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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 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 ]
Biathlon orienteering [1] or orienteering shooting is a multisport consisting of shooting and orienteering. The sport is organized internationally by the International Biathlon Orienteering Federation (IBOF), and is mainly practiced in the Nordic countries as well as a few other European countries. [ 2 ]
The TrailO relay is a team event of 3, where every team member has to complete a precision orienteering course first and a timed part afterwards. [4] 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.
From 2019 the world championships are split in two (forest and park), each being held every second year. The 2019 edition is a pure "forest" format. The competitions are the middle and long distances, and relay. [1]
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 .
Foot orienteering (usually referred to as simply Orienteering or FootO for short) is the oldest formal orienteering sport, and the one with the most "starts" per year. [citation needed] Usually, a FootO is a timed race in which participants start at staggered intervals, are individually timed, and are expected to perform all navigation on their own.
0–9. 1966 World Orienteering Championships; 1968 World Orienteering Championships; 1970 World Orienteering Championships; 1972 World Orienteering Championships