1966 World Orienteering Championships

The 1st World Orienteering Championships were held in the village of Fiskars, Finland, 1–2 October 1966.[1]

1966 World Orienteering Championships
Host cityFiskars
Country Finland
Nations participating11
Teams participating10 (men)
9 (women)
Athletes participating58 (men)
35 (women)
Events4
Opening ceremony1 October 1966 (1966-10-01)
Closing ceremony2 October 1966 (1966-10-02)

Participants from eleven nations competed in the championships: Austria, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, East Germany, Finland, Great Britain, Hungary, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The medals were distributed between Sweden (3 gold, 1 bronze), Finland (3 silver, 1 bronze), Norway (1 gold, 2 bronze) and Switzerland (1 silver medal).

The men's individual course had 11 controls over 14.1 kilometres, while the women's individual course had 10 controls over 8.1 kilometres.[2]

The first individual world champions in orienteering came from Norway and Sweden. Winner of the men's competition was Åge Hadler from Norway. Hadler regarded the eighth control, which was located in thick forest, as the most difficult, where the last part of the leg required meticulous map reading and frequent checking of the compass.[3] Ulla Lindkvist from Sweden won the women's competition. Sweden won the men's relay, which had four legs, with a margin of nearly eight minutes. Sweden also won the women's relay, which had three legs, with a margin of 21 seconds to silver medalist Finland.[1]

The championships were attended by President of Finland, Urho Kekkonen, who was present at the finishing area.[4]


Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's individual[1]  Åge Hadler (NOR)1:36:05   Aimo Tepsell (FIN)1:38:47  Anders Morelius (SWE)1:40:05
Women's individual[1]  Ulla Lindkvist (SWE)52:45  Katharina Perch-Nielsen (SUI)1:00:30  Raila Hovi (FIN)1:00:51
Men's relay[1] 3.51.42 3.59.34 4.26.35
Women's relay[1] 2.42.58 2.43.19 2.54.29

Results

Men's individual
WOC 1966 – Individual – Men (14.1 km)[1]
RankCompetitorNationTime
Åge Hadler Norway1:36:05
Aimo Tepsell Finland1:38:47
Anders Morelius Sweden1:40:05
4Dagfinn Olsen Norway1:40:37
5Juhani Salmenkylä Finland1:40:38
6Göran Öhlund Sweden1:41:05
7Rolf Koskinen Finland1:41:11
8Stig Berge Norway1:42:23
9Karl Johansson Sweden1:42:48
10Heino Avikainen Finland1:45:38
11Erkki Kohvakka Finland1:45:52
12Ola Skarholt Norway1:45:57
13Hans Ekberg Sweden1:48:10
14Jostein Nilsen Norway1:48:26
15Hannu Haarma Finland1:49:10
16Alex Schwager Switzerland1:50:08
17Bertil Norman Sweden1:50:26
18Erik Engebråten Norway1:50:30
19Sven-Ola Darell Sweden1:51:19
20Keld Olsen Denmark1:54:41
21Leif Nörgård Denmark1:55:16
22Flemming Nörgård Denmark2:00:16
23Svatoslav Galík Czechoslovakia2:03:41
24Max Jüni Switzerland2:06:06
25Finn Faxner Denmark2:07:20
26Christian Jaggi Switzerland2:08:57
27Fritz Maurer Switzerland2:12:02
28Helmut Conrad East Germany2:12:26
29Roland Hirter Switzerland2:12:27
30Peter Nilsen Denmark2:13:17
31Jindrich Novotny Czechoslovakia2:13:25
32Jörn Esbensen Denmark2:16:21
33Harald Grosse East Germany2:16:45
34Andreas Örsi Hungary2:17:42
35Antonin Urbanec Czechoslovakia2:17:47
36Gustav Bartak Czechoslovakia2:20:03
37Iwan Skerletz Hungary2:20:34
38Alois Lasnicka Czechoslovakia2:27:27
39Georg Schönviszky Bulgaria2:30:05
40Franz Trampusch Austria2:32:08
41Ernst Saxer Switzerland2:32:27
42Alistair Patten Great Britain2:33:09
43Ladislaus Deseö Hungary2:33:27
44Rolf Heinemann East Germany2:33:37
45Michail Galov Bulgaria2:36:06
46Gordon Pirie Great Britain2:43:48
47Thomas Balogh Hungary2:45:48
48David Griffiths Great Britain2:47:07
49John Disley Great Britain2:48:56
50Georgi Gealtov Bulgaria2:51:24
51Achim Zemanek East Germany3:01:56
52Haralan Haralanoff Austria3:05:55
53Michael Murray Great Britain3:16:52
54Raimund Sobotka Austria3:23:57
55Tony Walker Great Britain3:29:12
56Grigor Kaloianov Bulgaria3:55:30
DSQNikola Bedelev Bulgaria
DSQSepp Michael Pacher Austria

Women's individual
WOC 1966 – Individual – Women [1]
RankCompetitorNationTime
Ulla Lindkvist Sweden52:45
Katherina Perch-Nielsen Switzerland1:00:30
Raila Hovi Finland1:00:51
4Kerstin Granstedt Sweden1:01:30
5Eivor Steen-Olsson Sweden1:02:54
6Ingrid Thoresen Norway1:03:29
7Annakäthi Grieder Switzerland1:04:58
8Anja Meldo Finland1:05:06
9Sarolta Monspart Hungary1:05:25
10Gunborg Åhling Sweden1:05:33
11Ragnhild Kristensen Norway1:09:36
12Vibeke Såbye Christensen Denmark1:11:44
13Barbara Cser Hungary1:12:18
14Astrid Hansen Norway1:13:07
15Erika Wauer East Germany1:14:05
16Marianne Selbo Denmark1:16:20
17Nadezda Linhartova Czechoslovakia1:16:59
18Pirjo Ruotsalainen Finland1:17:38
19Anna-Liisa Nissi Finland1:17:50
20Ulrike Heinemann East Germany1:18:08
21Dobruse Novotna Czechoslovakia1:19:40
22Karin Ågesen Denmark1:23:10
23Ria Meyer East Germany1:24:29
24Ludmila Kumbarova Czechoslovakia1:28:23
25Delia Stoeva Bulgaria1:28:44
26Irene Köhli Switzerland1:29:15
27Bjørg Knudsen Norway1:38:05
28Eliza Stoianova Bulgaria1:39:35
29Olga Tascheva Bulgaria1:40:52
30Eva Hohausova Czechoslovakia1:44:52
31Christine Lüdin Switzerland1:49:34
32Bodil Jakobsen Denmark1:51:43
33Margarete Babay Hungary2:10:58
34Gisela Haralanoff Austria2:25:14
35Magdalene Molnar Hungary2:25:59

References
  1. "World Orienteering Championships 1966". International Orienteering Federation. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  2. Berglia, Knut; Brohaug, Tom-Erik; Staver, Kristoffer; Thuesen, Kaare; Strandhagen, Torgeir, eds. (1987). Orienteringsidretten i Norge gjennom 90 år (in Norwegian). Norwegian Orienteering Federation. p. 339.
  3. Berglia (1987): p. 228–229
  4. Berglia (1987): p. 228


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