2014 World Orienteering Championships

2014 World Orienteering Championships

Host city	Venice
Country	Italy
Nations	54
Opening	5 July 2014 (2014-07-05)
Closing	12 July 2014 (2014-07-12)
Website	woc2014.fisoveneto.it
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The 31st World Orienteering Championships was held in the Trentino and Veneto regions of Italy, from 5 to 12 July 2014. ^[1] It was the first time that Mixed Sprint Relay was a part of the program at a World Championships.

Results

Individual sprint final

5 July 2014

Men

1. Søren Bobach (Denmark), 15:37.2 ^[2]
2. Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland), 15:39.3
3. Tue Lassen (Denmark) 15:41.4

Women

1. Judith Wyder (Switzerland), 15:32.0 ^[3]
2. Tove Alexanderson (Sweden), 15:43.9
3. Maja Alm (Denmark), 15:45.7

Mixed sprint relay

7 July 2014

1. Switzerland (Rahel Friederich, Martin Hubmann, Matthias Kyburz, Judith Wyder), 59:04 ^[4]
2. Denmark (Emma Klingenberg, Tue Lassen, Søren Bobach, Maja Alm), 59:07
3. Russia (Anastasiya Tikhonova, Gleb Tikhonov, Andrey Khramov, Galina Vinogradova), 59:15

Long distance

9 July 2014

Men

1. Thierry Gueorgiou (France), 1:34:45
2. Daniel Hubmann (Switzerland), 1:36:12
3. Olav Lundanes (Norway), 1:37:09

Women

1. Svetlana Mironova (Russia), 1:19:44
2. Tove Alexandersson (Sweden), 1:20:15
3. Judith Wyder (Switzerland), 1:20:34

Middle distance

11 July 2014

Men

1. Olav Lundanes (Norway), 38:12
2. Fabian Hertner (Switzerland), 38:30
3. Oleksandr Kratov (Ukraine), 38:46

Women

1. Annika Billstam (Sweden), 37:03
2. Ida Bobach (Denmark), 37:25
3. Tove Alexandersson (Sweden), 37:27

Relay

12 July 2014

Men

1.   Sweden (Jonas Leandersson, Fredrik Johansson, Gustav Bergman), 1:56:49
2.    Switzerland (Fabian Hertner, Daniel Hubmann, Matthias Kyburz), 1:57:58
3.   France (Frederic Tranchand, Francois Gonon, Thierry Gueorgiou ), 1:58:03

Women

1.    Switzerland (Sara Luescher, Sabine Hauswirth, Judith Wyder), 1:51:11
2.   Denmark (Emma Klingenberg, Ida Bobach, Maja Alm), 1:51:32
3.   Sweden (Helena Jansson, Annika Billstam, Tove Alexandersson), 1:53:56

Participating countries

A total of 54 countries participated at this World Championships. ^[5]

Argentina   Australia   Austria   Azerbaijan   Belgium   Belarus   Brazil   Bulgaria   Canada

Chile   China   Colombia   Croatia   Cyprus   Czech Republic   Denmark   Ecuador   Spain

Estonia   Finland   France   Great Britain   Germany   Hong Kong   Hungary   Ireland   Israel

Italy   Japan   Korea   Latvia   Lithuania   Moldova   Macedonia   Montenegro   Netherlands

North Korea   Norway   New Zealand   Poland   Portugal   Romania   South Africa   Russia   Slovenia

Serbia    Switzerland   Slovakia   Sweden   Chinese Taipei   Turkey   Ukraine   Uruguay   USA

References

1. Official website
2. "WOC 2014 Trentino – Sprint Final – Men" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
3. "WOC 2014 Trentino – Sprint Final – Women" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
4. "WOC 2014 Trentino – Mixed Sprint Relay" (PDF). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
5. "Team Overview". woc2014.info.