Orienteering at the World Games is organized as an individual competition for both women and men, and a mix relay for teams of two men and two women. [1]
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) became a member of the International World Games Association (IWGA) in 1995. [2] The World Games are held every four years, for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. Orienteering was first included in the program in 2001.
| Year | Days | Venue |
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| 2001 | August 15–25 |  Akita, Japan |
| 2005 | July 14–24 |  Duisburg, Germany [3] |
| 2009 | July 16–26 |  Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei |
| 2013 | July 25-August 4 |  Cali, Colombia |
| 2017 | July 20–30 |  Wroclaw, Poland |
| 2022 | July 7–17 |  Birmingham, Alabama, United States |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 2009 Kaohsiung |  Andrey Khramov (RUS) |  Daniel Hubmann (SUI) |  Tero Föhr (FIN) | [4] |
| 2013 Cali | Matthias Kyburz (SUI) | Andrey Khramov (RUS) |  Jerker Lysell (SWE) | [5] |
| 2017 Wroclaw | Jerker Lysell (SWE) |  Yannick Michiels (BEL) | Matthias Kyburz (SUI) | |
| 2022 Birmingham |  Tim Robertson (NZL) | Martin Regborn (SWE) |  Tomaš Krivda (CZE) |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 2009 Kaohsiung | Minna Kauppi (FIN) |  Johanna Allston (AUS) |  Elise Egseth (NOR) | [4] |
| 2013 Cali | Annika Billstam (SWE) | Anne Margrethe Hausken (NOR) |  Maja Alm (DEN) | [5] |
| 2017 Wroclaw | Maja Alm (DEN) | Elena Roos (SUI) | Lina Strand (SWE) | |
| 2022 Birmingham | Simona Aebersold (SUI) | Tereza Janošikova (CZE) | Elena Roos (SUI) |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
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| 2001 Akita | Grant Bluett (AUS) | Tore Sandvik (NOR) |  Jamie Stevenson (GBR) | [6] |
| 2005 Duisburg |  Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA) | Daniel Hubmann (SUI) | Øystein Kvaal Østerbø (NOR) | [7] |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Daniel Hubmann (SUI) | Dmitry Tsvetkov (RUS) | Andrey Khramov (RUS) | [4] |
| 2013 Cali | Matthias Kyburz (SUI) | Daniel Hubmann (SUI) |  Vilius Aleliunas (LTU) | [5] |
| 2017 Wroclaw | Matthias Kyburz (SUI) | Florian Howald (SUI) | Vojtech Kral (CZE) | |
| 2022 Birmingham | Kasper Harlem Fosser (NOR) | Matthias Kyburz (SUI) | Martin Regborn (SWE) |
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 Akita | Hanne Staff (NOR) | Anette Granstedt (SWE) | Birgitte Husebye (NOR) | [6] |
| 2005 Duisburg | Simone Niggli-Luder (SUI) | Karin Schmalfeld (GER) | Heather Monro (GBR) | [7] |
| 2009 Kaohsiung | Johanna Allston (AUS) | Minna Kauppi (FIN) | Linnea Gustafsson (SWE) | [4] |
| 2013 Cali | Minna Kauppi (FIN) | Tove Alexandersson (SWE) |  Nadiya Volynska (UKR) | [5] |
| 2017 Wroclaw | Helena Jansson (SWE) | Natalia Gemperle (RUS) | Sabine Hauswirth (SUI) | |
| 2022 Birmingham | Simona Aebersold (SUI) | Karolin Ohlsson (SWE) | Ingrid Lundanes (NOR) |
Finswimming is an underwater sport consisting of four techniques involving swimming with the use of fins either on the water's surface using a snorkel with either monofins or bifins or underwater with monofin either by holding one's breath or using open circuit scuba diving equipment. Events exist over distances similar to swimming competitions for both swimming pool and open water venues. Competition at world and continental level is organised by the Confédération Mondiale des Activités Subaquatiques. The sport's first world championship was held in 1976. It also has been featured at the World Games as a trend sport since 1981 and was demonstrated at the 2015 European Games in June 2015.
The World Orienteering Championships is an annual orienteering event organized by the International Orienteering Federation. The first World Championships was held in Fiskars, Finland in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003. Since 2003, competitions have been held annually. Participating nations have to be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
The Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC) are an annual orienteering competition. They were first held in 1990. Entry is open to national teams aged 20 and below as of 31 December in the year of competition. Representative countries must be members of the International Orienteering Federation (IOF).
Daniel Hubmann is a Swiss orienteering competitor. Hubmann is the most successful male Swiss orienteer of all time, with 9 Gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships. In 2023, with his victory in the relay at the 2023 World Orienteering Championships, Hubmann became the oldest competitor to win a gold medal at the World Orienteering Championships, at the age of 40 years and 61 days. Hubmann is currently the third most successful male orienteer of all time, behind Thierry Gueorgiou and Olav Lundanes, and has won more medals in total than any other male orienteer.
Sinikka Kukkonen was a Finnish orienteering competitor. She is World Champion in both orienteering and ski orienteering. She became the first World Champion in ski orienteering, in 1975.
Tore Sandvik is a Norwegian orienteering competitor and World champion. He won a gold medal in the 1999 World Orienteering Championships in Inverness with the Norwegian Relay team.
Magne Dæhli is a Norwegian orienteering competitor, ski-orienteer, and cross-country skier. His achievements include five medals in the relay at the World Orienteering Championships, of which three are gold medals. His best individual performances include a silver medal in the long distance from the European Orienteering Championships, and a bronze medal in the middle distance from the 2019 World Orienteering Championships.
Maja Møller Alm is a Danish orienteering and Athletics competitor who has won seven World Championships and two World Games titles. She is especially known for her four gold medals on the sprint distance, where she has won the title four years in a row: 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. She is also a medalist from the Junior World Championships. Since 2006 she has been coached by Danish national coach Lars Lindstrøm. Alm is remarkable for her dominant running speed, which gives her a great advantage over other competitors at the sprint distance.
Martin Johansson is a Swedish orienteering, ski-orienteering, and cross-country skiing competitor, a medallist at the orienteering world championships, and a 2004 Junior World Champion in relay. He received bronze medals in sprint at the World Orienteering Championships in Kyiv 2007 and Olomouc 2008. His brother, Lars, is a member of the Rockford Icehogs
Foot orienteering is the oldest formal orienteering sport, and the one with the most "starts" per year. Usually, a FootO is a timed race in which participants start at staggered intervals, are individually timed, and are expected to perform all navigation on their own. The control points are shown on the orienteering map and must be visited in the specified order. Standings are determined first by successful completion of the course, then by shortest time on course.
Ruslan Gritsan is a Russian competitor and multiple world champion in both ski-orienteering and mountain bike orienteering.
Karin Schmalfeld is a German orienteering competitor.
Michaela Gigon is an Austrian mountain bike orienteer and several times world champion. She has competed at all World MTB Orienteering Championships from 2002 to 2010, won individual gold medals in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2010, and in relay in 2009.
Adrian Jackson is an Australian mountain bike orienteering competitor and World Champion. He has won individual gold medals at the 2004, 2008, 2009 and 2010 World MTB Orienteering Championships.
Ksenia Chernykh is a Russian mountain bike orienteer and World Champion. She won individual gold medals at the 2007 and 2008 World MTB Orienteering Championships, and a relay gold medal in 2006.
Bodil Holmström is a Finnish orienteering competitor. She won a bronze medal in the relay at the 2001 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc. She competed at the World Games in 2009, where she won a silver medal in the relay, and placed 7th in the sprint and 12th in the middle distance. At the 2009 World Orienteering Championships in Miskolc she won a bronze medal with the Finnish relay team.
Ida Bobach is a Danish orienteering competitor who was Junior World Champion in 2009, and became triple Junior World Champion from 2010, when she won the sprint, long distance and the relay. She represents the club OK Pan Århus, and since 2007, has received training from Danish national coach Lars Lindstrøm. In 2015 she won gold medals at the World Championships in the long and Relay.
Tove Alexandersson is a Swedish foot orienteer, ski orienteer, skyrunner, trail runner, ski mountaineer and skysnow runner. Alexandersson has won gold medals at world championships in five different sports plus a silver medal in a sixth sport, and has won a total of 19 gold medals at the World Orienteering Championships, making her the second most successful orienteer in history by number of gold medals at World Championships, behind Simone Niggli-Luder. Alexandersson holds the record for the number of gold medals in a row at the World Orienteering Championships, winning 11 in a row between 2018 and 2022.
Tim Robertson is a New Zealand orienteering competitor. He won the gold medal in the sprint course at the Junior World Orienteering Championships in 2014, and 2015.
The World Trail Orienteering Championships were first held in 2004 and annually since them. The majority of the championships have been held in Europe, with 2005 the only exception to date.
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