Orienteering at the 2001 World Games – Women's individual

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Orienteering women's individual
at the 2001 World Games
Venue Iijima Forest, Akita, Japan
Date18 August 2001
Competitors38 from 18 nations
Medalists
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2005  

The women'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 Hanne Staff Flag of Norway.svg Norway 33:38.3
Silver medal icon.svg Anette Granstedt Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 34:07.8
Bronze medal icon.svg Birgitte Husebye Flag of Norway.svg Norway 34:20.9
4 Giedrė Voverienė Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 35:34.2
5 Simone Luder Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 36:17.6
6 Katalin Oláh Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 36:20.3
7 Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Flag of Norway.svg Norway 37:18.3
8 Jenny James Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 38:16.0
9 Vilma Rudzenskaitė Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 38:33.6
10 Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Flag of Finland.svg Finland 39:28.3
11 Jenny Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 39:54.9
12 Johanna Asklöf Flag of Finland.svg Finland 40:09.4
13 Joanne Allison Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 40:18.3
14 Nina Vinnytska Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 40:35.1
15 Brigitte Wolf Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland 40:53.0
16 Elo Saue Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 41:21.9
17 Anna Górnicka-Antonowicz Flag of Poland.svg Poland 41:36.8
18 Nataliya Potopalska Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 41:41.1
19 Heather Monro Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain 42:11.9
20 Bohdana Terova Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 42:32.4
21 Anna Folkegard Garin Flag of Spain.svg Spain 43:07.5
22 Zdenka Stará Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 43:21.1
23 Laure Coupat Flag of France.svg France 43:21.5
24 Helene Hausner Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 45:17.0
25 Katarina Allberg Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 45:46.8
26 Misa Shioda Flag of Japan.svg Japan 45:49.9
27 Elena Voronina Flag of Russia.svg Russia 46:21.8
28 Kirsi Boström Flag of Finland.svg Finland 48:06.1
29 Barbara Bączek Flag of Poland.svg Poland 48:43.7
30 Natasha Key Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 48:59.5
31 Liisa Anttila Flag of Finland.svg Finland 50:54.8
32 Anne Konring Olesen Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 51:06.1
33 Anu Annus Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 52:08.4
34 Maia Tcernouchka Flag of Russia.svg Russia 55:28.6
35 Silke Schlittermann Flag of Germany.svg Germany 57:00.2
36 Yuka Kinnami Flag of Japan.svg Japan 58:52.1
Juliette Soulard Flag of France.svg France DSQ
Luise Karger Flag of Germany.svg Germany DSQ

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References

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