Host city | Lausanne |
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Country | Switzerland |
Nations | 46 |
Opening | 14 July 2012 |
Closing | 21 July 2012 |
Website | woc2012 |
The 29th World Orienteering Championships was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 14 to 21 July 2012. [1] [2]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Sprint | Matthias Kyburz Switzerland | Matthias Merz Switzerland | Matthias Müller Switzerland |
Middle distance | Edgars Bertuks Latvia | Valentin Novikov Russia | Fabian Hertner Switzerland |
Long distance | Olav Lundanes Norway | Matthias Merz Switzerland | Edgars Bertuks Latvia |
Relay | Czech Republic Tomáš Dlabaja Jan Šedivý Jan Procházka | Norway Magne Daehli Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes | Sweden Jonas Leandersson Peter Öberg Anders Holmberg |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Sprint | Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland | Maja Alm Denmark | Annika Billstam Sweden |
Middle distance | Minna Kauppi Finland | Tove Alexandersson Sweden | Tatyana Riabkina Russia |
Long distance | Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland | Minna Kauppi Finland | Annika Billstam Sweden |
Relay | Switzerland Ines Brodmann Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder | Sweden Annika Billstam Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson | Norway Silje Ekroll Jahren Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg |
A total of 46 countries participated at this World Championships. [3]
The sprint finals were held on 14 July 2012 at Lausanne-Ouchy. [4]
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 15:32.0 | |
Matthias Merz | Switzerland | 15:49.5 | |
Matthias Müller | Switzerland | 15:59.0 | |
4 | Scott Fraser | Great Britain | 16:11.2 |
5 | Andrey Khramov | Russia | 16:22.7 |
6 | Tuomo Mäkelä | Finland | 16:32.9 |
7 | Jonas Vytautas Gvildys | Lithuania | 16:33.8 |
8 | Zsolt Lenkei | Hungary | 16:39.5 |
9 | Søren Bobach | Denmark | 16:43.7 |
10 | Vojtìch Král | Czech Republic | 16:45.0 |
11 | Murray Strain | Great Britain | 16:46.1 |
12 | Anders Holmberg | Sweden | 16:49.9 |
13 | Jerker Lysell | Sweden | 16:51.2 |
14 | Ionut Zinca | Romania | 16:52.7 |
15 | Jonas Leandersson | Sweden | 16:59.2 |
16 | Tomáš Dlabaja | Czech Republic | 16:59.5 |
17 | Wojciech Kowalski | Poland | 17:02.5 |
18 | Vincent Coupat | France | 17:04.2 |
19 | Alexey Sidorov | Russia | 17:05.2 |
20 | Rasmus Thrane Hansen | Denmark | 17:07.7 |
21 | Robert Merl | Austria | 17:08.2 |
22 | Ádám Kovács | Hungary | 17:12.7 |
23 | Tuomas Tervo | Finland | 17:15.4 |
24 | Andreu Blanes Reig | Spain | 17:21.0 |
25 | Vilius Aleliunas | Lithuania | 17:28.1 |
26 | Jan Procházka | Czech Republic | 17:30.0 |
27 | Nicolas Simonin | Ireland | 17:35.2 |
28 | Alexander Lubina | Germany | 17:37.4 |
29 | Ulf Forseth Indgaard | Norway | 17:38.0 |
30 | Antonio Martínez | Spain | 17:42.2 |
31 | Yannick Michiels | Belgium | 17:43.1 |
32 | Julian Dent | Australia | 17:50.3 |
33 | Tim Robertson | New Zealand | 17:51.7 |
34 | Simonas Krepsta | Lithuania | 17:52.4 |
35 | Ivaylo Kamenarov | Bulgaria | 17:54.4 |
36 | Patrick Goeres | Canada | 17:54.7 |
36 | Ross Morrison | New Zealand | 17:54.7 |
38 | Dmitry Nakonechny | Russia | 17:55.4 |
39 | David Brickhill-Jones | Australia | 18:00.6 |
40 | Wolfgang Siegert | Austria | 18:01.2 |
41 | Robert Krüger | Germany | 18:11.0 |
42 | Klaus Schgaguler | Italy | 18:13.2 |
43 | Michael Crone | South Africa | 18:41.3 |
Kiril Nikolov | Bulgaria | miss 1 punch | |
Frederic Tranchand | France | miss 1 punch |
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Simone Niggli-Luder | Switzerland | 15:43.7 | |
Maja Alm | Denmark | 16:20.2 | |
Annika Billstam | Sweden | 16:28.0 | |
4 | Helena Jansson | Sweden | 16:30.2 |
5 | Rahel Friederich | Switzerland | 16:33.1 |
6 | Venla Niemi | Finland | 16:39.4 |
7 | Claire Ward | Great Britain | 16:49.4 |
8 | Lena Eliasson | Sweden | 16:56.9 |
9 | Lizzie Ingham | New Zealand | 17:07.2 |
10 | Silje Ekroll Jahren | Norway | 17:12.8 |
11 | Tessa Hill | Great Britain | 17:14.4 |
12 | Signe Klinting | Denmark | 17:18.2 |
13 | Shuangyan Hao | China | 17:25.4 |
14 | Fanni Gyurkó | Hungary | 17:33.6 |
14 | Marika Teini | Finland | 17:33.6 |
16 | Judith Wyder | Switzerland | 17:36.7 |
17 | Heidi Østlid Bagstevold | Norway | 17:37.1 |
18 | Iveta Duchová | Czech Republic | 17:39.0 |
19 | Ausrine Kutkaite | Lithuania | 17:44.9 |
20 | Alison Crocker | United States | 17:47.3 |
21 | Svetlana Mironova | Russia | 17:47.7 |
22 | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 18:01.2 |
23 | Anastasiya Tikhonova | Russia | 18:02.9 |
24 | Greta Knarston | New Zealand | 18:05.0 |
25 | Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg | Norway | 18:06.3 |
26 | Inga Kazlauskaite | Lithuania | 18:19.1 |
27 | Kim Geypen | Belgium | 18:26.9 |
28 | Ildikó Szerencsi | Hungary | 18:31.1 |
29 | Hanna Wisniewska | Poland | 18:33.8 |
30 | Daria Lajn | Poland | 18:35.1 |
31 | Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | 18:37.8 |
32 | Gabija Ražaityte | Lithuania | 18:39.9 |
33 | Sofia Haajanen | Finland | 18:46.9 |
34 | Mikiko Minagawa | Japan | 18:52.8 |
35 | Celine Dodin | France | 19:05.8 |
36 | Lea Vercellotti | France | 19:07.5 |
37 | Mingyue Zhu | China | 19:24.1 |
38 | Catherine Taylor | Great Britain | 19:29.4 |
39 | Amélie Chataing | France | 19:40.5 |
40 | Esther Doetsch | Germany | 20:03.7 |
41 | Yingwei Wang | China | 20:28.6 |
42 | Raquel Costa | Portugal | 21:19.7 |
43 | Nataliya Dimitrova | Bulgaria | 23:10.0 |
Eva Jureníková | Czech Republic | miss 1 punch | |
Annika Rihma | Estonia | miss 1 punch |
The middle distance finals were held on 17 July 2012 at St-Cergue / La Givrine. [5]
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Edgars Bertuks | Latvia | 36:45 | |
Valentin Novikov | Russia | 36:50 | |
Fabian Hertner | Switzerland | 37:10 | |
4 | Thierry Gueorgiou | France | 37:15 |
5 | Francois Gonon | France | 37:18 |
6 | Peter Öberg | Sweden | 37:22 |
7 | Magne Daehli | Norway | 38:08 |
8 | Gustav Bergman | Sweden | 38:33 |
9 | Marc Lauenstein | Switzerland | 38:48 |
10 | Jan Procházka | Czech Republic | 39:01 |
11 | Hannu Airila | Finland | 39:02 |
11 | Oleksandr Kratov | Ukraine | 39:02 |
13 | Kalvis Mihailovs | Latvia | 39:10 |
14 | Olav Lundanes | Norway | 39:19 |
15 | Philippe Adamski | France | 39:26 |
16 | Lauri Sild | Estonia | 39:42 |
17 | Pasi Ikonen | Finland | 39:46 |
18 | Johan Runesson | Sweden | 39:49 |
19 | Leonid Novikov | Russia | 40:01 |
20 | Gernot Kerschbaumer | Austria | 40:19 |
21 | Mārtiņš Sirmais | Latvia | 40:22 |
22 | Carl Waaler Kaas | Norway | 40:24 |
23 | Pavlo Ushkvarok | Ukraine | 40:25 |
24 | Lucas Basset | France | 40:30 |
25 | Tue Lassen | Denmark | 40:33 |
26 | Robert Merl | Austria | 41:03 |
27 | Olle Kärner | Estonia | 41:05 |
27 | Štanfel Matjaž | Croatia | 41:05 |
29 | Jonas Vytautas Gvildys | Lithuania | 41:07 |
30 | Mikhail Mamleev | Italy | 41:11 |
31 | Vojtìch Král | Czech Republic | 41:21 |
32 | Zsolt Lenkei | Hungary | 41:40 |
33 | Simonas Krėpšta | Lithuania | 41:42 |
34 | Jarkko Huovila | Finland | 42:27 |
34 | Michal Krajčík | Slovakia | 42:27 |
36 | Graham Gristwood | Great Britain | 42:48 |
37 | Aleksei Alekseyonok | Belarus | 43:28 |
38 | Ionut Zinca | Romania | 43:37 |
39 | Ross Morrison | New Zealand | 44:04 |
40 | Bjarne Friedrichs | Germany | 45:53 |
41 | Ivaylo Kamenarov | Bulgaria | 46:41 |
42 | Yury Tambasov | Belarus | 47:25 |
43 | Fabien Pasquasy | Belgium | 51:15 |
Søren Bobach | Denmark | dropout (dnf) | |
Baptiste Rollier | Switzerland | dropout (dnf) |
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Minna Kauppi | Finland | 37:37 | |
Tove Alexandersson | Sweden | 38:09 | |
Tatyana Riabkina | Russia | 39:03 | |
4 | Ida Bobach | Denmark | 39:52 |
5 | Simone Niggli-Luder | Switzerland | 40:00 |
6 | Annika Billstam | Sweden | 40:07 |
7 | Sara Lüscher | Switzerland | 40:53 |
8 | Merja Rantanen | Finland | 41:03 |
9 | Inga Dambe | Latvia | 41:15 |
10 | Saila Kinni | Finland | 41:24 |
11 | Lina Strand | Sweden | 42:04 |
12 | Kristina Rybakovaitė | Lithuania | 43:17 |
12 | Dana Šafka Brožková | Czech Republic | 43:17 |
14 | Fanni Gyurkó | Hungary | 43:38 |
15 | Anastasia Trubkina | Russia | 43:46 |
16 | Nadiya Volynska | Ukraine | 43:51 |
17 | Heidi Østlid Bagstevold | Norway | 44:17 |
18 | Amélie Chataing | France | 44:33 |
19 | Iveta Duchová | Czech Republic | 44:37 |
20 | Judith Wyder | Switzerland | 44:41 |
21 | Rachael Rothman | Great Britain | 45:22 |
22 | Signe Klinting | Denmark | 45:26 |
22 | Claire Ward | Great Britain | 45:26 |
24 | Aija Skrastiņa | Latvia | 45:29 |
25 | Gabija Ražaitytė | Lithuania | 45:46 |
26 | Helen Palmer | Great Britain | 45:58 |
27 | Inga Kazlauskaite | Lithuania | 46:10 |
28 | Maja Alm | Denmark | 47:22 |
29 | Mari Fasting | Norway | 47:24 |
30 | Ida Marie Ness Bjorgul | Norway | 47:47 |
31 | Vanessa Round | Australia | 47:58 |
32 | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 47:59 |
33 | Anna Serrallonga Arqués | Spain | 48:26 |
33 | Elisa Elstner | Austria | 48:26 |
35 | Kirti Rebane | Estonia | 50:11 |
36 | Anja Arbter | Austria | 50:50 |
37 | Shuangyan Hao | China | 50:59 |
38 | Hanna Wisniewska | Poland | 51:13 |
39 | Lizzie Ingham | New Zealand | 53:01 |
40 | Ona Rafols Perramón | Spain | 53:14 |
41 | Louise Oram | Canada | 53:31 |
42 | Liis Johanson | Estonia | 53:58 |
43 | Christine Kirchlechner | Italy | 54:34 |
44 | Iliana Shandurkova | Bulgaria | 54:53 |
45 | Christiane Tröße | Germany | 55:10 |
The long distance finals were held on 19 July 2012 at Chalet-à-Gobet. [6]
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
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Olav Lundanes | Norway | 1:34:42 | |
Matthias Merz | Switzerland | 1:37:34 | |
Edgars Bertuks | Latvia | 1:39:13 | |
4 | Philippe Adamski | France | 1:40:19 |
5 | Anders Holmberg | Sweden | 1:41:46 |
6 | Kiril Nikolov | Bulgaria | 1:41:48 |
7 | Dmitriy Tsvetkov | Russia | 1:43:20 |
8 | Frederic Tranchand | France | 1:43:55 |
9 | Tue Lassen | Denmark | 1:44:46 |
10 | Anders Nordberg | Norway | 1:44:51 |
11 | Yury Tambasov | Belarus | 1:44:57 |
12 | Jan Šedivý | Czech Republic | 1:45:08 |
13 | Mikhail Mamleev | Italy | 1:45:11 |
14 | Fredric Portin | Finland | 1:45:23 |
15 | Gernot Kerschbaumer | Austria | 1:45:39 |
16 | Kalvis Mihailovs | Latvia | 1:46:32 |
17 | Hans Gunnar Omdal | Norway | 1:47:18 |
18 | Tomáš Dlabaja | Czech Republic | 1:47:24 |
19 | Matthias Kyburz | Switzerland | 1:47:28 |
20 | Scott Fraser | Great Britain | 1:48:31 |
21 | Vytautas Beliūnas | Lithuania | 1:48:59 |
22 | Ádám Kovács | Hungary | 1:49:22 |
23 | Rasmus Djurhuus | Denmark | 1:50:06 |
24 | Ionut Zinca | Romania | 1:50:37 |
25 | Vilius Aleliunas | Lithuania | 1:51:36 |
26 | Bartosz Pawlak | Poland | 1:52:02 |
27 | Pavlo Ushkvarok | Ukraine | 1:52:04 |
28 | Erik Rost | Sweden | 1:52:22 |
29 | Rasmus Thrane Hansen | Denmark | 1:52:52 |
30 | Julian Dent | Australia | 1:54:18 |
31 | Tuomas Tervo | Finland | 1:54:42 |
32 | Stepan Kodeda | Czech Republic | 1:55:21 |
33 | Diogo Miguel | Portugal | 1:55:24 |
34 | Alessio Tenani | Italy | 1:55:48 |
35 | Aleksei Alekseyonok | Belarus | 1:56:42 |
36 | Yannick Michiels | Belgium | 1:57:21 |
37 | Artem Panchenko | Ukraine | 1:57:43 |
38 | Peeter Pihl | Estonia | 1:57:50 |
39 | Nicolas Simonin | Ireland | 1:58:54 |
Gustav Bergman | Sweden | miss 1 punch | |
Fabian Hertner | Switzerland | punch 1 wrong | |
Andrey Khramov | Russia | dropout (dnf) | |
Wojciech Kowalski | Poland | miss 1 punch | |
Valentin Novikov | Russia | dropout (dnf) | |
Lauri Sild | Estonia | miss 1 punch |
Rank | Competitor | Nation | Time |
---|---|---|---|
Simone Niggli-Luder | Switzerland | 1:15:07 | |
Minna Kauppi | Finland | 1:16.38 | |
Annika Billstam | Sweden | 1:17:13 | |
4 | Tatyana Riabkina | Russia | 1:19:17 |
5 | Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg | Norway | 1:20:05 |
6 | Eva Juřeníková | Czech Republic | 1:21:10 |
7 | Merja Rantanen | Finland | 1:22:51 |
8 | Ida Bobach | Denmark | 1:23:22 |
9 | Ines Brodmann | Switzerland | 1:23:23 |
10 | Venla Niemi | Finland | 1:23:35 |
11 | Sara Lüscher | Switzerland | 1:24:04 |
12 | Lina Strand | Sweden | 1:25:15 |
13 | Svetlana Mironova | Russia | 1:25:38 |
14 | Mari Fasting | Norway | 1:26:10 |
15 | Fanni Gyurkó | Hungary | 1:26:38 |
16 | Celine Dodin | France | 1:27:31 |
17 | Vendula Klechová | Czech Republic | 1:28:40 |
18 | Tone Wigemyr | Norway | 1:28:52 |
19 | Dana Šafka Brožková | Czech Republic | 1:29:03 |
20 | Signe Klinting | Denmark | 1:29:26 |
21 | Inga Dambe | Latvia | 1:29:30 |
22 | Ursula Kadan | Austria | 1:29:43 |
23 | Daria Lajn | Poland | 1:31:36 |
24 | Annika Rihma | Estonia | 1:32:04 |
25 | Claire Ward | Great Britain | 1:32:17 |
26 | Anastasiya Tikhonova | Russia | 1:32:19 |
27 | Ausrine Kutkaite | Lithuania | 1:32:41 |
28 | Ildikó Szerencsi | Hungary | 1:35:08 |
29 | Nadiya Volynska | Ukraine | 1:35:11 |
30 | Kristina Rybakovaitė | Lithuania | 1:35:21 |
31 | Olga Sluta | Ukraine | 1:35:50 |
32 | Miek Fabré | Belgium | 1:36:26 |
33 | Louise Oram | Canada | 1:37:48 |
34 | Lea Vercellotti | France | 1:38:38 |
35 | Aislinn Prendergast | Australia | 1:39:58 |
36 | Helen Bridle | Great Britain | 1:41:01 |
37 | Sarah Rollins | Great Britain | 1:41:02 |
38 | Inga Kazlauskaite | Lithuania | 1:41:23 |
39 | Anna Serrallonga Arqués | Spain | 1:41:32 |
40 | Samantha Saeger | United States | 1:41:39 |
41 | Kim Geypen | Belgium | 1:43:48 |
42 | Kirti Rebane | Estonia | 1:48:38 |
43 | Elisa Elstner | Austria | 1:52:08 |
44 | Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova | Bulgaria | 1:56:52 |
Lena Eliasson | Sweden | dropout (dnf) |
The relay events were held on 21 July 2012 at Chalet-à-Gobet. [7]
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