World Masters Orienteering Championships

World Masters Orienteering Championships are an annual official world championship event of the International Orienteering Federation for orienteering runners aged 35 and over.

World Masters Orienteering Championships
Statusactive
Genresporting event
Date(s)July–August
Frequencyannual
Location(s)various
Inaugurated1996 (1996)
Organised byIOF

The classes of competition are divided into women (W) and men (M) in five year age groups from W35 and M35 to W100 and M100 with a total of 28 classes.

The first championships were arranged 1996 in Murcia, Spain.[1]

From 2018 onwards the competition programme includes Sprint, Middle distance and Long distance with qualifications runs before the final runs. Initially the WMOC programme included only Long distance with 2 qualification runs. From WMOC 2008 in Portugal, the Sprint distance was added to the programme.[2] From 2018 in Denmark, the Middle distance was added to the programme.[3]

Venues
Year Days Location
1996April 8–12 Murcia, Spain
1997September 29 – October 4 Minnesota, USA[4]
1998July 1–5 Novy Bor, Czech Republic[5]
1999July 18–23 Aarhus, Denmark[6]
2000January 1–7 Feilding, New Zealand[7]
2001July 1–5 Nida, Lithuania[8]
2002October 6–11 Bendigo, Australia[9]
2003July 13–17 Halden, Norway[10]
2004July 3-10 Asiago, Italy[11]
2005July 22–31 Edmonton, Canada[12]
2006July 1–8 Wiener Neustadt, Austria[13]
2007July 7–14 Kuusamo, Finland[14]
2008June 28 – July 5 Marinha Grande, Portugal[15]
2009October 10–18 Sydney, Australia[16]
2010July 31 – August 7 Neuchâtel, Switzerland[17]
2011July 1–8 Pécs, Hungary[18]
2012July 1–7 Bad Harzburg, Germany[19]
2013August 2–10 Sestriere, Italy[20]
2014November 1–8 Porto Alegre, Brazil[21]
2015July 27 – August 1 Gothenburg, Sweden[22]
2016August 7–13 Tallinn, Estonia[23]
2017April 21–30 Auckland, New Zealand[24]
2018July 7–13 Copenhagen, Denmark
2019July 5–12 Riga, Latvia[25]
2020August 7–15 Košice, Slovakia
2021May 24–29 Kansai, Japan

References
  1. "World Masters Orienteering Championships". Retrieved 2018-07-07.
  2. "WMOC 2008 Portugal". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  3. "WMOC 2018 Copenhagen". Retrieved 2018-10-25.
  4. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1997 Minnesota, USA, 29 September – 4 October". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1998 Novy Bor, Czech Republic, 1-5 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  6. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 1999 Aarhus, Denmark, 18-23 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  7. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2000 Feilding, New Zealand, 1-7 January". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  8. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2001, Nida, Lithuania, 1-5 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  9. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2002 Bendigo, Australia, 6-11 October". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  10. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2003, Halden, Norway, 13-17 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  11. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2004 Asiago, Italy, 3-10 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  12. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2005 Edmonton, Canada, 22-31 July 2005". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  13. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2006 Wiener Neustadt, Austria, 1-8 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  14. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2007 Kuusamo, Finland, 7-14 July". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  15. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2008 Marinha Grande, Portugal, 28 June – 5 July 2008". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  16. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2009, Sydney, Australia, 10-18 October 2009". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  17. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2010 Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 31 July – 7 August 2010". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  18. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2011, Pecs, Hungary, July 1-8". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  19. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2012, Bad Harzburg/Harz, July 1-8". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  20. "World Masters Games 2013 with WMOC 2013". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  21. "World Masters Orienteering Championships 2014 Porto Alegre, Brazil". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  22. "2015 World Masters Orienteering Championships". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  23. "World Masters Orienteering Championships in August 5-14, 2016 in Tallinn". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  24. "The Auckland World Masters Games 2107 featuring the World Masters Orienteering Championships (WMOC 2017)". Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  25. "WMOC 2019 in Riga, Latvia, 5-12 July 2019". Retrieved 2018-07-14.
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