World Orienteering Championships

The World Orienteering Championships (WOC) were first held in 1966. They were held biennially up to 2003 (with the exception of 1978 and 1979). Since 2003, competitions have been held annually.

Originally, there were only two competitions: an individual race and a relay. In 1991, a short distance race (roughly 25 minutes) was added and a sprint race was added in 2001. In 2014, a sprint relay was added with two men and two women participating and with starting order woman-man-man-woman.

Starting from 2019, the World Orienteering Championships will be split into two events: Urban WOC in even-numbered years (consisting of sprint events only) and Forest WOC in odd-numbered years (consisting of middle/long events only).

The current championship events are:

• Relay – for three-person teams
• Long distance – previously called classic distance
• Middle distance – previously called short distance
• Sprint
• Sprint relay – four-person teams, two men and two women.

Venues

Year	Days	Location[1]
1966	October 1–2	Fiskars, Finland[2]
1968	September 28–29	Linköping, Sweden[3]
1970	September 27–29	Friedrichroda, German Democratic Republic[4]
1972	September 14–16	Staré Splavy, Czechoslovakia[5]
1974	September 20–22	Viborg, Denmark[6]
1976	September 24–26	Aviemore, Great Britain[7]
1978	September 15–17	Kongsberg, Norway[8]
1979	September 2–4	Tampere, Finland[9]
1981	September 4–6	Thun, Switzerland[10]
1983	September 1–4	Zalaegerszeg, Hungary[11]
1985	September 4–6	Bendigo, Australia[12]
1987	September 3–5	Gérardmer, France[13]
1989	August 17–20	Skövde, Sweden[14]
1991	August 21–25	Mariánské Lázně, Czechoslovakia[15]
1993	October 9–14	West Point, United States[16]
1995	August 15–20	Detmold, Germany[17]
1997	August 11–16	Grimstad, Norway[18]
1999	August 1–8	Inverness, Scotland, Great Britain[19]
2001	July 29 – August 4	Tampere, Finland[20]
2003	August 3–9	Rapperswil/Jona, Switzerland[21]
2004 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2004)	September 11–19	Västerås, Sweden[22]
2005 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2005)	August 9–15	Aichi, Japan[23]
2006	August 1–5	Århus, Denmark[24]
2007 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2007)	August 18–26	Kiev, Ukraine[25]
2008 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2008)	July 10–20	Olomouc, Czech Republic[26]
2009 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2009)	August 16–23	Miskolc, Hungary[27]
2010 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2010)	August 8–15	Trondheim, Norway[28]
2011 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2011)	August 13–20	Savoie, France[29]
2012	July 14–22	Lausanne, Switzerland[30]
2013 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2013)	July 6–14	Vuokatti, Finland[31]
2014 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2014)	July 5–13	Trentino-Veneto, Italy[32]
2015	August 1–7	Inverness, Scotland, Great Britain[33]
2016 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2016)	August 20–28	Strömstad-Tanum, Sweden[34]
2017	July 1–7	Tartu, Estonia[35]
2018 (in conjunction with TrailO WTOC 2018)	August 4–11	Riga, Latvia[36]
2019	August 13–18	Østfold, Norway
2020	July 7–11	Vejle/Kolding, Denmark
2021	July 4–8	Mladá Boleslav, Czech Republic
2022	TBA	Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Individual/Classic/Long

This event was called "Individual" from 1966 to 1989 and "Classic distance" from 1991 to 2001. Since 2003 it is called "Long distance".

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
1966	Åge Hadler	Aimo Tepsell	Anders Morelius	14.1 km, 11 controls
1968	Kalle Johansson	Sture Björk	Åge Hadler	14.7 km, 18 controls
1970	Stig Berge	Karl John	Dieter Hulliger	14.5 km, 19 controls
1972	Åge Hadler	Stig Berge	Bernt Frilén	13.5 km, 18 controls
1974	Bernt Frilén	Jan Fjærestad	Eystein Weltzien	15.9 km, 26 controls
1976	Egil Johansen	Rolf Pettersson	Svein Jacobsen	15.5 km, 24 controls
1978	Egil Johansen	Risto Nuuros	Simo Nurminen	15.7 km, 21 controls
1979	Øyvin Thon	Egil Johansen	Tore Sagvolden	15.1 km, 16 controls
1981	Øyvin Thon	Tore Sagvolden	Morten Berglia	14.1 km, 18 controls
1983	Morten Berglia	Øyvin Thon	Sigurd Dæhli	14.0 km, 24 controls
1985	Kari Sallinen	Tore Sagvolden	Egil Iversen	15.2 km, 23 controls
1987	Kent Olsson	Tore Sagvolden	Urs Flühmann	14.6 km, 21 controls
1989	Petter Thoresen	Kent Olsson	Håvard Tveite	17.7 km, 24 controls
1991	Jörgen Mårtensson	Kent Olsson	Sixten Sild	17.4 km, 25 controls
1993	Allan Mogensen	Jörgen Mårtensson	Petter Thoresen	13.5 km, 19 controls
1995	Jörgen Mårtensson	Janne Salmi	Carsten Jørgensen	16.2 km, 30 controls
1997	Petter Thoresen	Jörgen Mårtensson	Kjetil Bjørlo	13.7 km, 24 controls
1999	Bjørnar Valstad	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	Alain Berger	15.7 km, 25 controls
2001	Jørgen Rostrup	Jani Lakanen	Carl Henrik Bjørseth	14.4 km, 26 controls
2003	Thomas Bührer	Yuri Omeltchenko	Emil Wingstedt	16.7 km, 34 controls
2004	Bjørnar Valstad	Mattias Karlsson	Holger Hott Johansen	17.1 km, 28 controls
2005	Andrey Khramov	Marc Lauenstein	Holger Hott Johansen	12.9 km, 29 controls
2006	Jani Lakanen	Marc Lauenstein	Andrey Khramov	17.5 km, 32 controls
2007	Matthias Merz	Andrey Khramov	Anders Nordberg	18.17 km, 28 controls
2008	Daniel Hubmann	Anders Nordberg	François Gonon	17.3 km, 36 controls
2009	Daniel Hubmann	Thierry Gueorgiou	Mikhail Mamleev	17.55 km, 33 controls
2010	Olav Lundanes	Anders Nordberg	Thierry Gueorgiou	15.11 km, 28 controls
2011	Thierry Gueorgiou	Pasi Ikonen	Francois Gonon	15.8 km, 31 controls
2012	Olav Lundanes	Matthias Merz	Edgars Bertuks	18.3 km, 31 controls
2013	Thierry Gueorgiou	Jani Lakanen	Edgars Bertuks	19.8 km, 33 controls
2014	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Olav Lundanes	16.36 km, 33 controls
2015	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Olav Lundanes	15.5 km, 32 controls
2016	Olav Lundanes	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	15.5 km, 30 controls
2017	Olav Lundanes	Leonid Novikov	William Lind	17.1 km, 25 controls
2018	Olav Lundanes	Ruslan Glibov	Fabian Hertner	16.1 km, 24 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
1966	Ulla Lindkvist	Käthy Perch-Nielsen	Raila Hovi	6.6 km, 6 controls
1968	Ulla Lindkvist	Ingrid Hadler	Kerstin Granstedt	7.8 km, 10 controls
1970	Ingrid Hadler	Ulla Lindkvist	Kristin Danielsen	7.5 km, 10 controls
1972	Sarolta Monspart	Pirjo Seppä	Birgitta Larsson	7.1 km, 12 controls
1974	Mona Nørgaard	Kristin Cullman	Outi Borgenström	7.9 km, 14 controls
1976	Liisa Veijalainen	Kristin Cullman	Anne Lundmark	8.9 km, 16 controls
1978	Anne Berit Eid	Liisa Veijalainen	Wenche Jacobsen	8.6 km, 14 controls
1979	Outi Borgenström	Liisa Veijalainen	Monica Andersson	8.3 km, 10 controls
1981	Annichen Kringstad	Brit Volden	Karin Rabe	8.7 km, 12 controls
1983	Annichen Kringstad	Marita Skogum	Annariita Kottonen	8.1 km, 18 controls
1985	Annichen Kringstad	Brit Volden	Christina Blomqvist	8.4 km, 14 controls
1987	Arja Hannus	Karin Rabe	Jana Galíková	8.8 km, 15 controls
1989	Marita Skogum	Jana Galíková	Alīda Ābola	9.7 km, 15 controls
1991	Katalin Oláh	Christina Blomqvist	Jana Galíková	10.5 km, 16 controls
1993	Marita Skogum	Annika Viilo	Yvette Hague	8.6 km, 14 controls
1995	Katalin Oláh	Yvette Hague Eija Koskivaara		9.7 km, 21 controls
1997	Hanne Staff	Katarina Borg	Hanne Sandstad	8.7 km, 17 controls
1999	Kirsi Boström	Hanne Staff	Johanna Asklöf	10.3 km, 18 controls
2001	Simone Luder	Marika Mikkola	Reeta Kolkkala	9.7 km, 17 controls
2003	Simone Luder	Karolina Arewang Höjsgaard	Brigitte Wolf	11.8 km, 19 controls
2004	Karolina A Höjsgaard	Hanne Staff	Marika Mikkola	11.0 km, 25 controls
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Vroni König Salmi	8.8 km, 21 controls
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Dana Brožková	11.7 km, 24 controls
2007	Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola		Simone Niggli-Luder	11.95 km, 23 controls
2008	Dana Brožková	Marianne Andersen	Annika Billstam	11.9 km, 24 controls
2009	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Minna Kauppi	11.8 km, 27 controls
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Emma Claesson	9.9 km, 23 controls
2011	Annika Billstam	Dana Brožková	Helena Jansson	10.3 km, 21 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Annika Billstam	12.4 km, 23 controls
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tove Alexandersson	Lena Eliasson	13.9 km, 23 controls
2014	Svetlana Mironova	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	11 km, 23 controls
2015	Ida Bobach	Mari Fasting	Svetlana Mironova	9.7 km, 19 controls
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Natalia Gemperle	Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	11.2 km, 18 controls
2017	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Natalia Gemperle	11.4 km, 20 controls
2018	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	Sabine Hauswirth	9.9 km, 18 controls

Short

This event was held from 1991 to 2001, before it was abandoned and the middle distance replaced it.

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
1991	Petr Kozák	Kent Olsson	Martin Johansson	5.8 km, 10 controls
1993	Petter Thoresen	Timo Karppinen	Martin Johansson	4.7 km, 14 controls
1995	Yuri Omeltchenko	Jörgen Mårtensson	Bjørnar Valstad	5.6 km, 18 controls
1997	Janne Salmi	Timo Karppinen	Bjørnar Valstad	4.2 km, 16 controls
1999	Jørgen Rostrup	Juha Peltola	Janne Salmi	4.5 km, 17 controls
2001	Pasi Ikonen	Tore Sandvik	Jørgen Rostrup	4.1 km, 15 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
1991	Jana Cieslarová	Ada Kuchařová	Marita Skogum	5.5 km, 9 controls
1993	Anna Bogren	Marita Skogum	Eija Koskivaara	3.7 km, 11 controls
1995	Marie-Luce Romanens	Yvette Hague	Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren	4.6 km, 14 controls
1997	Lucie Böhm	Hanne Sandstad	Hanne Staff Marie-Luce Romanens	3.3 km, 13 controls
1999	Yvette Baker	Lucie Böhm	Frauke Schmitt Gran	3.6 km, 13 controls
2001	Hanne Staff	Jenny Johansson	Gunilla Svärd	3.6 km, 11 controls

Middle

This event was first held in 2003

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
2003	Thierry Gueorgiou	Bjørnar Valstad	Øystein Kristiansen	5.0 km, 21 controls
2004	Thierry Gueorgiou	Valentin Novikov	Anders Nordberg	6.3 km, 18 controls
2005	Thierry Gueorgiou	Chris Terkelsen	Jarkko Huovila	5.0 km, 13 controls
2006	Holger Hott Johansen	Jarkko Huovila	Jamie Stevenson	6.3 km, 23 controls
2007	Thierry Gueorgiou	Tero Föhr	Valentin Novikov	6.15 km, 17 controls
2008	Thierry Gueorgiou	Michal Smola	Valentin Novikov	5.8 km, 27 controls
2009	Thierry Gueorgiou	Daniel Hubmann	Matthias Merz	6.57 km, 25 controls
2010	Carl Waaler Kaas	Peter Öberg	Thierry Gueorgiou Daniel Hubmann	5.47 km, 19 controls
2011	Thierry Gueorgiou	Peter Öberg	Olav Lundanes	5.4 km, 21 controls
2012	Edgars Bertuks	Valentin Novikov	Fabian Hertner	6.5 km, 20 controls
2013	Leonid Novikov	Thierry Gueorgiou	Gustav Bergman	6.3 km, 19 controls
2014	Olav Lundanes	Fabian Hertner	Oleksandr Kratov	5.9 km, 19 controls
2015	Daniel Hubmann	Lucas Basset	Olle Boström	6.2 km, 25 controls
2016	Matthias Kyburz	Olav Lundanes	Daniel Hubmann	6.3 km, 25 controls
2017	Thierry Gueorgiou	Fabian Hertner	Oleksandr Kratov	6.0 km, 24 controls
2018	Eskil Kinneberg	Daniel Hubmann	Florian Howald	5.9 km, 19 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
2003	Simone Luder	Hanne Staff	Heli Jukkola	4.5 km, 18 controls
2004	Hanne Staff	Tanja Ryabkina	Heli Jukkola	5.3 km, 16 controls
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Jenny Johansson	Minna Kauppi	4.1 km, 13 controls
2006	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	Tanja Ryabkina	5.2 km, 22 controls
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Heli Jukkola	Marianne Andersen	5.08 km, 14 controls
2008	Minna Kauppi	Vroni König-Salmi	Radka Brožková	4.8 km, 23 controls
2009	Dana Brožková	Marianne Andersen	Simone Niggli-Luder	5.34 km, 22 controls
2010	Minna Kauppi	Simone Niggli-Luder	Marianne Andersen	4.53 km, 16 controls
2011	Helena Jansson	Ida Bobach	Judith Wyder	3.8 km, 16 controls
2012	Minna Kauppi	Tove Alexandersson	Tatiana Ryabkina	5.5 km, 18 controls
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Tove Alexandersson	Merja Rantanen	5.0 km, 15 controls
2014	Annika Billstam	Ida Bobach	Tove Alexandersson	5.0 km, 16 controls
2015	Annika Billstam	Merja Rantanen	Emma Johansson	5.3 km, 21 controls
2016	Tove Alexandersson	Heidi Bagstevold	Natalia Gemperle	5.1 km, 21 controls
2017	Tove Alexandersson	Marianne Andersen	Venla Harju	5.1 km, 21 controls
2018	Natalia Gemperle	Marika Teini	Isia Basset	4.8 km, 17 controls

Sprint

This event was first held in 2001

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
2001	Jimmy Birklin	Pasi Ikonen	Jörgen Olsson	2.66 km, 12 controls
2003	Jamie Stevenson	Rudolf Ropek	Thierry Gueorgiou	2.8 km, 18 controls
2004	Niclas Jonasson	Håkan Eriksson	Yuri Omeltchenko	3.1 km, 12 controls
2005	Emil Wingstedt	Daniel Hubmann	Jani Lakanen	2.4 km, 14 controls
2006	Emil Wingstedt	Daniel Hubmann	Claus Bloch	3.1 km, 21 controls
2007	Thierry Gueorgiou	Matthias Merz	Martin Johansson	3.2 km, 15 controls
2008	Andrey Khramov	Daniel Hubmann	Martin Johansson	3.0 km, 17 controls
2009	Andrey Khramov	Fabian Hertner	Daniel Hubmann	3.2 km, 22 controls
2010	Matthias Müller	Fabian Hertner	Frédéric Tranchand	2.7 km, 21 controls
2011	Daniel Hubmann	Anders Holmberg	Matthias Müller	2.5 km, 20 controls
2012	Matthias Kyburz	Matthias Merz	Matthias Müller	4.0 km, 20 controls
2013	Mårten Boström	Scott Fraser	Jonas Leandersson	3.9 km, 24 controls
2014	Søren Bobach	Daniel Hubmann	Tue Lassen	4.4 km, 20 controls
2015	Jonas Leandersson	Martin Hubmann	Jerker Lysell	4.1 km, 23 controls
2016	Jerker Lysell	Matthias Kyburz	Daniel Hubmann	4.1 km, 22 controls
2017	Daniel Hubmann	Frederic Tranchand	Jerker Lysell	4.0 km, 15 controls
2018	Daniel Hubmann	Tim Robertson	Andreas Kyburz	4.3 km, 18 controls

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Length and controls
2001	Vroni König-Salmi	Johanna Asklöf	Simone Luder	2.24 km, 10 controls
2003	Simone Luder	Marie-Luce Romanens	Jenny Johansson	2.6 km, 17 controls
2004	Simone Niggli-Luder	Karolina A Höjsgaard	Elisabeth Ingvaldsen	2.6 km, 11 controls
2005	Simone Niggli-Luder	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Heather Monro	2.1 km, 12 controls
2006	Hanny Allston	Simone Niggli-Luder	Kajsa Nilsson	2.7 km, 15 controls
2007	Simone Niggli-Luder	Minna Kauppi	Lena Eliasson	2.47 km, 14 controls
2008	Anne Margrethe Hausken	Minna Kauppi	Helena Jansson	2.5 km, 17 controls
2009	Helena Jansson	Linnéa Gustafsson	Simone Niggli-Luder	2.6 km, 18 controls
2010	Simone Niggli-Luder	Helena Jansson	Marianne Andersen	2.6 km, 21 controls
2011	Linnea Gustafsson	Helena Jansson	Lena Eliasson	2.2 km, 19 controls
2012	Simone Niggli-Luder	Maja Alm	Annika Billstam	3.7 km, 19 controls
2013	Simone Niggli-Luder	Annika Billstam	Venla Niemi	3.4 km, 21 controls
2014	Judith Wyder	Tove Alexandersson	Maja Alm	4.05 km, 18 controls
2015	Maja Alm	Nadiya Volynska	Galina Vinogradova	3.8 km, 21 controls
2016	Maja Alm	Judith Wyder	Anastasia Denisova	3.6 km, 20 controls
2017	Maja Alm	Natalia Gemperle	Galina Vinogradova	3.4 km, 13 controls
2018	Maja Alm	Tove Alexandersson	Judith Wyder	3.8 km, 17 controls

Relay

Men

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Sweden Bertil Norman Karl Johansson Anders Morelius Göran Öhlund	Finland Erkki Kohvakka Rolf Koskinen Juhani Salmenkylä Aimo Tepsell	Norway Dagfinn Olsen Ola Skarholt Åge Hadler Stig Berge
1968	Sweden Sture Björk Karl Johansson Sten-Olof Carlström Göran Öhlund	Finland Rolf Koskinen Veijo Tahvanainen Juhani Salmenkylä Markku Salminen	Norway Per Fosser Ola Skarholt Stig Berge Åge Hadler
1970	Norway Ola Skarholt Stig Berge Per Fosser Åge Hadler	Sweden Björn Nordin Karl Johansson Sture Björk Bernt Frilén	Czechoslovakia Zdeněk Lenhart Bohuslav Beránek Jaroslav Jašek Svatoslav Galík
1972	Sweden Lennart Carlström Rolf Pettersson Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	Switzerland Dieter Hulliger Dieter Wolf Bernard Marti Karl John	Hungary Zoltán Boros János Sotér Géza Vajda András Hegedus
1974	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Gunnar Öhlund Arne Johansson Bernt Frilén	Finland Hannu Mäkirinta Markku Salminen Risto Nuuros Seppo Väli-Klemelä	Norway Svein Jacobsen Jan Fjærestad Ivar Formo Eystein Weltzien
1976	Sweden Erik Johansson Gert Pettersson Arne Johansson Rolf Pettersson	Norway Jan Fjærestad Øystein Halvorsen Svein Jacobsen Egil Johansen	Finland Hannu Mäkirinta Markku Salminen Matti Mäkinen Kimmo Rauhamäki
1978	Norway Jan Fjærestad Svein Jacobsen Egil Johansen Eystein Weltzien	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Lars Lönnkvist Kjell Lauri Olle Nabo	Finland Urho Kujala Jorma Karvonen Simo Nurminen Risto Nuuros
1979	Sweden Rolf Pettersson Kjell Lauri Lars Lönnkvist Björn Rosendahl	Finland Seppo Keskinarkaus Hannu Kottonen Risto Nuuros Ari Anjala	Czechoslovakia Petr Uher Zdeněk Lenhart Jiří Ticháček Jaroslav Kačmarčík
1981	Norway Øyvin Thon Harald Thon Tore Sagvolden Sigurd Dæhli	Sweden Lars-Henrik Undeland Bengt Levin Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist	Finland Kari Sallinen Ari Anjala Seppo Rytkonen Hannu Kottonen
1983	Norway Morten Berglia Øyvin Thon Tore Sagvolden Harald Thon	Czechoslovakia Vlastimil Uchytil Pavel Ditrych Josef Pollák Jaroslav Kačmarčík	Sweden Bengt Levin Kjell Lauri Lars Lönnkvist Kent Olsson
1985	Norway Morten Berglia Atle Hansen Tore Sagvolden Øyvin Thon	Sweden Lars Palmqvist Michael Wehlin Kjell Lauri Jörgen Mårtensson	Switzerland Willi Müller Martin Howald Urs Flühmann Alain Gafner
1987	Norway Morten Berglia Håvard Tveite Tore Sagvolden Øyvin Thon	Switzerland Markus Stappung Stefan Bolliger Kaspar Öttli Urs Flühmann	Sweden Kent Olsson Hans Melin Jörgen Mårtensson Lars Lönnkvist
1989	Norway Øyvin Thon Rolf Vestre Petter Thoresen Håvard Tveite	Sweden Kent Olsson Michael Wehlin Jörgen Mårtensson Håkan Eriksson	Finland Keijo Parkkinen Ari Kattainen Peter Ivars Reijo Mattinen
1991	Switzerland Thomas Bührer Alain Berger Urs Flühmann Christian Aebersold	Norway Petter Thoresen Bjørnar Valstad Rolf Vestre Håvard Tveite	Finland Reijo Mattinen Ari Anjala Miko Kuisma Keijo Parkkinen
1993	Switzerland Dominik Humbel Christian Aebersold Urs Flühmann Thomas Bührer	Great Britain Jonathan Musgrave Martin Bagness Stephen Palmer Steven Hale	Finland Keijo Parkkinen Mika Kuisma Petri Forsman Timo Karppinen
1995	Switzerland Alain Berger Daniel Hotz Christian Aebersold Thomas Bührer	Finland Keijo Parkkinen Reijo Mattinen Timo Karppinen Janne Salmi	Sweden Lars Holmqvist Jimmy Birklin Johan Ivarsson Jörgen Mårtensson
1997	Denmark Torben Skovlyst Carsten Jørgensen Chris Terkelsen Allan Mogensen	Finland Timo Karppinen Juha Peltola Mikael Boström Janne Salmi	Norway Håvard Tveite Bjørnar Valstad Kjetil Bjørlo Petter Thoresen
1999	Norway Tore Sandvik Bernt Bjørnsgaard Petter Thoresen Bjørnar Valstad	Finland Jani Lakanen Juha Peltola Mikael Boström Janne Salmi	Sweden Jimmy Birklin Håkan Eriksson Jörgen Olsson Johan Ivarsson
2001	Finland Jani Lakanen Jarkko Huovila Juha Peltola Janne Salmi	Norway Bernt Bjørnsgaard Carl Henrik Bjørseth Tore Sandvik Bjørnar Valstad	Czech Republic Michal Horáček Michal Jedlička Radek Novotný Rudolf Ropek
2003	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Mattias Karlsson Emil Wingstedt	Finland Jani Lakanen Jarkko Huovila Mats Haldin	Great Britain Daniel Marston Jon Duncan Jamie Stevenson
2004	Norway Bjørnar Valstad Øystein Kristiansen Jørgen Rostrup	Russia Mikhail Mamlejev Andrej Khramov Valentin Novikov	Sweden Mattias Karlsson Emil Wingstedt Niclas Jonasson
2005	Norway Holger Hott Johansen Øystein Kristiansen Jørgen Rostrup	France Francois Gonon Damien Renard Thierry Gueorgiou	Switzerland Matthias Merz Marc Lauenstein Daniel Hubmann
2006	Russia Roman Efimov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov	Finland Mats Haldin Jarkko Huovila Jani Lakanen	Sweden Niclas Jonasson Emil Wingstedt Mattias Karlsson
2007	Russia Roman Efimov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov	Sweden Peter Öberg David Andersson Emil Wingstedt	Finland Mats Haldin Pasi Ikonen Tero Föhr
2008	Great Britain Graham Gristwood Jon Duncan Jamie Stevenson	Russia Dmitriy Tsvetkov Andrey Khramov Valentin Novikov	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Matthias Merz Daniel Hubmann
2009[note]	Switzerland Baptiste Rollier Daniel Hubmann Matthias Merz	Russia Dmitriy Tsvetkov Valentin Novikov Andrey Khramov	Finland Topi Anjala Tero Föhr Mats Haldin
2010	Russia Andrey Khramov Dmitriy Tsvetkov Valentin Novikov	Norway Carl Waaler Kaas Audun Weltzien Olav Lundanes	Switzerland Daniel Hubmann Matthias Müller Matthias Merz
2011	France Philippe Adamski Francois Gonon Thierry Gueorgiou	Norway Carl Waaler Kaas Anders Nordberg Olav Lundanes	Sweden Anders Holmberg Olle Boström David Andersson
2012	Czech Republic Tomáš Dlabaja Jan Šedivý Jan Procházka	Norway Magne Daehli Carl Waaler Kaas Olav Lundanes	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Peter Öberg Anders Holmberg
2013	Russia Leonid Novikov Valentin Novikov Dmitriy Tsvetkov	Sweden Anders Holmberg Peter Öberg Gustav Bergman	Ukraine Pavlo Ushkvarok Oleksandr Kratov Denys Shcherbakov
2014	Sweden Jonas Leandersson Fredrik Johansson Gustav Bergman	Switzerland Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	France Frederic Tranchand François Gonon Thierry Gueorgiou
2015	Switzerland Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	Norway Øystein Kvaal Østerbø Carl Godager Kaas Magne Dæhli	France Vincent Coupat Lucas Basset Frédéric Tranchand
2016	Norway Carl Godager Kaas Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	Switzerland Fabian Hertner Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	Sweden Fredrik Bakkman Gustav Bergman William Lind
2017	Norway Eskil Kinneberg Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	France Frederic Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou	Sweden Johan Runesson William Lind Gustav Bergman
2018	Norway Hallan Steiwer Gaute Eskil Kinneberg Magne Dæhli	Switzerland Florian Howald Daniel Hubmann Matthias Kyburz	France Nicolas Rio Lucas Basset Frederic Tranchand

2009 Note: ^{^} In the 3rd leg Martin Johansson (Sweden) was in the lead when he suffered a serious injury; Thierry Gueorgiou (France), Anders Nordberg (Norway), and Michal Smola (Czech Republic) gave up their lead positions and rescued him. Interpretation of International Orienteering Federation (IOF) competition rules was at issue: rule 26.13 states "The organiser must void a competition if at any point it becomes clear that circumstances have arisen which make the competition unfair or dangerous for the competitors." After much deliberation on whether or not to void the relay, the organizers declared that it stood.^[37][38]

Women

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1966	Sweden Kerstin Granstedt Eivor Steen-Olsson Gunborg Ahling	Finland Anja Meldo Pirjo Ruotsalainen Raila Hovi	Norway Astrid Hansen Ragnhild Kristensen Ingrid Thoresen
1968	Norway Astrid Rødmyr Astrid Hansen Ingrid Hadler	Sweden Gun-Britt Nyberg Kerstin Granstedt Ulla Lindkvist	Finland Pirjo Seppä Tuula Hovi Raila Kerkelä
1970	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Eivor Steen-Olsson Ulla Lindkvist	Hungary Magda Horváth Ágnes Hegedűs Sarolta Monspart	Norway Astrid Rødmyr Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler
1972	Finland Sinikka Kukkonen Pirjo Seppä Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Brigitta Johansson Ulla Lindkvist Birgitta Larsson	Czechoslovakia Naďa Mertová Renata Vlachová Anna Hanzlová
1974	Sweden Birgitta Larsson Monica Andersson Kristin Cullman	Norway Kristin Danielsen Ingrid Hadler Linda Verde	Czechoslovakia Dana Procházková Anna Hanzlová Renata Vlachová
1976	Sweden Ingrid Ohlsson Kristin Cullman Anne Lundmark	Finland Outi Borgenström Sinikka Kukkonen Liisa Veijalainen	Hungary Irén Rostás Magda Kovács Sarolta Monspart
1978	Finland Outi Borgenström Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen	Sweden Eva Moberg Karin Rabe Kristin Cullman	Switzerland Ruth Baumberger Ruth Humbel Hanni Fries
1979	Finland Leena Silvennoinen Leena Salmenkylä Liisa Veijalainen	Norway Anne Berit Eid Astrid Carlson Brit Volden	Sweden Anna-Lena Axelsson Karin Rabe Monica Andersson
1981	Sweden Arja Hannus Barbro Lönnkvist Karin Rabe Annichen Kringstad	Finland Helena Mannervesi Marita Ruoho Liisa Veijalainen Outi Borgenström	Switzerland Ruth Schmid Annelies Meier Irene Bucher Ruth Humbel
1983	Sweden Karin Rabe Marita Skogum Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Czechoslovakia Iva Knapová-Kalibánová-Kusynová Eva Bártová Jana Galíková-Hlaváčová Ada Kuchařová	Denmark Mette Filskov Hanne Birke Karin Jexner Dorthe Hansen
1985	Sweden Karin Rabe Christina Blomqvist Kerstin Månsson Annichen Kringstad	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Hilde Tellesbø Helle Johansen Ellen-Sofie Olsvik	Switzerland Susanne Luscher Frauke Sonderegger Brigitte Zurcher Ruth Humbel
1987	Norway Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen Ellen Sofie Olsvik Brit Volden	Sweden Arja Hannus Katarina Borg Marita Skogum Karin Rabe	Czechoslovakia Iva Knapová-Kalibánová-Kusynová Iva Slaninová Ada Kuchařová Jana Galíková
1989	Sweden Karin Rabe Arja Hannus Kerstin Haglund Marita Skogum	Czechoslovakia Petra Wagnerová Jana Cieslarová Ada Kuchařová Jana Galíková	Finland Marja Liisa Portin Ulla Mänttäri Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara
1991	Sweden Arja Hannus Christina Blomqvist Marlena Jansson Marita Skogum	Norway Hanne Sandstad Heidi Arnesen Ragnhild Bratberg Ragnhild Bente Andersen	Czechoslovakia Marcela Kubatková Jana Galíková Ada Kuchařová Jana Cieslarová
1993	Sweden Anette Nilsson Marlena Jansson Anna Bogren Marita Skogum	Finland Johanna Tiira Kirsi Tiira Annika Viilo Eija Koskivaara	Czech Republic Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubatková Jana Cieslarová
1995	Finland Kirsi Tiira Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Eija Koskivaara Annika Viilo	Sweden Anette Granstedt Maria Gustafsson Anna Bogren Marlena Jansson	Czech Republic Petra Novotná Mária Honzová Marcela Kubatková Jana Cieslarová
1997	Sweden Anna Bogren Gunilla Svärd Cecilia Nilsson Marlena Jansson	Norway Torunn Fossli Sæthre Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	Switzerland Brigitte Wolf Marie-Luce Romanens Vroni König Sabrina Meister-Fesseler
1999	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Sandstad Hanne Staff	Finland Reeta-Mari Kolkkala Sanna Nymalm Kirsi Tiira Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Katarina Allberg Marlena Jansson Anette Granstedt Gunilla Svärd
2001	Finland Reeta Kolkkala Liisa Anttila Marika Mikkola Johanna Asklöf	Sweden Katarina Allberg Jenny Johansson Cecilia Nilsson Gunilla Svärd	Norway Birgitte Husebye Linda Antonsen Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff
2003	Switzerland Birgitte Wolf Vroni König-Salmi Simone Luder	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Karolina A. Höjsgaard Jenny Johansson	Norway Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Birgitte Husebye Hanne Staff
2004	Sweden Gunilla Svärd Jenny Johansson Karolina A Höjsgaard	Finland Marika Mikkola Minna Kauppi Heli Jukkola	Norway Birgitte Husebye Elisabeth Ingvaldsen Hanne Staff
2005	Switzerland Lea Müller Vroni König Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder	Norway Marianne Andersen Marianne Riddervold Anne Margrethe Hausken	Sweden Jenny Johansson Karolina A. Höjsgaard Emma Engstrand
2006	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Sweden Jenny Johansson Kajsa Nilsson Karolina A. Höjsgaard	Switzerland Martina Fritschy Vroni Koenig-Salmi Simone Niggli-Luder
2007	Finland Paula Haapakoski Heli Jukkola Minna Kauppi	Sweden Annika Billstam Emma Engstrand Helena Jansson	Norway Ingunn Hultgreen Weltzien Marianne Andersen Anne Margrethe Hausken
2008	Finland Katri Lindeqvist Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Russia Galina Vinogradova Yulia Novikova Tatiana Ryabkina	Sweden Annika Billstam Sofie Johansson Helena Jansson
2009	Norway Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nielsen Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen	Sweden Karolina A. Höjsgaard Kajsa Nilsson Helena Jansson	Finland Bodil Holmström Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi
2010	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Norway Elise Egseth Anne Margrethe Hausken Marianne Andersen	Sweden Annika Billstam Emma Claesson Helena Jansson
2011	Finland Anni-Maija Fincke Merja Rantanen Minna Kauppi	Czech Republic Martina Zvěřinová Eva Juřeníková Dana Brožková	Sweden Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson Annika Billstam
2012	Switzerland Ines Brodmann Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder	Sweden Annika Billstam Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Norway Silje Ekroll Jahren Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken
2013	Norway Heidi Bagstevold Mari Fasting Anne Marghrete Hausken Nordberg	Finland Venla Niemi Anni-Maija Fincke Minna Kauppi	Switzerland Sara Luescher Judith Wyder Simone Niggli-Luder
2014	Switzerland Sara Lüscher Sabine Hauswirth Judith Wyder	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Ida Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Sweden Helena Jansson Annika Billstam Tove Alexandersson
2015	Denmark Maja Møller Alm Ida Bobach Emma Klingenberg	Norway Heidi Østlid Bagstevold Mari Fasting Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Sweden Helena Jansson Annika Billstam Emma Johansson
2016	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	Denmark Signe Klinting Ida Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Finland Sari Anttonen Marika Teini Merja Rantanen
2017	Sweden Emma Johansson Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	Finland Venla Harju Marika Teini Merja Rantanen
2018	Switzerland Elena Roos Julia Jacob Judith Wyder	Sweden Helena Bergman Karolin Ohlsson Tove Alexandersson	Russia Anastasia Rudnaya Tatyana Riabkina Natalia Gemperle

Sprint Relay

The first event was held in 2014.

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze
2014	Switzerland Rahel Friederich Martin Hubmann Matthias Kyburz Judith Wyder	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Alm	Russia Anastasiya Tikhonova Gleb Tikhonov Andrey Khramov Galina Vinogradova
2015	Denmark Emma Klingenberg Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Alm	Norway Elise Egseth Haakon Jarvis Westergaard Øystein Kvaal Østerbøe Anne-Margrethe Hausken Nordberg	Russia Tatyana Riabkina Gleb Tikhonov Andrey Khramov Galina Vinogradova
2016	Denmark Cecilie Friberg Klysner Tue Lassen Søren Bobach Maja Møller Alm	Switzerland Rahel Friederich Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Judith Wyder	Sweden Lina Strand Gustav Bergman Jonas Leandersson Helena Jansson
2017	Sweden Helena Jansson Jonas Leandersson Jerker Lysell Lina Strand	Denmark Maja Alm Andreas Hougaard Boesen Tue Lassen Cecilie Friberg Klysner	Switzerland Elena Roos Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Sabine Hauswirth
2018	Sweden Tove Alexandersson Emil Svensk Jonas Leandersson Karolin Ohlsson	Switzerland Elena Roos Florian Howald Fabian Hertner Judith Wyder	Denmark Amanda Falck Weber Tue Lassen Jakob Edsen Maja Alm

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	51	54	52	157
2	Norway (NOR)	45	45	42	132
3	Switzerland (SUI)	44	32	35	111
4	Finland (FIN)	24	42	29	95
5	France (FRA)	13	5	9	27
6	Russia (RUS)	11	9	11	31
7	Denmark (DEN)	11	8	6	25
8	Czech Republic (CZE)	5	7	8	20
9	Great Britain (GBR)	3	4	4	11
10	Hungary (HUN)	3	1	2	6
11	Ukraine (UKR)	1	3	3	7
12	Austria (AUT)	1	1	0	2
13	Latvia (LAT)	1	0	2	3
14	Australia (AUS)	1	0	0	1
15	Czechoslovakia (TCH)	0	2	5	7
16	New Zealand (NZL)	0	1	0	1
17	Soviet Union (URS)	0	0	2	2
18	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Germany (GER)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (20 nations)		214	214	213	641

References

External links

• International Orienteering Federation
• World Orienteering Championships, senior statistics 1966–2005