| European Orienteering Championships |
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| Status |
active |
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| Genre |
sports event |
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| Date(s) |
May–June |
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| Frequency |
biannual |
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| Location(s) |
various |
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| Inaugurated |
1962 (1962) |
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| Organised by |
IOF |
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The European Orienteering Championships were first held in 1962. They have been held biennially since 2000.
The current championship events are:
- Relay - for three-person teams
- Long distance
- Middle distance
- Sprint
- Sprint relay
Host towns/cities
| Year |
Date |
Place |
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| 1962 | September 22–23 |  Løten, Norway |
| 1964 | September 26–27 |  Le Brassus, Switzerland |
| 2000 | June 30 - July 4 |  Truskavets, Ukraine |
| 2002 | September 25–30 |  Sümeg, Hungary |
| 2004 | July 10–17 |  Roskilde, Denmark |
| 2006 | May 7–14 |  Otepää, Estonia |
| 2008 | May 25 - June 1 |  Ventspils, Latvia |
| 2010 | May 27 - June 6 |  Primorsko,[1] Bulgaria |
| 2012 | May 14 - May 20 |  Falun, Sweden[2] |
| 2014 | April 9–16 |  Palmela, Portugal |
| 2016 | May 25–31 |  Jeseník, Czech Republic |
| 2018 | May 5–12 | Cadempino, Switzerland |
| 2020 | August 16–23 | Rakvere, Estonia |
Individual/Classic/Long
Men
| Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Notes |
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| 1962 | Magne Lystad | Bertil Norman | Sivar Nordström | 16.5 km, 13 controls (individual event) |
| 1964 |  Erkki Kohvakka | Alex Schwager | Aimo Tepsell | 15.0 km, 15 controls (individual event) |
| 2000 |  Valentin Novikov |  Marian Davidik | Bjørnar Valstad | Classic distance |
| 2002 | Thomas Bührer | Bjørnar Valstad | Emil Wingstedt | 12.4 km, 23 controls |
| 2004 | Kalle Dalin | Mats Haldin | Emil Wingstedt | 14.5 km, 29 controls |
| 2006 | Jani Lakanen | Daniel Hubmann | Olle Kärner | 16.21 km, 33 controls |
| 2008 | Dmitry Tsvetkov | Daniel Hubmann | Emil Wingstedt | 16.9 km, 33 controls |
| 2010 | Daniel Hubmann |  Philippe Adamski | Fabian Hertner | 17.3 km, 30 controls |
| 2012 | Olav Lundanes | Matthias Merz | Valentin Novikov | 15.36 km, 33 controls |
| 2014 | Daniel Hubmann | Olav Lundanes | Fredrik Johansson | 20.3 km, 30 controls |
| 2016 | Daniel Hubmann | Magne Daehli | Martin Regborn | 16.1 km, 23 controls |
| 2018 | Olav Lundanes | Matthias Kyburz |  Gernot Kerschbaumer | - |
Women
| Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Notes |
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| 1962 | Ulla Lindkvist | Marit Økern | Emy Gauffin | 7.5 km, 7 controls (individual event) |
| 1964 | Margrit Thommen | Ann-Marie Wallsten | Ulla Lindkvist | 8.1 km, 10 controls (individual event) |
| 2000 | Hanne Staff | Brigitte Wolf |  Yvette Baker | Classic distance |
| 2002 | Simone Niggli-Luder | Hanne Staff | Birgitte Husebye | 6.7 km, 17 controls |
| 2004 | Simone Niggli-Luder | Emma Engstrand | Tatiana Ryabkina | 9.6 km, 21 controls |
| 2006 | Simone Niggli-Luder | Heli Jukkola | Minna Kauppi | 10.93 km, 25 controls |
| 2008 | Anne Margrethe Hausken | Tatiana Ryabkina | Emma Engstrand | 11.0 km, 24 controls |
| 2010 | Simone Niggli-Luder | Dana Brozkova | Helena Jansson | 11.0 km, 26 controls |
| 2012 | Simone Niggli-Luder | Tatiana Ryabkina | Minna Kauppi | 9.76 km, 24 controls |
| 2014 | Judith Wyder | Svetlana Mironova | Catherine Taylor | 13.3 km, 23 controls |
| 2016 | Tove Alexandersson | Anne Margrethe Nordberg | Svetlana Mironova | 10.3 km, 15 controls |
| 2018 | Tove Alexandersson | Natalia Gemperle | Julia Gross | - |
External links and references
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