Orienteering at the 2001 World Games – Men's individual

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Orienteering men's individual
at the 2001 World Games
Venue Iijima Forest, Akita, Japan
Date18 August 2001
Competitors38 from 16 nations
Medalists
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2005  

The men's individual competition in orienteering at the 2001 World Games took place on 18 August 2001 in the Iijima Forest in Akita, Japan. [1]

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Competition format

A total of 38 athletes entered the competition. Every athlete had to check in at control points, which were located across the course.

Results

RankAthleteNationTime
Gold medal icon.svg Grant Bluett Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 31:00.4
Silver medal icon.svg Tore Sandvik Flag of Norway.svg Norway 31:38.3
Bronze medal icon.svg Jamie Stevenson Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 31:42.9
4 Niclas Jonasson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 31:49.7
5 Pavel Naumov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 33:17.7
6 Carsten Jørgensen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 33:36.4
7 Emil Wingstedt Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 33:41.9
8 Jarkko Huovila Flag of Finland.svg Finland 33:43.4
9 Vladimír Lučan Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 33:58.8
10 Juha Peltola Flag of Finland.svg Finland 34:11.3
11 Edgaras Voveris Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 34:31.8
12 Mats Haldin Flag of Finland.svg Finland 35:19.8
13 Janusz Porzycz Flag of Poland.svg Poland 35:52.0
14 Robert Banach Flag of Poland.svg Poland 35:57.7
15 Matthias Niggli Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 36:26.2
16 Evgeny Gavrilov Flag of Russia.svg Russia 36:33.8
17 Carl Henrik Bjørseth Flag of Norway.svg Norway 37:06.9
18 Olle Kärner Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 37:08.1
19 Robert Walter Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 37:44.0
20 Michal Jedlička Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 37:48.1
21 Damien Renard Flag of France.svg France 37:50.2
22 Mats Troeng Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 37:51.4
23 Toshiyuki Matsuzawa Flag of Japan.svg Japan 37:57.0
24 Matthias Gilgien Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 37:57.5
25 Donatus Schnyder Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 38:01.6
26 Ingo Horst Flag of Germany.svg Germany 38:44.1
27 František Libant Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 38:55.3
28 Mikael Boström Flag of Finland.svg Finland 39:07.1
29 Michael Thierolf Flag of Germany.svg Germany 39:42.7
30 Marián Dávidík Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia 39:54.0
31 Stephen Palmer Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 41:12.4
32 Allan Mogensen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 41:31.7
33 François Gonon Flag of France.svg France 42:38.7
34 Bjørnar Valstad Flag of Norway.svg Norway 43:23.0
35 Hirobumi Kagaya Flag of Japan.svg Japan 43:44.2
Morten Fenger-Grøn Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark DSQ
Erik Aibast Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia DSQ
Svajūnas Ambrazas Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania DSQ

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References

  1. "Results". www.web.archive.org. Retrieved 2020-06-22.