| Host city | Tartu |
|---|---|
| Country |  Estonia |
| Opening | 30 June 2017 |
| Closing | 7 July 2017 |
| Website | www |
The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017. [1] The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres.
| Date | Discipline | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 30.06. | Sprint Qualification | Tartu |
| Opening Ceremony | Tartu | |
| 01.07. | Sprint Final | Tartu |
| 02.07. | Sprint Relay | Viljandi |
| 03.07. | rest day | |
| 04.07. | Long Distance | Rõuge |
| 05.07. | rest day | |
| 06.07. | Middle Distance | Vitipalu (Nõo) |
| 07.07. | Relay | Vitipalu (Nõo) |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's sprint [2] |  Daniel Hubmann (SUI) | 14:30.6 |  Frederic Tranchand (FRA) | 14:33.5 |  Jerker Lysell (SWE) | 14:35.8 |
| Women's sprint [2] |  Maja Alm (DEN) | 13:55.5 |  Natalia Gemperle (RUS) | 14:32.5 | Galina Vinogradova (RUS) | 14:34.2 |
| Sprint relay [3] | 1:03:32 | 1:04:02 | 1:04.26 | |||
| Men's middle distance [4] | Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) | 33:12 | Fabian Hertner (SUI) | 33:37 |  Oleksandr Kratov (UKR) | 33:42 |
| Women's middle distance [4] | Tove Alexandersson (SWE) | 32:34 |  Marianne Andersen (NOR) | 34:44 |  Venla Harju (FIN) | 36:44 |
| Men's long distance [5] | Olav Lundanes (NOR) | 1:45:25 | Leonid Novikov (RUS) | 1:47:15 | William Lind (SWE) | 1:47:38 |
| Women's long distance [5] | Tove Alexandersson (SWE) | 1:19:10 | Maja Alm (DEN) | 1:20:42 | Natalia Gemperle (RUS) | 1:24:46 |
| Men's relay [6] | 1:34:50 | 1:36:06 | 1:36:53 | |||
| Women's relay [6] | 1:41:12 | 1:43:53 | 1:45:35 | |||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden (SWE) | 4 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Norway (NOR) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Denmark (DEN) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| France (FRA) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 5 | Switzerland (SUI) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Russia (RUS) | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
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