2012 World Orienteering Championships

The 29th World Orienteering Championships was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 14 to 21 July 2012.[1][2]

World Orienteering Championships 2012
Host cityLausanne
Country Switzerland
Nations46
Opening14 July 2012 (2012-07-14)
Closing21 July 2012 (2012-07-21)
Websitewoc2012.ch

Medalists

Men

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint
Matthias Kyburz
 Switzerland
Matthias Merz
 Switzerland
Matthias Müller
 Switzerland
Middle distance
Edgars Bertuks
 Latvia
Valentin Novikov
 Russia
Fabian Hertner
 Switzerland
Long distance
Olav Lundanes
 Norway
Matthias Merz
 Switzerland
Edgars Bertuks
 Latvia
Relay
 Czech Republic
Tomáš Dlabaja
Jan Šedivý
Jan Procházka
 Norway
Magne Daehli
Carl Waaler Kaas
Olav Lundanes
 Sweden
Jonas Leandersson
Peter Öberg
Anders Holmberg

Women

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Sprint
Simone Niggli-Luder
 Switzerland
Maja Alm
 Denmark
Annika Billstam
 Sweden
Middle distance
Minna Kauppi
 Finland
Tove Alexandersson
 Sweden
Tatyana Riabkina
 Russia
Long distance
Simone Niggli-Luder
 Switzerland
Minna Kauppi
 Finland
Annika Billstam
 Sweden
Relay
 Switzerland
Ines Brodmann
Judith Wyder
Simone Niggli-Luder
 Sweden
Annika Billstam
Helena Jansson
Tove Alexandersson
 Norway
Silje Ekroll Jahren
Mari Fasting
Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg

Participating countries

A total of 46 countries participated at this World Championships.[3]

Results

Sprint

The sprint finals were held on 14 July 2012 at Lausanne-Ouchy.[4]

Men's sprint

WOC 2012 – Sprint final – Men (4.2 km)[1][4]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Matthias Kyburz Switzerland15:32.0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Matthias Merz Switzerland15:49.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Matthias Müller Switzerland15:59.0
4Scott Fraser Great Britain16:11.2
5Andrey Khramov Russia16:22.7
6Tuomo Mäkelä Finland16:32.9
7Jonas Vytautas Gvildys Lithuania16:33.8
8Zsolt Lenkei Hungary16:39.5
9Søren Bobach Denmark16:43.7
10Vojtìch Král Czech Republic16:45.0
11Murray Strain Great Britain16:46.1
12Anders Holmberg Sweden16:49.9
13Jerker Lysell Sweden16:51.2
14Ionut Zinca Romania16:52.7
15Jonas Leandersson Sweden16:59.2
16Tomáš Dlabaja Czech Republic16:59.5
17Wojciech Kowalski Poland17:02.5
18Vincent Coupat France17:04.2
19Alexey Sidorov Russia17:05.2
20Rasmus Thrane Hansen Denmark17:07.7
21Robert Merl Austria17:08.2
22Ádám Kovács Hungary17:12.7
23Tuomas Tervo Finland17:15.4
24Andreu Blanes Reig Spain17:21.0
25Vilius Aleliunas Lithuania17:28.1
26Jan Procházka Czech Republic17:30.0
27Nicolas Simonin Ireland17:35.2
28Alexander Lubina Germany17:37.4
29Ulf Forseth Indgaard Norway17:38.0
30Antonio Martínez Spain17:42.2
31Yannick Michiels Belgium17:43.1
32Julian Dent Australia17:50.3
33Tim Robertson New Zealand17:51.7
34Simonas Krepsta Lithuania17:52.4
35Ivaylo Kamenarov Bulgaria17:54.4
36Patrick Goeres Canada17:54.7
36Ross Morrison New Zealand17:54.7
38Dmitry Nakonechny Russia17:55.4
39David Brickhill-Jones Australia18:00.6
40Wolfgang Siegert Austria18:01.2
41Robert Krüger Germany18:11.0
42Klaus Schgaguler Italy18:13.2
43Michael Crone South Africa18:41.3
99Kiril Nikolov Bulgariamiss 1 punch
99Frederic Tranchand Francemiss 1 punch

Women's sprint

WOC 2012 – Sprint final – Women (3.7 km)[1][4]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland15:43.7
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Maja Alm Denmark16:20.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Annika Billstam Sweden16:28.0
4Helena Jansson Sweden16:30.2
5Rahel Friederich Switzerland16:33.1
6Venla Niemi Finland16:39.4
7Claire Ward Great Britain16:49.4
8Lena Eliasson Sweden16:56.9
9Lizzie Ingham New Zealand17:07.2
10Silje Ekroll Jahren Norway17:12.8
11Tessa Hill Great Britain17:14.4
12Signe Klinting Denmark17:18.2
13Shuangyan Hao China17:25.4
14Fanni Gyurkó Hungary17:33.6
14Marika Teini Finland17:33.6
16Judith Wyder Switzerland17:36.7
17Heidi Østlid Bagstevold Norway17:37.1
18Iveta Duchová Czech Republic17:39.0
19Ausrine Kutkaite Lithuania17:44.9
20Alison Crocker United States17:47.3
21Svetlana Mironova Russia17:47.7
22Ursula Kadan Austria18:01.2
23Anastasiya Tikhonova Russia18:02.9
24Greta Knarston New Zealand18:05.0
25Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg Norway18:06.3
26Inga Kazlauskaite Lithuania18:19.1
27Kim Geypen Belgium18:26.9
28Ildikó Szerencsi Hungary18:31.1
29Hanna Wisniewska Poland18:33.8
30Daria Lajn Poland18:35.1
31Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Bulgaria18:37.8
32Gabija Ražaityte Lithuania18:39.9
33Sofia Haajanen Finland18:46.9
34Mikiko Minagawa Japan18:52.8
35Celine Dodin France19:05.8
36Lea Vercellotti France19:07.5
37Mingyue Zhu China19:24.1
38Catherine Taylor Great Britain19:29.4
39Amélie Chataing France19:40.5
40Esther Doetsch Germany20:03.7
41Yingwei Wang China20:28.6
42Raquel Costa Portugal21:19.7
43Nataliya Dimitrova Bulgaria23:10.0
99Eva Jureníková Czech Republicmiss 1 punch
99Annika Rihma Estoniamiss 1 punch

Middle distance

The middle distance finals were held on 17 July 2012 at St-Cergue / La Givrine.[5]

Men's middle distance

WOC 2012 – Middle distance final – Men (6.5 km)[1][5]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Edgars Bertuks Latvia36:45
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Valentin Novikov Russia36:50
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Fabian Hertner Switzerland37:10
4Thierry Gueorgiou France37:15
5Francois Gonon France37:18
6Peter Öberg Sweden37:22
7Magne Daehli Norway38:08
8Gustav Bergman Sweden38:33
9Marc Lauenstein Switzerland38:48
10Jan Procházka Czech Republic39:01
11Hannu Airila Finland39:02
11Oleksandr Kratov Ukraine39:02
13Kalvis Mihailovs Latvia39:10
14Olav Lundanes Norway39:19
15Philippe Adamski France39:26
16Lauri Sild Estonia39:42
17Pasi Ikonen Finland39:46
18Johan Runesson Sweden39:49
19Leonid Novikov Russia40:01
20Gernot Kerschbaumer Austria40:19
21Mārtiņš Sirmais Latvia40:22
22Carl Waaler Kaas Norway40:24
23Pavlo Ushkvarok Ukraine40:25
24Lucas Basset France40:30
25Tue Lassen Denmark40:33
26Robert Merl Austria41:03
27Olle Kärner Estonia41:05
27Štanfel Matjaž Croatia41:05
29Jonas Vytautas Gvildys Lithuania41:07
30Mikhail Mamleev Italy41:11
31Vojtìch Král Czech Republic41:21
32Zsolt Lenkei Hungary41:40
33Simonas Krėpšta Lithuania41:42
34Jarkko Huovila Finland42:27
34Michal Krajčík Slovakia42:27
36Graham Gristwood Great Britain42:48
37Aleksei Alekseyonok Belarus43:28
38Ionut Zinca Romania43:37
39Ross Morrison New Zealand44:04
40Bjarne Friedrichs Germany45:53
41Ivaylo Kamenarov Bulgaria46:41
42Yury Tambasov Belarus47:25
43Fabien Pasquasy Belgium51:15
99Søren Bobach Denmarkdropout (dnf)
99Baptiste Rollier Switzerlanddropout (dnf)

Women's middle distance

WOC 2012 – Middle distance final – Women (5.5 km)[1][5]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Minna Kauppi Finland37:37
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Tove Alexandersson Sweden38:09
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Tatyana Riabkina Russia39:03
4Ida Bobach Denmark39:52
5Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland40:00
6Annika Billstam Sweden40:07
7Sara Lüscher Switzerland40:53
8Merja Rantanen Finland41:03
9Inga Dambe Latvia41:15
10Saila Kinni Finland41:24
11Lina Strand Sweden42:04
12Kristina Rybakovaitė Lithuania43:17
12Dana Šafka Brožková Czech Republic43:17
14Fanni Gyurkó Hungary43:38
15Anastasia Trubkina Russia43:46
16Nadiya Volynska Ukraine43:51
17Heidi Østlid Bagstevold Norway44:17
18Amélie Chataing France44:33
19Iveta Duchová Czech Republic44:37
20Judith Wyder Switzerland44:41
21Rachael Rothman Great Britain45:22
22Signe Klinting Denmark45:26
22Claire Ward Great Britain45:26
24Aija Skrastiņa Latvia45:29
25Gabija Ražaitytė Lithuania45:46
26Helen Palmer Great Britain45:58
27Inga Kazlauskaite Lithuania46:10
28Maja Alm Denmark47:22
29Mari Fasting Norway47:24
30Ida Marie Ness Bjorgul Norway47:47
31Vanessa Round Australia47:58
32Ursula Kadan Austria47:59
33Anna Serrallonga Arqués Spain48:26
33Elisa Elstner Austria48:26
35Kirti Rebane Estonia50:11
36Anja Arbter Austria50:50
37Shuangyan Hao China50:59
38Hanna Wisniewska Poland51:13
39Lizzie Ingham New Zealand53:01
40Ona Rafols Perramón Spain53:14
41Louise Oram Canada53:31
42Liis Johanson Estonia53:58
43Christine Kirchlechner Italy54:34
44Iliana Shandurkova Bulgaria54:53
45Christiane Tröße Germany55:10

Long distance

The long distance finals were held on 19 July 2012 at Chalet-à-Gobet.[6]

Men's long distance

WOC 2012 – Long distance final – Men (18.3 km)[1][6]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Olav Lundanes Norway1:34:42
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Matthias Merz Switzerland1:37:34
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Edgars Bertuks Latvia1:39:13
4Philippe Adamski France1:40:19
5Anders Holmberg Sweden1:41:46
6Kiril Nikolov Bulgaria1:41:48
7Dmitriy Tsvetkov Russia1:43:20
8Frederic Tranchand France1:43:55
9Tue Lassen Denmark1:44:46
10Anders Nordberg Norway1:44:51
11Yury Tambasov Belarus1:44:57
12Jan Šedivý Czech Republic1:45:08
13Mikhail Mamleev Italy1:45:11
14Fredric Portin Finland1:45:23
15Gernot Kerschbaumer Austria1:45:39
16Kalvis Mihailovs Latvia1:46:32
17Hans Gunnar Omdal Norway1:47:18
18Tomáš Dlabaja Czech Republic1:47:24
19Matthias Kyburz Switzerland1:47:28
20Scott Fraser Great Britain1:48:31
21Vytautas Beliūnas Lithuania1:48:59
22Ádám Kovács Hungary1:49:22
23Rasmus Djurhuus Denmark1:50:06
24Ionut Zinca Romania1:50:37
25Vilius Aleliunas Lithuania1:51:36
26Bartosz Pawlak Poland1:52:02
27Pavlo Ushkvarok Ukraine1:52:04
28Erik Rost Sweden1:52:22
29Rasmus Thrane Hansen Denmark1:52:52
30Julian Dent Australia1:54:18
31Tuomas Tervo Finland1:54:42
32Stepan Kodeda Czech Republic1:55:21
33Diogo Miguel Portugal1:55:24
34Alessio Tenani Italy1:55:48
35Aleksei Alekseyonok Belarus1:56:42
36Yannick Michiels Belgium1:57:21
37Artem Panchenko Ukraine1:57:43
38Peeter Pihl Estonia1:57:50
39Nicolas Simonin Ireland1:58:54
99Gustav Bergman Swedenmiss 1 punch
99Fabian Hertner Switzerlandpunch 1 wrong
99Andrey Khramov Russiadropout (dnf)
99Wojciech Kowalski Polandmiss 1 punch
99Valentin Novikov Russiadropout (dnf)
99Lauri Sild Estoniamiss 1 punch

Women's long distance

WOC 2012 – Long distance final – Women (12.4 km)[1][6]
RankCompetitorNationTime
1st place, gold medalist(s)Simone Niggli-Luder Switzerland1:15:07
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Minna Kauppi Finland1:16.38
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Annika Billstam Sweden1:17:13
4Tatyana Riabkina Russia1:19:17
5Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg Norway1:20:05
6Eva Juřeníková Czech Republic1:21:10
7Merja Rantanen Finland1:22:51
8Ida Bobach Denmark1:23:22
9Ines Brodmann Switzerland1:23:23
10Venla Niemi Finland1:23:35
11Sara Lüscher Switzerland1:24:04
12Lina Strand Sweden1:25:15
13Svetlana Mironova Russia1:25:38
14Mari Fasting Norway1:26:10
15Fanni Gyurkó Hungary1:26:38
16Celine Dodin France1:27:31
17Vendula Klechová Czech Republic1:28:40
18Tone Wigemyr Norway1:28:52
19Dana Šafka Brožková Czech Republic1:29:03
20Signe Klinting Denmark1:29:26
21Inga Dambe Latvia1:29:30
22Ursula Kadan Austria1:29:43
23Daria Lajn Poland1:31:36
24Annika Rihma Estonia1:32:04
25Claire Ward Great Britain1:32:17
26Anastasiya Tikhonova Russia1:32:19
27Ausrine Kutkaite Lithuania1:32:41
28Ildikó Szerencsi Hungary1:35:08
29Nadiya Volynska Ukraine1:35:11
30Kristina Rybakovaitė Lithuania1:35:21
31Olga Sluta Ukraine1:35:50
32Miek Fabré Belgium1:36:26
33Louise Oram Canada1:37:48
34Lea Vercellotti France1:38:38
35Aislinn Prendergast Australia1:39:58
36Helen Bridle Great Britain1:41:01
37Sarah Rollins Great Britain1:41:02
38Inga Kazlauskaite Lithuania1:41:23
39Anna Serrallonga Arqués Spain1:41:32
40Samantha Saeger United States1:41:39
41Kim Geypen Belgium1:43:48
42Kirti Rebane Estonia1:48:38
43Elisa Elstner Austria1:52:08
44Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova Bulgaria1:56:52
99Lena Eliasson Swedendropout (dnf)

Relay

The relay events were held on 21 July 2012 at Chalet-à-Gobet.[7]

Men's relay

WOC 2012 – Relay – Men (6.9 + 6.9 + 6.9 km)[1][7]
RankNationCompetitorsTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) Czech RepublicTomáš Dlabaja, Jan Šedivý, Jan Procházka1:40:00
2nd place, silver medalist(s) NorwayMagne Daehli, Carl Waaler Kaas, Olav Lundanes1:40:06
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) SwedenJonas Leandersson, Peter Öberg, Anders Holmberg1:40:11
4 SwitzerlandFabian Hertner, Matthias Müller, Matthias Merz1:41:21
5 FrancePhilippe Adamski, Thierry Gueorgiou, Francois Gonon1:42:56
6 DenmarkSøren Bobach, Rasmus Thrane Hansen, Tue Lassen1:43:08
7 LatviaMārtiņš Sirmais, Kalvis Mihailovs, Edgars Bertuks1:45:31
8 LithuaniaVilius Aleliunas, Simonas Krėpšta, Jonas Vytautas Gvildys1:45:42
9 UkrainePavlo Ushkvarok, Oleksandr Kratov, Denys Shcherbakov1:47:01
10 PolandBartosz Pawlak, Michal Olejnik, Wojciech Kowalski1:47:58
11 ItalyKlaus Schgaguler, Alessio Tenani, Mikhail Mamleev1:48:08
12 AustriaRobert Merl, Helmut Gremmel, Gernot Kerschbaumer1:48:38
13 BelgiumTomas Hendrickx, Fabien Pasquasy, Yannick Michiels1:49:34
14 SlovakiaPavol Bukovác, Michal Krajčík, Marián Dávidík1:49:53
15 FinlandTuomas Tervo, Hannu Airila, Fredric Portin1:50:09
16 Great BritainMark Nixon, Matthew Speake, Scott Fraser1:50:45
17 EstoniaPeeter Pihl, Olle Kärner, Lauri Sild1:51:02
18 SpainAntonio Martínez, Luis Nogueira de La Muela, Andreu Blanes Reig1:52:00
19 HungaryMáté Baumholczer, Zsolt Lenkei, Ádám Kovács1:53:39
20 BelarusYury Tambasov, Aleksei Alekseyonok, Dmitry Mikhalkin1:53:53
21 BulgariaKiril Nikolov, Ivaylo Kamenarov, Ivan Sirakov1:54:21
22 AustraliaDavid Brickhill-Jones, Simon Uppill, Julian Dent1:55:45
23 GermanyChristoph Brandt, Bjarne Friedrichs, Sören Lösch1:57:29
24 PortugalMiguel Silva, Diogo Miguel, Manuel Horta2:00:58
25 New ZealandRoss Morrison, Thomas Reynolds, Toby Scott2:04:42
26 IrelandNicolas Simonin, Colm Hill, Darren Burke2:07:12
27 BrazilLeandro Pereira Pasturiza, Fábio Kuczkoski, Ronaldo Almeida2:11:35
28 CanadaPatrick Goeres, Robbie Anderson, Will Critchley2:18:01
29 USAEric Bone, Boris Granovskiy, Giacomo Barbone2:22:11
30 TurkeyAhmet Kaçmaz, Musa Erdoğan, Fatih Bodur2:23:32
31 JapanShigeyuki Koizumi, Toshiyuki Matsuzawa, Wataru Teragauchi2:25:30
32 ChinaXiyuan Liang, Zhihui Yi, Qiaoping Li2:40:32
33 Hong KongChi Kin Man, Gerald Yip, Chun Kit Tang3:13:09
99 RussiaAndrey Khramov, Dmitriy Tsvetkov, Valentin Novikovdisqualified
99 South KoreaByung-Gu Ryu, Geun-Hee Hong, Jong-Hyun Parkdisqualified

Women's relay

WOC 2012 – Relay – Women (5.9 + 5.9 + 5.9 km)[1][7]
RankNationCompetitorsTime
1st place, gold medalist(s) SwitzerlandInes Brodmann, Judith Wyder, Simone Niggli-Luder1:44:54
2nd place, silver medalist(s) SwedenAnnika Billstam, Helena Jansson, Tove Alexandersson1:47:18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) NorwaySilje Ekroll Jahren, Mari Fasting, Anne Margrethe Hausken Nordberg1:48:11
4 RussiaAnastasiya Tikhonova, Svetlana Mironova, Tatyana Riabkina1:48:38
5 FinlandVenla Niemi, Merja Rantanen, Minna Kauppi1:51:41
6 DenmarkEmma Klingenberg, Ida Bobach, Maja Alm1:52:21
7 FranceCeline Dodin, Lea Vercellotti, Amélie Chataing1:53:13
8 Czech RepublicIveta Duchova, Dana Šafka Brožková, Eva Juřeníková1:59:54
9 EstoniaKirti Rebane, Liis Johanson, Annika Rihma2:00:24
10 Great BritainSarah Rollins, Claire Ward, Catherine Taylor2:00:33
11 UkraineAnastasiia Danylova, Nadiya Volynska, Olga Reznichenko2:01:02
12 PolandPaulina Faron, Daria Lajn, Hanna Wisniewska2:03:38
13 LithuaniaKristina Rybakovaitė, Gabija Ražaitytė, Ausrine Kutkaite2:03:52
14 HungaryFanni Gyurkó, Éva Novai, Ildikó Szerencsi2:04:06
15 USAAlison Crocker, Sandra Lauenstein, Samantha Saeger2:05:19
16 AustriaUrsula Kadan, Elisa Elstner, Anja Arbter2:07:16
17 ChinaMingyue Zhu, Yingwei Wang, Shuangyan Hao2:09:39
18 GermanyEsther Doetsch, Christiane Tröße, Sieglinde Kundisch2:09:56
19 New ZealandLizzie Ingham, Kate Morrison, Amber Morrison2:14:34
20 ItalyCarlotta Scalet, Maria Novella Sbaraglia, Christine Kirchlechner2:14:47
21 BulgariaNataliya Dimitrova, Iliana Shandurkova, Antoniya Grigorova-Burgova2:15:56
22 AustraliaRachel Effeney, Aislinn Prendergast, Vanessa Round2:17:53
23 SpainOna Rafols Perramón, Berta Meseguer Flaqué, Anna Serrallonga Arqués2:21:15
24 TurkeyTuğba Cın, Selvihan Günaydin, Şengűl Űzen2:57:58
25 Hong KongTsz Ying Yu, Pui Fung Chan, Yuen Ki Hilda Cheng3:20:15
99 BelarusNastsia Klapouskaya, Maria Alekseyonok, Irina Yurokdisqualified
99 LatviaLaura Vīķe, Aija Skrastiņa, Inga Dambedisqualified

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