Status active Date(s) July–August Location(s) various | Genre sporting event Frequency annual Inaugurated 1966 (1966) | |
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Instances 2016 World Orienteering Championships, 2015 World Orienteering Championships, 2014 World Orienteering Championships, 2018 World Orienteering Championships, 2017 World Orienteering Championships | ||
World orienteering championships 2015 universal sports network
The World Orienteering Championships 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.
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- World orienteering championships 2015 universal sports network
- World orienteering championships 2014 long distance
- IndividualClassicLong
- Short
- Middle
- Sprint
- Men
- Sprint Relay
- References
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.
The current championship events are:
World orienteering championships 2014 long distance
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".
Short
This event was held from 1991 to 2001, before it was abandoned and the middle distance replaced it.
Middle
This event was first held in 2003
Sprint
This event was first held in 2001
Men
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.
Sprint Relay
The first event was held in 2014.