2017 World Orienteering Championships

2017 World Orienteering Championships

Host city	Tartu
Country	Estonia
Opening	30 June 2017
Closing	7 July 2017
Website	www.woc2017.ee
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The 34th World Orienteering Championships were held in Tartu, Estonia in June/July 2017.^[1] The official name of the event is Nokian Tyres World Orienteering Championships 2017 after the title sponsor Nokian Tyres.

Event dates and locations

Tartu

Viljandi

Rõuge

Elva

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Event locations within Estonia

Results

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men's sprint[2]	Daniel Hubmann (SUI)	14:30.6	Frederic Tranchand (FRA)	14:33.5	Jerker Lysell (SWE)	14:35.8
Women's sprint[2]	Maja Alm (DEN)	13:55.5	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	14:32.5	Galina Vinogradova (RUS)	14:34.2
Sprint relay[3]	Sweden (SWE) Lina Strand Jerker Lysell Jonas Leandersson Helena Jansson	1:03:32	Denmark (DEN) Cecilie Friberg Klysner Andreas Hougaard Boesen Tue Lassen Maja Alm	1:04:02	Switzerland (SUI) Elena Roos Florian Howald Martin Hubmann Sabine Hauswirth	1:04.26
Men's middle distance[4]	Thierry Gueorgiou (FRA)	33:12	Fabian Hertner (SUI)	33:37	Oleksandr Kratov (UKR)	33:42
Women's middle distance[4]	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	32:34	Marianne Andersen (NOR)	34:44	Venla Harju (FIN)	36:44
Men's long distance[5]	Olav Lundanes (NOR)	1:45:25	Leonid Novikov (RUS)	1:47:15	William Lind (SWE)	1:47:38
Women's long distance[5]	Tove Alexandersson (SWE)	1:19:10	Maja Alm (DEN)	1:20:42	Natalia Gemperle (RUS)	1:24:46
Men's relay[6]	Norway (NOR) Eskil Kinneberg Olav Lundanes Magne Dæhli	1:34:50	France (FRA) Frederic Tranchand Lucas Basset Thierry Gueorgiou	1:36:06	Sweden (SWE) Johan Runesson William Lind Gustav Bergman	1:36:53
Women's relay[6]	Sweden (SWE) Emma Johansson Helena Jansson Tove Alexandersson	1:41:12	Russia (RUS) Anastasia Rudnaya Svetlana Mironova Natalia Gemperle	1:43:53	Finland (FIN) Venla Harju Marika Teini Merja Rantanen	1:45:35

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden (SWE)	4	0	3	7
2	Norway (NOR)	2	1	0	3
3	Denmark (DEN)	1	2	0	3
	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
5	Switzerland (SUI)	1	1	1	3
6	Russia (RUS)	0	3	2	5
7	Finland (FIN)	0	0	2	2
8	Ukraine (UKR)	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		9	9	9	27

References