1999 World Orienteering Championships

{{Short description|1999 edition of the World Orienteering Championships}}

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| host_city = Inverness

| country = Scotland

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| events = 6

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| previous = 1997 Grimstad

| next = 2001 Tampere

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The 1999 World Orienteering Championships, the 18th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Inverness, Scotland, 1–8 August 1999.{{cite web | url=https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 | title=World Orienteering Championships 1999 |publisher=International Orienteering Federation |accessdate=8 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706035219/https://old.orienteering.org/events/?event_id=32 |archive-date=6 July 2020}}

The championships had six events; the classic distance (formerly called individual) for men and women, the short distance for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

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| Men's classic distance

| {{flagathlete|Bjørnar Valstad |NOR}}

style="text-align:right;"| 1.37.25

| {{flagathlete|Carl Henrik Bjørseth |NOR}}

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| {{flagathlete|Alain Berger |SUI}}

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| Women's classic distance

| {{flagathlete|Kirsi Boström|FIN}}

style="text-align:right;"| 1.17.56

| {{flagathlete|Hanne Staff|NOR}}

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| {{flagathlete|Johanna Asklöf |FIN}}

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| Men's short distance

| {{flagathlete|Jørgen Rostrup |NOR}}

style="text-align:right;"| 25.48

| {{flagathlete|Juha Peltola|FIN}}

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| {{flagathlete|Janne Salmi |FIN}}

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| Women's short distance

| {{flagathlete|Yvette Baker|GBR}}

style="text-align:right;"| 25.55

| {{flagathlete|Lucie Böhm |AUT}}

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| {{flagathlete|Frauke Schmitt Gran|GER}}

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| Men's relay

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|title= {{flagteam|NOR}} |1= Tore Sandvik |2= Bernt Bjørnsgaard |3= Petter Thoresen |4=Bjørnar Valstad }}

|style="text-align:right;"| 3.21.50

| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent;

|title= {{flagteam|FIN}} |1= Jani Lakanen |2= Mikael Boström |3= Juha Peltola |4=Janne Salmi }}

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| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent;

|title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Jimmy Birklin |2= Håkan Eriksson |3=Jörgen Olsson |4= Johan Ivarsson }}

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| Women's relay

| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent;

|title= {{flagteam|NOR}} |1= Birgitte Husebye |2= Elisabeth Ingvaldsen |3= Hanne Sandstad |4= Hanne Staff }}

|style="text-align:right;"| 2.55.56

| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent;

|title= {{flagteam|FIN}} |1= Sanna Nymalm |2= Reeta-Mari Kolkkala |3= Kirsi Boström |4=Johanna Asklöf }}

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| {{collapsible list |liststyle= font-size:90% |titlestyle= font-weight:500; text-align:left; background-color:transparent;

|title= {{flagteam|SWE}} |1= Katarina Allberg |2= Marlena Jansson |3= Anette Granstedt |4=Gunilla Svärd }}

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Results

=Women's classic distance=

data-sort-type="number" \| Rank	class="unsortable" \| Competitor	Nation	Time
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" \|+ WOC 1999 – Classic – Women
style="text-align:center" \| {{gold01}}	Kirsi Boström	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:17:56
style="text-align:center" \| {{silver02}}	Hanne Staff	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:18:30
style="text-align:center" \| {{bronze03}}	Johanna Asklöf	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:18:33
style="text-align:center" \| 4	Yvette Baker	{{flagg\|usue\|GBR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:19:10
style="text-align:center" \| 5	Hanne Sandstad	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:19:37
style="text-align:center" \| 6	Reeta-Mari Kolkkala	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:19:46
style="text-align:center" \| 7	Kylli Kaljus	{{flagg\|usue\|EST}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:19:58

=Women's short distance=

data-sort-type="number" \| Rank	class="unsortable" \| Competitor	Nation	Time
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" \|+ WOC 1999 – Short – Women
style="text-align:center" \| {{gold01}}	Yvette Baker	{{flagg\|usue\|GBR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 25:55
style="text-align:center" \| {{silver02}}	Lucie Böhm	{{flagg\|usue\|AUT}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:57
style="text-align:center" \| {{bronze03}}	Frauke Schmitt Gran	{{flagg\|usue\|GER}}	style="text-align:right" \| 27:48
style="text-align:center" \| 4	Sanna Nymalm	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 27:50
style="text-align:center" \| 5	Marlena Jansson	{{flagg\|usue\|SWE}}	style="text-align:right" \| 27:50
style="text-align:center" \| 6	Hanne Sandstad	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 27:55
style="text-align:center" \| 7	Vroni König-Salmi	{{flagg\|usue\|SUI}}	style="text-align:right" \| 28:24

=Men's classic distance=

data-sort-type="number" \| Rank	class="unsortable" \| Competitor	Nation	Time
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" \|+ WOC 1999 – Classic – Men
style="text-align:center" \| {{gold01}}	Bjørnar Valstad	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:37:25
style="text-align:center" \| {{silver02}}	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:40:20
style="text-align:center" \| {{bronze03}}	Alain Berger	{{flagg\|usue\|SUI}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:40:26
style="text-align:center" \| 4	Jimmy Birklin	{{flagg\|usue\|SWE}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:42:30
style="text-align:center" \| 5	Johan Ivarsson	{{flagg\|usue\|SWE}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:42:51
style="text-align:center" \| 6	Petter Thoresen	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:42:58
style="text-align:center" \| 7	Bernt Bjørnsgaard	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 1:43:15

=Men's short distance=

data-sort-type="number" \| Rank	class="unsortable" \| Competitor	Nation	Time
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left" \|+ WOC 1999 – Short – Men
style="text-align:center" \| {{gold01}}	Jørgen Rostrup	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 25:48
style="text-align:center" \| {{silver02}}	Juha Peltola	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:11
style="text-align:center" \| {{bronze03}}	Janne Salmi	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:14
style="text-align:center" \| 4	Jani Lakanen	{{flagg\|usue\|FIN}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:15
style="text-align:center" \| 5	Håkan Eriksson	{{flagg\|usue\|SWE}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:24
style="text-align:center" \| 6	Johan Ivarsson	{{flagg\|usue\|SWE}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:44
style="text-align:center" \| 7	Petter Thoresen	{{flagg\|usue\|NOR}}	style="text-align:right" \| 26:59

References

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