Recurring international ski orienteering competitions
World Ski Orienteering Championships Status active Genre sporting event Date(s) February–March Frequency annual Location(s) various Inaugurated 1975 (1975 ) Organised by International Orienteering Federation
The World Ski Orienteering Championships (Ski-WOC) is the official event to award the titles of World Champions in ski orienteering . The World Championships is organized every odd year. The programme includes Sprint, Middle and Long Distance competitions, and a Relay for both men and women. The first Ski-WOC was held in 1975.[ 1]
Number Year Date Place 1 1975 26–28 February Hyvinkää , Finland 2 1977 25–27 March Velingrad , Bulgaria 3 1980 26 February – 1 March Avesta , Sweden 4 1982 8–12 February Aigen / Ennstal , Austria 5 1984 30 January – 4 February Lavarone , Italy 6 1986 19–24 February Batak , Bulgaria 7 1988 2–6 March Kuopio , Finland 8 1990 1–4 March Skellefteå , Sweden 9 1992 28 January – 2 February Pontarlier , France 10 1994 1–5 February Val di Non , Italy 11 1996 19–24 February Lillehammer , Norway 12 1998 19–25 January Windischgarsten , Austria 13 2000 28 February – 5 March Krasnoyarsk , Russia 14 2002 23 February – 2 March Borovetz , Bulgaria 15 2004 11–15 February Åsarna / Östersund , Sweden 16 2005 5–12 March Levi / Kittilä , Finland 17 2007 23 February – 3 March Moscow Oblast , Russia 18 2009 3–8 March Rusutsu , Japan 19 2011 20–28 March Tänndalen , Sweden 20 2013 3–8 March Ridder , Kazakhstan 21 2015 7–15 February Hamar / Løten , Norway 22 2017 6–12 March Krasnoyarsk , Russia 23 2019 19–24 March Piteå , Sweden 24 2021 22–28 February Kääriku , Estonia 25 2022 15–19 March Kemi -Keminmaa , Finland 26 2024 23–27 January Ramsau , Austria 27 2026 28 February – 6 March TBD, Japan
This event was called "Classic distance" from 1975 to 1986. Since 1988 it is called "Long distance".
Men's classic/long distance[ edit ] Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 1975 Olavi Svanberg Jorma Karvonen Heimo Taskinen 23.4 km, 4 cp, 33 part. 1977 Örjan Svahn Pekka Pökälä Jorma Karvonen 22.0 km, 29 part. 1980 Pertti Tikka Jan-Erik Thorn Matti Väisänen 23.9 km, 9 cp, 38 part. 1982 Olavi Svanberg Pertti Tikka Sigurd Dæhli 20.5 km, 12 cp, 61 part. 1984 Anssi Juutilainen Stefan Larsson Pertti Tikka 19.6 km, 10 cp, 64 part. 1986 Claes Berglund Anssi Juutilainen Hannu Koponen 19.1 km, 8 cp, 69 part. 1988 Anssi Juutilainen Hannu Koponen Anders Björkman 1990 Anders Björkman Stig Mattsson Vidar Benjaminsen 1992 Vidar Benjaminsen Vesa Mäkipää Ivan Kuzmin 25.0 km, 12 cp, 65 part. 1994 Nicolo Corradini Lars Lystad Vladislav Kormtshikov 17.7 km, 14 cp, 60 part. 1996 Nicolo Corradini Vidar Benjaminsen Bertil Nordqvist 22.0 km, 25 cp, 78 part. 1998 Viktor Korchagin Pekka Varis Nicolo Corradini 21.0 km, 16 cp, 79 part. 2000 Vladislav Kormtshikov Jukka Lanki Andrei Gruzdev 64 participants 2002 Matti Keskinarkaus Eduard Khrennikov Raino Pesu Bertil Nordqvist 19.85 km, 32 cp, 70 part. 2004 Eduard Khrennikov Tomas Löfgren Tommy Olsen 23.23 km, 28 cp, 63 part. 2005 Eduard Khrennikov Andrei Gruzdev Jukka Lanki 25.5 km, 37 cp, 59 part. 2007 Eduard Khrennikov Kirill Veselov Andrei Gruzdev 24.81 km, 48 cp, 69 part. 2009 Andrei Lamov Eduard Khrennikov Olli-Markus Taivainen 2011 Andrey Grigoriev Staffan Tunis Vladimir Barchukov 2013 Peter Arnesson Janne Häkkinen Staffan Tunis 2015 Lars Moholdt Andrey Lamov Staffan Tunis 2017 [ 2] Erik Rost Kirill Veselov Lars Moholdt 8.2 km, 48 participants[ 2] [ 3] 2019 Andrey Lamov Lars Moholdt Tero Linnainmaa
Women's classic/long distance[ edit ] Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 1975 Sinikka Kukkonen Agneta Mansson Lena Samuelsson 13.8 km, 2 cp, 16 participants 1977 Marianne Bogestedt Sonja Johannesson Sinikka Kukkonen 13.0 km, 18 participants 1980 Mirja Puhakka Kaija Silvennoinen Ann Larsson 15.6 km, 9 cp, 22 part. 1982 Arja Hannus Mirja Puhakka Sirpa Kukkonen 13.0 km, 8 cp, 41 part. 1984 Mirja Puhakka Lena Isaksson Ann Larsson 14.2 km, 5 cp, 46 part. 1986 Ragnhild Bratberg Arja Hannus Virpi Juutilainen 12.6 km, 5 cp, 45 part. 1988 Virpi Juutilainen Ragnhild Bratberg Sirpa Kukkonen 12.1 km, 6 cp, 36 part. 1990 Ragnhild Bratberg Arja Hannus Annika Zell 18.95 km, 9 cp, 34 part. 1992 Annika Zell Mirja Ojanen Arja Hannus 13.0 km, 8 cp, 53 part. 1994 Pepa Milusheva Virpi Juutilainen Maret Vaher 13.0 km, 13 cp, 54 part. 1996 Annika Zell Hilde G.Pedersen Arja Nuolioja 14.0 km, 18 cp, 51 part. 1998 Liisa Anttila Annika Zell Lena Hasselstrom 15.6 km, 18 cp, 61 part. 2000 Arja Hannus Liisa Anttila Hanna Kosonen 34 participants 2002 Lena Hasselstrom Erja Jokinen Mervi Väisänen 13.7 km, 22 cp, 41 part. 2004 Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik Hannele Valkonen Natalia Tomilova 15.94 km, 22 cp, 43 part. 2005 Tatiana Vlasova Natalia Tomilova Olga Shevchenko 18.1 km, 26 cp, 43 part. 2007 Tatiana Vlasova Hannele Valkonen Reenaas Marte 13.91 km, 31 cp, 49 part. 2009 Anastasia Kravchenko Barbora Chudíková Helene Söderlund 2011 Helene Söderlund Tatiana Kozlova Marte Reenaas 2013 Mervi Pesu Tatiana Kozlova Tove Alexandersson Josefine Engström 2015 Josefine Engström Mira Kaskinen Kseniya Tretyakova 2017 [ 2] Maria Kechkina Alena Trapeznikova Polina Frolova 7.3 km, 30 participants[ 2] [ 4] 2019 Tove Alexandersson Alena Trapeznikova Maria Kechkina
This event was called "Short distance" from 1988 to 2000. Since 2002 it is called "Middle distance".
Men's short/middle distance[ edit ] Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 1988 Hannu Koponen Vidar Benjaminsen Anssi Juutilainen 9.2 km, 11 cp, 63 participants 1990 Anssi Juutilainen Vidar Benjaminsen Anders Björkman 12.31 km, 9 cp, 60 participants 1992 Vidar Benjaminsen Vesa Mäkipää Ivan Kuzmin 10.0 km, 12 cp, 65 participants 1994 Nicolo Corradini Ivan Kuzmin Vidar Benjaminsen 7.7 km, 12 cp, 61 participants 1996 Bjorn Lans Vidar Benjaminsen Raino Pesu 8.0 km, 14 cp, 78 participants 1998 Raino Pesu Nerijus Šulčys Kjetil Ulven 10.8 km, 23 cp, 73 participants 2000 Nicolo Corradini Eduard Khrennikov Andrei Gruzdev 64 participants 2002 Eduard Khrennikov Andrei Gruzdev Kjetil Ulven 11.2 km, 64 participants 2004 Tomas Löfgren Tommy Olsen Arto Lilja 12.38 km, 36 cp, 68 participants 2005 Ruslan Gritsan Andrei Gruzdev Eduard Khrennikov 12.7 km, 21 cp, 63 participants 2007 Eduard Khrennikov Staffan Tunis Kirill Veselov 11.48 km, 29 cp, 71 participants 2009 Olli-Markus Taivainen Staffan Tunis Matti Keskinarkaus 2011 Staffan Tunis Andrei Lamov Peter Arnesson 2013 Peter Arnesson Andrei Lamov Kiril Veselov 2015 Staffan Tunis Stanimir Belomazhev Lars Moholdt 2017 [ 5] Stanimir Belomazhev Erik Rost Lars Moholdt 3.4 km, 53 participants[ 5] [ 6] 2019 Erik Rost Audun Heimdal Gion Schnyder
Women's short/middle distance[ edit ] Year Gold Silver Bronze Notes 1988 Ragnhild Bratberg Virpi Juutilainen Sirpa Kukkonen 6.7 km, 8 cp, 35 participants 1990 Ragnhild Bratberg Virpi Juutilainen Arja Hannus 9.23 km, 9 cp, 34 participants 1992 Arja Hannus Virpi Juutilainen Annika Zell 7.0 km, 10 cp, 53 participants 1994 Virpi Juutilainen Sanna Savolainen Hilde G. Pedersen 5.5 km, 9 cp, 55 participants 1996 Arja Nuolioja Annika Zell Svetlana Haustova 6.0 km, 12 cp, 53 participants 1998 Annika Zell Lena Hasselstrom Liisa Anttila 8.6 km, 23 cp, 64 participants 2000 Tatiana Vlasova Lena Hasselstrom Liisa Anttila 32 participants 2002 Stina Grenholm Erja Jokinen Lena Hasselstrom 8.4 km, 42 participants 2004 Stine Hjermstad Kirkevik Marie Lund Stina Grenholm 9.03 km, 27 cp, 46 participants 2005 Tatiana Vlasova Erja Jokinen Stina Grenholm 10.1 km, 17 cp, 44 participants 2007 Tatiana Vlasova Liisa Anttila Natalia Tomilova 7.45 km, 20 cp, 49 participants 2009 Tatiana Vlasova Helene Söderlund Josefine Engström 2011 Polina Malchikova Alena Trapeznikova Stine Olsen Kirkevik 2013 Anastasia Kravchenko Tatiana Kozlova Josefine Engström 2015 Milka Reponen Marjut Turunen Mervi Pesu 2017 [ 7] Tove Alexandersson Polina Frolova Salla Koskela 7.3 km, 32 participants[ 7] [ 8] 2019 Maria Kechkina Tove Alexandersson Alena Trapeznikova
This event was first held in 2002.
This event was first held in 2011.
2017 redistribution of medals [ edit ] In July 2017 it was announced that the IOF Council had decided to redistribute the medals for 2017, following the disqualification of Polina Frolova's results from the World Ski Orienteering Championships 2017 due to violation of anti-doping rules.[ 17]
All-time medal table [ edit ] (Updated after 2019 competition)
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