2019 World Orienteering Championships

{{Short description|2019 edition of the World Orienteering Championships}}

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| name = 2019 World Orienteering Championships

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| country = {{flag|Norway}}

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| events = 6

| dates = {{Start and end dates|2019|08|13|2019|08|17|df=y}}

| website = {{URL|https://woc2019.no/en}}

| previous = 2018 Riga

| next = 2021 Doksy

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The 36th World Orienteering Championships were held in Østfold, Norway in August 2019.

The competitions consisted of middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. Both individual women’s competitions were won by Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson. She won the long distance with a margin of six minutes ahead of Lina Strand, and the middle distance with a margin of five seconds ahead of Simona Aebersold. Norway’s Olav Lundanes won both the long and middle distances for men, ahead of Kasper Fosser and Gustav Bergman, respectively. Sweden won the women’s relay ahead of Switzerland and Russia. Sweden also won the men’s relay, ahead of Finland and France.

Competition format

From 2019 the world championships are split in two (forest and park), each being held every second year. The 2019 edition is a pure "forest" format. The competitions are the middle and long distances, and relay.{{cite web |url=https://orienteering.sport/world-orienteering-championships-moves-into-new-era/

|title=World Orienteering Championships moves into new era

|website=orienteering.sport |access-date= 14 August 2019 }}

Schedule

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! Date !! Event !! Location

13 AugMiddle qualification
14 AugLong distance
15 Augcolspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| Rest day
16 AugMiddle distance final
17 AugRelay

Medal summary

=Men=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|labelwidth=200}}
style="vertical-align:top;"

|Long distance[https://orienteering.sport/event/world-orienteering-championships/long-distance-final/#current Wednesday 14th LONG]{{cite web |url=https://orienteering.sport/sixth-woc-long-distance-gold-for-lundanes/

|title=Sixth WOC Long Distance gold for Lundanes

|website=orienteering.sport |access-date= 14 August 2019 }}

| {{flagathlete|Olav Lundanes|NOR}}

style="text-align:right;"|1:30:09

| {{flagathlete|Kasper Fosser|NOR}}

style="text-align:right;"|1:31:48

| {{flagathlete|Daniel Hubmann|SUI}}

style="text-align:right;"|1:33:07
style="vertical-align:top;"

|Middle distance{{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3194/1/Official-Results-Men-Middle-Final|title=Official results Men|format=pdf|date=2019-08-16|publisher=International Orienteering Federation}}

| {{flagathlete|Olav Lundanes|NOR}}

style="text-align:right;"|34:18

| {{flagathlete|Gustav Bergman|SWE}}

style="text-align:right;"|34:29

| {{flagathlete|Magne Daehli|NOR}}

style="text-align:right;"|34:47
style="vertical-align:top;"

|Relay{{cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Events/ResultList?eventId=6316&groupBy=EventClass|title=Official results for Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2019 - Relay|publisher=International Orienteering Federation|date=2019-08-17}}

| {{relay|{{SWE}}|Johan Runesson|Emil Svensk|Gustav Bergman}}

1:40:42

| {{relay|{{FIN}}|Aleksi Niemi|Elias Kuukka|Miika Kirmula}}

1:42:16

| {{relay|{{FRA}}|Nicolas Rio|Frédéric Tranchand|Lucas Basset}}

1:42:25

=Women=

{{MedalistTable|type=Event|columns=2|labelwidth=200}}
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|Long distance{{cite web |url=https://orienteering.sport/master-class-gold-show-by-tove-alexandersson/

|title=Master-class gold show by Tove Alexandersson

|website=orienteering.sport |access-date= 14 August 2019 }}

| {{flagathlete|Tove Alexandersson|SWE}}

style="text-align:right;"|1:09:00

| {{flagathlete|Lina Strand|SWE}}

style="text-align:right;"|1:15:16

| {{flagathlete|Simona Aebersold|SUI}}

style="text-align:right;"|1:15:50
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|Middle distance{{cite web|url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3192/1/Official-Results-Women|title=Official results Women|publisher=International Orienteering Federation|date=2019-08-16}}

| {{flagathlete|Tove Alexandersson|SWE}}

style="text-align:right;"|38:20

| {{flagathlete|Simona Aebersold|SUI}}

style="text-align:right;"|38:25

| {{flagathlete|Natalia Gemperle|RUS}}
{{flagathlete|Venla Harju|FIN}}

style="text-align:right;"|40:05
style="vertical-align:top;"

|Relay

| {{relay|{{SWE}}|Lina Strand|Tove Alexandersson|Karolin Ohlsson}}

1:35:49

| {{relay|{{SUI}}|Sabine Hauswirth|Simona Aebersold|Julia Jakob}}

1:35:53

| {{relay|{{RUS}}|Anastasia Rudnaya|Tatiana Ryabkina|Natalia Gemperle}}

1:36:56

Results

=Men's long distance=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"

|+ WOC 2019 – Long – Men (16.6 km, 26 controls){{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3180/1/Official-Results-Men

|title=Official results Men. World Orienteering Championships 2019. Long distance

|website=eventor.orienteering.org |access-date= 14 August 2019 }}

data-sort-type="number" | Rankclass="unsortable" | CompetitorNationTime
style="text-align:center" | {{gold01}}Olav Lundanes{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 1:30:09
style="text-align:center" | {{silver02}}Kasper Fosser{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 1:31:48
style="text-align:center" | {{bronze03}}Daniel Hubmann{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 1:33:07
style="text-align:center" | 4Matthias Kyburz{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 1:33:10
style="text-align:center" | 5Ruslan Glibov{{flagg|usue|UKR}}style="text-align:right" | 1:33:24
style="text-align:center" | 6Magne Daehli{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 1:35:37
style="text-align:center" | 7Vojtěch Král{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:36:03
style="text-align:center" | 8Albin Ridefelt{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:36:11
style="text-align:center" | 9Gernot Ymsén{{flagg|usue|AUT}}style="text-align:right" | 1:36:22
style="text-align:center" | 10Frédéric Tranchand{{flagg|usue|FRA}}style="text-align:right" | 1:36:28
style="text-align:center" | 11Martin Hubmann{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 1:36:45
style="text-align:center" | 12Gustav Bergman{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:36:46
style="text-align:center" | 13Emil Svensk{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:37:43
style="text-align:center" | 14Elias Kuukka{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 1:37:47
style="text-align:center" | 15Timo Sild{{flagg|usue|EST}}style="text-align:right" | 1:39:14
style="text-align:center" | 16Miika Kirmula{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 1:39:55

=Women's long distance=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left"

|+ WOC 2019 – Long – Women (11.7 km, 21 controls){{cite web |url=https://eventor.orienteering.org/Documents/Event/3183/1/Official-Results-Women

|title=Official results Women. World Orienteering Championships 2019. Long distance

|website=eventor.orienteering.org |access-date= 14 August 2019 }}

data-sort-type="number" | Rankclass="unsortable" | CompetitorNationTime
style="text-align:center" | {{gold01}}Tove Alexandersson{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:09:00
style="text-align:center" | {{silver02}}Lina Strand{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:15:16
style="text-align:center" | {{bronze03}}Simona Aebersold{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 1:15:50
style="text-align:center" | 4Marika Teini{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 1:16:02
style="text-align:center" | 5Sabine Hauswirth{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 1:18:26
style="text-align:center" | 6Karolin Ohlsson{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:19:14
style="text-align:center" | 6Venla Harju{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 1:19:14
style="text-align:center" | 8Julia Jakob{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 1:19:54
style="text-align:center" | 9Sara Hagström{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:20:25
style="text-align:center" | 9Anastasia Rudnaya{{flagg|usue|RUS}}style="text-align:right" | 1:20:25
style="text-align:center" | 11Natalia Gemperle{{flagg|usue|RUS}}style="text-align:right" | 1:21:10
style="text-align:center" | 12Vendula Horcicková{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:21:25
style="text-align:center" | 13Kamilla Olaussen{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 1:21:34
style="text-align:center" | 14Svetlana Mironova{{flagg|usue|RUS}}style="text-align:right" | 1:21:42
style="text-align:center" | 15Marianne Andersen{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 1:21:59
style="text-align:center" | 16Denisa Kosova{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 1:22:07

=Women's middle final=

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|+ WOC 2019 – Middle – Women (5.5 km, 20 controls)

data-sort-type="number" | Rankclass="unsortable" | CompetitorNationTime
style="text-align:center" | {{gold01}}Tove Alexandersson{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 38:20
style="text-align:center" | {{silver02}}Simona Aebersold{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 38:25
style="text-align:center" | {{bronze03}}Natalia Gemperle{{flagg|usue|RUS}}style="text-align:right" | 40:05
style="text-align:center" | {{bronze03}}Venla Harju{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 40:05
style="text-align:center" | 5Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 40:07
style="text-align:center" | 6Sabine Hauswirth{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 40:08
style="text-align:center" | 7Lina Strand{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 40:12
style="text-align:center" | 8Denisa Kosova{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 40:37
style="text-align:center" | 9Marika Teini{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 41:06
style="text-align:center" | 10Cecilie Friberg Klysner{{flagg|usue|DEN}}style="text-align:right" | 41:27
style="text-align:center" | 11Merja Rantanen{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 41:37
style="text-align:center" | 12Marianne Andersen{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 42:39
style="text-align:center" | 13Anastasia Rudnaya{{flagg|usue|RUS}}style="text-align:right" | 42:54
style="text-align:center" | 14Karolin Ohlsson{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 43:00
style="text-align:center" | 15Lenka Mechlová{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 43:15
style="text-align:center" | 16Kamilla Olaussen{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 43:18

=Men's middle final=

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|+ WOC 2019 – Long – Men (6.1 km, 23 controls)

data-sort-type="number" | Rankclass="unsortable" | CompetitorNationTime
style="text-align:center" | {{gold01}}Olav Lundanes{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 34:18
style="text-align:center" | {{silver02}}Gustav Bergman{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 34:29
style="text-align:center" | {{bronze03}}Magne Daehli{{flagg|usue|NOR}}style="text-align:right" | 34:47
style="text-align:center" | 4Emil Svensk{{flagg|usue|SWE}}style="text-align:right" | 34:48
style="text-align:center" | 5Lucas Basset{{flagg|usue|FRA}}style="text-align:right" | 35:20
style="text-align:center" | 6Frédéric Tranchand{{flagg|usue|FRA}}style="text-align:right" | 36:09
style="text-align:center" | 7Miika Kirmula{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 36:15
style="text-align:center" | 8Florian Howald{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 36:29
style="text-align:center" | 9Andreas Kyburz{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 36:37
style="text-align:center" | 10Daniel Hubmann{{flagg|usue|SUI}}style="text-align:right" | 36:48
style="text-align:center" | 11Ruslan Glibov{{flagg|usue|UKR}}style="text-align:right" | 36:55
style="text-align:center" | 12Aleksi Niemi{{flagg|usue|FIN}}style="text-align:right" | 36:59
style="text-align:center" | 13Timo Sild{{flagg|usue|EST}}style="text-align:right" | 37:12
style="text-align:center" | 14Vojtěch Král{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 37:28
style="text-align:center" | 15Milos Nykodym{{flagg|usue|CZE}}style="text-align:right" | 37:53
style="text-align:center" | 16Tue Lassen{{flagg|usue|DEN}}style="text-align:right" | 38:04

References

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