Orienteering at the 2025 World Games – Men's middle distance

Men's middle distance at the 2025 World Games
Venue	Eastern New Area Orienteering Venue, Chengdu, China
Date	8 August
Competitors	40 from 21 nations
Winning time	45:22
Medalists
Riccardo Rancan   Switzerland Francesco Mariani   Italy Vegard Westergard   Canada
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The men's middle-distance competition at the 2025 World Games took place on 8 August at the Eastern New Area Orienteering Venue in Chengdu, China. ^{[1] [2]}

The competition was characterized by extreme heat, with temperatures of 37 degrees Celsius seen out on the course. ^[3] During the competition, Italian orienteer Mattia Debertolis collapsed and was taken to hospital, where he died two days later, receiving international attention. He was classified among 12 athletes that did not finish in the official results. ^{[4] [5]}

Competition format

A total of forty athletes from twenty-one different nations qualified, based on a point system, taking in consideration both the Orienteering World Ranking and the results from the 2024 World Orienteering Championships.

Results

The results were a follows: ^[6]

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Time
	Riccardo Rancan	Switzerland	45:22
	Francesco Mariani	Italy	47:43
	Vegard Westergard	Canada	47:48
4	Tim Robertson	New Zealand	48:09
5	Michał Olejnik	Poland	48:27
6	Zoltán Bujdosó	Hungary	52:12
7	Jonatan Gustafsson	Sweden	52:24
8	Yannick Michiels	Belgium	53:40
9	Tino Polsini	Switzerland	54:41
10	Jim Bailey	Great Britain	55:25
11	Bojan Blumenstein	Germany	56:13
12	Alastain George	Australia	56:16
13	David Rojas	Spain	56:31
14	Matthias Reiner	Austria	57:58
15	Joseph Lynch	New Zealand	59:33
16	August Mollén	Sweden	59:35
17	Uldis Upītis	Latvia	1:00:14
18	Tang Jianda	China	1:03:07
19	Fabian Aebersold	Switzerland	1:03:11
20	Martin Roháč	Slovakia	1:03:41
21	Douglas Schmitz	Brazil	1:04:49
22	Illia Otreshko	Ukraine	1:05:45
23	Liu Xiaoming	China	1:11:20
24	Freddie Carcas	Great Britain	1:12:09
25	Kento Kato	Japan	1:13:32
26	Damian Konotopetz	Canada	1:13:35
27	Shin Futamata	Japan	1:17:48
28	Ma Lok Hin	Hong Kong	1:20:07
	Angus Haines	Australia	DSQ
	Leandro Nascimento	Brazil	DNF
	Joshua Au	Hong Kong
	Endijs Titomers	Latvia
	Piotr Parfianowicz	Poland
	Anselm Reichenbach	Germany
	Jakub Glonek	Czech Republic
	Quim Vich	Spain
	Mattia Debertolis	Italy
	Tomáš Křivda	Czech Republic
	Ferenc Jónás	Hungary
	Jannis Bonek	Austria

References

1. "The World Games 2025, Chengdu (CHN)". www.theworldgames.org. Retrieved 2025-08-06.
2. "Orienteering – Schedule" (PDF). twg2025.swisstiming.com. 7 August 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
3. "Úspech v nečakanej disciplíne. Slovensko získalo na Svetových hrách prvú medailu". sportnet.sme.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 12 August 2025.
4. Ransom, Ian (12 August 2025). "Italian orienteering athlete dies after collapsing at World Games". The Independent. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
5. Hincks, Michael. "Mattia Debertolis: Italian orienteering athlete dies after collapsing at World Games in Chengdu". Olympic News. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
6. "The World Games 2025 – Orienteering – Men's Middle Distance – Results" (PDF). twg2025.swisstiming.com. 8 August 2025. Retrieved 8 August 2025.