1979 World Orienteering Championships

1979 World Orienteering Championships
Host city Tampere
Country Finland
Events 4
<  1978 Kongsberg 1981 Thun  >

The 1979 World Orienteering Championships, the 8th World Orienteering Championships, were held in Tampere, Finland, 2–4 September 1979.[1]

The championships had four events; individual contests for men and women, and relays for men and women.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]  Øyvin Thon (NOR)1:36:07  Egil Johansen (NOR)1:37:17  Tore Sagvolden (NOR)1:37:27
Women's individual[1]  Outi Borgenström (FIN)59:13  Liisa Veijalainen (FIN)59:47  Monica Andersson (SWE)1:02:31
Men's relay[1] 4:12:12 4:27:37 4:39:46
Women's relay[1] 3:00:13 3:01:38 3:02:26

Results

Men's individual

WOC 1979 – Individual – Men (15.1 km)[1]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1Øyvin Thon  Norway1:36:07
2 Egil Johansen Norway
3Tore Sagvolden Norway
4Kjell Lauri  Sweden
5Lars Lönnkvist  Sweden
6Rolf Pettersson  Sweden
7Risto Nuuros  Finland
8Dieter Hulliger Switzerland
9Eystein Weltzien Norway
10Dieter Wolf Switzerland
11Seppo Keskinarkaus  Finland
12Jaroslav Kacmarcik  Czechoslovakia
13Hannu Kottonen  Finland
14Pavel Ditrych  Czechoslovakia
15Jörgen Mårtensson  Sweden
16Martin Howald  Switzerland
17Jiří Ticháček  Czechoslovakia
18Willi Müller  Switzerland
19Klaus Madsen  Denmark
20Ivan Kristensen  Denmark

Women's individual

WOC 1979 – Individual – Women (8.3 km)[1]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1Outi Borgenström Finland59:13
2Liisa Veijalainen Finland
3Monica Andersson Sweden
4Hanni Fries Switzerland
5Karin Rabe Sweden
6Anne Berit Eid Norway
7Carol McNeill Great Britain
8Karin Gunnarsson Sweden
9Annichen Kringstad Sweden
10Brit Volden Norway

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "World Orienteering Championships 1979". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 15 July 2017.
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