Kauppi | Finland | 1:23:44 |
5 | Tatyana Riabkina | Russia | 1:23:45 |
6 | Anni-Maija Fincke | Finland | 1:25:51 |
7 | Emma Johansson | Sweden | 1:26:32 |
8 | Mari Fasting | Norway | 1:26:40 |
9 | Tone Wigemyr | Norway | 1:28:06 |
10 | Catherine Taylor | Great Britain | 1:28:11 |
11 | Ida Bobach | Denmark | 1:28:46 |
12 | Eva Juřeníková | Czech Republic | 1:29:26 |
13 | Dana Brožková | Czech Republic | 1:29:41 |
14 | Amélie Chataing | France | 1:31:01 |
15 | Sara Lüscher | Switzerland | 1:31:27 |
16 | Anastasiya Tikhonova | Russia | 1:31:28 |
17 | Natalia Efimova | Russia | 1:31:37 |
18 | Alison Crocker | United States | 1:32:30 |
19 | Aija Skrastiņa | Latvia | 1:33:03 |
20 | Sarina Jenzer | Switzerland | 1:34:05 |
21 | Inga Dambe | Latvia | 1:34:53 |
22 | Hanny Allston | Australia | 1:35:17 |
23 | Ines Brodmann | Switzerland | 1:35:48 |
24 | Rasa Ptašekaitė | Lithuania | 1:36:56 |
25 | Emily Kemp | Canada | 1:38:03 |
26 | Gabija Ražaitytė | Lithuania | 1:38:13 |
27 | Helen Palmer | Great Britain | 1:38:37 |
28 | Līga Ārniece | Latvia | 1:39:33 |
29 | Anu Åkerman | Estonia | 1:39:38 |
30 | Olga Sluta | Ukraine | 1:41:05 |
31 | Indrė Valaite | Lithuania | 1:43:22 |
32 | Nataliya Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 1:44:50 |
33 | Miek Fabré | Belgium | 1:45:08 |
34 | Kirti Rebane | Estonia | 1:46:26 |
35 | Michaela Omová | Czech Republic | 1:46:52 |
36 | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 1:48:20 |
37 | Anastasia Kruglenia | Belarus | 1:49:19 |
38 | Daria Lajn | Poland | 1:50:19 |
39 | Alicia Cobo | Spain | 1:52:33 |
40 | Karoliina Sundberg | Finland | 1:53:51 |
41 | Anna Serrallonga | Spain | 1:55:30 |
42 | Maryna Suzdalova | Ukraine | 1:56:29 |
43 | Louise Oram | Canada | 1:56:50 |
44 | Michela Guizzardi | Italy | 1:58:03 |
Emma Klingenberg | Denmark | DQ |
The relay events were held on 13 July 2013 at Koulurinne, Vuokatti. [4]
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