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The World Orienteering Championships (often abbreviated as WOC) is an international orienteering competition which has been organized by the International Orienteering Federation (IOF) since 1966. The World Orienteering Championships is considered to be the most prestigious competition in competitive orienteering. [ 1 ]
The format of the World Orienteering Championships alternates every 2 years, with even years hosting sprint format events and odd years hosting forest format events. [54] As of 2019 [update] , when applying the Olympic-style gold first rankings method to medals won at the World Orienteering Championships, Europe has been dominant, with Sweden ...
The format was changed and renamed "Middle Distance" in 2003 with the introduction of the Sprint discipline. ... World Orienteering Championships, senior statistics ...
The International Orienteering Federation (IOF) is the international governing body of the sport of orienteering. The IOF head office is located in Karlstad, Sweden . [ 1 ] The IOF governs four orienteering disciplines: foot orienteering , mountain bike orienteering , ski orienteering , and trail orienteering .
The 36th World Orienteering Championships were held in Østfold, Norway in August 2019. The competitions consisted of middle distance, long distance and relay, for women and men, respectively. Both individual women’s competitions were won by Sweden’s Tove Alexandersson .
Jimmy Birklin, Sweden, winner of the 2001 Sprint World Orienteering Championships; Betty Ann Bjerkreim Nilsen, Norway; Sture Björk, Sweden; Anders Björkman, Sweden; Ida Marie Bjørgul, Norway, received a silver medal in the middle distance at the 2007 Junior World Orienteering Championships in Dubbo, Australia; Kjetil Bjørlo, Norway
The 2022 World Orienteering Championships were held from 26 to 30 June 2022 in the Triangle Region, Denmark. This was the first World Orienteering Championships with only sprint races, and the first to include a knock-out sprint event.
The official format used in World Trail Orienteering Championships is as follow: The start is a mass start, with a time limit set on the precision orienteering course shared by all three members. The precision orienteering course consists of a number of controls, which must be a multiple of 3, where each member has to complete exactly one-third ...