2025 World Orienteering Championships

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2025 World Orienteering Championships
Location Flag of Finland.svg Kuopio, Finland
Dates712 July 2025
  2024
2026  

The 2025 World Orienteering Championships were held from 7 to 12 July in Kuopio, Finland. [1] The championships consist of six forest competitions: middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. A total of 18 medals were awarded.

Contents

Schedule

DateEventComment
8 JulyMiddle Qualification
9 JulyMiddle distance Final
10 JulyLong distance
11 JulyRest day
12 JulyRelay

Results

The competition started with a middle qualifier on the 8 July. On 9 July, the middle final was held, where the Women's podium was a clean sweep for Sweden, with defending champion Tove Alexandersson winning the gold and Sanna Fast and Hanna Lundberg claiming the other medals. This was the first time a World Championship podium was filled by only one nation since 2011, when the Swedish women won all available medals at the sprint. In the Men's final, European champion Eirik Langedal Breivik won ahead of Kasper Fosser, with the bronze being won by Anton Johansson by only one second ahead of defending world champion Matthias Kyburz from Switzerland. [2]

In the Long Distance on 10 July, Kasper Harlem Fosser and Simona Aebersold both successfully defended their titles from the previous world championships in 2023, with Aebersold defeating Tove Alexandersson by only nine seconds after Alexandersson made some mistakes late on the course. [3] The women's podium was exactly the same as the podium in 2023, with Andrine Benjaminsen retaining her bronze medal. On the men's side, Matthias Kyburz received the bronze ahead of Emil Svensk by a margin of only 11 seconds, with Sprint world champion Martin Regborn attaining the silver medal. [4]

On 12 July, the relay event was held, with Sweden dominating the women's race with strong races from the three medalists from the middle distance, Tove Alexandersson, Sanna Fast and Hanna Lundberg. Norway came second, with Switzerland coming third. On the men's race, defending champions Switzerland were defeated by Norway, with the relay being decided by Eirik Langedal Breivik and Kasper Fosser on the last two legs for Norway's first victory in the relay since 2018. Switzerland came second, and Finland came third, after Max Peter Bejmer from Sweden's team made a mistake on the last leg and missed a control. Miika Kirmula from Finland decided the relay on the last few controls, after a competitive battle with Lucas Basset of France, who took fourth place. [5]

Women's Middle

WOC 2025 – Middle – Women
RankCompetitorNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Tove Alexandersson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden33:17
Silver medal icon.svg Sanna Fast Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden34:19
Bronze medal icon.svg Hanna Lundberg Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden35:43
4 Andrine Benjaminsen Flag of Norway.svg Norway36:50
5 Simona Aebersold Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland36:57
6 Natalia Gemperle Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland37:17
7= Marika Teini Flag of Finland.svg Finland37:30
7= Evely Kaasiku Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia37:30
9 Ida Haapala Flag of Finland.svg Finland37:33
10 Aleksandra Hornik Flag of Poland.svg Poland37:46

Men's Middle

WOC 2025 – Middle – Men
RankCompetitorNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Eirik Langedal Breivik Flag of Norway.svg Norway33:42
Silver medal icon.svg Kasper Harlem Fosser Flag of Norway.svg Norway34:16
Bronze medal icon.svg Anton Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden34:49
4 Matthias Kyburz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland34:50
5 Miika Kirmula Flag of Finland.svg Finland35:24
6 Gustav Bergman Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden35:30
7 Matthieu Perrin Flag of France.svg France35:55
8 Max Peter Bejmer Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden36:17
9= Lukas Liland Flag of Norway.svg Norway36:34
9= Daniel Hubmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland36:34

Women's Long

WOC 2025 – Long – Women
RankCompetitorNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Simona Aebersold Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland1:34:51
Silver medal icon.svg Tove Alexandersson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:35:00
Bronze medal icon.svg Andrine Benjaminsen Flag of Norway.svg Norway1:37:16
4 Natalia Gemperle Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland1:38:22
5 Sanna Fast Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:39:11
6 Venla Harju Flag of Finland.svg Finland1:41:27
7 Sara Hagstrom Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:44:21
8 Ida Haapala Flag of Finland.svg Finland1:45:21
9 Hanna Lundberg Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:46:24
10 Marie Olaussen Flag of Norway.svg Norway1:48:17

Men's Long

WOC 2025 – Long – Men
RankCompetitorNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Kasper Harlem Fosser Flag of Norway.svg Norway1:37:50
Silver medal icon.svg Martin Regborn Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:40:47
Bronze medal icon.svg Matthias Kyburz Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland1:41:30
4 Emil Svensk Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:41:41
5 Viktor Svensk Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden1:43:10
6 Miika Kirmula Flag of Finland.svg Finland1:43:33
7 Martin Hubmann Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Switzerland1:44:44
8 Lukas Liland Flag of Norway.svg Norway1:44:51
9 Akseli Ruohola Flag of Finland.svg Finland1:46:00
10 Jannis Bonek Flag of Austria.svg Austria1:49:48

Medal summary

Men

EventGoldSilverBronze
Middle distance [6] Eirik Langedal Breivik
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
33:42 Kasper Harlem Fosser
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
34:16 Anton Johansson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
34:49
Long distance [7] Kasper Harlem Fosser
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:37:50 Martin Regborn
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1:40:47 Matthias Kyburz
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:41:30
Relay [8] Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Jørgen Baklid
Eirik Langedal Breivik
Kasper Harlem Fosser
1:41:38Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Daniel Hubmann
Fabian Aebersold
Matthias Kyburz
1:43:28Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Topi Syrjäläinen
Akseli Ruohola
Miika Kirmula
1:46:27

Women

EventGoldSilverBronze
Middle distance [9] Tove Alexandersson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
33:17 Sanna Fast
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
34:19 Hanna Lundberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
35:43
Long distance [7] Simona Aebersold
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
1:34:51 Tove Alexandersson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
1:35:00 Andrine Benjaminsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
1:37:16
Relay [10] Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Hanna Lundberg
Sanna Fast
Tove Alexandersson
1:41:32Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Pia Young Vik
Marie Olaussen
Andrine Benjaminsen
1:44:00Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland
Paula Gross
Natalia Gemperle
Simona Aebersold
1:45:32

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Finland)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3216
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2327
3Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 1124
4Flag of Finland.svg  Finland*0011
Totals (4 entries)66618

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